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the M\ /1 V? ' * Stm- o- * December 1999 Potty Break •H Hope College Holland, Michigan • A student-run nonprofit publication Serving the Hope College Community for II 3 years /\nc/7or photo courtesy Public Relations STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT: Organist David Schout ( y 00) accompa- nies Hope's choirs duing the annual Christmas Vespers performances on Saturday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 5. Hope's musical groups assembled for four performances which attracted over 4000 people in the audience. It was recordea\by PBS stations and will air across the nation throughout the Christmas season. "Religious' , to be defined at meeting Kosovars find refuge in healing JULIE GREEN campusbeat editor The crisis in Kosovo has louchcd many hearts, and some people have iravelled thousands of miles lo con- ned ihemselves to many people across ihe world. Karen Cox. a Hope GLCA Inde- pendenl Scholar iravelled from Holland lo Albania, a country lhal look in many Kosovo refugees, lo help wilh ihe irauma. The goal lhal I have is to offer somelhing new lo people who are in lerriTying slfualions," Cox said. "People who have been iraumalized have often losl hope for ihe future and ihey oflen feel ihey are very much alone in ihe world." Cox is a Crisis Specialist who I rains professionals in other coun- iries lo work in crisis silualions. She worked in Allegan Counly dur- ing ihe 1990s, and in 1996 gained inlernalional cerlificalion as a Cri- L, Tl NUK JE VETEM sis Specialist from ihe Critical In- cideni Stress Foundalion. "What I saw in Albania was iholti counlry in crisis offered sheller, homes, and refuge lo aboul 300,000 people running away from massa- cres in Kosovo," Cox said. Cox gave train- ing and supporl lo local Albanian physicians and so- cial workers on how lo deal wilh ihe crises. She also helped ihem wilh iheir own irauma reactions ihey may have had due lo working with ihe refugees. "I do shorl-lerm inlervening," she said. "I might see a refugee only once in my life." She usually spoke in English in Courtesy Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children Albania, but she \youId work lo- gelher wilh social workers and phy- sicians in olher languages lo pro- vide ihem wilh Ihe needed informa- lion. "One of ihe real rewards is lhal I was able lo meet these goals by working wilh Al- banian profession- als so Ihey could have materials and information thai give ihem some hope for ihe fu- ture," Cox said. Cox also worked wilh Ihe chil- dren of Kosovo. "Children who have been through a lerrifying silualion feel lhal ihey are alone in ihe world and lhal ihey are different ihen other more REFUGEES on 2 Debate over meaning of "religious " has committee on hold CARRIE ARNOLD campusbeat editor The Religious Life Committee hasn'l met for ihe pasl two monlhs due lo a disagreement surrounding ihe definition of "religious." Some members of ihe commil- lee, led by Chaplain Paul Boersma, inlerpret religious lo include only ihe Christian failh. Others, led by English professor Peler Schakel, believe lhal "reli- gious" should be inierpreled iq a broader sense and include Ihose faiths outside ihe Christian tradi- tions. "We had lots of people come in and lalk lo us," said Paul Bush, Sludenl Congress representalive lo ihe Committee. "We couldn't final- ize ihe wording." The disagreement began because ihe Religious Life Committee was inaclive for a number of years and was only reinslaled a few years ago by Provost Jack Nyenhuis. "There wasn'l ihe passing along of the mission of ihe Commillee and ihe function of whal ihe Commil- lee was," Boersma said. "Once we gel clarificalion, then ihe Commil- lee knows how lo function." Official debale regarding ihe definition began last year, but was tabled indefinitely by the Adminis- trative Affairs Board. It continued into this fall where it was taken up by the Religious Life Committee. 4 'I refused lo carry on any mem- bership meetings unlil this issue had been resolved," said Geoffrey Reynolds, head of the Religious Life Committee. The definilion of "religious" will be voted on by the Administrative Affairs Board at their next meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Presentations by both Schakel and Boersma were made at their last meeting on Tues- day, Nov. 9. more DEFINITION on 2 Recycling to begin this spring • £7G sponsors pilot program for the South Side of campus CARRIE ARNOLD cam pus beat editor The Environmental Issues Group (EIG) plans lo reduce, reuse, and recycle on Hope's campus next spring.as part of a pilot recycling program. Although the group had at- tempted to do a program similar lo this in the pasl, this will be the first time Hope will have an official pro- gram. Only the dorms on the South side of campus will participate this spring, although EIG hopes to inte- grate the rest of the campus into the program as soon as they are able. "On this campus, our group no- ticed there was recycling in (resi- dence halls), but it was just piling up," said Kris McMillen ('02), a member of EIG. "We're not sure if it's being recycled. It's up to whom- ever wants to do it. Whatever is in place now, it's not working." Some students have been inde- pendently taking their hall's recyclables lo the dirt lot between 12th and 13th Streets and Lincoln and Columbia Avenues, but some of the janitorial staff on the South side of campus have found them more RECYCLING on 2 Students complain to Congress about meals CARRIE ARNOLD cam pus beat editor Blue irays, table lenls, the cereal dispenser, and the scramble system are all part of the typical Phelps meal. Recently, some students have been writing Student Congress in order lo improve their experience in Phelps by gelling lower prices and a heller menu. So far. Congress has received several letters since the beginning of the year, via e- mail and their webpage. "Most were concerned that they boughl 21 meals per week and only ate 15," said Malt Scogin ('02), Student Congress Vice-President. "Most would also like us to go lo a debit system." Dining Services director Bob VanHeukolem said that when stu- dents purchase a meal plan, they are actually getting free meals. "Students think they're paying for 21 meals, and if they don't get 21, they think they're losing money," said Bob VanHeukolem, director of Dining Services. "The meal plan lakes that into consider- ation that students don't eat all of their meals." VanHeukolem said that's why there's only a small difference in the prices for the meal plans, since as the plans get smaller, there's a higher likelihood that students will eat all of their meals. There have also been requests to institute a five meal per week plan. "We have that, but students don't know about it," VanHeukolem said. Hope currently offers a commuter card wilh 10 meals on it for $55. The cards can be used at any meal and purchased in the Dining Services office in Phelps. "We would like lo move to some- lhing where we could eat as many meals as we wanted and then gel the bill at the end," Scogin said. "If we pursue it enough and effectively communicate to administration, then we can effectively change things." Scogin sees this as an opportu- nity to get Congress more involved with the student body. more MEALS on 2 check it out. [email protected] (616) 395-7877 Play discusses issues surrounding conflicts in Northern Ireland Intermission, page 3. Students go all out in decorating their rooms for the holidays Spotlight, page 6. The many ways students will celebrate the new millennium New Year's, page 7. 7 7 Swimmer Boss ('02) qualifies for Olympic trials in 200 m breaststroke Sports, page I I .

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the M\ /1 V? ' *

Stm- o-* December 1999

Potty Break

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Hope College • Holland, Michigan • A student-run nonprofit publication • Serving the Hope College Community for II 3 years

/\nc/7or photo courtesy Public Relations

STAR L IGHT, STAR BRIGHT: Organist David Schout (y00) accompa-nies Hope's choirs duing the annual Christmas Vespers performances on Saturday, Dec. 4 and Sunday, Dec. 5. Hope's musical groups assembled for four performances which attracted over 4000 people in the audience. It was recordea\by PBS stations and will air across the nation throughout the Christmas season.

"Re l ig ious ' , t o be def ined a t m e e t i n g

Kosovars find refuge in healing JULIE GREEN c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

The crisis in K o s o v o has louchcd

many hearts , and s o m e p e o p l e have

iravelled t housands of mi l e s lo con-

n e d i h e m s e l v e s to m a n y p e o p l e

across ihe world .

Karen C o x . a Hope G L C A Inde-

p e n d e n l S c h o l a r i r a v e l l e d f r o m

Hol land lo Alban ia , a coun t ry lhal

look in m a n y K o s o v o r e fugees , lo

help wi lh ihe i rauma.

T h e goa l lhal I h a v e is to o f f e r

s o m e l h i n g n e w lo peop le w h o are

in lerriTying s l fua l ions , " C o x said.

"Peop le w h o have been i raumal ized

have o f t en losl hope for ihe fu tu r e

and ihey o f l e n feel ihey are very

m u c h a lone in ihe wor ld . "

C o x is a Cr i s i s Spec ia l i s t w h o

I ra ins p ro fess iona l s in o ther c o u n -

ir ies lo w o r k in c r i s i s s i l ua l ions .

She w o r k e d in Al legan Coun ly dur-

ing ihe 1990s, and in 1996 ga ined

inlernalional cer l i f ica l ion a s a Cr i -

L, Tl NUK JE VETEM

sis Specia l i s t f r o m ihe Cri t ical In-

c i d e n i S t r e s s

Founda l ion .

" W h a t I saw in

Alban ia was iholti

c o u n l r y in c r i s i s

o f f e r e d s h e l l e r ,

h o m e s , and re fuge

lo abou l 3 0 0 , 0 0 0

p e o p l e r u n n i n g

a w a y f rom massa -

c r e s in K o s o v o , "

Cox said.

Cox gave train-

ing and suppor l lo

l o c a l A l b a n i a n

phys ic ians and so-

cial worke r s on h o w lo deal wilh

ihe c r i ses . She a l so he lped ihem

w i l h ihe i r o w n i r a u m a r e a c t i o n s

ihey may have had due lo w o r k i n g

with ihe r e fugees .

"I d o shorl- lerm in lervening," she

said. "I m i g h t see a r e f u g e e on ly

once in my l i fe . "

She usua l ly s p o k e in Engl i sh in

Courtesy Institute for Trauma

and Loss in Children

A l b a n i a , but she \youId work lo-

ge lher wilh social

worke r s and phy-

s i c i a n s in o l h e r

l anguages lo pro-

vide ihem wilh Ihe

n e e d e d i n f o r m a -

l ion.

" O n e of ihe real

r e w a r d s is l ha l I

was ab le lo m e e t

t h e s e g o a l s by

work ing wi lh Al -

banian profess ion-

als so Ihey cou ld

have materials and

i n f o r m a t i o n tha i

g ive i h e m s o m e hope for ihe fu -

ture ," C o x said.

Cox a l so w o r k e d wilh Ihe chi l-

dren of K o s o v o .

" C h i l d r e n w h o h a v e b e e n

th rough a l e r r i fy ing si lual ion feel

lhal ihey are a lone in ihe wor ld and

lhal ihey are d i f f e r en t ihen o the r

more REFUGEES on 2

• Debate over meaning of "religious " has committee on hold

CARRIE A R N O L D c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

T h e Rel ig ious Li fe C o m m i t t e e

hasn ' l met for ihe pasl t w o m o n l h s

d u e lo a d i s a g r e e m e n t su r round ing

ihe def in i t ion of " r e l ig ious . "

S o m e m e m b e r s of ihe c o m m i l -

lee, led by Chapla in Paul Boersma ,

inlerpret re l ig ious lo inc lude only

ihe Chr i s t i an failh.

Others , led by Engl ish p ro fe s so r

Pe ler Schake l , be l ieve lhal " re l i -

g ious " shou ld b e in ierpre led iq a

b r o a d e r s ense a n d i nc lude Ihose

fa i ths ou ts ide ihe Chr is t ian t radi-

t ions .

" W e had lots of p e o p l e c o m e in

and lalk lo us , " said Paul Bush ,

S ludenl C o n g r e s s representa l ive lo

ihe Commi t t ee . " W e cou ldn ' t final-

ize ihe w o r d i n g . "

The d isagreement began because

ihe Re l ig ious L i f e C o m m i t t e e w a s

inacl ive for a n u m b e r of years and

was only reinslaled a f e w years ago

by Provos t Jack N y e n h u i s .

" T h e r e w a s n ' l ihe pass ing a long

of the mission of ihe C o m m i l l e e and

ihe func t ion of wha l ihe C o m m i l -

lee w a s , " B o e r s m a said. " O n c e we

gel c la r i f ica l ion , then ihe C o m m i l -

lee k n o w s h o w lo f u n c t i o n . "

O f f i c i a l d e b a l e r e g a r d i n g i he

de f in i t i on began last year , but was

tabled indef in i te ly by the A d m i n i s -

trat ive A f f a i r s Board . It con t inued

into th is fall w h e r e it was taken up

by the Re l ig ious Li fe C o m m i t t e e . 4'I r e fu sed lo ca r ry on any m e m -

bership meet ings unlil this issue had

b e e n r e s o l v e d , " s a i d G e o f f r e y

R e y n o l d s , h e a d of the R e l i g i o u s

L i f e C o m m i t t e e .

T h e def in i l ion of " re l ig ious" will

be voted on by the Admin i s t r a t ive

A f f a i r s Boa rd at their next mee t ing

on Tuesday , Dec . 14. P resen ta t ions

by bo th Schakel and B o e r s m a we re

m a d e at their last mee t ing on Tues-

day, Nov. 9. more D E F I N I T I O N on 2

Recycl ing t o begin th is spr ing • £7G sponsors pilot program for the South Side of campus

CARRIE A R N O L D c a m pus b e a t e d i t o r

T h e Env i ronmen ta l Issues G r o u p

( E I G ) p l ans lo reduce , r euse , and

r e c y c l e on H o p e ' s c a m p u s n e x t

s p r i n g . a s part of a pi lot recyc l ing

p rog ram.

A l t h o u g h t h e g r o u p h a d a t -

t empted to d o a p r o g r a m s imi lar lo

this in the pasl , this will be the first

t ime H o p e will have an of f ic ia l pro-

gram. On ly the d o r m s on the Sou th

side of c a m p u s will par t ic ipate this

spr ing , a l though EIG h o p e s to inte-

grate the rest of the c a m p u s into the

p r o g r a m as soon as they are able.

" O n th is c a m p u s , ou r g r o u p no-

t iced there was r ecyc l ing in (resi-

d e n c e halls) , but it was jus t pi l ing

u p , " sa id Kr i s M c M i l l e n ( ' 0 2 ) , a

m e m b e r of E I G . " W e ' r e not sure if

i t 's be ing recycled. It 's up to w h o m -

eve r wants to do it. W h a t e v e r is in

p lace now, i t ' s not w o r k i n g . "

S o m e s tuden t s have been inde-

p e n d e n t l y t a k i n g t h e i r h a l l ' s

r ecyc lab les lo the dirt lot be tween

12th and 13th S t ree ts and Lincoln

and C o l u m b i a Avenues , but s o m e

of the jan i tor ia l s ta f f on the South

s ide of c a m p u s have found them

more R E C Y C L I N G on 2

Students compla in t o Congress about meals CARRIE A R N O L D c a m pus b e a t e d i t o r

Blue i rays, table lenls , the cereal

d ispenser , and the s c r amble sy s t em

are all part o f the typica l P h e l p s

meal .

R e c e n t l y , s o m e s t u d e n t s h a v e

been wr i t ing S tudent C o n g r e s s in

order lo improve their expe r i ence

in Phelps by ge l l ing lower p r i ces

and a heller menu . S o far. C o n g r e s s

has received severa l let ters s ince

the b e g i n n i n g of the year , via e-

mail a n d their w e b p a g e .

" M o s t were conce rned that they

boughl 21 mea ls per week and only

ate 15," sa id Mal t Scog in ( ' 0 2 ) ,

S tudent C o n g r e s s Vice-Pres ident .

" M o s t would a l so l ike us to g o lo a

debit s y s t e m . "

D i n i n g S e r v i c e s d i r e c t o r B o b

V a n H e u k o l e m said that when stu-

dents purchase a meal plan, they

are actual ly ge t t ing free mea ls .

" S t u d e n t s think t h e y ' r e p a y i n g

for 21 meals , and if they d o n ' t get

2 1 , t h e y t h i n k t h e y ' r e l o s i n g

money , " said B o b V a n H e u k o l e m ,

d i rec tor of Din ing Services . " T h e

meal plan lakes that into cons ider -

ation that s tudents d o n ' t eat all of

their mea l s . "

V a n H e u k o l e m said t h a t ' s why

there 's only a small d i f ference in the

prices for the meal p lans , s ince as

the p lans get smaller, there ' s a h igher

l ikel ihood that s tuden t s will eat all

of their mea ls .

T h e r e have also been reques t s to

inst i tute a five meal pe r week plan.

"We have that , but s tuden t s d o n ' t

k n o w abou t i t ," V a n H e u k o l e m said.

H o p e current ly of fers a c o m m u t e r

card wilh 10 mea ls on it for $55. The

cards can be used at any meal and

p u r c h a s e d in the D i n i n g S e r v i c e s

o f f i c e in Phelps .

" W e would like lo m o v e to some-

lhing w h e r e we cou ld eat as m a n y

mea ls as w e wanted a n d then gel

the bill at the e n d , " Scogin said. "If

we pursue it enough and ef fec t ive ly

c o m m u n i c a t e to a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ,

t h e n w e c a n e f f e c t i v e l y c h a n g e

th ings . "

Scogin sees this a s an oppor tu-

nity to get C o n g r e s s m o r e involved

wi th the s tudent body. more MEALS on 2

check it out.

[email protected]

(616) 395-7877

Play discusses issues surrounding conflicts in Northern Ireland Intermission, page 3.

Students go all out in decorating their rooms for the holidays S p o t l i g h t ,

p a g e 6 .

The many ways students will celebrate the new millennium N e w Y e a r ' s ,

p a g e 7 .

7 7

Swimmer Boss ('02) qualifies for Olympic trials in 200 m breaststroke S p o r t s ,

p a g e I I .

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C a m p u s Beat the Anchor D e c e m b e r 8, I 999

campus brief W T H S holds band ba t t l e as fundraiser

W T H S will host ils f i rs t "Ba l i l c

o f i h c B a n d s " on Sa turday , Dcc . 11

ai 8 p.m. in Phelps Ca lc lc r i a .

A d m i s s i o n is one non -pe r i shab l e

food item, w h i c h will be dona t ed

lo a local food pantry .

Bands pa r t i c ipa t ing are : J enn ie

A l e x a n d e r COI) . M a r c e l A m e l i a .

While Vinyl . The John Reed Band .

Adop i -A-S ia r and C o s m e t i c .

W T H S E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e

m e m b e r s n a r r o w e d p a r t i c i p a n t s

f r o m about a dozen bands that au-

d i t ioned .

T h e w i n n i n g band will r ece ive

a i r l ime on W T H S , and will have

their m u s i c recorded in a s tudio .

E a c h band will play abou t a 3 0

minu te set, and w i n n e r s will be de-

t e rmined f r o m a panel of J u d g e s .

Bible groups do volunteer work KATE V A N KRIMPEM ad r e p r e s e n t a t i v e

It is bet ter to g ive than to receive .

This famil iar phrase descr ibes the

hear ts and a t t i tudes of several c a m -

pus Bible s tudy g r o u p s w h o have

m a d e an e f fo r t to vo lun tee r in the

c o m m u n i t y .

Severa l Bible s tudy g r o u p s par-

ticipated in the Opera t ion C h r i s t m a s

Chi ld p ro jec t .

" O u r B i b l e s t u d y w o r k e d to-

ge ther to d o t w o O p e r a t i o n Chris t -

m a s Child boxes . " said g r o u p leader

Li / Fothcrgi l l ( 02). " N e x t s e m e s -

ter we hope to vo lun tee r at the Hos-

pitality H o u s e . "

"1 find ii very h u m b l i n g to vol-

unteer. ' ' Fothcrgi l l said. " E v e r y o n e

can work t o g e t h e r for a p u r p o s e

o ther than in a Bible s tudy sel l ing.

T h e on ly c h a l l e n g e is t ry ing to f ind

a l ime w h e n e v e r y o n e is a b l e to

par t ic ipa te . "

A Van Vleck Bible s ludy spen l

iwo hours w o r k i n g at the Hospi ta l -

ity H o u s e . " W e c l e a n e d up t he

rooms , v a c u u m e d and dus ted . We

also o rgan ized k ids ' g a m e s in the

basemen t a n d soi led c l o t h e s . " said

leader A m y Woola rd ( ' 02 ) .

" I l ' s so r eward ing to volunteer .

We gel so m u c h m o r e out of it than

w e put into it. I t ' s neat to see the

g r o u p w o r k i n g toge ther . "

" T h e C h a p l a i n ' s o f f i c e h a s pro-

vided a b o o k l e t that l isis severa l

v o l u n t e e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s , a l l o f

which indicate w h e t h e r a spec i f ic

l o c a t i o n a c c o m m o d a t e s g r o u p

pro jec t s .

O n e o f the P h e l p s B ib le s tudy

g r o u p s vo lun tee red at the Hol land

Rescue Miss ion .

" H a l f of the gir ls served d i n n e r

to the m e n ' s sect ion, and half of us

served lo the w o m e n and ch i ld ren , "

sa id l eader E l i zabe th H u s a ( ' 0 2 ) .

" T h e n we c l e a n e d e v e r y t h i n g u p

a f t e r w a r d . "

T h e s a m e g r o u p has a l so p lanned

an o u i i n g lo the H o l l a n d H e a l t h

Cl in ic lo s ing C h r i s t m a s caro ls .

" W e need to rea l ize that Chr i s t -

m a s is m o r e than j u s t a t ime for

e x a m s . " H u s a s a i d . " V o l u n t e e r

p r o j e c t s a l l o w p e o p l e to e x p a n d

their r ea lm . Ii m a k e s us rea l ize that

t he re ' s m o r e to Hol land than H o p e

C o l l e g e . "

Bes ides the bookle t p rov ided by

the Chap la in s taff , the C e n t e r for

Vo lun tee r S e r v i c e s is a n o t h e r re-

sou rce for s tuden t s or Bible s tudy

g roups interested in volunteer work.

" W e ' r e ca l led by G o d to se rve

o t h e r s , " sa id B i b l e s t u d y l e a d e r

Ryan Coghi l l ( ' 0 1 ) .

H i s D u r f e e B ib le s t u d y g r o u p

vo lun tee red at Project Pr ide , which

is an annua l Hol land e v e n t held in

O c t o b e r . P ro j ec t P r ide is a c o m -

bined ef for t thai a l lows the c o m m u -

nity to dona te mater ia l s , s u c h as re-

f r igera tors . that cannot be p roper ly

d i sposed of e l s ewhe re .

"You read and s tudy abou t Jesus

but i t 's a l so impor tan t to act Out His

wi l l . " Coghi l l said. "Volunteer ing

is a good action to s h o w and live

the word of G o d . "

DEFINITION from I

" W e ' r e t ry ing to keep m e m b e r -

ship o p e n . " Schake l said. " T h i s is

only a lag lo h a n g the m e m b e r s h i p

thing on . "

Schakel w a s c o n c e r n e d that lim-

it ing the m e m b e r s to o n l y those

w h o fo l low the Chr is t ian t radi t ion

o r b e l o n g lo c e r t a i n r e l i g i o u s

groups w o u l d have a nega t ive e f -

fect on the C o m m i t t e e .

Boe r sma . however , be l i eves that

by de f i n ing re l ig ious as Chr i s t i an .

Hope will be keep ing in line wi th

its miss ion s t a t emen t .

" B e i n g a C h r i s t i a n c o l l e g e , if

tha t ' s w h o we say we are in the

RECYCLING from

B u l t m a n begins series

m i s s i o n s t a t e m e n t , t h e n w e

s h o u l d n ' t a p o l o g i z e . " he said. "It

d o e s n ' t m e a n that those ou ts ide of

the Chr i s t i an faith a r e n ' t a par t of

the c o m m u n i t y as wel l . "

Bush lakes an in termedia te view.

" B a s i c a l l y , the R e l i g i o u s L i f e

C o m m i t t e e is g o i n g lo h a v e t he

s a m e m a k e u p next year as it does

this year . " he said. " A f t e r a whi le ,

i t ' s nol going to a f fec t the C o m m i t -

tee that m u c h this year. Keep ing in

mind the na ture of the school , the

C o m m i t t e e is going to have a di-

verse g r o u p of Chr i s t i ans w h o a l so

w o r k to inc lude non-Chr i s t i ans . "

JULIE GREEN c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

The first speaker of the S tudent

C o n g r e s s D i s c u s s i o n Se r i e s w a s

c lose to h o m e , as Pres ident J a m e s

Bu l tman o p e n e d the series wi th a

discussion on the direction of Hope .

Dur ing the Dec. 1 event , Bul tman

d iscussed five visions he has for the

H o p e a lumnus .

" T h e gist o f the speech was w h a t

he wan ted us to got out of ou r fou r

years he r e , " said S tudent C o n g r e s s

Pres ident L o u i s C a n f i e l d .

"It was a good way lo kick off

the se r ies . "

B u l t m a n ' s f i r s t p o i n t w a s

educa t ion . "You will have earned an

educa t ion , not have been given a di-

p l o m a , " he said.

Part of this educat ion includes ex-

t racurr icular act ivi t ies , h is second

point . Bul tman stressed cooperat ion

and compe t i t i ve ski l ls a s essent ia l

to a H o p e a lumnus .

" Y o u will learn these be t te r in

y o u r c o - c u r r i c u l a r act ivi t ies than in

the c l a s s r o o m , " Bu l tman said.

Bu l tman c o n t i n u e d to his third

point , w h i c h was Chr i s t i an i ty and

fai th . He w a n t s H o p e to bui ld a

s t ronger Chr i s t i an founda t ion .

His last t w o poin ts we re happi -

ness and heal th .

Th i s d i scuss ion ser ies was c re-

a ted to p r o m o t e d i a l o g u e on issues

lhat have been a f f ec t ing H o p e .

" T h e series is main ly abou t Hope

a n d f o r s t u d e n t s t o k n o w m o r e

abou t the co l l ege , " Canf ie ld said.

A b o u t 30 p e o p l e a t t e n d e d t he

event . T h e a t t endance was low due

to several conf l ic t s , Can f i e ld said.

"It w o u l d have been nice to have

m o r e p e o p l e the re , " he said. " W e

hope to bui ld on it next s emes te r . "

Congress p lans to host three more

speake r s next semester . Can f i e ld

h o p e s to c h a n g e the fo rma t a little.

"At the next one we will p rob-

ably have a panel , with more stu-

dent in te rac t ion . " Can f i e ld said.

Whi le C o n g r e s s is looking for the

next speake r for the Discuss ion Se-

ries, they will be finalizing w h i c h

s p e a k e r lo host for their S p e a k e r

Ser ies .

Las t year . H o p e hos ted Rober t F.

Kennedy, Jr. w h o spoke on environ-

menta l issues.

T h i s yea r s o m e of the cand ida tes

t h e y a r e l o o k i n g at a r e S h a r o n

W o o d , the f i r s t N o r t h A m e r i c a n

w o m a n to c l i m b Ml . Everes t ; Mia

H a m m . or another m e m b e r f rom the

w o m e n ' s soccer t eam; or Alan Page,

an A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n jus t i ce on ihe

M i n n e s o t a S u p r e m e Cour t .

C o n g r e s s hopes to have it l imited

d o w n to two c a n d i d a t e s be fo re the

e n d of t he semes te r .

S L I N K -I N G A L O N G : CASA member Annie Ervin (y02) helps some children learn about snakes as part of a special

Asm mjB , biology program.

• • P j A ' k J E .

CASA is currently • • P j A ' k J E . signing up mem-

bers for next semester.

Photo ourtesy The Milestone

REFUGEES from I

ch i ld ren . " C o x said.

O n e of the p ro jec t s she w o r k e d

on w a s a c h i l d r e n ' s b o o k ca l l ed

"You Are Not A l o n e " by the Insti-

tu te for T r a u m a and Loss in Chi l -

dren. out of G r o s s e Point .

C o x w o r k e d

w i t h o t h e r s to

t a k e t h e b o o k

apar t and reas -

s e m b l e it i n t o

" T I N U K J E

V E T E M , " an

A l b a n i a n b o o k

f o r c h i l d r e n

dea l ing wi th t r auma .

T h e book had to be r eas sembled

for K o s o v o children because of cul-

tural d i f fe rences .

"Tha t mean t tak ing out about half

o f it," Cox said.

T h e b o o k s w e r e d i s t r i bu ted in

r e f u g e e c a m p s in Ti rana , A l b a n i a ,

and will b e sent to r e f u g e e s w h o

have re turned to K o s o v o .

" T h e s e

b o o k s a r e

be ing sent

in f o o d

p a r c e l s ' to

p e o p l e

b a c k in

K o s o v o , "

Cox said.

Current ly, C o x has a private prac-

t ice , but she was cal led to go to Al-

bania a s par t of a in ternat ional re-

lief pro jec t .

I offer reasons to go on

with life —Karen Cox

GLCA Independent

"1 w a s sen t to A l b a n i a f r o m a

g r o u p of in ternat ional relief orga-

n iza t ions , " C o x said.

Of the six in ternat ional organiza-

tions that worked together on the re-

lief e f for t in K o s o v o . Cox was sent

by the R e f o r m e d Church World Ser-

vice.

C o x h a s w o r k e d wi th f a m i l i e s

and c o m m u n i t i e s in cr ises for many

yea r s .

In 1996 she took training in work-

ing with t r aumat ized ch i ld ren , and

last m o n t h she was honored as the

T r a u m a Consu l t an t of the Year by

the Inst i tute for T r a u m a and Loss

in Ch i ld ren .

"I o f f e r r e a s o n s to g o on with

l i f e , " Cox said.

VOLUNTEER from I

"I would like to have [everything]

a r ranged by next fa l l . " Scogin said.

"1 d o n ' t k n o w h o w rea l i s t ic of a

goal this is ."

VanHeuko lem. however , s tresses

lhat Phelps o f fe r s a variety of meals ,

as well as a broad vegetar ian pro-

gram.

" T h e feel ing of s tuden t s is pretty

c o m m o n o f c a m p u s e s today , " he

said. "We have op t ions to address

conce rns , bul mos t s tuden t s d o n ' t

even k n o w wha t they are ."

Phelps is p lanning on m a j o r reno-

vat ions in the spr ing , such a s the

possibi l i ty of new tables and chairs .

as well as the instal lat ion of a sec-

ond cook ing station and mov ing the

deli into the d in ing area.

" W e really want to try and change

th ings , " Scogin said. " I f y o u ask

any s tudent on c a m p u s , no one is

go ing to say they d o n ' t wan t lower

pr ices and m o r e op t ions . "

s e l v e s w i t h e x t r a t i m e on t h e i r

hands I IG look this oppor tun i ty lo

work wi th the Phys ica l Plant and

Student D e v e l o p m e n t to c rea te an

off ic ial p lan.

" T h e Phys ica l Plant is t ry ing to

create a budge t , and tha t ' s why it

w o u l d n ' t w o r k b e f o r e . " s a i d

Adriann Knepshie ld (*00). co-pres i -

dent of RIG. "Th i s will b r ing us

more weight . Th i s will really imple-

men t a p rog ram that should work . "

E l G ' s role in this p rog ram is to

e d u c a t e the s t u d e n t b o d y a b o u t

wha t is recyc lab le , and h o w to pre-

pare their recyclables . S tudents will

be able lo recyc le plas t ics , a lumi-

n u m cans , and newspape r , a l though

EIG still has lo dec ide wha t types

and h o w m a n y bins they need .

"If s tuden t s d o n ' t proper ly pre-

p a r e t h e i r r e c y c l a b l e s , it w o n ' t

w o r k , " Knepshie ld said. "S tuden t

par t ic ipa t ion is ex t r eme ly vital . If

trash is thrown in the bin, ihen we ' l l

pull those b ins f r o m that f loor ."

Resident Assis tants and Directors

will keep the p r o g r a m organized in

the residence halls, while the Physi-

cal Plant will take the full bins lo

the dirt lot.

Knepshield has high hopes for the

p rog ram.

"1 hope that it he lps the c a m p u s

real ize that there is a need for tak-

ing action and being e n v i r o n m e n -

tally c o n s c i o u s . " she said. 4 i wan t

to teach peop le h o w to leave this

E a r t h w i t h the l eas t a m o u n t o f

h a r m f u l impact . We take a lot f r o m

the Ear th , and I think it 's important

to reuse what we take ."

Earl ier this year, EIG at tended the

E c o 2 0 0 0 C o n f e r e n c e in Phi ladel-

phia, w h i c h featured many nat ional

a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l e n v i r o n m e n t a l

"groups. In the spr ing . EIG is begin-

ning lo plan its annual Ear th Jam

on April 22. Th i s event features live

b a n d s a n d speakers .

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December 8, I 999 //̂ Anchor Intermission

A R T A N D S O U L

Sara E Lamers

Quitting time As the fall semes te r began I

partook of a new expe r i ence - I

took my first pa in t ing class ,

anx ious to e x p l o r e o the r

avenues of creat iv i ty .

As the c lass began , I found

mysel f met wi th new w a y s of

learning. I had to stretch my

prev ious unders t and ing of art

as I encoun te red ba lance ,

h a r m o n y and r h y t h m , and

learned to see the wor ld wi th

new eyes .

I d i scovered that pa in t ing ,

though m a n y m a k e it look

easy, is far f r o m s imple . I

found myse l f f rus t ra ted w h e n I

could not c ap tu r e the detail I

wan ted , w h e n I cou ld not qu i te

make the ob jec t s in my

paint ings re f lec t the light that

bounced off the actual ob jec ts .

But I did have fun and I kept

with it. I found m y s e l f look ing

fo rward to the t imes w h e n I

could e s c a p e into my pa in t ings ,

leaving the wor ld of p a p e r s and

dead l ines beh ind .

I found a p lace to th ink and

d r e a m as I cap tu red my o w n

crea t ions on c a n v a s .

I also learned to let go , to

s top trying so hard to control

the pa in t ing , but to let m y s e l f

g o - to exp lo re and expe r imen t

with new brush s t rokes , new

shades and hues . And even tu -

ally I did f ind that s tyle of m y

own that my p ro fe s so r r e fe r red

to th roughout the semes te r .

As the s emes t e r e n d s and I

gather up my final p i eces in

h o p e s that they war ran t a

decent grade , I find m y s e l f

w o n d e r i n g wha t I have ga ined

f rom this expe r i ence , a sk ing

mysel f whe the r or not I will

con t inue to paint .

W h i l e I e n j o y pain t ing and

find it re laxing x and r eward ing , I

real ize that it is not where my

heart lies. I ' v e dec ided that ,

desp i te the pos i t ive expe r i ence I

have had with pain t ing , I w o n ' t

be rush ing off to enroll in the

next c lass .

W h i l e I would love to keep

pain t ing occas iona l ly , wri t ing

r ema ins my first love and I

w o n ' t give up my pen for a

pa in tbrush .

As wi th m a n y th ings in life, I

have learned that o f t en we h a v e

to give s o m e t h i n g up to keep

w h a t w e love, to m a k e t ime for

that which is a grea ter priority.

In order to d e v o t e ou r full

a t tent ion to these pr ior i t ies w e

find ou r se lves r e e x a m i n i n g our

lives, cu t t ing back on the a reas

that we dec ide d o n ' t d e s e r v e as

m u c h of ou r ene rgy a s others ,

eva lua t ing wha t is t ruly

impor tant .

Let t ing go of s o m e t h i n g

impor tan t is cha l l eng ing ,

because we have to a d m i t we d o

not have r o o m in our lives for

eve ry th ing .

We have to admi t to ou r se lves

that we canno t ba lance as m a n y

hobb ies or act ivi t ies as w e

w o u l d l ike to or thought we

could .

But by reorgan iz ing our lives

and focus ing on the areas that

are mos t impor tan t , we will find

them r icher and ful ler .

A s the new yea r a p p r o a c h e s

and reso lu t ions are m a d e , I

e n c o u r a g e y o u to e x a m i n e y o u r

own life - to d i s cove r wha t y o u r

heart t ruly des i res and then

s t r ive to obta in it.

Photo courtesy of Public Relations

M AKE-B E LI EVE: Michelle Rynhrandt ('01) (center) as Maura makes up a story about angels to entertain her sister, played by iMuren Toner ('03), and her brother, played by Joshua Brandenberg COS). The play will be performed on Wednesday, Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. II at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Theatre.

Play addresses Irish confl ict D A W N D O D G E staff r e p o r t e r

T h e H o p e Col lege theater depar t -

m e n t is c u r r e n t l y p r e s e n t i n g

• 'Maura ' s Ange l . " a play that cen-

ters a round the t roubles in Nor th -

ern I re land.

" W e chose this play to start a con-

versat ion about the s i tuat ion in Ire-

land ," said John T a m m i , p ro fe s so r

o f thea t r e a n d c o - d i r e c t o r o f the

play.

T h e r e m a i n i n g p resen ta t ions of

" M a u r a ' s A n g e l " will take p lace on

Wednesday , Dec . 8 th rough Satur-

day, Dec . 11. All p e r f o r m a n c e s are

at 8 p .m. in the DeWit t Thea ter .

T h e play, based on a novel wri t -

ten by Lynn Reid B a n k s , tel ls the

s tory of a young girl, Maura , played

by Miche l l e Rynbrand t ( ' 0 1 ) , w h o

m e e t s a m y s t e r i o u s girl du r ing a

b o m b at tack. T h e two b e c o m e good

f r i ends and get involved in a vari-

ety of puzz l ing incidents .

Josh B r a n d e n b u r g ( ' 0 3 ) , w h o s e

c h a r a c t e r in t h e p l a y is F o l e y ,

M a u r a ' s 10-year old brother, said he

has learned a lot f r o m the p roduc -

t ion.

"I persona l ly have learned a lot

abou t Ireland that I did not previ -

ous ly k n o w , " B r a n d e n b u r g said. 44I

had thought be fo re that a lot of the

fighting was abou t the d i f fe ren t re-

l igions, but n o w I k n o w that it is

instead about the poli t ical v i ew and

the re l igious ties are only used to

c a t e g o r i z e w h i c h s ide g o e s w i t h

w h i c h po l ic ies . "

T h e d i rec tors and cast hope the

aud ience will gain s o m e t h i n g f r o m

see ing " M a u r a ' s Ange l . "

"I think w e can well be served to

k n o w a bit more abou t the na ture

of the s t rugg le be tween the Repub -

l icans a n d the Loyal i s t s and m a y b e

access ing it t h rough a c h i l d ' s per-

s p e c t i v e can b e h e l p f u l , " T a m m i

said. " W e want to p r o m o t e a w a r e -

ness abou t the s i tua t ion ."

T a m m i and Earl Cur ry of the his-

tory depar tmen t have taken s tudents

to I re land for fou r yea r s to learn

m o r e abou t w h a t ac t ion is t ak ing

place to restore peace .

" T h e aud ience will real ly be ab le

to at ta in s o m e wonde r fu l insight by

w a t c h i n g t h i s p r o d u c t i o n , "

B r a n d e n b u r g s a id . " M a n y of the

th ings that g o on outs ide of the U.S.

g o u n n o t i c e d by us A m e r i c a n s .

H o p e f u l l y this will a l low the view-

ers to rea l ize that even today there

are still conf l i c t s that r age on inside

o ther coun t r i e s . "

T i cke t s for " M a u r a ' s A n g e l " are

$ 7 for adul ts , $5 for H o p e facul ty

a n d s taff , and $ 4 for senior c i t izens

a n d s t u d e n t s . T h e y c a n b e p u r -

chased at the ticket o f f i ce in DeWit t

Center .

"I w o u l d c e r t a i n l y e n c o u r a g e

a n y o n e to wa tch this s h o w for many

r ea sons , " B r a n d e n b u r g said. " O n e

is s t r ic t ly f o r e n t e r t a i n m e n t pur-

poses . T h i s is a g o o d s h o w that

e v e r y o n e in the fami ly can en joy .

S e c o n d is for the m e s s a g e that it

s ends across about fighting and war.

Even if o n e is acqua in t ed with the

t roub le s , the re is a l w a y s m o r e to

l ea rn . "

DePree showcases student jur ied a r t exhib i t MATTT C O O K copy e d i t o r

A large m a s s of bent meta l and

cab les mee ts the eyes of v i ewers a s

they enter the gal lery of the DePree

A n Center .

This is not an a i rp lane acc iden t ,

it is part of a sculpture c rea ted by

Dan P a t t e r s o n ( ' 0 0 ) . o n e of t he

m a n y s t u d e n t s w h o s e w o r k w a s

chosen for the art d e p a r t m e n t ' s an-

nual Juried S tudent Show.

All H o p e s tudents we re a l l owed

to submit w o r k s in any m e d i a to be

j u d g e d for the show. T h e n gues t

j u ro r Tre Arenz . a profess iona l art-

ist f r o m T e x a s , d e c i d e d w h i c h

pieces should be d i sp layed in the

gallery. He chose the w o r k of 28

s tudents , including pa in t ings , pho-

tographs . ce ramics , sculpture , and

mixed media works that range f rom

mi lk a d v e r t i s e m e n t s to an i m a g e

p r o j e c t e d on a s c r e e n by a

A

view finder.

T h e Jur ied S tudent S h o w will be

on d i s p l a y in t he g a l l e r y at the

DePree Art Cen te r th rough Friday,

Dec . 17.

O n e of the works d isp layed is a

c e r a m i c p iece by Sara Wassenaa r

( " 0 2 ) . T h i s i s t h e f i r s t t i m e

W a s s e n n a r ' s art has appea red in a

show. W a s s e n a a r fee l s that it is a

w o r t h w h i l e exper i ence .

" I t ' s really r eward ing to be in the

show, because it 's nice to put your

work out there for peop le to see it

w h o n o r m a l l y w o u l d n ' t , "

W a s s e n n a a r sa id . "It g ives y o u a

n ice r eward for the w o r k y o u ' v e

d o n e . "

Wassennaa r was thril led that he r

p iece was chosen by A r e n z .

"I was really exci ted because I ' ve

never really been in a show be fo re , "

Wassennaa r said.

Like m a n y of the o ther s tudent

ar t is ts . W a s s e n n a a r l ikes the fact

that h a v i n g her work d isp layed se ts

he r apar t and m a k e s peop le a w a r e

of her work .

" I ' m not jus t a s tudent in the art

b u i l d i n g a n y m o r e , " s h e s a i d .

"Peop le know my work now. An art

history professor c a m e up to me and

told m e he liked it. N o w that I ' m

in a show, peop le have s o m e t h i n g

to relate me to."

Ano the r of the s tudent w o r k s is a

pa in t ing by Jenn i fe r Sc ior t ino ( ' 0 2 )

ent i t led "Tr icyc le . "

Sc ior t ino feels that par t ic ipat ing

in the s h o w helped her g row as an

artist.

" E n t e r i n g t he s h o w h e l p s im-

prove my skills and it shows accom-

p l i shmen t , " Sc ior t ino said.

T h e s h o w p roved r eward ing for

Scior t ino.

"I gel a sense of a c c o m p l i s h m e n t

seeing my work d isp layed there in

the gal lery," she said.

For her. art has long been a part

of her life, and s h e p l ans on con- and e n c o u r a g e m e to d o th ings l ike

t inuing he r work , and submi t t i ng to

m o r e s h o w s .

"I have a l w a y s e n j o y e d art, and

my f r i ends tell me I ' m good at it

H e y k k U f T h e A n c h o r i s l o o k i n g f o r a c o p y e d i t o r f o r

n e x t s e m e s t e r . I n t e r e s t e d ? C o n t a c t t h e A n k a t x l S T ?

th is ," Sc io r t ino said.

T h e gal lery is open 10 a.m. to 5

p .m. M o n d a y through Saturday, and

I p .m. to 5 p . m . on Sunday .

U p a n 4 e v e n t s f o r J D 4 1

COM I o m i n j t h i s w e e k . . .

I l i l Dec. 8 D e c >0 y t e i P • •

• The Theater Department presents "Maura's Angels" at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Theatre . •The Knickerbocker Theater presents "Buena Vista Social

Club" at 7 and 9 p.m.

f V O t S * * * D e c . 1

• The Theater Department presents "Maura's Angels" at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Theater. • "Buena Vista Social Club" at

7 and 9 p.m.

• SAC presents "Second City" at 8:30 p.m. in Phelps. • SAC movie ^National Lampoon^ Christmas Vaca-tion v a i 7 p.m.. 9 p.m., and midnight in Winants.

D e c . I I

• WTHS hosts "Battle of the Bands" at 8 p.m. in the Phelps. • SAC movie ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vaca-tion" at 7 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight in Winants.

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our voice. your voice.

Defining "religious »»

T h e d e f i n i t i o n of • ' r e l i g ious" i s n ' t as n a r r o w as s o m e

m e m b e r s of the R e l i g i o u s L i f e C o m m i t t e e w a n t to m a k e

it.

T h e r e a re s o m e m e m b e r s o n the C o m m i t t e e tha t w a n t

" r e l i g i o u s " to e q u a l C h r i s t i a n at H o p e C o l l e g e . T h o s e

m e m b e r s n e e d to r e a l i z e tha t th i s c h a n g e w o u l d be o n e

of the w o r s t m o v e s the c o l l e g e c o u l d m a k e .

C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s po in t to the m i s s i o n s t a t e m e n t of

the co l l ege : " in the con tex t of the his tor ic Chr i s t i an faith.""

But e v e n this a r g u m e n t h o l d s n o w e i g h t , as the m e a n i n g

of the m i s s i o n h a s b e e n d e b a t e d to n o e n d . E v e n t h e

m e a n i n g of " C h r i s t i a n " h o l d s v a r i o u s ' l e f i n i t i o n s to

d i f f e r e n t p e o p l e .

W h a t t h o s e C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s , a n d n u m e r o u s o t h e r s

in the H o p e c o m m u n i t y , n e e d to g r a s p , is tha t t h e r e a re

t h o s e at the c o l l e g e w h o a r e n ' t C h r i s t i a n . D e s p i t e s o m e

p e r s o n a l a g e n d a s , H o p e n e e d s to res i s t the u r g e to c r e a t e

a n a r r o w d e f i n i t i o n b e c o m i n g a t t a c h e d to the R e l i g i o u s

L i f e C o m m i t t e e . T h e C o m m i t t e e s h o u l d r e f l e c t t h e

b e l i e f s tha t ex i s t at H o p e - all of t h e m .

N a r r o w i n g t h e m e a n i n g o f t h e R e l i g i o u s L i f e

C o m m i t t e e is not o n l y c l o s e - m i n d e d , but d i s c r i m i n a t e s

a g a i n s t a l a r g e s e g m e n t o f the c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y , a

s e g m e n t t h a t ' s m u c h la rger than the C o m m i t t e e t h i n k s .

T h e c o l l e g e a l s o n e e d s to s t o p d e f i n i n g " r e l i g i o u s " as

" C h r i s t i a n . " R e l i g i o u s i m p l i e s r e l i g i o n s , as in a n u m b e r

of d i f f e r e n t w a y s o f b e l i e v i n g a n d t h i n k i n g . T h e c o l l e g e

m a y b e C h r i s t i a n a f f i l i a t ed , but tha t d o e s n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y

m e a n i t ' s a C h r i s t i a n c o l l e g e .

H o p e h a s long a l l o w e d " n o n - C h r i s t i a n " s t u d e n t s to

a t t end c l a s s e s . B y p a s s i n g a s t r ic t i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the

t e r m " C h r i s t i a n , " the c o l l e g e wi l l g i v e a b ig h in t to t h o s e

s t uden t s : y o u a r e n ' t w e l c o m e al H o p e . .

P e r h a p s t h a t ' s w h a t H o p e w a n t s . It s e e m s tha t t h e

c o l l e g e is a t t e m p t i n g s o m e sor t o f " r e l i g i o u s c l e a n s i n g "

as an a t t e m p t t o c r e a t e o n e v i e w ; a v i e w tha t w o u l d

e x c l u d e an e v e n l a rge r s e g m e n t of t h e c a m p u s .

T h e c o l l e g e d o e s n ' t n e e d to b e b a s h f u l a b o u t i t s

Chr i s t i an i t y , but if H o p e w a n t s to h o l d i tself u p as an

i n s t i t u t i o n o f l e a r n i n g it n e e d s lo s t o p w e e d i n g ou t

a l t e r n a t i v e w a y s of t h i n k i n g .

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To ihc Edi tor :

I have a favor i te b o o k . I e n j o y

hear ing wha t o ther peop le have to

say abou t this book , even if I d o n ' t

agree with t h e m . They br ing their

o w n expe r i ences lo the read ing and

ana ly s i s of l i tera ture , a n d I c a n ' t

a lways expec t to unders tand them.

Las t m o n t h a p o p u l a r chap l a in

sa id s o m e t h i n g s a b o u t s e x a n d

mar r i age that we re based m o r e on

cultural Christ iani ty and the nuclear

f ami ly theory than on the s tor ies

and ins t ruc t ions in the Bible . O n e

of his s t a t e m e n t s , a s c lose ly a s I

cou ld copy it, was this:

"The re is no doub t that the only

a f f i rmat ion in the Bible of ou r sexu-

ality c o m e s th rough the mar r iage of

o n e m a n a n d o n e w o m a n w h o

p r o m i s e to love o n e another , and

on ly one another , th roughout their

ent i re l ives ."

Mar r i age cer ta in ly is a f f i rmed in

the Bib le , a n d m o s t o f the ma in

c h a r a c t e r s (wi th the e x c e p t i o n of

Jesus) we re c o n c e i v e d by mar r ied

parents . G o d ' s C h o s e n Peop le re-

ce ived m a n y b les s ings f r o m mar-

r iage, but on ly hear tache f r o m sex

outs ide of marr iage . Women did not

m a r r y , bu t w e r e " g i v e n in mar -

r i age . " W o m e n a l so w e r e no t al-

l o w e d to d i v o r c e , bu t m e n w e r e

given that right, to p revent the grief

and v io lence that a f o r c e d l iv ing

a r r a n g e m e n t s o m e t i m e s p roduced .

Holy mar r i age was a un ion be-

tween o n e m a n a n d o n e or m o r e

w o m e n , yes . W h o es tab l i shed the

12 t r ibes o f Israel , man or G o d ?

W h o then, was J a c o b ' s real w i f e ,

Rache l or L e a h ? Should w e include

Bi lhah and Z i l p a h ? And w h o can

forget Issachar . w h o o w e d his c o n -

cept ion to a c rop o f " m a n d r a k e s "

that Leah paid Rache l ? Jake was a

g igolo . I ' m not lying.

A b r a h a m ' s uncle had an a l terna-

tive fami ly unit. Lot was kind to the

M e n of G o d w h o visi ted S o d o m ,

a n d was the only S o d o m i t e spared

f r o m tha t d e s t r u c t i o n . W e r e h i s

daugh te r s w r o n g to preserve his lin-

e a g e ? S h o u l d M o a b n e v e r h a v e

been b o r n ? Was Ruth , f o r e m o t h e r

of ou r Lord , the p rogeny of s infu l

incest?

T h e fami ly a f f i r m e d by the Bible

is a g r o u p of s i n n e r s b rough t to-

gether by G o d ' s love, not an inf lex-

ible h ie rarchy of m a n . w o m a n , and

j o i n t o f f sp r ing . Bib l ica l m a r r i a g e

developed out of the cus tom of mos t

ancient peoples (even the ones with-

out Bibles) , and the law sanc t i f i ed

it. With the f o u n d i n g of the chu rch ,

m o n o g a m y b e c a m e the new ideal .

It r educed s t ress a n d j ea lousy , f r eed

up t ime for prayer, and protected the

f ami ly f r o m illicit m a n d r a k e traf-

f i ck ing .

M a r r i a g e c o n t i n u e d to d e v e l o p

t h r o u g h o u t t he Bib le , and in the

centur ies a f t e rward the " p u r c h a s e "

e l e m e n t g a v e w a y to the " p r o m i s e "

e l e m e n t . N o w a d a y s the m a r r i a g e

aisle is open to m a n y coup les w h o

in the past we re barred for reason

of socia l caste , d i s tance , skin color,

hand icap , mater ia l weal th , or l iving

s i tuat ion. Chris t iani ty still s t ruggles

to r ecogn ize that bond w h e n e v e r it

a p p e a r s , r e g a r d l e s s o f s o c i e t y ' s

ru les .

Al l love, if it is t rue love, c o m e s

f r o m G o d . I gues s 1 missed the part

abou t h u s b a n d s a n d w i v e s be ing

obl iga ted to love their ne ighbors as

wel l . Fo r now I have to a s s u m e that

w h e n a chap la in s a y s he loves me ,

he is e i ther lying, or he is chea t ing

on his wi fe .

T h e w o r d s , " n o d o u b t . " w e r e

e m p h a s i z e d , s u g g e s t i n g t h a t

t h roughou t the Bible and th rough-

out his tory there i sn ' t a Chr is t ian

w h o d o u b t s the " s e x u a l r equ i r e -

m e n t s " as set for th in this s e rmon .

To rebut, I hereby profess my doubt .

J e d e d i a h L e a c h m a n ( ' 0 0 )

Belated thanks for sorority and fraternity volunteering To the Edi tor :

A big be la ted thank you to the

soror i t ies and f ra tern i t ies of H o p e

C o l l e g e . On Oct . 28 , 29 a n d 30,

F a r v i e w F a r m s a n d H o p e h e l d

" B o o f e s t , " to ra i se f u n d s for t he

kids at DeVos C h i l d r e n ' s Hospi ta l .

T h e soror i t ies and f ra tern i t ies goal

is to guaran tee that n o child in West

Mich igan will be turned a w a y for

lack of m o n e y . Th i s is the first of

severa l e v e n t s these h a r d w o r k i n g

s tudents with big hear ts are hos t ing .

I ' m not sure w h o had m o r e fun

and smi l e s - the H o p e s tuden t s or

the fami l ies w h o a t tended. Even the

" t a lk ing" an ima l s at the pe t t ing zoo

were on their best behav ior . Fo r the

s o m e w h a t s c a r y h a y r i d e , t h e

i m p r o v g r o u p f r o m H o p e o u t d i d

t h e m s e l v e s as " T h e T h r e e Wi ld &

Crazy S c a r e c r o w s " and the " H e a d -

l e s s H o r s e m a n . " S o m e f a m i l i e s

even rode the hayr ide three o r fou r

t imes . T h e old f a s h i o n e d b o o t h s .

s u c h a s " G o F i s h i n g " a n d " B o o

B o w l i n g " we re a big hit too.

W e r a i s ed a l i t t le m o n e y f o r a

good cause , had a great t ime and

p lan to d o it aga in next year. T h a n k

you . Hol land famil ies , for your sup-

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f a v o r i t e p e o p l e , t he s t u d e n t s o f

H o p e C o l l e g e soror i t ies and frater-

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December 8, I 999 Anchor In Focus

CHUGGIRST A L O N G

Dana tamers

Never the S a m e I r emember g laneing back ai

my house a lasl l ime on a cool

Autrusi morning as my m o m and

I drove away, head ing lo Hope

College, lo move a car load of

be longings inlo Dyksira Hall.

I r emember l ak ing lhal lasl

look, ihinking lhal il would be a

while before I would relurn, and

irying lo make sense o f w h a l

leaving home really meanl . (Yes.

know I 'm l iom Hudsonvi l le ,

bin I don l go home thai of ien. )

Whal I d idn ' l real ize lhal day.

or maybe I had ju s l slarled lo.

was lhal home would never be

qui le ihc same place again.

From lhal p o m l on. I have been

more of a lemporary resideni , a

visilor al my parenl ' s home .

And while I si ill may go home

lor a day. a break, a holiday, a

summer , being al home has

forever changed .

Thai s noi lo say I appreciate

my family less or don ' l en joy

pending l ime wilh ihem.

Aclually. I would say lhal has

reversed. I appreciate ihem more

and enjoy ihem more when I do

noi live wilh ihem. when I see

iheir qual i t ies more clearly, and

I 'm not distracted by l i fe ' s lillle

annoyances .

B u u h e place where I grew up

is no longer where I lay my head

every nighl. where 1 cry inlo my

pi l low on a bad day. where I

stress, where I hang out with

fr iends, or where I answer the

phone.

II was first semes te r of m y

f reshman year when I not iced I

had started cal l ing m y residence

hall " h o m e . " as in. " I ' m going

home, now." My m o m heard me

say this and seemed a bil

oil ended, but lo me il wasn ' t a

matter of choice, il's just how

things had changed. And I can ' t

classify il as ei ther a good or bad

thing; it 's a lillle of both. Life is

just like lhal.

That lillle dorm room was now

the place where 1 lived, the place

where I cenlercd mysel f , where I

returned al the end of the day.

And so. going home, going to

my parenl 's house, is both a good

and hard ihing for me.

My house feels d i f ferent . My

room is bare and seems a bil

hollow. When I relurn for a

longer period of t ime, il s lowly

refills, bul as soon as I am nearly

unpacked and sea led , it 's l ime lo

s luff it all b a c k j n t o the irunk and

lug il someplace else.

And while I went away lo

col lege, and found my own life

and th ings lo keep me busy, the

rest of m y family did the same.

They have changed in their

own ways , loo. M y siblings have

been g rowing up without me.

Lasl t ime I was home I found oul

my lillle brother no longer thinks

girls have cool ies and my

younges t sister talks for hours on

the phone wi lh her f r iends .

S o m e h o w , I feel like I should

have been consulted about these

changes , bul I just w a s n ' t around

lo notice them evolving slowly.

M y mom of ten reminds me

when I c o m m e n t about "adjust-

ing" to home again , lhal it 's not

s imple for her, eilher. She has

been going about her ordinary

days wilh her two oldest daugh-

ters away at col lege, and one

af te rnoon we show up, wilh bags

of dirty laundry and the expecta-

tion thai every th ing is as it was

be fo re w e left. It 's an ad jus tment

for everyone involved.

My home has become wher-

ever I keep lhal trunk load of

be longings ; c lothes, photo

a lbums , picture f rames , and other

valuables .

In the past six months , I ' ve

moved f rom Kollen Hall, to my

home in Hudsonvi l le , to Vienna,

Austr ia , home again wilh my

parents, and then back lo school.

Col lege students s imply d o n ' t

live at one res idence for very

long, before it 's l ime to move

s o m e w h e r e else again.

" H o m e " has become more of a

slate of mind, a comfor t zone .

S ince that day I left home, I ' ve

learned to be comfo r t ab l e in a lot

of places . I ' ve also learned f rom

being uncomfor tab le in some

si tuat ions.

We are realizing lhal l ife is

constant ly moving , that il 's about

accept ing transitions, being

flexible in an ever -changing

world. I t ' s about learning lo be

content wherever we lay our

heads.

On fixplanaiwn.... As of this issue, I am resigning

as the In focus and Religion editor

of the Anchor .

I 'm not pulling a w a y f rom the

Anchor al together; I ' l l siill be

designing ads and occasional ly

writ ing articles:

And while I know thai the

Anchor is one of the most

valuable exper iences I ' ve had in

college. I a lso know that some-

where along the way I ' ve s lopped

en joy ing it as much as I used lo.

I 'm simply burnt out, and

distracted by everything else

Hope Col lege has to offer. I wan t

to lake a writ ing class that mee ts

dur ing Ancho r meet ings . I ' ve

already started lo work as a

s tudent assistant t o the Visi t ing

Wr i te r ' s Series. And now that

I 'm far e n o u g h a long in school to

lake ihe classes lhal I want to

lake, I want to give ihem a little

more lime and energy.

Maybe this is jus l a sabbatical ,

m a y b e it 's a s low ret i rement from

journa l i sm all together.

I ' m jus l looking forward to

little space lo breathe and a

d i f ferent v iew for a semester. My

glit tells m e that 's a good thing.

Hope students <hal with adjusting to a new home when parents move.

D A N A LAMERS infocus e d i t o r

Mered i th A d o m a l ( ' 0 1 ) had lo

ask her parents for directions lo get

to her own house.

A d o m a t ' s parenls moved whi le

she was away at school , putting an

interesting twist on going home .

" I t was ha rd , " A d o m a l said. " I

never fell like I lived there until this

summer. My room wasn ' t unpacked

for months . "

Heading home for a weekend , a

holiday, or s u m m e r vacation can be

a confus ing exper ience for any col-

lege student, but for those students

whose parents decide to move, a trip

home can become even more com-

plicated.

I t ' s d i f f i cu l t for Mel i ssa H o w e

( ' 01 ) lo cons ider her parent ' s new

home her o w n .

" M y new house is jus t where my

parenls are," she said. "My room is

jusl a bunch of space where I can

put my stuff . I don ' l know anyone,

have a church home, or even feel

comfor t ab le at the kitchen table. I

don ' t even know h o w to gel to the

nearest gas stat ion, let a lone find

w h e r e t h e v i t a m i n s a r e in t h e

ki tchen."

Holiday tradit ions of ten change

with a move, as well.

"Tradi t ions w e have had for as

long as I can r e m e m b e r wil l be

sl ightly a l t e red ," said A m y Ford

( '03) , whose parenls moved f rom

Napervi l le , 111. to a suburb of St.

Lou i s , M o . "For ins tance , eve ry

year on Chr i s tmas after d inner we

go bowl ing wilh a g roup of family

f r iends , but not this year. Or on

Chr i s tmas day, when we are open-

ing presents w e all have designated

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My new house is just where my parents are. My room is

just a hunch of space where I can put my stu,

elissa H o w e ( '01)

area where we have a lways sat, bul

I ' l l have to f ind a new place this

Chr is tmas .

"The ihing that probably will be

toughest , will be when eve ryone is

showing their new things to fr iends,

I will have no one to go see o r no

one to show."

The mi les be tween the n e w and

old home can also separate fami ly

or f r iends for the hol idays .

" C h r i s t -

m a s will be

different be-

c a u s e I am

used to i l be-

ing a h o l i -

day involv-

ing so much

m o r e t h a n

j u s t m y i m m e d i a t e f ami ly , " said

C h r i s t i n e B r a d f o r d ( ' 0 3 ) , w h o s e

parents recently moved to N e w Jer-

sey. "The Chr i s tmas E v e service at

my church will be miss ing, as well

as the traditional parlies wilh rela-

tives who all live in Mich igan . "

Kristen Gray, Assistant Dean of

H e a l t h a n d C o u n s e l i n g r e c o m -

mended approaching the hol iday at

a n e w home with a positive attitude.

"Think of ways lo k e e p in touch

wilh your old f r iends and c o m m u -

nity and at the same time, start new

tradi t ions," she said. Gray also ad-

vised going to visit the old neigh-

borhood on longer hol idays , if pos-

sible.

Gray said that s tudents face sev-

eral d i f f icul t ies when their famil ies

m o v e such as loss of a space that 's

their own, loss of familiar neighbor-

hood , and a loss of con tac t with

f r iends and acquaintances .

"The hardest thing about going

home for breaks is not knowing a

single person ," Ford said. "I t ' s hard

to meet people when y o u ' r e away

at school all year, so when I 'm in

St. Louis I really have nothing lo

do ."

S o m e s tudents also begin to feel

that they have m o r e than just one

home .

" M y n e w h o m e is one of m y

m a n y h o m e s , " Bradford said, "If

there is one thing I have learned in

the pas t year ,

it's that you can

never have too

m a n y h o m e s .

M y h o u s e in

N e w Jersey is

h o m e because

m y f a m i l y is

t h e r e . H o w -

ever, Portage, Michigan will a lways

be my home because I grew up there

and have so many f r iends here ."

When parents move , il can be an

ad jus tment , but il is not necessari ly

a negat ive change .

"I t h o u g h t il w o u l d be we i rd

w h e n m y p a r e n l s m o v e d , " sa id

A n n e Vanderwel ( ' 01 ) . "I ihoughl I

wou ld mi s s m y old house , but I

don ' t . It 's m y paren t s ' house, not

mine. I love going home ; this sum-

mer I m a d e it my home . "

For s o m e students, going home

is more like going on a vacation.

" I t ' s b e e n s t r a n g e , " s a id Dan

Zol ler ( ' 03) , whose parents moved

to Florida dur ing his f reshman year.

"I don ' l have any f r iends al home.

T h e first Chr i s tmas we were in a

rental home, the next two t imes I

went home m y parents were build-

ing a home. I ' ve never lived there

in the s u m m e r ; I ' v e avoided that. I

do have a room in the house , bul il

doesn ' t seem like mine . "

c o n g r a i u i s f i o n s D a n c e

\ A a r a \ k ) f i D r e a w T e a m !

Anne K f i r t t i c r a v o H a

L a u r a E v a n s

s a r a h v f o h n s o n

i J i c o i e T r a v i s

K a f i H o f f V w a n

M f i r e d r t t i A k i n s

J f e n n y K u d r a

s d r o c k m * .

A m b e r v r & f e v o o g d

c a r l B u s s e m a

A m a n d a K r w a

S - t e c e y B a k e r

T i f f a n y G t e n t

Jessica D a v i s

e e + h o H o

i f y o u v i /ou id l i k e - t o j o i n o u r - t e a m a n d g i v e

HOPE - t o k i d s c a l l 3 % - i t o

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Spotl ight the Anchor December 8, I 999

i SOCIOPATHIC CHRISTMAS

Andrew Lotz.

Christmas is Dead T h i s hol iday season . I ihink

lhai I am r ecogn iz ing ihc Spir i t

o r C h r i s l n i a s .

I can loci ils p rc scncc as I

walk ih rough s iorcs hear ing

q u i d rciuli l ions ol ' W h a l C h i l d

is T h i s " or " F c l i / N a v i d a d " on

P A. sys l cms . Ca r s d r ive by wi lh

felled eve rg reens s t rapped to

their roofs , and I c a n see the

mul t ico lored l ights g l o w i n g

br ight ly su r rounded by o r n a m e n t

a f t e r o r n a m e n t . T h e smel l o f

s u g a r c o o k i e s fi l ls m y nose , and

I d r e a m of f ros t ing and decora t -

ing little g inge rb read and

re indeer s h a p e s with my little

sister.

Yes. I c a n feel the C h r i s t m a s

Spirit this year , p robab ly

because C h r i s t m a s d ied last

year. A Spir i t is all that is left -

s o m e corporea l t race of a

hol iday that 1 used to en joy . T h i s

Ghos t of C h r i s t m a s , in a sort of

D i c k e n s - h o m a g e , haun t s m e this

holiday season , r e m i n d i n g m e of

the m a g i c that C h r i s t m a s used to

hold .

It was a quiet a f fa i r w h e n

C h r i s t m a s f inal ly d ied , a l t h o u g h

w e all saw it c o m i n g I suppose .

It s tarted w h e n we began fo rc ing

C h r i s t m a s to a r r ive ear l ier each

year.

C h r i s t m a s took a bea t ing wi th

the loss of the school C h r i s t m a s

pagean t , and its w o n d e r w a s

cha l lenged by the br ight g l o w s

of ho l iday l ight ing c o m p e t i t i o n s .

Bru i sed and bat tered , C h r i s t m a s

hung on mi racu lous ly f r o m yea r

to year , bare ly ma in ta in ing the

mag ic it held in my p a j a m a -

footed youth .

But finally, the nail w a s

h a m m e r e d into the Yule- t ide

cof f in by my parents . T h e y

m a d e m e s h o p for my own

C h r i s t m a s p resen t s .

I imag ine I w o u l d have loved

this w h e n I was y o u n g e r - to be

handed a wad of bil ls the w e e k

be fo re C h r i s t m a s and told. "P i ck

yourse l f out s o m e t h i n g n ice . " I

could have chosen all the G . I .

J o e s that 1 w a n t e d , and the re

w o u l d have been no unde rwea r

under that tree for me .

But rece iv ing it at this age w a s

the dea th knell for the ho l iday

season . I cou ld hear C h r i s t m a s '

b o n e s snapp ing as 1 was ex-

p la ined the s i tua t ion, its s c r e a m s

of a g o n y as e a c h detai l , each

m o r e hor r ib le than the next , was

i l lustrated.

M o m : " H e y honey , I thought

it w o u l d work bet ter if you

s h o p p e d for yourse l f this

C h r i s t m a s . "

C h r i s t m a s : (Two sha rp c r acks

as C h r i s t m a s ' a r m s are b r o k e n )

" A a a a h ! T h e pain, the pa in ! "

M o m : " H e r e ' s $50. Buy

yourse l f s o m e t h i n g n ice . "

C h r i s t m a s : (A loud c runch of

bone a n d tendon a s C h r i s t m a s '

l o w e r spine is snapped in two) "I

c a n ' t feel my legs! W h a t

happened to my legs?"

M o m : "Just g ive m e the

p resen ts , and I ' l l w r a p them for

you and put them under the tree. '

C h r i s t m a s : " N o , not that!

A n y t h i n g but that !" ( C h r i s t m a s '

heart is torn f r o m its ches t )

"Aaaah . . . . ah . . . . ahhh . . . . "

N o w all that is left is the G h o s t

o f Ch r i s tmas . I heard it w e e p i n g

sof t ly in the co rne r w h e n the

p a c k a g e f r o m San ta held the t-

shirt I bought the w e e k be fo re .

And wi th a w h i m p e r , the G h o s t

of C h r i s t m a s d i s appea red into

the cold D e c e m b e r morn ing .

But I feel it aga in this year ,

m o v i n g a m o n g us. C h r i s t m a s

was bat tered by cap i ta l i sm and

slain by b u y i n g o n e ' s own

presen ts , but still its Ghos t

ga the r s in fes t ive p laces and

c r eeps under the c r acks in the

door. It ( lows out into the wor ld

t h rough the vo ices of carolers ,

a n d adds to the g l o w of every

m a n g e r scene in the f ron t ya rds

of A m e r i c a .

C h r i s t m a s may be d e a d , l iving

on ly in the spirit rea lm, but l ike

ano the r a s soc ia ted wi th Chr i s t -

mas , I think that it jus t migh t

have the p o w e r to rise again in

m e , and in the wor ld .

H o p e d e c k s t h e h a l I s • Hope students

decorate their

residences for the

holiday season

M. L O F Q U I S X staff r e p o r t e r

W h e n Necia Flaher ty ( ' 0 3 ) and

Mered i th Te rHaar ( ' 0 3 ) heard that

their floor in Gi lmore Hall was hav -

ing a C h r i s t m a s deco ra t ing contes t ,

they put their h e a d s toge ther to try

and c o m e up wilh the ul t imate dorm

room decora t ions .

Th i s o u t c o m e inc luded a fabr ic

covered couch , de sks decora ted in

w r a p p i n g p a p e r a n d b o w s , a n d

white Chr i s tmas lights. T w o of their

mos t un ique decora t ions are paper

San ta hats on their pos te rs and or-

n a m e n t s hung on their bed f r a m e s

under their loft .

" W e d i d n ' t care that w e d i d n ' t

win the contes t ," Te rHaar said. " W e

jus t dec ided it would b e fun to have

" &

Anchor photo by Jen Bodine

BRIGHT LIGHTS: Nate Hart (*01), right, watches as his housemate decorates for the holiday season.

a C h r i s t m a s r e f u g e . "

N a t h a n H a r t ( ' 0 1 ) a n d h i s

h o u s e m a t e s a l so a t t empted to cre-

ate a C h r i s t m a s r e f u g e in their cot-

tage. The i r decora t ions include two

C h r i s t m a s t rees, interior and exte-

rior gar land with l ights, t w o Nat iv -

ity scenes , and a fou r foot Poinse t -

tia t ree.

" E v e r s ince w e k n e w w e we re

g o i n g to l ive here , w e ' v e t a lked

abou t wha t we we re going to do to

m a k e it into a Winte r Wonder l and , "

H a r t s a id . " W e g o t l e a s e d a lot

' c a u s e w e d id m o s t of it b e f o r e

T h a n k s g i v i n g . "

Har t is q u i c k to po in t out thai

e v e n t h o u g h they h a v e e l a b o r a t e

deco ra t ions , they did not break any

H o p e pol ic ies , w h i c h include not

us ing a n y real greenery .

more C H R I S T M A S on 8

Tis THE SEASON T r i m t h e T r e e Melanie Lofquist

I ' v e a l w a y s loved deco ra t ing

for Chr i s tmas . Excep t for the

fact that I have to listen to m y

m o m ' s corny C h r i s t m a s mus i c ,

deco ra t ing he lps m e ge t in the

C h r i s t m a s spiri t and a l lows m e

to spend qual i ty t ime wi th m y

family .

For the past three years , I have

had the w o n d e r f u l oppor tun i ty to

be i ngen ious and c rea t ive whi le

t ry ing to decora te the wor ld ' s

smal les t space (a res idence hall) .

Dur ing the hec t ic f inal w e e k s

of the semes te r , you may think

that you c a n ' t a f fo rd the t ime it

t akes to decora te your d o r m

r o o m for Ch r i s tmas . However ,

deco ra t ing your r o o m is a great

s tudy b reak and stress reliever.

Th i s year , my r o o m m a t e and I

t aped mul t i co lo r l ights across

our wal ls , c rea t ing a da i ly s tudy

b reak for ou r se lves if on ly

because w e have to cons tan t ly

re - tape the l ights back up .

O n e o f the m a n y th ings I a m

look ing f o r w a r d to af te r I

g radua te is deco ra t ing m y o w n

h o m e for Ch r i s tmas . I h a v e

c o m p i l e d a f e w he lp fu l hints y o u

may w a n t to r e fe r to w h e n it is

l ime for y o u to decora te the

exter ior of y o u r h o u s e for

Ch r i s tmas .

1. Do not try and c o m p e t e wi th

Mei j e r for the m o s l - C h r i s t m a s -

decora t ions - in - the - smal l e s t -

square - fee t award . M e i j e r will

a l w a y s win .

2. D o not h a v e f i gu re s of eve ry

C h r i s t m a s symbo l eve r inven ted

in one ya rd . San ta Claus , the

nat ivi ty scene , and Fros ty the

S n o w m a n d o N O T go together .

3. D o not a t t empt to use m o r e

electr ic i ty than the city of

Hol land .

4. If you c h o o s e not to u s e

mul t i co lo red l ights, m a k e sure the

co lors y o u d o use ac tua l ly g o

together. Fo r those of you w h o

never took an art c lass , red a n d

o r a n g e d o N O T g o together .

5. If you c h o o s e f l ash ing or

chas ing l ights p lease be cons i s -

tent .

Also, c h a s i n g l ights are mean t

to chase e a c h other , not c rash

in to e a c h other.

6. It shou ld not take the ent i re

C h r i s t m a s season to d e c o r a t e . If

it does , get a l ife.

7. D o not turn on y o u r

C h r i s t m a s l ights b e f o r e T h a n k s -

g iv ing . D o no t l eave y o u r l ights

on past m id - Janua ry . N o one

ce leb ra t e s Eas te r by decora t ing

their h o m e for C h r i s t m a s , s o w h y

shou ld y o u ?

8. If a s t r ing o f l ights b u m s

out , r ep l ace it or turn y o u r l ights

off for the season .

9. If y o u s tar t deco ra t ing a

pine tree, finish it, even if you

have to cal l the fire d e p a r t m e n t

to use their l adder to r each the

top of the tree.

10. D o not use duc t t ape or

e lectr ical tape. Na i l s migh t not

be a l l owed in d o r m wal ls , but

d o n ' t th ink that m e a n s that you

c a n ' t eve r use t h e m . S t ap le guns

are a l so a usefu l inven t ion .

een eard What do you want for

Christmas?

"I wan t snow. I w a n t to go

sk i ing . "

—Jess i ca Berg lund ( ' 0 1 )

"For Jesus ' n a m e to be known to

the wor ld . I cou ld a l so use s o m e

socks . "

— S h e r r i Meyer -Veen

Resident Director of College East

"I actual ly got what I want al-

ready. I wan ted to go h o m e to

Z a m b i a f o r C h r i s t m a s , a n d

s o m e o n e a n o n y m o u s l y bought

my bro ther and I p lane t ickets ."

— E s s y Saka la ( 'OO)

" C o m p a s s i o n a n d u n d e r -

s t and ing"

— R i c h a r d Fros t

Dean of S tuden t s

" A t ac t i ca l n u c l e a r m i s s i l e

s u b m a r i n e loaded wi th I C B M s .

Just a little j oy . "

— A n d r e w N a r d o n e ( ' 0 1 )

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December 8, I 999 the Anchor NJ ew Year's

Students prepare t o celebrate 2000 JANE BAST & STEVE ROB I SO N staff w r i t e r s

T h e clock is l icking.

Whi le ihe world p repa res 10 greet

ihe yea r 2000 . m a n y H o p e s luden l s

are ponder ing how lo spend ihe lasi

even ing of ihe m i l l e n n i u m .

"I kind ol leel p ressured lo have

an a m a / i n g N e w Y e a r ' s , " sa id

A m a n d a D r o / e r (*03).

D r o / e r p l ans lo he in N e w York

Ci ly on Dec . 31. a s i lua l ion s h e

looks forward lo, hul nol wi lhou l

apprehens ion .

"I wanl lo m a k e sure I lake ad-

vanlage o f all ihe fun and u n i q u e

ihings lhal will be going on in ihe

c i ly ," D r o / e r sa id . "'Bui I ' m a l so

kind o f ne rvous . I ' m a c razy girl

w h o l ikes lo have fun , bul I a l so

wanl lo be s a fe . "

Mall Tesch CO I ) and Sieve Engel

( ' 01 ) plan lo spend iheir N e w Year ' s

Eve in Ponl iac . T h e iwo will a l tend

a sold oul even l al ihe S i lver D o m e

f ea lu r ing such a d s a s M e t a l l i c a ,

Kid Rock a n d Ted N u g e n i .

"The l ickels we re $ 1 0 0 a person

bul ihey were well wor th it because

we got great scats. I t ' s go ing to be

a lot of f u n , " Engel said.

While s o m e s luden l s ce lebra te in

the cily. o thers see the e v e n i n g as a

m o n e y - m a k i n g oppor tun i ty .

Justin Savara ( ' 01 ) p lans lo spend

the last N e w Year ' s of the mi l l en-

nium wai t ing tables .

" A c o u p l e of f r i e n d s a n d I are

go ing lo be w o r k i n g al a res taurant

that is o f f e r ing lo pay us $ 5 0 0 plus

' l i p s / ' Sava ra said.

S o m e s ludenls see the night a s an

o p p o r t u n i t y lo g a t h e r w i t h c l o s e

fr iends. Kari Lube lan ( ' 0 3 ) is hold-

in»» a fo rmal d a n c e al her h o u s e in

G a y l o r d for her f r iends .

" W e ' r e g o i n g lo d r e s s u p and

d a n c e , " L u b e l a n said. "I jus t wan t

the night to be m e m o r a b l e . "

W h i l e a n u m b e r of Hope s ludenls

have big p lans for N e w Year ' s Eve ,

o thers d o n ' t share their en thus i a sm.

" I ' l l p robab ly j u s t d o wha t I did

last year and g o to bed al e l even , "

Anchor

said Hea the r Fowle r ( 4 02) .

With the uncer ta inly sur rounding

the Y 2 K bug , s o m e s tudents plan

on laying low until the coas t is clear.

"1 feel lhal if the Y 2 K thing does

h a p p e n p e o p l e wi l l r iot and if it

d o e s n ' t h a p p e n p e o p l e will r io t , "

said Sarah Pedley ( ' 01 ) . "The re has

been s o m u c h hype this year abou t

J**:,

f l R A N D O M S A M P L I N G S N e w Year's Jane Bast angst

N e w Y e a r ' s E v e is c o m i n g and

I am worr ied .

High pressure social s i tua t ions

tend lo make m e ne rvous and the

unspoken N e w Year ' s Rule , "You

must have the besl night of the

year ." a lways se ts me on edge .

W h e n e v e r I feel fo rced lo have

fun. I end up d i sappo in ted .

As if the normal N e w Y e a r ' s

Eve stress w e r e n ' t bad e n o u g h ,

this year it 's 1999.

N o w not only d o I have lo g o

out . I mus t have the m o s t fun of

the mi l l enn ium or e lse I ' l l live in

social shame for the next 5 0

years .

I could go danc ing , but th is

presents several p rob l ems . I

wou ldn ' t call m y s e l f a k l u t / -

tha t ' s too kind. I am a

coord ina t iona l ly -cha l l enged

white girl wi th a rabid case of

Dutch rhy thm.

To put it kindly. 1 d a n c e like Al

G o r e on crack . So d a n c i n g is oul

of the ciuesiion.

Fo r a whi le I thought d inner

and c h a m p a g n e at a f a n c y

res taurant w o u l d be fun . 1 cou ld

w e l c o m e the n e w mi l l enn ium in

style.

Then 1 r e m e m b e r e d I have the

social g race of a decap i ta ted

ch icken . Spi l l s and s tubbed toes

fo l low my every h igh-hee led s tep.

P lus t he re ' s the issue of m y age .

I ' m a m e m b e r of the 18-20, " H a !

Ha ! G o o d Luck , " age g roup .

I find it i ronic, f r o m a purely

ph i losophica l s t andpoin t , lhal I

a m theoret ical ly old e n o u g h to

fight and die for m y country , bul a

g lass of wine on the final e v e of

the mi l l enn ium is cons idered a

mi sdemeanor .

A n o t h e r opt ion is lo at tend ihe

fes t ivi t ies d o w n t o w n . H o w e v e r

I 'd ra ther nol be in the midd le of

the m o b w h e n e v e r y o n e s tar ts lo

riot because A B S O L U T E L Y

N O T H I N G H A P P E N S at 12:01.

My paren t s are pretty cool . I

could spend a m e a n i n g f u l even ing

with the individuals w h o gave

m e life.

Unfor tuna te ly , M o m and Dad

are host ing a party of their o w n

this yea r and they say I ' m not

invited.

1 cou ld indulge my inner

nerd and spend the even ing in

f ron t of m y compu te r , secretly

h o p i n g the Y 2 K bug p roves to

be a reali ty ( " W h o a coo l . . .

N o w all those ho t D u r f e e guys

will call m e to r ep rog ram their

hard dr ives ." ) .

Bul as fun as that s o u n d s . . .

I ' l l opt for a quiet , casua l

even ing with my c lose f r iends .

T h a t way I can d a n c e to m y

hear t ' s de l ight and my f r i ends

w o n ' t m o c k me. . . m u c h . If I

trip or spill or swea t loo m u c h ,

they ' l l be qu ick lo forgive .

And ra ther than be ing s tuck

in the cold, dark cily streets,

w e ' l l watch the r iot ing m a y h e m

f r o m the c o m f o r t of a l iving

r o o m sofa .

graphic by Chad Sampson

this w h o l e th ing that p e o p l e ' s ex-

pec ta t ions are c r a z e d . "

Pedley p lans to spend her even ing

with f r i ends until she is sure there

is no fa l lout .

" I am fear fu l of wha t may hap-

pen that night s o I ' m l ay ing l o w

until m i d n i g h t has passed and I see

the o u t c o m e , " Ped ley said.

The Top Ten New Year's Resolutions

10. Stop fattening the squir-

rels with remains of ice cream

cones. 9. Recycle the Anchor.

8. Avoid stray frisbees.

7. Leave the salt shakers in

Phelps. 6. Return our trays to the

Kletz. 5. Bathe the elderly.

4. Buy air freshener.

3. Obey parietals. 2. Attend that darn 8 a.m.

class that the snooze button

always makes you miss.

1. Call home more often. And not just for money. OK,

maybe just a few bucks tp get

through the week. And hey,

it 's winter, don ' t you need

that nice wool sweater f rom

the sa le in D e W i t t ? We

.thought so.

i

Pais ley dAve w i l l pe r f o rm a benef i t concer t at the Kn i cke rbocke r Theater Janua ry 4, 2000.

The conce r t is at 8:00 and al l p roceeds go t o w a r d s the Hei fer Pro jec t .

een & eard

Where will you he when the ball drops on New Year's Eve?

1 " W a s h i n g t o n D . C . I ' m go-

ing to the f e s t iv i t i e s on the

m a l l . "

— B r a n d o n C o l a ( ' 0 1 )

"A l c h u r c h . W e ' r e hav ing

a big N e w Years Eve party

— A m b e r Beeson ( ' 0 3 )

"I have no idea ."

— M e g a n M u r p h y ( ' 0 2 )

" S i l t i n g at h o m e w i t h a

p i t ch fo rk and sho tgun wai t ing

for the i m p e n d i n g r iots ."

— A m y M o l d e n h a u e r ( ' 0 0 )

" A s f a r a w a y f rom anyth ing

as poss ib l e . "

— T a n n e r S m i t h ( ' 0 2 )

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CHRISTMAS f rom 6

" W e ' r e all j u s i c h e c s y r o m a n -

lics." Har l sa id . " ITs prcl ly coo l lhal

w c did il all w i t h i n H o p e ' s d e c o r a l -

ing g u i d e l i n e s . "

M a l l S l e r l i n g ' s ( * 0 1 ) K r a k e r

a p a r i m e n l is c o v e r e d in a var ie ly ol

C h r i s i m a s d e e o r a i i o n s i n c l u d i n g

l ighls , o r n a m e n i s in p l a n t s a n d a

var ie ly of C h r i s i m a s l a b l e c l o l h s .

" D e c o r a l i n g pu i s p e o p l e in t he

g i \ ing m o o d , it h e l p s c e l e b r a t e the

s e a s o n . " S t e r l i ng sa id .

M a n y H o p e s t u d e n t s t h i n k

s imi l ia r ly to S t e r l i ng a n d m a n y use

C h r i s t m a s l i gh l s to b r i g h t e n ihe i r

r o o m for the h o l i d a y s .

" T h e r o o m ge l s rea l ly b o r i n g a f -

ter a w h i l e " , s a i d C h r i s W i n k l e r

PRAYERS

FRIDAYS AT FOUR

S e m e l i n k H a l l .

4 - 4 : 3 0 p . m .

W e s t e r n T h e o l o g i c a l

S e m i n a r y

l o i n u s e v e r y F r i d a y ' J s

f o r a q u i e t , m e d i t a -

t i v e t i m e of r e f l e c -

t i o n a n d S c r i p t u r e

w i t h m u s i c o f t h e

w o r l d c h u r c h .

I lope Church (RCA) Third Reformed

Si. Pianeis de Sales Catholic Western Theological Seminary

( ' 0 2 ) . " C h r i s t m a s is is the p e r f e c t

t ime to a d d s o m e f e s t i v e t h i n g s to

o u r r o o m . Plus , it b r i n g s s o m e of

h o m e to s c h o o l . "

W i n k l e r a n d his r o o m m a t e . Kei th

H e u s t i s ( ' 0 2 ) . h a v e a t t e m p t e d to d o

th is by s t r i n g i n g w h i l e l igh ts a c r o s s

t h e i r r o o m a n d t h e i r C h r i s t m a s

" t r e e " (a c a c t u s n a m e d C h e s t e r ) .

T h e y a l s o h a v e a sec t ion in the i r

r o o m w h i c h has o r n a m e n t s W i n k l e r

r ece ived f r o m v a r i o u s f a m i l y m e m -

bers . Fo r Heus t i s a n d Wink le r , there

w a s n o q u e s t i o n on w h e t h e r or not

to d e c o r a t e the i r r o o m for the hol i -

d a y s .

" T h e q u e s t i o n is ' w h y n o t ? " '

H e u s t i s sa id .

Have no fear the Huggy Bear Hour will be back.

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W H O L E S A L E pric ing by el iminal-

ing m i d d l e m e n ! C o m e see what has

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#1 Spr ing Break vaca t ions! C a n e u n ,

J a m a i c a , B a h a m a s , F l o r i d a . B e s t

pr ices g u a r a n t e e d ! F ree par t ies &

c o v e r c h a r g e s ! B o o k ea r ly & re-

ce ive f ree meal p lan! N o w h i r ing

c a m p u s r e p s ! 1 - 8 0 0 - 2 3 4 - 7 0 0 7 w w w . e n d l e s s s u m m e i l o u r s . c o m

J u n i o r S c i e n t i s t s : N e v e r h a v e I w o r k e d wi th such talented and in-

te l l igent people . I will m i s s you all.

- A m e s .

Pa r t t i m e - f u l l t i m e e m p l o y m e n t

oppor tun i t i es n o w ! We are look ing for mo t iva t ed co l l ege s tudents w h o

wan t to set t h e m s e l v e s apart f r o m

their pee r s . Pay d e p e n d i n g on work

e t h i c . 1 - 8 8 8 - 2 7 7 - 7 9 6 2 ,

c o l l e g e p r o . c o m , 1 - 8 8 8 - 4 2 7 - 7 6 7 2

ext. 5 3 3 for C h r i s t m a s Break

Mary Kay C h r i s t m a s O p e n House ,

C o m e to the VanVleck basement , a f t e r 9 : 3 0 W e d n e s d a y for f ree fa-

c i a l s , s a m p l e s of p r o d u c t s . T a k e

care of C h r i s t m a s shopping on cam-p u s ! Q u e s t i o n s ? C a l l K r i s t i n

L a m e r s @ x6527 .

B - 1 0 : Dur ing this Hol iday Season ,

i t ' s n i c e to k n o w t h e r e ' s a s o u p

k i tchen nearby.

M - Aloha . Wil l you paint my nai ls

once m o r e be fo re b reak? - A

J a n e a n d D o r i - K e e p those a r m s in shape ove r break . You both need

to b e in p e a k b o w l i n g f o r m th i s

spr ing . -A

I ) . L a m : T h a n k s f o r s h o w i n g us

y o u r d i v i n g sk i l l s th is w e e k e n d ! H e r e ' s to m o r e d e e p ta lks in the

Kletz .

W h y is it that w h e n I heard the word

' ' b o o t s " and the word " f r o z e n , " I

i m m e d i a t e l y t hough t of the word

" M a r s h ! "

Off ic ia l c o u n t o o w n - 14 days . Yes,

that m e a n s 2 weeks . S e v e n degrees

of M M con t inues .

2 3 4 : i th ink w e s h o u l d s l eep to-

gether again real soon. kt. good luck

a v o i d i n g " the vo ice . "

Anchor photo by Beth Bailey

THE 1999 ANCHOR: A segment of the fall Anchor staff: front, L-R, Andrew Lotz ('01), Carrie Arnold ('02); second row, Kurt Koehler ('03), Dana Lamers ('01), Jane Bast ('03), Melanie Lofquist ('01), Jessica Lyons ('02); back row, Andrew Kleczek ('02), Sara E. Lamers ('01), Julie Green ('02), Mike Zuidema ('00), Matt Cook ('02).

e b e t h a n d d o r : too bad our roadt r ip

p lans fell through, oh well , the re ' s

a lways winter b reak .

d a v e : w h e n y o u r o r c h e s t r a t i o n

project ge t s you d o w n , jus t r e m e m -

her w h o the jeopardy c h a m p is (me) .

cultural her i tage ends fr iday. only

three more days of phall ic symbo l s .

A j a - Sorry my s inging made you ill.

I was trying to cheer you up. But

you do have to agree that the " L e t ' s

be Frank about F r a n k " puppet show

got a smi le .

J ane is psychot ic at 2 :30 a .m.

T h e r e ' s o n e P o k e m o n v ideo le f t . And only a week and 1/2 left .

You can win at the g a m e of L i fe .

1 mean really psychot ic . A loon.

W e tried to get a s taf f pho to in the

pa lace . It d i d n ' t w o r k .

Le t ' s hear it for the rock ines t h e m i -

sphere on the p lanet : the Wes te rn

H e m i s p h e r e !

L i z : Yes, y o u need ocean w a t e r ,

f r o m an ocean , to m a k e an o c e a n -

J A G .

S t a c y : L o o k i n g at the T r o u b a d o u r s and the men of today, I th ink your

evo lu t ion theory is r ight o n ! - J A G .

S a r a : All r ight , hon , w e ' r e not go-

ing to g o " q u a c k e r s " du r ing e x a m s ,

a n d 1 th ink w e b o t h k n o w w h y .

H e r e ' s t o s o m e f u n n i g h t s o f

b iochem and phys ics . - C R A .

A l - I ' m g o i n g to mi s s y o u s o m u c h next semester ! W h o will I watch T V

wi th? I hope that you will find West-

ern to b e m o r e . . . f u n (and to have

b i g g e r r o o m s ) ! - J A G .

J u l i e : W h e n c a n I c o n q u e r tha t

g a m e once aga in . $2 mil l ion is not

e n o u g h . H e r e ' s to s leep! - Mike .

B D r y : T h e wor ld c a n n o t wait until

F r e d H o i b e r g r e t u r n s . A n d s t o p

p lay ing wi th my b lue ball . - Z.

J a n e : I had no idea how bad a DJ y o u w e r e u n t i l y o u c o - h o s t e d .

N e v e r aga in . U n l e s s necessary of

course . - You wan t me .

A n t h o n y : H e r e ' s y o u r p rops f r o m

the A n k . I hope you are now happy.

- M i k e Z .

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D e c e m b e r s . 1 9 9 9 f f a y ^ T I C n O r ^ y D o r y

S w i m t e a m s f inish t h i r d and f o u r t h a t W h e a t o n Anchor Sports

• / M e e t highlighted by National qualifying performances by

Betsy VandenBerg ('01), Llena Durante ('01), and Josh Bos ('02) — D u l c h m a n a g e d only a four lh p lace ea rned a ' B ' cul in ihe 5 0

A N D R E W KLECZEK sports e d i t o r

Erin VandenBerg ( ' 0 3 ) would noi

le i h e r o l d e r s i s i e r . B e l s y

VandenBerg f O I ) sleal the l ime-

lighl w h e n ihe H o p e C o l l e g e s w i m

(cams traveled lo ihe W h e a i o n In-

viialional. As Be l sy VandenBerg was busy

qua l i fy ing lor nat ional compe l i l ion

in i h e 2 0 0 - m c i e r b r e a s l s i r o k e

(2:23.111 and 2 0 0 - m e i e r ind iv idua l

medley (2 :12.94) , s isier Er in w a s

lapping e o m p e l i i o r s in ihe 1650-

meier f rees iyle (17 :49 .90) .

"I wish she (Er in) had been chal-

l enged ." said c o a c h John Palnol l .

"She migh t have been able to gel

an even bel ter l ime ."

T h e p e r f o r m a n c e e a r n e d Er in

VandenBerg a B' cul for Nat ion-

als. An A* cul is w h e n a s w i m m e r

au tomat ica l ly qua l i f i e s for Nat ion-

als. A ' B ' cul m e a n s that s w i m m e r

is next in l ine for a spol . Typica l ly

the lop 18 to 2 0 ' B ' cu ts are invi ted

lo each event at Na t iona l s .

Desp i t e the s t rong p e r f o r m a n c e s

of t he V a n d e n B e r g s . the F l y i n g

f inish at the mee t , largely due lo

their lack of rest.

" O u r t imes w e r e n ' t as fast as they

had been in prev ious yea r s s ince we

d i d n ' t rest as m u c h , " Palnol l said.

"I fell it was m o r e impor tan t , dur-

ing th is year to reach our peak at

the end of ihe year and I fell if we

took a l o n g e r rest that m i g h t be

c o m p r o m i s e d . "

T h i s yea r b o t h the m e n ' s a n d

w o m e n ' s t e a m s res ted l ive d a y s ,

instead of t w o w e e k s l ike m a n y of

the o ther t e a m s at the meet .

Palnol l feels the shor tened period

hurl the w o m e n ' s l imes m o r e than

the m e n ' s .

" T h e sho r t rest pe r iod thai w e

took had m o r e of an impac t on ihe

w o m e n t h a n it did on the m e n , "

P a l n o l l s a i d . " A f e w m a y h a v e

n e e d e d a little m o r e rest than they

h a d . "

D e s p i t e the br ie f rest pe r iod a

n u m b e r o f s w i m m e r s m a n a g e d

f a s t e r l i m e s . A m o n g t h e m w a s

L lena Duran te ( ' 0 1 ) , w h o won the

100-meier but terf ly ( :58.79) wi lh an

A ' c u l f o r n a t i o n a l s . S h e a l s o

mete r f rees tyle .

T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n .

sparked by ihe strong perfor-

m a n c e s o f Josh Bos ( ' 02 ) .

m a n a g e d lo f inish the mee t

in third p lace . Even wi th the

shor tened rest , most of ihe

team pe r fo rmed bel ter than

Palnol l expec t ed .

T m p l e a s e d w i t h t h e

l i m e s . " Pa lno l l said. " Jus t

abou t e v e r y b o d y had sea-

sonal best l imes ."

Bos had s o m e of his best

t imes in the 100 and 200-

m e t e r b r e a s t s t r o k e s . H i s

pe r fo rmance earned h im ihe

oppor tun i ty to con ,pe t e in ^ T j c T T o r p h o t o b y J e n B o d i n e

the 200-meter breaststroke p R E E s - | - Y l _ E : A member of the Hope College swim leant (2:02.58), not only at Na- a j e w laps during a recent practice. The men's team placed tionais, but also at the 2000 a[ wfreoton Invitational this past weekend, while the women O l y m p i c trials. Bos q u a h - r i n i s h e d f o u r t i u

lied in the 100-mele r last

year.

Bes ides Bos , o ther h ighl ights for

the m e n ' s team have inc luded Chr i s

Dat le ls ( ' 01) , w h o ea rned a B ' cut

best l imes . Pa lno l l fee l s D a t l e l s '

l ime , whi le still a ' B ' cul . should

assure h im a spot.

T h e t e a m ' s f r e s h m a n have a l so

for Na t iona l s in the 4 0 0 - m e d l e y re-

lay and s w a m a n u m b e r of personal

p roved s t ronge r than expec ted ac-

c o r d i n g to Palnoll .

"I think this is one of the deepe r

o n e s ( f r e s h m a n c l a s s e s ) w e ' v e

h a d , " Palnol l sa id .

Both t eams will b e in action Fri-

day, Dec . 10 at h o m e against G r a n d

Valley Slate Univers i ty .

Ernst earns A l l - A m e r i a n honors in cross coun t r y BEN D O W N IE staff r e p o r t e r

At this yea r ' s nat ional cross coun-

try meet in O s h Kosh . Wis . . J enny

Ernst ( ' 0 0 ) ran to Al l -Amer ican sta-

ins by placing 25 th overal l , wi lh a

personal best l ime of 17:33.

" T h e r e w e r e n o h i l l s o n t h e

course , so it ended up be ing a very

fast race . " said Erns t . " A n d there

were peop le chee r ing on ihe side-

lines the whole way, w h i c h m a d e il

exci t ing lo be there and to be c o m -

pet ing ."

Lasl spr ing. Ernst b e c a m e an All-

Amer ican as a resul l of he r bril l iant

t rack season. She p laced s even th in

the 10.000 m e t e r run at the Divi-

sion III C h a m p i o n s h i p s wi lh a l ime

o f 3 6 : 2 3 . 7 0 .

H o w e v e r , i h i s

fall was the first

l ime that she re-

ce ived the honor

as a c ross c o u n -

try runner .

"At the end of

the track season ,

I was exc i ted to

see h o w I ' d d o

this fall because

I ' d been runn ing

w e l l , " E r n s t

said. " M a y b e in

the back of my '

m ind I t hough t about b e c o m i n g an

A l l - A m e r i c a n , but not loo m u c h .

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n A D C

I ' m not really too goa l -or ien ted ."

D u r i n g t he s e a s o n ,

Ernst usual ly ran wi lh

the m e n ' s t eam du r ing

the pract ices .

" S h e ' s really fast and

she has the dedica t ion ,"

s a i d t e a m m a t e K e l l y

C la rkson ( ' 0 2 ) . " S h e ' s

in a d i f f e r e n t l e a g u e

than a lot of us . "

M a r k Nor thu i s , head

coach of the m e n ' s and

w o m e n ' s c ross count ry

t eams , th inks that part

of E r n s t ' s s u c c e s s can

b e a t t r i b u t e d to t h e

learning process .

' Jenny is a s tudent of the spor t , "

J.Ernst

said Nor thu i s . " A s l i m e ' s g o n e on,

she ' s learned abou t the nutr i t ional

s ide of runn ing a n d the s t r eng th -

t ra in ing s ide. It 's been a g radua l

p rocess , but s h e ' s found the total

p a c k a g e . "

In add i t i on of the r u n n i n g and

weight - l i f t ing , Ernsl has a l so had lo

m a n a g e the l ime d e m a n d s of be ing

an art educa t ion major .

All o n e rece ives a f t e r b e c o m i n g

an A l l -Amer i can is a shee t of paper

and a f rame , but lo Erns l , il m e a n s

m o r e than that .

" I t ' s a nice honor to have . I de f i -

nitely feel like I ' v e a c c o m p l i s h e d

s o m e t h i n g , " she said.

Erns t is H o p e ' s s even th w o m e n ' s

cross count ry A l l - A m e r i c a n .

Hope Women's Cross

Countrty All-Americans:

1992 Marcia Vandersall

1993 Amy Leatherman

1993 Alicia Mendenhall-

Elmore

1997 Ellen Schultz

1997 Becky Timmer

1998 Becky Timmer

1999 Jenny Ernst

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Tester selected for the Aztec Bowl A N D R E W KLECZEK sports e d i t o r

Hope football p layer Todd Tester

( ' 0 0 ) , an a t h l e t e w h o

p lays for the e n j o y m e n t

of the g a m e , will gel 6 0

more minutes of fun as he

travels lo M e x i c o to c o m -

pete in ihe Aztec Bowl .

T h e c o m p e t i t i o n pi ts

the N C A A Div i s ion III

all-stars against Mex ico ' s

lop co l leg ia te p layers . It

will be played on Satur-

day. Dec . 18 in a s u b u r b

of M e x i c o City.

Tester, a m e m b e r of the

A l l - M I A A f i r s t t e a m ,

was se lec ted for the g a m e by Hope

a lum Ron Sch ipper . S c h i p p e r for-

merly coached at Centra l Co l l ege .

Iowa, he is also a long t ime acquain-

t ance of H o p e head c o a c h D e a n

Kreps .

Kreps k n e w early on in Tes te r ' s

ca reer thai he w o u l d m a k e an im-

pact .

" K a l a m a z o o ' s coach and Ferr is '

coach said he was the best p layer

in Ihe state of Mich igan that d i d n ' t

get a scho la r -

ship that year ,"

Kreps said.

S o m e of his

M i c h i g a n In-

l e r c o l l e g i a l e

Athle t ic Asso-

c i a t i o n o p p o -

nents probably

w i s h e d he had

b e e n g i v e n a

scholarship . In

t h r e e g a m e s PE ih i s s e a s o n 1 . 1 e s t e r - T e s i c | h a d ^

in tercept ions . He was a l so k n o w n

as a f i e rce hit ler, s o m e t h i n g one

player at D e f i a n c e will never lor-

gel. In th is s e a s o n ' s g a m e a g a i n s t

Def i ance , a running back had jus t

taken the opt ion pi tch and turned

upf i e ld , Tester c a m e up f r o m his

c o r n e r b a c k p o s i t i o n a n d t a c k l e d

h im.

" F i v e k n o c k d o w n s , one knock-

ou t , " said H o p e de fens ive coordi -

na to r Pe ter S t u u r s m a o f T e s t e r ' s

p e r f o r m a n c e . " T h e k id ' s f acemask

was bent d o w n lo the side. Tha t kid

was knocked out co ld . "

Kreps agrees thai Tester is a great

hit ter: he r anks h im as o n e of the

top he ' s eve r coached .

Despi te his s t rong season, Tester

was su rpr i sed by the invi tat ion.

"It was kind of a s h o c k . " Tester

said. "Il was kind of nice th inking

a ca reer w a s over and then f inding

out you have ano the r g a m e . "

Even after the Aztec Bowl , Tester

still p lans on spend ing his fall days

at a foo tba l l f ie ld , ib is l ime as a

coach . Tester is a phys ica l educa-

tion m a j o r and w o u l d like lo one

d a y c o a c h in h i s h o m e t o w n of

Traverse City.

"Yeah , I ' d l ike lo g o back to my

h o m e t o w n , " Tester said. " T h e r e ' s

no th ing set in s tone, but we ' l l see

a f t e r I g r adua t e . "

Happy Holidays from Staff!

the Hnchor

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Sports the Anchor D e c e m b e r 8, I 999

Bal tmanis ' buzzei^beater l i fts Flying Du tch , 63-61

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MIKE ZUIDEMA

editor-in-chief

T h e r e could have been some pre-

season wor ry wi th the H o p e Co l -

lege w o m e n ' s basketbal l t eam only

hav ing one act ive senior and junior

on the rosier.

A l t e r this past w e e k e n d ' s per lbr-

m a n c e in the S u b w a y S h o o t o u t ,

those worr ies should be e rased .

A m y B a l t m a n i s ( ' 0 3 ) c l i nched

the title with an 18-foot j u m p shot

a s t ime expi red to beat Spr ing Ar-

bor. 63-61 , in the D o w Center. Hope

advanced to the final wi th a 68 -55

win ove r C o r n e r s t o n e U n i v e r s i t y

the night before .

B a l t m a n i s s c o r e d 11 p o i n t s

agains t Spr ing Arbor , on her way

to be ing n a m e d to the a l l - tourna-

ment team. But none of her shots

we re m o r e important than the g a m e

winner .

" (The play H o p e was supposed

to run) jus t k ind of got s c r amb led , "

B a l t m a n i s s a id . 4 ' ( B e c k y S u t t o n

( ' 0 2 ) ) d rove and I was open on the

base l ine . She kicked it to m e and I

j u s t shot it. I d i d n ' t rea l ly t h ink

photo cour tesy of Public Relat ions

P LAY IM G T O U G H : Amanda Kerkstra ('03) drives to the hoop against Cornerstone. Hope yvon 68-55.

Fly ing D u t c h m e n get best o f Aqu inas in r e m a t c h , 87-78

abou t it."

The Flying Dutch wen t up 6 1 - 4 9

with 1:51 left , on a Lisa Hoeks t r a

(*00) baske t , w h e n S p r i n g A r b o r

cal led t imeou t . Sp r ing A r b o r then

used pressure d e f e n s e to sco red 12

s traight poin ts to m a k e it 61 -61 .

H o p e then cal led t imeou t to set

up the f ina l p lay. A f t e r the p l a y

broke d o w n . Sut ton cut t h rough a

d o u b l e team and found B a l t m a n i s

in the corner , w h e r e the f r e s h m a n

did the rest .

"I tried to concen t r a t e b e c a u s e if

she got it to m e I ' m going to have

to catch and shoo t , " Ba l tman i s said.

"I t h ink w e j u s t k i n d of r e l a x e d

when they m a d e their little c o m e -

back . "

B a l t m a n i s w a s o n e o f s e v e r a l

y o u n g H o p e p l a y e r s to t u rn in

s t rong p e r f o r m a n c e s in the tourna-

m e n t . C e n t e r A m a n d a K e r k s t r a

( ' 0 3 ) led the F ly ing D u t c h with 14

p o i n t s a n d 12 r e b o u n d s a g a i n s t

S p r i n g A r b o r . Su t ton a d d e d n ine

points , a n d H o e k s t r a and Kr is t in

K o e n i g s k n e c h t each h a d e ight .

Hoeks t r a was n a m e d t ou rnamen t

MVP. She scored 25 points the night

be fo re , agains t Corne r s tone .

" W e m o v e d the ball very well in

the s econd half and we took care of

the b a s k e t b a l l . " sa id head c o a c h

Brian M o r e h o u s e . "I thought col-

lec t ively we p l ayed very wel l . "

H o p e c o n t r o l l e d m u c h of t he

t e m p o in the s econd half a f t e r lead-

ing at h a l f t i m e . 28-26 . T h e Flying

Dutch held Sp r ing Arbo r to 4 0 per-

cen t shoo t ing in the s econd half .

S p r i n g A r b o r h e a d c o a c h T o m

Br i t sch felt the d i f f e r e n c e in the

g a m e w a s o f f e n s i v e r e b o u n d i n g .

H o p e held a 19-7 advan tage in that

category, and was out rebounded 43-

3 0 overa l l .

" T h e y c rashed the boards and got

s o m e e x t r a s h o t s , " B r i t s c h sa id .

" W e go t o u t r e b o u n d e d 4 3 - 3 0 and

tha t ' s a los ing stat for any team that

w a n t s to run . "

O n Nov. 30, H o p e de fea t ed St.

M a r y ' s 7 2 - 4 5 in the t e a m ' s confe r -

ence opener . Hoeks t r a led the team

with 20 points , and K o e n i g s k n e c h t

a d d e d 16.

T h e F ly ing Dutch next play to-

n ight agains t A l m a , b e f o r e hos t ing

Ol ive t , Sa tu rday at 3 p .m.

MIKE Z U I D E M A e d i t o r - i n - c h i e f

T h e H o p e C o l l e g e m e n ' s baske t -

ball t eam h a s exh ib i t ed a sort of

Jeckyl l and H y d e c o m p l e x dur ing

the ear ly season .

T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n h a v e

shown g l impses of potent ia l , exh ib-

ited in the t e a m ' s 8 7 - 7 8 d e f e a t o f

A q u i n a s last S a t u r d a y . H o p e h a s

a l so s h o w n s igns of incons i s t ency

in d r o p p i n g both g a m e s of the Old

Kent C l a s s i c o v e r T h a n k s g i v i n g

w e e k e n d . 9 0 - 8 2 to A q u i n a s and 76-

75 to G r a n d Valley State Universi ty.

The Flying D u t c h m e n m o v e d to

3 -3 on the season , h e a d i n g into th is

w e e k e n d ' s H o p e C l a s s i c T o u r n a -

ment . Hope will f ace St. Xavier , III..

Fr iday at 8 p .m. in the Civic C e n -

ter.

In bea t ing A q u i n a s . H o p e w a s

ab le to enac t r e v e n g e for their ear-

l ier lo s s , w h e r e t he S a i n t s ' T i m

Wasi lk to rched the F ly ing Du tch -

men lor 29 points . Was i lk w a s he ld

to 12 po in t s Sa turday , as H o p e re-

b o u n d e d f r o m a 4 4 - 4 3 h a l f t i m e

def ic i t . T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n h e l d

A q u i n a s to 33 percent shoo t ing in

the s econd half , a f te r the Sa in ts had

shot 5 3 percent in the first hal f .

M a r k Bray ( ' 0 0 ) led H o p e with

25 poin ts on 7 - 9 shoot ing , includ-

ing 4 - 5 f rom three point range. Ryan

Kl ingler ( ' 0 1 ) added 21 points , six

rebounds , s ix assis ts and five steals.

In the first round of the Old Kent

C l a s s i c . H o p e w a s u n a b l e f ind a

way to coun te rac t Wasilk and find

a s econd half lead. Kl ing le r sco red

2 3 poin ts and had 14 r ebounds , and

Cra ig V e l d m a n ( ' 0 1 ) , C h a d Z a g a r

( ' 0 1 ) and Chad Ca r l son ( ' 0 3 ) each

had 13 points , but it w a s n ' t e n o u g h

as H o p e shot only 4 3 percent for the

g a m e , i n c l u d i n g 5 - 2 5 f r o m th ree

point range .

"We s imply have to shoot the ball

bet ter ," said head coach G l e n n Van

Wie ren . " W e ' r e in a rut r ight now.

It 's a real batt le for us if w e d o n ' t

shoo t the ball we l l . "

Aga ins t G r a n d Valley, the F ly ing

D u t c h m e n were able to connec t on

4 7 p e r c e n t o f the i r sho t s , bu t it

w a s n ' t e n o u g h as Kl ingler was un-

able to crea te a shot at the e n d of

the g a m e .

" W e ' r e r e a l l y , r e a l l y d i s a p -

p o i n t e d . W e t h o u g h t w e p l a y e d

well , p layed together , p layed hard ,

p layed wi th our hear t ," Van Wieren

said a f t e r the G r a n d Valley g a m e .

" W e c o u l d n ' t have p layed harder .

We think w h e n we d o that , w e ' r e a

very good basketbal l t eam."

Velman led Hope wi th 18 poin ts

on his way to be ing n a m e d to the

a l l - tournament team. Car l son added

16 points , and Bray had 11.

" O u r guys p layed with as m u c h

h e a r t a n d t o g e t h e r n e s s a s t h e y

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Anchor photo by Jen Bodine

S E A R C H I N G : Craig Veldman ('01) looks for a team-mate to pass to against Aquinas in the second half of Saturday's game, which Hope won 87-78.

c o u l d , " Van W i e r e n s a id . " ( T h e

G r a n d Valley g a m e ) was as g o o d a

g a m e w a s w e cou ld p lay right now.

" O u r sho t s w e n t , we d e f e n d e d

better , and w e h a d t r e m e n d o u s de-

t e rmina t ion , " he said. " T h i s for us

w a s a g a m e that pu t s u p in great

posi t ion f o r us to w i n . "

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