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S W E E T R E D E M P T I O N — The sophomore class redeemed i tsel f In th is year 's Pull contest In a three-hour, hard-fought ba t t le by both sides. Left : ' 13 Pull coach Nick McBr ide inspires his team. Right: Charl ie Rowderdink ( '13) and Annal lse Larson ( 1 3 ) embrace in v ictory as the 13 Puii t eam celebrates its win.

Odd Year is victorious in 113th Pull Lindsey Bandy C A M P U S E D I T O R

O n Saturday, Sept. 25, the

113th Pull took place across the Black River. Alumni, family and

peers lined the respective pits to

cheer on their even or odd year

team. For the first t ime in several

years the Pull lasted the full three hours after being called at

6:15 p.m. at which point it was

de te rmined that the sophomore Class of 2013 was the winner.

They w o n taking 28 feet and 7

inches.

In reference to the odd year win, Pull representat ive Stepha-nie Khan ('11) said, "This '13

t eam was really an exceptional

g roup with so m u c h hear t . Their

drive and care for one another is what got them through Pull day

and ultimately in the river. They undoubtedly ea rned every inch

of rope they took, and I am so

proud of all of their hard work!" After last year's devastat ingly

shor t compet i t ion , result ing in a

loss, the 13 Pull t eam was seek-ing to redeem itself in this year s

hard- fought compet i t ion .

O d d year puller Mike Van Laan echoed K a h n s en thusa i sm

saying, "It was an indescribable

feeling when the three hours were all over and knowing that

we had just won! All of our hard work, sweat, blood and tears

had paid off and words cannot

express the feeling of relief and accompl i shment that went into

the three words our coach said

at the end of the three hours ,

'Reel it in!'" Al though the victory went to

odd year, even year s tood proud of the effort they put forth.

Even year Pull representa-

tive Jamie Benjamin ('12) said, "Though the t radi t ion remains

the same, none of the Pull days

I have seen or been a part of have been alike for me—so I re-

ally had no idea what to expect

on pull day this year. I did hope for a couple of things though: a

full three- hou r compet i t ion and for my team to give everything

they had. Looking back o n those

two things, I can't say that I was the least bit let down about h o w

things went this year, and I am

already excited to see what next

season will bring!" Even year puller Andrew Cut-

shall ('14) said, "Even though we

didn't get to take a swim, our team has no regrets and can say

wi thout a doub t that we left it all

on the rope." Even year coach Isaac Sprik

said, "Though the result was no t in even year's favor, bo th t eams

did great and it was a great s tep for Pull to last the full th ree

hours . I want to say thanks to

all the pullers and moralers who made it such a great pull and

built upon this great tradition."

Campus Ministries launches 'Hope Way 2.0' Meagan Dodge G U E S T W R I T E R

The smell of charcoal, apple

cider and doughnu t s filled the

air Saturday, Sept. 18, in t he parking lot of the Keppel House.

This was the first event for The Hope Way 2.0, which is a way

for upperc lassmen to mee t and share insight with the f r e shmen

and sophomores at Hope. Five years ago Hope was in-

spired to start this g roup by "The Duke Way." Duke University's

head of basketball. Coach Mike

Krzyzewski, paired upperclass-m e n with f r e shmen for a whole year to create a b o n d which uni-

fied the team. H o p e plans o n

using this t echnique to create a more unified campus .

With events such as four

square and other interactive

games this env i ronment allowed

s tudents an alternative for expe-riencing new interactions.

Paul Boersma, a m e m b e r

of the campus ministries team,

said, "I hope to create an envi-r o n m e n t in which it was easy

to interact , and someth ing that

wasn' t too cheesy." At the event, s tudents were

asked to pu t their phones away and to focus o n the people who

were with them at the t ime. The upperc lassmen were told to take

initiative to in t roduce them-selves to somebody he or she did no t know. Boersma believes that

the upperc lassmen have "real

power" to change the "culture of

the campus." According to the C a m p u s

Ministries website, "The Hope Way 2.0 is not a p rogram but a

type of fo rmat ion taught through 'hanging out ' with

each other." C a m p u s Ministr ies wan t s

to provide events where s tudents do no t have to

worry about impressions, but instead relax and have

f u n while doing it. Lydia Wathen ('14) said,

" It was great to get to know

the people I already knew bet ter and to mee t more

cool people." This was the a t t i tude for many of the stu-

dents who came to the Kep-

pel House that night. The s tudents were asked to step

ou t of their comfor t zone and they did. S tudents of

every age were well repre-

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B U S T A M O V E — Garrett Anderson ( 1 1 ) and Bryant Russ ( 1 1 ) enjoy the Hope Way 2.0 k ickof f wh ich tu rned into a dance party.

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T H I S W E E K AT H O P E

Thursday Sept. 30 DEMA Open House 3 :30 p.m.- 5 p.m., Van Zoeren Hall,

learn about Hope College's majors In

management , account ing or econom-

ics. Hosted by Hope College's Busi-

ness Club.

Friday Oct. 1 "Brown Bag Concert" 12 p.m., Holland Area Arts Council.

Biology Seminar 3 p.m., Schaap Science Center 1019,

Biology students discuss their off-cam-

pus research experiences.

Engineering and Physics Seminar 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., VanderWerf 104.

•Thoracic Art i f ic ial Lung Design'

presented by Rebecca Schewe-Mott

of University of Michigan.

Chemistry Seminar 4 p.m., Schaap Science Center 1000 .

Presented by Dr. Janice Paige Phill ips

of the University of Southern Missis-

sippi.

SAC Weekend Movie 8 p.m., 10 :30 p.m.. VanderWerf 102

Dodgeball In the Dow 8:30 p.m.. Dow Center. Sponsored

by SAC.

Sunday Oct. 3 The Gathering 8 p.m. - 9 :30 p.m., D imnent Chapel.

Monday Oct. 4 Distinguished Lecture Series in Sports Medicine 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.. Winants Audi tor ium.

Presented by Susan Kudrat.

Tuesday Oct. 5 Critical Issues Symposium Keynote Address 7 p.m. Dimnent Chapel. Presented

by Bryant Terry, eco-chef and food

just ice activist

I N B R I E F

CAMPUS CELEBRATES CHINESE MOON FESTIVAL

On Sept. 22, members of the campus community celebrated

the Mid Autumn Moon Festival,

a Chinese tradition. The festival

is held on a date that parallels the autumnal equinox of the solar

calendar. Attendees were treated

to mooncake, music and Chinese tea. Chinese students also painted

the names of attendees in Chinese

calligraphy. Professor Andrew

De i rOl io also demonstrated Tai-Chi, a Chinese martial art.

Students in Professor Shaofeng

Li's class presented posters on the

celebration.

Japanese students experience Hope

Hope Way 2.0 launched • H o p e , f r o m page 1

There are more oppor tun i -ties to part ic ipate in The H o p e

Way 2.0. U p c o m i n g events are

on Oc t . 2, for m e n and women separately. For t he w o m e n there

is "Morn ing Pancakes" at 10 a.m. in Pieters Cottage, and for

the m e n "Breakfast and College Football" at 10:30 a.m. in the

Hof fman Cottage. The group believes t he cul-

ture of H o p e will change if stu-

den ts cont inue to nur tu re their relat ionships with one another

and branch out to say someth ing

meaningful to s o m e o n e new.

Victoria Steele G U E S T W R I T E R

Everybody's first day back to school can be nerve-racking,

exciting and full of oppor tun i ty

with new adventures ahead. For the 11 Meiji Gakuin University

s tudents f rom Japan, the same sen t iments were shared coming

to an unfamil iar Amer ican cam-

pus. Hope College welcomed the

s tudents to t he 45th annual

seminar where they a t tended

lectures on subjects varying

f rom religion, educat ion, U.S. foreign policy, mult icul tural ism

and crime. They were only here for a m o n t h bu t quickly came to

love what H o p e s tudents appre-

ciate mos t about campus .

The Japanese s tudents at-

t ended one of th ree classes o n campus . Asami Ogata a t tended

Professor John Yelding's class

on gender discr iminat ion. She

is major ing in sociology and when asked what her emphas is

of s tudy was she said, "Interna-

t ional marriage. . .especially fam-ily,: I am compar ing Amer ican to

Japanese." She enjoyed the difference

be tween Amer ican and Japanese classes as well, saying, "Ameri-

can class m o r e talk, discussion."

She also told of her challenges, saying, "lecture was hard for me

because 1 c a n n o t listen well,"

not ing the language barrier. Anna Fukuchi also spoke

about her c lassroom experi-

RETCHEH ALOWIN HOTO BY

ence in Professor Wayne

Brouwer 's cur rent issues class, saying, "Lecture

[is] bet ter here. Teach-

er... Professor makes their lectures to be fun ,

interesting, easy to un-derstand." This is some-

thing Hope s tudents

take advantage of when it comes to their s tudies

and experiences in the classroom. Fukuchi even

noted that "American

s tudents try harder," as Asami c o m m e n t e d that

he re at H o p e we have "harder everyday assign-

ments." W E L C O M E TO HOPE!— Japanese exchange students hang out at Both Japanese w o m e n the Anchor while taking In all of Hope College.

were surpr ised about how

the s tudents acted in the class-

r o o m and a round campus . Fu-

kuchi said, "American s tuden t [are] more positive," while Asa-

mi added, "more positive, active.

Japanese s tudents are shy." Asa-

mi men t ioned how she would be on the sidewalk and every-

o n e would say "hello" and smile at you- This seems to be one of

Hope 's best fea tures—knowing

the names of the people you pass

on campus . They especially loved how

pretty it was and enjoyed down-town Holland. Another differ-

ence they laughed over, and

found unusual was that many

s tudents actually lived o n cam-pus. "We were surpr ised that

s tudents live in here. W e have to take a train f rom our dormi to -

ries," Fukuchi s tated.

Ano the r aspect among the Meiji Gakuin University ex-

change program is that s tudents

are required to do research

wi thin their major. Hi tomi Kat-

soshim is major ing in inter-national s tudies and also took

Yelding's class. W h e n asked her emphas is of the subject , it was

surprising to hear her say, "Sep-

tember 11, I am interested in this global problem. It's no t just

only Amer ican problem. I t s a

difficult problem, so it's hard to

talk about the details." She did say how she was able

to talk with H o p e s tudents and learn abou t their t hough t s on

the issue that she found to be compell ing. This is ano the r of

Hope's great qualities, that stu-

den ts here are encouraged to take par t in the global c o m m u -

nity and . assess matters criti-cal ly—something the Japanese

s tudents appreciated.

Hi tomi was also able to ex-per ience another amazing thing

about Hope, its hospitality. "I enjoyed the t ime I spent with

my roommates . They always

had me talk in English and join their community." H o p e has a

way of showing all s tudents that

they are welcomed here, and the

Japanese s tudents mos t certainly experienced that. W h e n asking

them if they will miss being here, they all quickly said, "Yes!" with

smiles. Asami concluded by say-

ing, "I am going to miss H o p e College. T w a n t to stay here.

Thank you, Hope College."

Robberies near campus spark concern Chris Russ A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S E D I T O R

Beginning o n the m o r n i n g of Aug. 22, and mos t recently Sept.

12 just af ter midnight , a series of

robber ies and at tacks s t ruck the

Holland communi ty . This unusually high fre-

quency of attacks has sparked

concern and unanswered ques-

t ions regarding the identity of the at tackers and rela tedness of

the muggings. Al though none

of t he vict ims up to this point

have been connec ted to H o p e College, the Police D e p a r t m e n t

and H o p e s c a m p u s safety of-

fice have been communica t ing on the issue to inform the Hope

c o m m u n i t y of t he at tacks and

to de te rmine a strategy for best

protec t ing H o p e s tudents . There have been four total

muggings. The first two oc-

cur red o n the morn ing of Aug. 22. The first attack took place

be tween 2:45 and 3:15 a.m. on

16th Street be tween College and

Central Avenue. The attackers, who were de-

scribed as being four whi te and

one Hispanic males, pulled up next to the vict ims in a black SUV. All five m e n were wearing

black bandanas over their faces and o n e of the m e n had a knife.

O the r s gestured to suggest that

they were also a rmed . The vic-

t ims were t h e n m a d e to lie on the g round and kicked repeat-

edly. Personal possessions were

taken including cash, wallets,

backpacks and cell phones. The second attack occur red

later that night, somet ime be-

tween 3:45 and 4:45 a.m., this

t ime o n 17th Street. Once again, a dark SUV pulled up to

the victim, w h o was riding a

bicycle. The m a n was forced to t he g round by a single attacker,

who he descr ibed as a whi te

male wear ing a black bandana . The victim also repor ted that

o ther men, all wearing similar

bandanas s tood a round watch-

ing while the single attacker hit and kicked the man. Again, all

persoiwf possess ions were con-

fiscated. Eight days later on Aug. 28,

t he third attack occurred be-

tween midnight and 12:30 a.m. A m a n and a w o m a n visiting

f rom out of town were at tacked

near the intersect ion of 21st

Street and Columbia . The pair was forced to the

g round by four m e d i u m built m e n in dark clothing. The m a n

was assaulted. The suspects were

carrying a single small handgun and baseball bats. Bandanas were again worn by all suspects , w h o

the victims repor ted as speaking some Spanish but mostly Eng-

lish. Both victims had their cell phones and wallets taken f rom

them. The m o s t recent attack oc-

cur red on Sept. 12 be tween 12:20

and 12:42 a.m. The lone vict im

was walking down 19th Street, tu rned on to Columbia and was

con f ron ted by a m a n wearing a

dark h o o d e d sweatshir t and a black bandana who was a rmed

with a handgun . At this point

the m a n was hit over the head, blacked out , and woke up with-

ou t his wallet or cell p h o n e and

with head and facial injuries. "We believe they may be all

related bu t for sure the first two

incidents are related and the

o thers appear to be related based upon the facts and location," said

Capta in Jeff Velthouse of the

Holland Police Depar tment . There is also some possibility

that the at tacks were gang-re-

lated. "Certainly we can't rule that

out , but you have to keep an open mind when you investigate

because you don't want to keep

leaning in o n e direct ion and then find ou t someth ing else.

But certainly, it is a possibility.

Somet imes , when you want to

b e c o m e a m e m b e r of a gang, you have to do someth ing to be ac-

cepted, and certainly, this could

be that," Velthouse said. Velthouse explained that the

Holland Police Depa r tmen t has

r esponded to the attacks by making the issue their top pri-

ority and by patrolling the area

more heavily. "We are do ing everything

that we can with our resources to de te rmine who's responsible.

We're very concerned about

this because people are getting hurt. . . and that is very, very con-

cerning." The police have increased the

reward f rom $500 to $2,500 in

cas^ foi; r epo r t s bringing the^ce-.

sponsibie trt just ice.

S E P T E M B E R 2 9 . 2 0 1 0 NATIONAL T H E A N C H O R 3

Ahmadinejad sparks controversy at UN Lacle Rawllngs GUEST W R I T E R

Last week, the 65 ,h United

Nat ions General Assembly

kicked off in N e w York. In one of the most

ant icipated speeches, President of the Republic of Iran M a h m o u d Ahmadine jad

again sparked controversy in his remarks to the General

Assembly. After about 10 minutes of

Ahmadinejad ' s speech, the

Iranian president suggested that the events of 9 /11 were

orches t ra ted by the U.S. government as an a t tempt to

defend Israel. These remarks p r o m p t e d

U.S. delegates, a long with all 27 delegates of the European

Union, plus Canada , N e w

Zealand and Costa Rica to walk ou t in disbelief.

Ahamdine jad cont inued

by saying that a lesser known

story of the 9 /11 attacks (and apparently a greatly heard

s tory in Iran) is that U.S.

officials s t ruck an oil deal with terrorists , resulting in the

occupat ion of Afghanis tan

and Iraq. He finished this section

of his speech by announc ing that "next year the Islamic

Republic of Iran wi|l host a conference to study ter ror ism

and the means to conf ron t

it." In response, in an

interview with BBC Persian

news President Barack O b a m a called the remarks

"offensive and hateful": "[that Ahmadinejad would] make the

s ta tement he re in Manha t t an ,

just a little no r th of G r o u n d Zero, where families lost

their loved ones, people of all faiths, all ethnicit ies who see

this as the seminal t ragedy of this generat ion, for h im

to make a s ta tement like that

was inexcusable." Despite Ahmadine jad ' s

remarks , the U.S. cont inues

its interest in nuclear non-

proliferation talks with Iran. An Al-Jazeera cor respondent

said after Obama 's response that , "The Amer icans are

trying to pu t this spat behind t h e m and move o n because

they really do feel that there is the possibility of f resh talks

with Iran. They know this is an impor tan t opportunity."

Despite Iran's cons tant reassurances that its p rogram

is purely energy-seeking and peaceful , suspicion has

caused the U.N. to impose sanct ion after sanction, t he

latest occur r ing in June. O b a m a said on Friday in a

s ta tement that while he feels

diplomatic solut ions are still possible, "There are a

host of opt ions . And these opt ions would be exercised

in consul ta t ion with the internat ional community."

O t h e r issues addressed at the General Assembly

were the U.N. Mi l lennium Deve lopmen t goals, which

seek to halve poverty by 2015, as well as initiatives to urge

Sudan to end its ongoing civil

war. O b a m a a t tended the global

warming summi t , where global leaders con t inue to

search for b inding ways to combat climate change due

to C 0 2 emissions.

Health rules in effect

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PHOTO BY MARIA KREBS

HIRE RICK EVENT— Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder spoke on campus last Thursday. During his speech Sny-der outlined his 10-polnt plan to restore Jobs and bring Michigan back to prosperity. The event was put on by Hope College Republi-cans and Snyder is the first of the candidates for governor to speak on campus. In November Michigan voters will decide between Sny-der and Democratic candidate Virg Bernero.

Mlkella Bryant GUEST W R I T E R

O n Sept. 23 the first

requ i rements of President Barack Obama 's new healthcare

r e fo rm act went into effect.

This past week marked the six-m o n t h anniversary of Obama 's

massive heal thcare r e fo rm law,

the Affordable Care Act. The parts of the law that take

effect include a ban o n limits to

lifetime health coverage and a

provision allowing children to stay on their parent 's insurance

until 26 years old. People under the age of 19 cannot

be denied health coverage because of pre-existing health

condi t ions, preventat ive care and immuniza t ion are f ree and

health companies cannot cancel insurance coverage ex pos t

facto solely because an enrollee

PHOTO COURTESY A P

Y O U ' R E C O V E R E D - A statement made about the new health care plan, given on Capitol Hill Sept. 23.

m a d e an honest mistake on the

insurance application. Congressional Republicans

released last week a "Pledge to America," which includes a

vow to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act. Along with

a vow to "repeal and replace," the 21-page d o c u m e n t calls

for medical liability reform, guarantees access for pat ients

with pre-existing medical

condi t ions, . expands health savings accounts, bans the

implementa t ion of taxpayer funding for abor t ions and allows

people to purchase insurance

across state lines. According to Centers for

Medicare and Medicaid Services

Adminis t ra tor Donald Berwick, MD, "The Affordable Care

Act gave us new authori ty to negotiate with health plans in

a compet i t ive marketplace. As a result, our beneficiaries will

save m o n e y and mainta in their

benefits." O b a m a adminis t ra t ion

officials announced that the

senior cit izens enrolled in Medicare Advantage Plans will pay slightly less for their health

insurance next year. In the private Medicare Advantage

plans, the average month ly p remium in 2011 will d rop to $35.69 (a savings of 45 cents per

month) . This drop in monthly p r e m i u m charges is seen as unexpected especially since the Affordable Care Act cut billions

of dollars f rom the plans and added new restr ict ions o n what

they can and must charge and

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4 T I N A N C H O R ARTS SEPTEMBHR 2 9 , 2 0 1 0

PHOTO BY HOLLY EVENHOUSE

BLOT— Part of the Installation by art history professor Tamara Fox.

Pucker up, Grand Rapids Professor Tamara Fox uses lipsticks and lip prints to create

installation at this year's ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids

Car a Haley G U E S T W R I T E R

Cameo, C a n d y Jar and Q u e e n Alice will be available for

your viewing pleasures at t he Women ' s City Club in Grand Rapids beginning this weekend.

Sorry boys, these are no t professional s t r ippers . Rather, Tamara Fox's un ique installation at Ar tPr ize uses lipsticks and

collected lip pr in ts to create an individual scu lp ture titled

"Blot." An assistant professor at

Hope, Fox gathered submiss ions of old lipsticks and blotted lip-pr in ts t h rough word of m o u t h popular i ty and our favorite social ne twork , Facebook.

She was aiming to create a giant lipstick, mixing colors to create that c o m m o n least favorite color.

Inspired dur ing her women, art , and society class last spring.

Fox wrote, "The giant lipstick is

a m e t a p h o r for mortal i ty in t he m a n n e r of vanitas or m e m e n t o

mor i still lifes." Interestingly, t he piece also

pays t r ibute to t he thought less

act of tossing a l ipstick-blotted tissue, a t race of yourself left behind. P lump those lips ladies, and go check out "Blot."

Also involved in ArtPr ize are several a lum f r o m Hope. Cassie

Krause graduated in 2002 and is present ing a piece ti t led "Inside Voices," installed at O n e Trick

Pony Grill and Taproom. A sculpture involving five

h u m a n torsos hanging at eye

level, "Inside Voices" is a 3 - D representa t ion of wha t people have in c o m m o n yet t h rough

very different bodies. "Every torso is mean t to

represen t a universal emot ion , e i ther positive or negative, that is experienced in o n e way o r

another by all people." As Krause explains, this is a

piece that can speak to anyone.

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whatever their c i rcumstances . So go look o n e in the eye, maybe you guys have someth ing in

c o m m o n . Having graduated only in

2007, Derek Nevenzel is also displaying a sculpture dur ing ArtPrize, at t he Gerald R. Ford

Federal Building. "GR" is a wooden sculp ture inspired by the "I ams te rdam" sign.

Since Grand Rapids is o f ten refer red to as the "GR," these are the letters highlighted in the sculp ture that conta ins the 11

letters spelling "Grand Rapids." Nevenzel said "The letters

would truly be def ined by the su r round ing city and p e o p l e s

in teract ion with them." G o o d news people: you can

touch it! N o "hands-off" signs, you are permi t ted to interact with this sculpture by sitting or s tanding in a letter, bu t please

don ' t cl imb on them.

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searching for a distri-

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Applicants must have a

two hour slot available

from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Wednesday mornings.

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choroohope.edu for

more informalum.

ArtPrize transforms GR Katie Schewe C O - A R T S EDITOR

The p h e n o m e n o n known as ArtPr ize has re turned to Grand Rapids for another year.

Ar tPr ize is a very different type of ar ts compet i t ion . It is an open compet i t ion , bringing together bo th artists and the general public.

Grand Rapids will be covered f rom head to toe in ar twork f r o m Sept. 22 to Oct . 10. Venues are set up everywhere: galleries, res taurants , office complexes, parks and many

more . The ou tcome is left in the

hands of the part icipants. This social exper iment uses

art as a p la t form to create a huge collaborative communi ty within the city. The public then has the ability to vote on

their favorite pieces, and the top 10 finalists receive awards.

Last year ArtPrize brought in 200,000 visitors, 334,219 votes were cast, 159 venues exhibited art , and 1,262 art ists part icipated, f r om 41 states and 14 countr ies . Wi th more art ists and a greater n u m b e r of venues this year, ArtPrize is sure to grow even

greater. So get to Grand Rapids

Hope student says ArtPrize is 'valuable experience' for artists Caltlln Klask C O - A R T S EORTCR

Chelsea Tarnas, a senior s tudio art major, represented H o p e College at Ar tPr ize this

year. Besides professor Tamara Fox,

Tarnas was the only m e m b e r of the H o p e c o m m u n i t y to enter the compet i t ion . Her piece is on display at Lightbox o n South Division in Grand Rapids.

Tarnas created a scroll using plastic and ink. Standing 15 feet tall and 20 inches wide, the piece is supposed to "overwhelm the viewer" with its vertical accentuat ion and "keep the viewer wi thin piece" with its

na r row structure, Tarnas said. O n the ink descending the

sheet of plastic, she says, "The drips allow pa ths for the viewer to take f rom the t o p to t he b o t t o m o r f r o m the b o t t o m to t he

top. They represent the t hough t s

that are cons tant and infinite bu t t rapped in the psyche."

Tarnas is a mixed media artist f r o m Wes t Bloomfield. She graduates this May, when she will move to Hawaii to be with her family, pursue her interest in agricul ture and cont inue

making art . Tarnas considers ArtPr ize a

valuable experience for an artist. "I want people to see my work and this is a great way to get a lot of attention," she said.

Tarnas appreciates the a tmosphere of t he event, as well. "I th ink the best par t of ArtPr ize is the public interaction," she

said. "It's overall a great way to get

people to c o m e look at art and see what Grand Rapids and West Michigan have t o offer."

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I N T E R A C T I V E S H E L L S — An Interactive ArtPrize piece In which shells are stuck to the wall with sticky tack. Viewers are encouraged to move the shells as they please.

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Loving life on the steppe: Tulpan' opens film series Caltlin Klask A R T S C O - E D I T O R

It is the t ime of year where

fallen leaves are c rushed undernea th sneakers, pumpkins

are baked into pies, apples are plucked f rom trees and foreign

independent films are shown at the Knickerbocker Theatre.

"Tulpan" s tar ted the Fall Film Series at the Knickerbocker.

Sergei Dvortsevoy wrote and

directed the film, making it his fifth since he began in 1996. For

mos t of the cast, "Tulpan" was their first act ing experience.

Released in 2008, the low-

budget Kazakh d r ama was Kazakhstan's 2009 en t ry to

the Academy Awards foreign

film category. Critics at Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 97 percent .

which is 10 percent higher

than the acclaimed "Inception."

Well wor th the $5 s tudent ticket to see it, "Tulpan" is a

gritty, honest and enlightening movie. The imagery in the film

is striking - a tough task for a filmmakerinthebarrenlandscape

of the Kazakhstan steppe. M o r e str iking was the

sound of the film; the raw feedback crackling f rom the

speakers in the Knickerbocker

su r rounded the audience. Even the mos t vulgar of scenes

was tastefully done. At o n e

point , protagonist Asa firmly grabs two legs of a lamb wri th ing

ou t of its m o t h e r s womb, digs his feet into the m o t h e r s back

and pulls as hard as he can. The

sound and visual effects are brutal , but the effect is wor th it.

Critic's Corner Joel Hofman G U E S T W R I T E R

In t he world of indie

rock, the New York-based

Walkmen are considered seasoned veterans. Every two

years since 2002, the band has

consistently released an album of solid material that explores

a different style f r o m the last. Their sixth s tudio a lbum

"Lisbon" is no exception

as it picks up a little bit of s team f rom their low key yet

critically praised 2008 release

"You and Me." Dur ing the recording of the album, f ron t

m a n Hamil ton Leithauser

noted that the sonic e lements of this record were inspired

by the classic Sun Records sessions f rom 1954 and 1955.

For those unfamiliar with early rock and roll history. Sun

Records was the first label to

sign and record the king himself, Elvis Presley. These mid fifties

sessions of old blues s tandards were infamous for their raw

vocal energy and signature

tinny, reverb-heavy guitars. The Walkmen make this

influence k n o w n on nearly every track on the a lbum by

sticking with that s ignature

guitar sound while adding different e lements of musical

nostalgia along the way. As a whole, the record does

draw a lot of sound textures f rom classic American music yet

still sounds undeniably current . Evidence of this mixture comes

into play on t racks such as "Blue As Your Blood" which has a

Johnny Cash, "Orange Blossom Special"-like drive at t he center

of the sound. The pulse of this song almost

makes you wish for that husky

bass voice of the m a n in black

to pop up on the track, yet Leithauser does an admirable

job taking this style of music and making it sound very

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Throughout the movie, Asa's fr iend Boni takes great care of

the pornographic images in his tractor, insisting, despite

the harsh react ions of his more conservative peers, that the

pictures are "art." And in a way, they are - abiding by the

t h e m e of tasteful vulgarity.

Though the c inematography was exaggerated at t imes,

seeming as though a child was runn ing r ampan t with a hand

heldcamera ,"Tulpan"delvedinto

a cul ture most Amer icans have only witnessed th rough "Borat."

A coming-of-age story wor thy

of recognit ion, "Tulpan" was a great pick for the Fall Film Series.

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FALL F I L M S E R I E S — Knick movie "Tulpan" shows a single Ka-

zakh man's confl ict ing coming-of-age decisions.

m u c h like a Walkmen record.

Since the a lbum is called "Lisbon," one would ultimately

expect it to be somewhat

inspired by Portugal o r that

cul ture. Leithauser and the gang display this influence

on the beaut iful ballad

"Stranded," which conta ins an army of mariachi horns

that swoon the listener and complement the yearning

ache in Leithauser's voice. The

horns may be the foundat ion of the song, yet the perfectly

minimal rhy thm sect ion does a

remarkable job of accentuat ing

the Spanish/Por tuguese feel of the sound, making this track immediately reminiscent of

a dreary, rainy a f te rnoon . Wi th "Lisbon," the listener

is presented with a s t r ipped

down set of songs full of raspy yet heartfelt lyrics that sound

all the more meaningful amidst the fifties styled guitars and

driving yet light percussion.

Despite the fact that they share N e w York roots with

bands like The National, one should no t expect sound-

scapes that wash over you, for The Walkmen are a direct

band that a ims for the hear t with their sent imental lyrics

and ruggedly simple sound. Though it may be a little

repetit ive to some listeners given the themed-gui ta r sound

throughout , The Walkmen have created an album that

blends subtle t hemes of old t ime rock and roll seamlessly

with scrappy New York indie rock.

Wayne Miller kicks off Visiting Writers Series Elena Rivera G U E S T W R C T E R

Poetry is s trange. It is a med ium that is as basic as a

three- l ine composi t ion, yet

so much complexity can be conta ined be tween those

three lines. Words c o m e alive

differently in poetry; ideas are

h idden yet suddenly apparent . Wayne Miller, t he first guest

in the Visiting Wri ters Series at

H o p e College, endeavored to open up the world of poe t ry to

those in a t tendance on Tuesday,

Sept. 21 at the Knickerbocker. Miller, w h o published two

collections and has another on the way, is a relatively u n k n o w n

poet . Megan Harpe r ('12) said

she enjoyed having less well known poets for the V W S

because it was "cool to get a

broad base of poets."

Miller took to the stage to read f rom "The Book of Props"

and "The City, O u r City." He had

a quieter stage presence and came off as sincere and warm.

As he read his poet ry aloud, the words seemed to fill the

space, hovering in the air and

pausing as they en tered each listener's ear. Michael Lesouski

('13) said Miller's poe t ry was

like "fast molasses." Brooke McDonald ('13) said his poe t ry

was "dreamy, yet down to ear th

in the mos t beaut iful way." A p o e m wor th not ing

is " W h a t Night Says to t he

Empty Boat," which dealt with a screenplay that will never be

m a d e into a movie. O t h e r p o e m s

in the collection in t roduced

main characters, suppor t ing characters, and the central

conceit of the unproduced

film. Miller read the poem, and then explained that at the end

of one New York City show a

m a n congratula ted him for his wonderfu l sex poem. The m a n

was referencing " W h a t Night Says To The Empty Boat," and

Miller can no longer read or

look at the poem the same way

again. The mos t memorab le p o e m

was what Miller called a "lazy"

villanelle that talked about a child's cry in the house being like

a light. A villanelle is a French

poe t ry fo rm where lines one and three of t he first s tanza are

repea ted th roughou t the poem. The poem's fo rm is simplistic but

the chi ldhood fear and nostalgia

conta ined in the lines m a d e it a poem wor th revisiting.

Al though Miller is less well

known, his poet ry is at once historical and modern , personal

and impersonal . Miller says

that he takes inspiration for his

style of wri t ing and poems f rom "spaces, especially what those

spaces m e a n to us. Thinking

about those spaces, describing those spaces, describing

the interact ions in those

sur roundings . . . those are some things that I feel d rawn to write

about constantly." Rebekah Skinner ('13)

s u m m e d up Miller's poe t ry

and her whole experience at

V W S as "a kaleidoscope of

light, a collage of images and photos of life that was a joy to listen to." Miller, who current ly

teaches at the University of Centra l Missouri , t ruly was the

best person to begin this year's

Visiting Wri ters Series: a poet who was captivating, witty and

wonderfu l .

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Class starts in 10 minutes, and you just woke up. If you're like some college

students, you go back to bed and hope to wake up in time for your next class.

For those students who jump out of bed and hurry out the door, there are

different ways they get to class in time to hear their professor say, "All right,

let's get started." Around campus, there are numerous ways of travelling to and

from class, or even just cruising through the Pine Grove.

Lovin' the longboard - No, it's not a surfboard we're talking about. But it's practically a surfboard with wheels. Longboards just look awesome, especially when you're hauling your book bag around campus and manage to balance at the same time. If you don't fall or get your wheels stuck in the railroad tracks, props to you. Now, if you haven't tried one yet, there is stil l time. The number of longboard owners seems to be drastically increasing around campus. Sioned Sitkiewicz ('12) says, "Longboarding around campus is a great stress reliever and i t helps me get to class a l i t t le faster which is especially nice because I live on 15th: 1 think it 's great that a lot more people are starting to board, and it's also nice seeing more girls boarding around campus, definitely more than when I was a freshman!"

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Ridin' the RipStick - It's a board with two wheels. Impossible? Of course not. While i t looks challenging, some students actually ride a RipStick around Hope's campus. On RipStick.com, it claims that you "Just Twist and Go!" It's basically a balancing act. Andrew Young ('11), a proud owner of a RipStick says, "They're really fun but extremely ineff ic ient- i t 's a fun yet inefficient way to travel around campus. It's easy to fall. Most days I take a wipe-out.J wipe out five out of 10 days." So, if you're ready for a challenge, grab one and go!

Rockin' the roller-blades - Some people think that skating is a better workout than cruising on a board. If that's what you think, you're not alone. There is more flexibility to maneuver through crowds of people and your hands are free from holding on to anything. Thirty strides later and you're skating up to class with a couple of minutes to spare. Brett Kopinski ('11) states, " I 'm a skating fiend. Have you seen me slice up the ice? I'm just as good on pavement." Who knows, maybe the nearest Sonic Drive-In could use another skating carhop...just sayin'.

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Bustin' out the bikes - They say it's easy to get back up on a bike, and Hope students definitely agree. The bike racks are consistently full during class time every day, which shows that bikes are definitely the most popular form of transportation on campus. But as student Jacob Bullard ('11) has experienced, it is not always the safest. "Well, a few grim days ago, I took a l itt le tumble on the way back from campus. Going around 20 mph and trying to shift is harder than it seems." Bullard has fully recovered from his scrapes and scratches.

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Scootin' the scooter - Yes - they're still here. Yes - they're still sold in stores. Yes - you should try riding one. What can we say about the scooter? It's awesome and it's foldable. What more could you ask for? Maybe a motor-powered scooter. But wait, they have those, too! Try a scooter. Kick i t old school. You're bound to enjoy them! Take i t from Tom Fifer ('12), "I like us-ing my scooter for the same reason people like using bikes or longboards. I can get around campus much faster than walking, so getting to a class that is across campus on time is much easier. Plus, I don't have to take time to lock it up like with a bike; I can just fold it up at the door and walk

right into class. Super efficient."

Cruisin' the car - We see you, Kleinheksel Cottage resident who drives to class when it's raining. While Hope's campus is small, sometimes you can't escape the need to get to where you're going in under 30 seconds. We couldn't get anyone to comment on this unpopular act, but we know who you are... we always wil l.

Wily walkin' - One of the more simple modes of transportation, we hear that peo-ple have been walking since the beginning of time. Especially popular amongst the under-classmen (who still live in the dorms), walk-ing is the most cost-effective and easiest way to travel. "Our campus is beautiful, so why not take a l i t t le time to look around on your way to class?" Taylor Rebhan ('14) asks.

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10 THE ANCHOR—VOICES SEITEMBER 2 9 . 2 0 1 0

P a r a d o x i c a l p e i s o e c t t m Beautiful feet Karen Pat terson Co-Editor-in-Chief

Happy birthday, Bethany!

I'd put this on post-secret, but it's too good to stay anonymous. You ready? I have the best roommate at Hope Col-lege. How do I know? Well, I have man-aged to find someone who understands me completely, can laugh at the dumb-est things with me, but still holds me accountable at the end of the day. I con-sider myself extremely blessed to have found Bethany Vanderlaan.

B, one of my many nicknames for her, lived across the hall f rom me soph-omore year. We'd never seen or heard of each other before that point (prob-ably had something to do with the fact that she lived in Dykstra's basement and I in VanVleck), but once we moved beyond the sometimes awkward "get-ting to know you" stage, we became fast

friends. And everybody knows that when

best friends live together it can go one of two ways: they either become so close people automatically associate the two as one, or a big, fat wedge can be driv-en into the friendship. I am incredibly thankful to say that for Bethany and 1, it's been the former. We certainly don't have the perfect relationship, but living together has allowed us to appreciate and value one another more than if we were just friends.

Since becoming friends and then roommates junior year, we've overcome some pretty big hurdles together. Fami-ly deaths, break-ups, new relationships, tough classes, crazy parents.. . we've seen and done it all and our friendship

has only grown. In addition to being generally won-

derful, Bethany is one of the most pa-tient people I've ever met. Like many people, 1 don't quite fit into a particu-lar personality mold, and my amazing roommate somehow manages to take my quirks in stride and simply roll her eyes at me. I am just lucky that she finds it more amusing than annoying!

I also have a little bit of a confession to make: this column is me making up for being a bad roomie. Her birthday was Septe. 4 and I definitely failed to get her a present. And then she went and bought the movie that I was planning on getting for her. And then her boy-friend's parents bought her the OTH-ER movie I was considering. So what's a girl to do? Oh wait, how about I let the entire school know how absolutely amazing I think my roommate is and how grateful 1 am to have her in my life? 1 have absolutely no problem admitting

that I am a shameless suck-up. Nonetheless, when it's all said and

done, I thank God for bringing such a wonderful friend and roommate into my life. So Bethany love, thank you f rom the bot tom of my heart for putting up with the off-key singing, moaning and complaining about my classes, hitting the snooze button way too many times, and the general goofiness. And for lik-ing me for all of it—well, maybe not the snooze button part, but you know what I mean. You're the best!

Karen would also like to thank Laura and Meghan for the orgo chem memo-ries and the complaining about how atrocious the Cubs were this summer!

Bryant Russ Columnist

Safety concern

I've been thinking a lot about safety lately. As followers of Jesus, what is our relationship with being safe? I'm won-dering, because most people in our cul-ture seem to be a little obsessed with it.

If anyone in my family hears about some interaction I've had with a home-less person, or pretty much any stranger, they get all riled up and remind me to be safe, or to pray first to make sure it's God's will (they do this out of love, and I'm grateful for their concern).

The thing is, I already know it's God's will to reach out to the seeming "least" in our society. I don't get some sort of weird feeling or anything, and I don't hear God's voice directly, but I know from the Bible—that book called Word of God. Christians seem to think we should only take risks if we have explicit orders f rom God, but we often forget that the Bible is God's explicit orders!

Should we be so preoccupied with safety? I think we need to be more con-cerned with obedience, and whenever the two conflict, go with obedience. To many American Christians that doesn't sound quite right, but remember that 11 of the 12 disciples (not counting Judas) were killed because they were following Jesus, and if they hadn't prioritized obe-dience over safety, we wouldn't be here today. So how can we follow Jesus and not expect to take risks every now and

then? It's not that we shouldn't care about

being safe; in fact, we should ask for God's protection every day. But the t ruth is that most of us live lives that don't re-

quire God's protection. We make our lives so safe that God doesn't have the opportunity to protect us. Our choices not only reflect a love of comfort, but a lack of faith in the God who we claim to trust with all our hearts—is it any won-der so many of us feel bored and dissatis-fied with the "Christian life"?

In John 17:15, Jesus prayed to his fa-ther on behalf of his disciples, "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." My question is, does the devil even have any reason to attack us? Are our ac-tions even a threat to his work? Maybe we've become so limited in our willing-ness to serve God that the evil one isn't after us and God's protection isn't neces-

sary. Let me be very clear: being obedient

doesn't mean being senseless. But how would our world—our campus—be dif-ferent if we were willing to take risks on behalf of our Lord? And I don't just mean physical risks. What if we stepped outside our social "safety zone" to be a friend, or took personal risks to stand up

for others? I believe that when obedience be-

comes our number one priority, we will discover whole worlds of meaning that we'd been missing while playing it safe.

Bryant needs a new column bio here. A really really long one, to boot. Yep, right here. Oh boy oh boy!

Outside looking out SamTzou ('12), shares thoughts on religious diversity at Hope

Overlooked

It's easy to use the word diversity. Every organization likes to use it and, moreover, is proud of it. And while people on the street would agree that diversity can mean more than just race, it seems like the difference in ethnicity remains the overwhelming defini-tion. For many, diversity simply means the color of your skin. In many ways, Hope is

no different. With a residential hall dedicated to pro-

moting diversity, and organizations like BSU and HAPA that uphold cultural awareness, the college no doubt places a huge focus on racial differences. The fact of the matter, as many will note, is that diversity can be the differences in economic status, religion.

even as far as to the sandwich that you ate

for lunch yesterday. Believe it or not we have religious di-

versity at Hope — yes you can reread that again, in fact religious diversity at Hope is truly astounding. While there is no doubt that Hope is affiliated with the RCA, the range of religious diversity at Hope is truly enormous. Just three weeks into the school year, I have met individuals of nearly every Protestant faith. Catholics, a few Buddhists, agnostics and atheists among the freshman

class. Aside from meeting and understanding

other religions, students also understand more about themselves. There is no deny-ing the fact Hope is very Christian. The ap-

plication of the Bible however, is very wide-spread. Students at Hope disagree in terms of even basic concepts of Christianity such as the rapture, ^he great commission, cre-ation and much more.

By hearing and learning where others stand, students will form their personal identity in adopting ideas of others, and so-lidifying what was theirs before

Even if Christianity isn't a student's cup of tea, Hope's environment allows that stu-dent to at least see religion and decide for

themselves. In this case in point, at college a student's

religion is what they make of it. For many freshmen, his or her first Sunday at Hope is the first Sunday Mom isn't dragging them

out of bed, throwing an outfit at them to wear, shoving toast down their throats so the family walks in at 10:15 sharp just as the

service starts. I'm not saying Hope shouldn't have a

Phelps Scholar Program, nor am 1 advocat-ing that having exchange students is some-how a bad thing. Heck, half of my evenings my freshman year were spent walking through the lounges of Scott the residential Hall for Phelps Scholars. However, college is not only where students get to experi-ence the new food and new cultures, but religious diversity has an enormous impact on students especially when describing the

belief systems.

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More than tweed W e ' r e a s k i n g p r o f e s s o r s :

What's one thing that 99 per-cent of the student body would never guess you'd pursue?

Professor R e b e c c a DeVr ies of

t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n d e p a r t -

m e n t responded . . .

1 just checked my wardrobe. Nope. No tweed. No elbow patches on any of my coats either. Let's chuck that ste-reotype right out the window. "What's one thing that 99 percent of the stu-dent body would never guess you'd pursue?" I'm stumped. I did ask a stu-dent for her opinion. So she asks me

this: "What are your hobbies?" "1 don't have any hobbies." "Professor DeVries! You have to have a hobby! What do

you do in your spare time?!" "Let's see... I work, take care of my family, walk the dog,

listen to music, and read. Does reading count?" "Not really... everybody reads." Rats! So, I'm betting a daily stroll with the dog isn't a

hobby either. 1 like to play card games. I think ballroom dancing is a blast. 1 took a tap class last spring, but six classes doesn't really make it a hobby. Still stumped here.

Maybe I'm approaching this from the wrong angle. Perhaps it should be something that students won't guess about me. However, any student in one of my classes knows that I'm comfortable disclosing a lot of information. For instance, I've told students that I'm a fan of Star Trek and Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings." You see, Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" got me started on this genre when I was in fourth grade. I read that book over and over! I was hooked. "The Hobbit" happened in sixth grade, closely fol-lowed by the trilogy. (Thanks, Aunt )oan for that recom-mendation.) I remember reading George Orwell's "1984" in the eighth grade for English class - when it was 1984! Talk about freaking out your students... (I know some of you will start doing the math. You can stop. I'm 39.)

In high school, I was concentrating on fitting in enough to survive, but I would hide the occasional Isaac Asimov book checked out f rom the school library. Then I went to college. Um. Not much time for leisure reading there, but that's when my boyfriend and I would race to my house from studying at the student union at 11p.m. to watch a daily dose of "Star Trek, The Next Generation." (Look! They're reading "books" on a thin, rectangular electronic device. How cool is THAT?!) We'd occasionally rent mov-ies like "Dune" and became fans of the show "Mystery Sci-ence Theater 3000." One summer, we went to a live taping of MST3K in Minneapolis. Our side§ hurt from laughing so hard. (If you don't know what it is, look it up.) I managed to squeeze in Carl Sagan's book, "Contact," before my 30's, and recently, I've enjoyed Neil Gaiman's works. You know, author of "Stardust" and "Coraline?" I highly recommend

"Neverwhere." So now, you know the extent of it... I'd rather watch a

science fiction film, read a fantasy novel, or catch an epi-sode of "Star Trek" than watch a romantic-comedy film or read a romance novel. It's not by chance that "The Matrix was a film choice for my students' media criticism project. (Hmmm.. . 1 wonder how I could work science fiction into

a research methods course.) I'd like to apologize to my student. I tried to heed your

advice, but I wrote about reading anyway. Sorry.

If any of you science fiction/fantasy fans out there have any suggestions for me, please stick a note on my office door or shoot me an email. I am hopeful that I'll have some lei-surely reading time around the New Year...

From the inside out For cooking

The other day I overheard a group of guys dis-cussing an Olive Garden commercial. (I find Hope boys adorable, don't you?) The deal was something like bread and pasta for $8.95. As I know I can go to Meijer and buy a French baguette for $1.50 and the ingredients to feed four people pasta alfredo for another $7, maybe $8,1 balked, but my fellow Hope students gushed. ("Hey man, that's as good as going

to Phelps.") I understand that not everyone on campus has

access to a kitchen, but anyone in a cottage or apart-ment does. So why aren't they utilized? 1 know they aren't because whenever anyone finds out I can cook, I get the same expression of awe as when peo-ple find out I'm majoring in physics. It's a look that also involves a backward stagger and the obvious shifting of eyes around the room to talk to some-

one, anyone else. This is a fact: if you don't cook, you're going to

pay more for food. The other fact is that just outside of the bubble of Hope, people are desperate. You might have heard of the armed robberies on Co-lumbia as of late. 1 don't want to put Olive Garden out of business, but I do want to suggest that in the face of human suffering in our own neighborhood, I find it inappropriate to dine out every evening.

This summer I worked in Washington, D.C., and I kept better track of my finances than usual, mostly because I was determined not to let my hard-earned money patronize that wretched hive of scum and villainy. Every Sunday I walked to Trader Joe's with a girl in my internship for groceries. Every week I spent about $20, $25 if I bought meat, while she

spent upwards of $50. "How do you manage to do that?" we asked

each other in equal amazement. She pulled micro-waveable lunches and dinners out of her bag while I showed her my fresh ingredients for the same lunches and dinners. She would shrug and say, "I

don't have time to cook."

Non-Spleen Baked Mac and Cheese

I n g r e d i e n t s :

-1 lb pas ta of your choice (I prefer twists)

- I block C h e d d a r cheese or a combina t ion of cheeses , sh redded

-1 /2 stick bu t te r

-3 tab lespoons flour

-2 cups milk -4 tab lespoons b r e a d c r u m b s (1 prefer panko)

-1 tab lespoon olive oil

-Salt and p e p p e r -Chopped , lightly sau teed green and red bell peppe r s or

cooked c h o p p e d bacon (optional)

Raina Khatri Copy Editor

This is interesting to me because cooking is in fact my favorite way to procrastinate. (Eating is more important than quantum mechanics, right?) My college life aside, I've recently read that the American public agrees with me: cooking is a grow-ing pastime as belts tighten, especially for spending time with friends. The old-fashioned dinner party is making a comeback.

Just the other day I had a friend over for baked mac and cheese. It didn't go well because I used processed Meijer cheddar, but we had fun anyway. After flawlessly executing my roux, I grated some cheese into the pan and instead of melting, it glom-med together in uneven, radioactive orange chunks. My friend and I stared as it climbed up my whisk in the manner of a spleen from a 1950s horror film. We added milk and hoped for the best, and 30 min-utes later enjoyed a tasty if questionable dinner.

So the girl from DC spends double what I do on food and never gets to experience cheesy spleen with friends. For our 10-week internship, she spent $500 on food and 1 spent $250. Putting this in Hope terms, for a 16-week semester, I will spend $400. Someone on the 21-meal-a-week plan will spend $2,200. You could buy a used car for the difference.

But people not on the meal plan have the oppor-tunity to save, and as far as I can tell, many choose not to. It is my experience that f rom the top down at Hope College, there is an established culture of spending money that perhaps you shouldn't—aw-fully strange considering how many people out there need help and how much Christian character

we claim to have. That's worth a few less trips to Olive Garden, 1

think.

In her spare time (when not cooking). Raina can be found madly writing science fiction novels.

Direc t ions : 1. Prehea t the oven to 350 F. Cook pasta unt i l al den te . Drain.

2. Meanwhi le , s tart the sauce, beg inn ing wi th a roux. Melt the

bu t te r over m e d i u m heat and whisk with the flour. Then add

milk, then cheese, whisking frequently. At this point you can

ei ther add peppers or bacon, but the sauce will be good plain,

too. Season and r emove f r o m heat . 3. Pour pasta into a greased 9x13 (or close) casserole dish. Pour

cheese sauce over the pasta. Cover wi th evenly wi th b read

c r u m b s and lightly drizzle wi th olive oil. Bake in the oven for

10-15 minutes , or until the top looks golden b rown . 4. Remove f r o m oven and let sit for at least five minu tes before

serving.

Overlooked • S a m TzoiTs column, f rom page 10

This ability for a student to form his or her personal beliefs is arguably one of the most crucial aspects of a student's development. And while this religious diver-sity is not ignored or tossed aside, it's definitely over-looked. In many ways the latter is much worse. Ignor-ing is disregarding to the point that you don't know it exists; while underlooked is never taking advantage or utilizing resources in front of you. I'm not asking for something like BSU or H APA to form for religious diver-sity. Acknowledgement is to take advantage of religious diversity throughout campus. Hope's open Christian dy-namic helps students grow, learning more about others

and themselves. Hope College class of 2015 will come in next fall,-

mostly hearing the same ideas of diversity for Hope Col-lege. What many of them won't see or hear about for diversity include the personal growth of individuals, the solidification of beliefs that all ultimately stem from the idea of the diversity of religious beliefs, an idea often un-appreciated, underestimated, and truly not noticed.

Sam Tzou wishes there wasn't a Ton his last name, because then people would pronounce it correctly the

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[ 2 T H E A N C H O R SPORTS S E P T E M B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 0

T H I S W E E K I N S P O R T S

Saturday Football vs. Alma at 1 p.m.

Women's Soccer vs. Olivet at 12 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Trine at 1 1 a.m.

Oct. 2

I N B R I E F

FOOTBALL WINLESSIN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY

Hope's football squad fell

27-12 to the Lakeland College Muskies on Sept. 25 which

ea rned its first win of the sea-

son. The loss pushed the Flying Dutchmen ' s record to 0-4, mak-

ing this the fifth consecutive year

that t he t eam will have gone win-

less against non-confe rence op-ponents , a 23-game non-confer -

ence losing streak. H o p e was off

to a good start in the first quar-ter following a 55-yard intercep-

tion re tu rn for a t ouchdown by

linebacker Zach Jones ('11). At

halft ime, H o p e trailed by only o n e point a f ter a 12-yard touch-

d o w n pass f rom Chr i s Feys ('11)

to Mark Soisson (13) . However, two unanswered t o u c h d o w n s

in the second half by Lakeland

put the contest ou t of reach. The

contest was also notable for be-

ing the thi rd annual Coach to Cure M D game. Each year, col-

lege football coaches across the

nat ion wear a Coach to Cure M D patch o n their shi r ts and

fans in a t tendance are asked to

dona te to batt le D u c h e n n e Mus-

cular Dystrophy.

HOPE VOLLEYBALL BOUNCES BACK WITH PAIR

OF WINS

After a difficult weekend at

Wi t t enberg University's "Border

Battle" o n Sept. 17 and 18, the Flying Dutch volleyball squad

bounced back with sweeps over

the Alma College Scots and the

Adr ian College Bulldogs on Sept. 21 and Sept. 24 respectively. The

Wit tenberg University tourna-

m e n t resulted in H o p e drop-

ping three out of four matches. However, each loss c ame against

another ranked team. Hope

was ranked sixth in Division 111

heading into the weekend. After two three-set victories, Hope

improved its conference re-

cord to 5-1, trailing only Calvin

which remains undefea ted af ter

six conference games.

Men's soccer defeats top-ranked Calvin Jake Bajema S T A F F W R I T E R

O n Saturday

Sept. 25 in f ront of nearly 2,800, Hope

College's men's

soccer t eam took on rival Calvin

College, ranked

first in the nation

at the t ime. The Knights

c ame into the game

with a perfect 7 -0

record while the D u t c h m e n en tered

the game 4-1-2 on

the season. H o p e was

looking for revenge

after last season's

loss to the Knights that gave Calvin

the automat ic bid to the N C A A

t o u r n a m e n t . The Knights finished as

national runne r -ups in the t o u r n a m e n t . H o p e knew in

order to win the conference

beat ing Calvin would be part of

making that happen . H o p e got on the board first

wi th Jeff Ekdom's ('13) header

goal on a cross f rom Ryan Cot ter

('11). Cot ter followed up a missed cross f rom the left side

by firing the loose ball into the

penalty kick area where Ekdom

was roaming free.

HOTC BY DLL'

HOPE ROOKIES EARN THEIR STRIPES- Andrew Nichols ( 1 1 ) drives the ball around Calvin midf ie lder Dan Kmetz in Hope's Sept. 2 5 v ictory over the Knights.

"We talked as a t eam earlier that week about h o w Calvin's

defenders tend to ball watch and

lose track of guys making runs in the box,".Ekdom said. "I don ' t

really r e m e m b e r what happened

when the ball left my head. I

received a punch o r elbow, not really sure which one...all the

pain went away when I heard

the c rowd go nu t s and s tar ted to celebrate. The feeling is

indescribable, scoring a huge

goal in f ront of that many fans."

That goal held up th rough

ha l f t ime \vhen the Flying

D u t c h m e n went in with a 1-0

lead. Calvin t ied it up shortly

into the second half when Calvin fo rward Tyler Vegter

broke free and snuck past H o p e goalie Logan Neil (12 ) to tie it

up at one a piece. The goal hur t , bu t the D u t c h m e n did no t feel

defeated. "Inside I was kind of upset

with myself for no t making the save, bu t a f ter it went in I told

the defense that we were OK and

no t to worry about it," Neil said.

There was a lot of t ime left and I was confident we were going to

score again. The Du tchmen

tallied another

goal when Brayden Wes t (14 ) scored

the game-winning

goal in the 73rd minu te to give

H o p e the final 2-1

advantage. "Brayden is

o n e of the hardes t working kids o n

our team and he never gives up o n a

play," Neil said. "Having the

composu re to

play in such an impor t an t game

as a f r e shman says a lot about no t just

Brayden, but all of

the f r e shmen on

our team." The Du tchmen hold first

place of t he MIAA after the win pu t t h e m at 2-0 in conference

play. Although the win was

big, Neil knows this is just the beginning of conference play

and there is a long way to go. "We just need to keep

working hard and focus on one

game at a time," he said. "You

can't overlook anyone in our league. Winn ing our league is

the best way to reach the N C A A

tourney, and w h e n we do I know

we will make a run."

Golf teams both third in MIAA with two weeks left Chris Russ A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S E D I T G R

H o p e College's men's and

women ' s golf t eams are bo th

sitting at third place in the MIAA

standings . Whi le bo th t eams may be in

identical places with regards to

standings, a closer examinat ion of those s tandings reveals that

the t eams hold fairly different

posi t ions. The men's t eam, which moved

into thi rd place after its Sept. 25

second-place finish at the M I A A

Jamboree at Adrian, now trail

second-place Adrian by a single stroke and conference leaders

Trine by 14 strokes.

The women's golf squad, however, trails second place

Olivet by 36 and MIAA women's

golf leader Saint Mary's by 42.

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the s tandings are no t seen in the men's league, where the

second and fifth place t eams are

separated by only six strokes.

Men's golf coach Bob Ebels

expressed op t imi sm o n his team's out look with regard to a

conference title. "We've been in this posit ion

before, being 15 or 20 s trokes

b i c k halfway th rough the

season," Ebels said. "It's the best

posit ion to be in. Golf is very un ique in that it's very hard to

hold on to a lead." The men's first victory of

the season came Sept. 21 at the MIAA jamboree at Kalamazoo.

The t o u r n a m e n t was also notaBle due to the course record sett ing

pe r fo rmance of t eam captain

Chr i s Ansel (11 ) w h o shot a 68

for the day. This score helped Ansel to

main ta in his conference leading

72.2 s troke average. Nick Campbel l (12), Andy

T h o m s o n (12) and John C a n n o n

(13) are also making an impact for the Flying Du tchmen with

75 .3 ,77 and 77.2 s troke averages

respectively. The Flying D u t c h m e n have

won nine of the past 11 and six

of the past seven MIAA titles

and hope to do so again with a

late season push. Ebels, who has coached the

team for 19 years, also discussed

s tudent and communi ty suppor t

for his team. "It's always encouraging to

see other s tudents and alumni come ou t to watch the boys,"

Ebels said.

Thewomen 's t e a m has been

o p e r a t i n g

t h r o u g h o u t

their season with three

clearly laid out

goals in mind.

"Our t eam goals that have

been discussed with our coach,

capta ins and

players are first,

to mainta in and improve

our academic

s tanding. W e are athletes

but also

s tudents . This

is an impor tan t aspect of our

team," captain

Emily Atsma • 1 P H O I O COURTESY OF HOPE P R

( ^ ' S e c o n d is TEEING OFF- Megan Schol ton C ^ ) led the to plav for and Fly ing Dutch in the Olivet Inv i ta t ional on Sept.

win the MIAA 24-25 wi th a score of 87-82-169.

c h a m p i o n s h i p s . We have been third the last few years and would like to finally

come ou t on top. Third is to play for and win national t o u r n a m e n t

bids. O u r ul t imate goal of the

season is to play at nationals,"

Atmsa said. The Flying Dutch have also

been working o n a less clearly

measurable goal this season: working bet ter together as a

team. "This year we focused on

improving our team unity," Atsma said. "This is someth ing

that is impor tan t for us to focus o n because we play an individual

t eam sport . Although we don't play with

each other dur ing a match, we are ultimately a t eam and need

to be close like a team that plays

together. This has improved greatly this year and we have

seen direct results."