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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
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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.
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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 .
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 .
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.
O p i n i o n tfie Anchor D e c e m b e r s , 1999
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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V o l . I I 3 , I s s u e I 3
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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-
port . A n d thank you to s o m e of m y
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
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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
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.
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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 )
//̂ Anchor D e c e m b e r 8. I 999
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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g o r o u n d o n 8 9 . 9 U / T H S .
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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 . "
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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
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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 .
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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
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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