S e p t e m b e r 2000

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ANCHOR P H O T O B Y M E

HEAVING: 04 Anchor Matt Ciaus ('04) strains on the rope as he is coached by (left to right) Seth Palmer ('02), Dave Cochran ('02), and Matt Boyle ('02).

Pull teams prepare to meet Sarah Wi lk inson and Erin

Forbes BUSINESS M A N A G E R AND STAFF REPORTER

The rain d idn ' l s lop the chains

of almost 100 men and w o m e n

ga thered ou t s ide of Kollen and

DeWiu lasi Monday to begin prac-

licinu ior ihe Pull . Hope ' s annual

l uu -o l -wa r con ies i b e t w e e n the

I reshmen and sophomore classes.

For the past week , s tudents try-

in«i out lor odd and even year Pull

teams have endured daily three hour

long practices. These practices in-

c lude a lot of running, and pulling

on the rope. It a lso includes at least

an hour of calisthenics: push- ups

and sit-ups as well as sprints. They

also learn chants , c o m m a n d s ' a n d

what it m e a n s to be part of the Pull

tradition.

On Saturday morning, prospec-

tive pullers get up early to attend

what they call a "beach par ty ."

This is nothing like a typical beach

party. T h e pullers and morale girls

get do calisthenics in the sand, run

up and down the dunes , and do

sprints across the beach.

T h e first account of the Pull was

o v e r one hundred years ago in

1898. That year it was ment ioned

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Student creates alternate website KnowHope.org is an

unnofficial site for

student organizat ions

Matt Cook C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

W h a t s t a r t e d of as a p a r o d y ,

quickly turned into a usefu l web

presence for several Hope Col lege

student organizat ions.

K n o w H o p e . o r g

(www.knowhope .org) is a website

o w n e d a n d o p e r a t e d by J o s i a h

Dykstra ( '02) .

It is not off ic ial ly affi l iated with

H o p e C o l l e g e o r K n o w H o p e

( w w w . h o p e . e d u / k n o w h o p e ) , a

website operated by the college, and

only available to students, faculty

and staff. The name K n o w H o p e is

currently not t rademarked .

" K n o w H o p e was a name that stu-

d e n t s k n o w a l r e a d y and a l u m n i

could recognize as a Hope related

site," Dykstra said.

Dykstra . a compute r science ma-

j o r . p u r c h a s e d t h e r i g h t s to

K n o w H o p e . o r g with the or ig inal

intent of making it into a satirical

website, but his plans changed.

"I w a n t e d to m a k e it a p l a c e

where organizat ions could unoff i -

cially have pages ," Dykstra said.

Currently, KnowHope .o rg hosts

sites for the Fel lowship of Christian

Students and Opus , and is working

on adding sites for R.I .S.E. and the

Delta Omicron Music Fraternity. It

a lso provides a place for unofficial

s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s l ike

Vanderprov, and Inkl ings , a reli-

g ious publ ica t ion edi ted by John

B r a n d k a m p ( ' O l ) . T h e s e g r o u p s

chose to go on KnowHope .o rg be-

cause there is less regulation from

the school on a non-col lege server.

D y k s t r a sa id , and because their

websi tes can be accessed off cam-

pus.

K n o w h o p e . o r g a l so inc ludes a

l ink to W T H S . o r g , the unoff icial

webs i t e of H o p e ' s r ad io s tat ion.

Dykstra, who is the s tat ion 's tech-

nical director, a lso maintains that

site.

Because a student organization is

not a l l o w e d to have an o f f i c i a l

websi te off of Hope Col lege serv-

ers, W T H S . o r g is complete ly unof-

ficial and according to Dykstra, his

o w n personal site with a lot of in-

format ion about W T H S .

Accord ing to Dykstra, adminis-

t ra t ion m e m b e r s have expressed

reservation about WTHS.org . T h e

biggest dispute is over who owns

the rights to the call letters.

A c c o r d i n g to the law, a radio

s tat ion 's call letters belong to who-

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Students and groups to march against leukemia Light the Night raises

money for research Megan Kr igbaum S l A F F W R I I E R

This I riday. over 4 0 0 people will

hii the streels of Holland carrying

balloons.

They a re wa lk ing as part of a

fundra is ing event called Light the

Night. The i r purpose will be to raise

money for leukemia and lymphoma

research as well as for p rog rams

p rov ided for cancer pat ients and

their famil ies .

Those w h o are currently cancer

pa t ien ts and surv ivors will carry

white balloons that have a red blink-

ing light inside, while supporters

who have raised at least $25wil l

carry red bal loons.

This is the second year for Light

the Night in Holland, but the event

has been taking place e l s ewhe re

around the country for years.

Last year, the Cosmopol i tan Fra-

ternity and Delphi Sorority played

a role in the wa lk . T h e C o s m o s

helped in the setup of the event as

well as in direct ing the marchers

where to go, and the Delphis were

marchers in the event.

As the event falls o n H o m e c o m -

ing weekend this year, these orga-

nizat ions have had to take a step

back f r o m the f r o n t l ine of the

march. However , the C o s m o s will

help set up the course of the march

on Friday.

"I t ' s a good cause, a chance to

meet new people, and a way to try

to change the image of Greeks in

t h e c o m m u n i t y , " s a i d J o h n

M c D o n a l d ( ' 01) , president of the

Cosmopol i tan fraternity.

Another organization on campus,

Margie ' s Marchers will play a large

role once again in the march. This

g roup of walkers, led by team cap-

tain Kathi O 'Connor , walk in sup-

port of Margie Cohen , who was di-

agnosed with leukemia a year ago,

and is the wife of William Cohen,

professor of history. more LIGHT on 3

Hispanic Heritage Month will celebrate culture Activities range f rom a pi-

ano recital to speakers Danielle Koski STAFF REPORTER

\ cco rd ing to Miguel De La Torre, profes-

sor of re l ig ion, Hope C o l l e g e ' s Hispan ic

Heritage month activites will celebrate about

500 years of Hispanic hert iage. and will edu-

cate those w h o are not Hispanic about that

tradition.

From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 Hope Col lege is

having speakers , f i lms, and a piano re-

cital to celebrate the Hispanic culture,

including the third annual Cesar Chavez

Address .

"It is important to celebrate cul tures ,"

said Glinda Rawls, assistant director of

multicultural life.

T h i s y e a r ' s c e l e b r a t i o n is en t i t l ed

Cesa r C h a v e z Ce leb ra t ion 2000 , and

started off with the A. J. Muste Speaker ,

Father Roy Bourgeouis on Sep tember

seventh. He spoke on "Speaking the Truth to

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d ll_. Leon

J Power" .

On Tuesday night, Sept.

19, at 7 : 0 0 , t h e r e w a s a

L a t i n o p i a n o r e c i t a l at

Dimnent Chapel . Deborah

De La Torre of the H o p e

music faculty was the pia-

nist.

On Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. in

the Dewit t Theater . Luis D.

L e o n , a r e l ig ious s tud ies

faculty m e m b e r at Arizona State University,

will g ive the third annual Cesar Chavez Ad-

dress, "The Doctr ine of Sacrif ice and Social

J u s t i c e in the L i f e a n d W o r k of C e s a r

Chavez" .

Thursday, Sept. 20 in the Dewit t Theater

at 4 p.m., De La Torre will present the ser-

mon "Jesus Christ: A Racis t?"

" T h e s e r m o n is not jus t gea red to the

Latinos, but a lso to the dominant culture, to

open a window to the issues Latinos struggle

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Hispanic Pia-nist performs Arts, Page 6.

Public Safety Spotlight, Page 7.

One-woman show

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Women's soccer loses in OT Sports, Page 12.

SJ Campus Beat TkAnchor September 20, 2000

Environmental Issues Group helps clean beach EIG and Tri-Beta re- w a s l e cons i s t i ng of: 3 7 4 c iga re t t e

move trash Andrew Kleczek STAFF R E P O R T E R

For the second consecul ive year,

a m e m b e r of Hope ' s Env i ronmen-

lal Issues Group (EIG) removed a

syringe f rom Lake lown Townsh ip

Beach

On Saturday, September 16, nine-

teen m e m b e r s of EIG and the Tri-

Beta Biology Club part icipated in

Coastal C leanup , an internat ional

p r o g r a m t h a t s t a r t e d in 1 9 8 6 .

Coas ta l C l e a n u p c o o r d i n a t e s the

event by sending different volunteer

organizat ions to d i f fe ren t areas of

beach nat ionwide and wor ldwide .

T h i s w a s t h e t e n t h y e a r the

c leanup took place on Lake Michi-

gan, and the tenth year EIG partici-

pated. It was the fourth year for Tri-

Beta.

T h e goal of Coastal C leanup is,

"to trace this marine pollution prob-

lem to its source, and work to pre-

vent it f rom occurr ing ."

"We got about eight bags full of

t rash," said Co-Pres ident of EIG,

Dave Wil leumier ( ' 01 ) .

O n c e c a t a l o g e d the H o p e stu-

dents had picked up 150 pounds of

butts, 389 plastic pieces, 115 balloons,

85 plastic foam pieces, 13 bottles, 19

beverage cans, 66 food bags, one sy-

ringe and miscel laneous objects .

Accord ing to Willeumier, catalog-

ing the trash is one of the most im-

portant parts of the beach sweep.

"They tally up all the statistics and

find out where most of the trash is

coming from." Willeumier said. "That

way they can e l iminate that type of

pol lu t ion."

In recent years . Coas ta l C l e a n u p

has helped eliminate gun shells found

on Michigan shores. T h e shells were

t raced back to W i s c o n s i n h u n t i n g

groups w h o then s topped firing near

the lake.

While Wil leumier said there was

slightly less trash than previous years,

the amount they found was still dis-

appoint ing.

"It wasn ' t terrible, but there 's more

t r a s h t h a n s h o u l d be t h e r e , "

W i l l e u m i e r s a i d . " R e a l l y , t h e r e

shouldn ' t be any trash to begin wi th ."

S h e r r i e C u n n i n g h a m ( ' 0 1 ) , Tr i -

Beta secretary, saw the c leanup as a

clear part of her organiza t ion ' s goals.

" W e ' r e a biological ly based group

and ecology is a big part of biology,"

C u n n i n g h a m said. " I t ' s one of our

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y A R I A N N A B A K E R

CLEANING UPz Members of the Environmental Issues Group and the Tri-Beta Biology club hit the beach on Saturday for international Coastal Cleanup. They are (from left to right) Stephen Hemenway, professor of English, Emily Niewendorp ('02), Lana Krolikowski ('02), Alisa White ('03), and Dave Willeumier ('01).

activities to get out in the com-

munity."

EIG meets Thursday nights at

7 :30 p.m. in Lubbers I07. This

week, the group will have Natalie

Nelson f rom Lutheran Volunteer

Corps speaking about env i ronmen-

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

graduat ion.

For the rest of the year EIG would

like to part icipate in Project Pride,

Earth Jam, an environmenta l con-

ference, and possibly planting grass

to help prevent the erosion of beach

dunes.

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Local " town meet ings" to discuss rac ism

Homecoming to include a diverse n u m b e r of activites

H o m e c o m i n g activi t ies at Hope

will start on Friday, Sep tember 22

with the H o m e c o m i n g H o e d o w n 7-

11 p.m. at Teus ink ' s Farm.

The festivit ies will cont inue on

Saturday with a worsh ip service at

11 a.m., the H o m e c o m i n g parade at

1 p.m., h o m e football game agains t

W h e a t o n C o l l e g e , at 2 p .m. , the

23rd annual RunBike -Swim-Walk ,

at 8 :30 a.m.

The first ever H o m e c o m i n g Bal,

will begins at 7 p.m. Hope ' s H o m e -

coming king and queen will be an-

nounced at the ha l f t ime of the foot-

ball game .

T h e R u n - B i k e - W a l k - S w i m will

feature a two-mi le prediction walk; a

five-kilometer run; 3/4, 3 .5 and

five-mile cri ter ium bicycl ing events ;

and quarter-mile and half-mile swims.

M e m b e r s of the campus ministry

team and Dr. H u w Lewis , professor

of music , will be per forming together

in the worship service which will

be a blend of contemporary and

traditional styles.

De Pree Art center is featuring

an exh ib i t ion ca l l ed , " B e r n a r d

M a i s n e r : E n t r a n c e to t h e

Scr iptor ium" which will end Sun-

day, Oct. 22.

There will be a concert through

the Faculty Recital Series on Sun-

day at 4 p.m. in Wichers Audito-

r ium.

Hope co-sponsors in te rna t iona l conference on cancer prevent ion M o r e than 2 0 0 b iomed ica l re-

searchers f rom a round the wor ld

will ga ther in Grand R a p i d s this

starting this weekend for an inter-

national confe rence on cancer pre-

vention. The conference is co-spon-

sored by Hope Col lege .

The Seventh International Con-

f e r e n c e on M e c h a n i s m s of

A n t i m u t a g e n e s i s a n d

Ant icarcinogenises will be held at the

A m w a y Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand

Rap ids on Sa turday to Wednesday ,

Sept. 23-27 . Topics will range from

the impact of diet , to recent advances

us ing laboratory and human studies

and the e th ics of human studies, to

D N A damage and repair.

James Genti le, a Hope faculty

member , is helping to organize

the event .

"Th i s group has really been at

the foref ront of trying to unlock

the c o m m o n denomina tors in our

everyday l ifestyle and everyday

life that aid in the resistance of

cancer ," Genti le said.

Two Lakeshore-area "town meet-

ings" this fall will precede a com-

munity wide " S u m m i t on Racism:

that Hope Col lege will host in Feb-

ruary.

T h e town meet ings will provide

an opportunity to identify and dis-

cuss problems related to racism in

the communi ty . Each meet ing will

feature a panel representing various

sectors of the communi ty in addi-

tion to emphas iz ing audience par-

ticipation.

T h e first meeting will be held in

H o l l a n d , on Thur sday , Sept . 28 ,

f rom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Francis

de Sales Catholic Church, located

at 13th Street and Maple Avenue.

The second will be in Grand Ha-

ven. on Thursday, Nov. 2, f rom 7

p.m. to 9 p.m. at Grand Haven Out-

reach Church, located at 17 S. 2nd

Street.

T h e meet ings will lead into the

c o m m u n i t y - w i d e O t t a w a A r e a

Summi t on Racism, which will be

held on c a m p u s throughout the day

of Tuesday. Feb. 13, dur ing Hope ' s

winter recess.

It is being planned with the goal

of involving all sectors of the com-

muni ty in iden t i fy ing and imple-

ment ing action steps to foster racial

i nc lu s ion in the O t t a w a C o u n t y

area, and is the beginning of a five-

year initiative dedicated to the pro-

cess .

"Th i s summi t will g ive all voices

an oppor tuni ty to e n g a g e in con-

structive d ia logue on this age-old

sens i t ive i s sue , " sa id D. Wesley

P o y t h r e s s , a s s i s t a n t d e a n of

mult icultural life. "We have to al-

low the authent ic voices and expe-

r iences to be shown for all to see so

that we can truly become a harmo-

n i o u s c o m m u n i t y . Even t h o u g h

Utopia doesn ' t exist , there 's noth-

ing wrong with wanting to get as

close it Utopia as poss ible ."

M e m b e r s of the Hope c o m m u -

nity are invited to the meetings.

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September 20, 2000 'Anchor Campi-is Beat

Hope begins self-examination process Accreditation will

take until 2003 Matt Cook C A M P U S B E A T EDITOR

Hope is starting an accredi tat ion

process now that will not end until

half the s tudents have graduated.

The accreditation, which is a cer-

hlication that Hope mee ts certain

standards, is done by the North Cen-

tral Association of Schools and Col-

leges. one of several regional ac-

c r e d i t a t i o n a g e n c i e s a c r o s s t h e

country. Every ten years , a school

can be invest igated by the North

Central Association to see if it meets

the standards necessary for accredi-

tation.

"It exists to help schools get in-

volved in voluntary accredi ta t ion

for se l f - improvement , " said Rich-

ard Ray. coordinator of the athletic

training program, associate profes -

sor of kinesiology, and chai rman of

the accredi tat ion commit tee .

According to Ray, even though

the accreditat ion is complete ly vol-

untary. it m e a n s a lot for a school

to be accredited. It can bring pres-

tige to the school , and most impor-

tantly it he lps d e t e r m i n e federa l

funding.

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" N o school has to be accredited,"

Ray said. "Buy i t 's extremely criti-

cal if you want to be successfu l . "

Most of the investigating fo r the

North Central Associat ion is done

by the school itself. Hope has es-

tabl ished a c o m m i t t e e of facul ty

and staff w h o will prepare a self-

s tudy document .

T h e purpose of this document is

to examine the school in-depth in

all a reas . A c c o r d i n g to Ray, the

commi t t ee does not just look at the

academic side of the college. The

self-study document examines ev-

erything f r o m food service, to ad-

ministrat ive o f f i ces to residential

life.

Because it is so in-depth, the re-

port lakes a long t ime to put to-

gether. The commit tee will begin

organizing this year, and does not

plan on starting the actual writ ing

until next year. After the document

is comple te , the North Central As-

sociation will review it in 2003 and

send a g r o u p of inves t iga tors to

validate what was written.

Ray feels that the process is an

indispensable tool for the school.

"It is a way for us, as an institu-

tion, to take a c lose hard look at

ourse lves ," Ray said.

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y M A T T C O O K

ELECTION DAY: Student Congress Vice President Paul Bush ('01) and Comptroller Kelly Morrison ('01) took ballots for Student Congress repre-sentatives in the Dewitt lobby, yesterday. The voting will continue today.

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"It was a nice feel ing to know

w e were helping Margie keep her

spirits up and raise money for the

cause . Th i s m a d e e v e r y o n e fee l

c loser to Margie ," O ' C o n n o r said.

A n y o n e in teres ted in wa lk ing

wi th M a r g i e ' s M a r c h e r s s h o u l d

contact

only once in the Anchor. Since then,

the Pull has been c o v e r e d in the

Guinness Book of World Records ,

Sports Illustrated, and even an Aus-

tralian T V show in 1996.

It is clear f r o m the coaches for

both t eams that this yea r ' s pul lers

contain t remendous pride. Coaches

from both sides commented on h o w

hard they were working and h o w

they were coming together as a team

and a family.

' 0 3 Pull r e p r e s e n t a t i v e Jus t in

Savara ( ' 01 ) said the team is going

to give spectators "a great Pull this

year."

"Everyone is going towards the

goal and working together," Savara

said.

T h e *04 t eam is a l so w o r k i n g

hard.

"They ' r e learning quickly to rely

on each other and not to work for

themselves but for each other," said

*04 pul l c o a c h C h u c k W h i t n e y

C02).

Desp i t e the c o n f i d e n c e of the

coaches, neither side is making pre-

d i c t i o n s on the o u t c o m e of th is

y e a r ' s pu l l . T h e pas t f a v o r s the

sophomore class with a record of

52 wins compared to the f reshman

class ' record of 29 wins.

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history

off ice .

A n -

o t h e r

marcher

will be

leukemia survivor, Sarah Watkin

( 499) . Watkin will be speaking at

the Holland Civic Center on Fri-

day at 6:45 p.m. before the walk

starts.

In April of 1999, af ter having re-

curring infection, ex t reme weight

loss, bruising, and more symptoms,

Watkin was d iagnosed with acute

l e u k e m i a . At th is po in t she w a s

checked into the hospi ta l for one

month of t reatment , including che-

motherapy.

Watkin, who before chemotherapy

had long blonde hair, decided to cut

her hair and give it to Locks of Love,

g a n i -

z a t i o n

t h a t

m a k e s

w i g s

f o r

c h i l -

d r e n

with cancer.

"You keep saying to yourself T ' m

too young fo r th i s , ' " Watkin said.

L e u k e m i a is the leading cause of

death in children in the U.S.

There is no outpat ient t reatment

for people with leukemia because

their i m m u n e s y s t e m s b e c o m e so

worn d o w n and they lose all ability

Going to Meijer was like asking to die.

-Sarah Watkin ('98), leukemia survivor p . -

to f ight disease.

"At one point I opened up a let-

ter and got a paper cut on m y f in-

ger. It got infected and I ended up

in the hospital for three days. Go-

ing to M e i j e r was l ike ask ing to

d ie ," Watkin said.

In April of this year, Watkin will

be at the end of a 2 year critical pe-

riod and will be complete ly in re-

mission.

Last year at this t ime, Watkin got

out of the hospital one day before

Light the Night. She was proud to

be able to go to the walk and be with

other people w h o were battling can-

cer and say "I made it! I ' m a survi-

vor!"

There will also be the opportu-

nity for people to get on the bone

mar row registry for f ree , beginning

at 6 p.m. at the Civic Center.

Anyone is we l come to jo in the

march. Registrat ion begins at 6:00

p.m.

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ever o w n s the radio station, which

is H o p e C o l l e g e . H o w e v e r , the

q u e s t i o n is w h e t h e r that m e a n s

someone can ' t use the letters in a

web address. For example , the let-

ters W T H S are used in the web ad-

d ress for W a s h i n g t o n T o w n s h i p

High School, in Turnersvil le, N e w

Jersey.

Dykstra speculated thai the res-

ervations may have to do with Hope

not want ing negative things about

the col lege avai lable to the public.

"Ult imately they want absolute

control over what gets out about the

col lege." Dykstra said.

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According to Richard Frost, dean

of students, a l though the adminis-

tration is currently having conver-

s a t i o n s wi th D y k s t r a a b o u t the

websi te , they have not yet asked

him to shut it down.

W T H S e x p r e s s e d i n t e r e s t in

broadcast ing over the Internet, but

was not a l lowed to due to the large

amount of bandwidth it would re-

quire.

So far, Dysk t r a has not heard

much f rom the administration about

K n o w H o p e . o r g , w h i c h he a l s o

maintains is his o w n personal site

with informat ion about Hope Col-

lege.

Dykstra has a compu te r in his

room that is used solely for the pur-

pose of his webpages .

H e h o p e s to e x p a n d

KnowHope .o rg in the future. This

includes getting more students in-

vo lved with it, and m a k i n g it a

place for discussion about issues

important to Hope students.

" T h e o r e t i c a l l y , it c o u l d be a

place where people could put their

own opinion about Hope Col lege ,"

Dykstra said. "As long as it 's legal

and not hurting anybody, i t ' s okay

with me . "

with. I 'm asking the quest ion to be

discussed." De La Torre said.

T h e first part of the Latino film

series. " G o Back to Mexico," which

was a 1994 PBS Front l ine docu-

mentary about immigrat ion issues,

will be in the M a a s C o n f e r e n c e

Room on Oct. 5 at 7 p.m..

T h e second movie in this film se-

ries will be shown in the Otte Room

on Tuesday. Oct. 10 at 7 p.m.

T h e f i lm. "Amer icanos" , was an

H B O documenta ry on Lat inos in

America .

"We need more exposure to dif-

ferent cultures of this world if we

are to be in this pluralistic millen-

n ium," De La Torre said.

Cesar Chavez , the namesake of

this y e a r ' s ce lebra t ion , p layed a

leading role in organizing migrant

workers and creating the National

F a r m Workers Assoc ia t ion . Be-

cause of his contr ibut ions to His-

panic rights he has become a sym-

bol of the fight for those rights.

" H o p e is a great institution for

learning and diversity is part of that

learning," Rowls said. "I encour-

age the whole entire communi ty to

c o m e out and e n j o y [ H i s p a n i c

Heritage Month] . "

All events are free.

" I ' m glad that this college is do-

ing this festival, [but) there is still

a lot to be done ." De La Torre said.

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Opinion T h § \ n c h o r September 20, 2000

Our voice

Rescue 8-911 There is an important dis t inct ion about emergency calls on

campus of which s tudents should be aware . All calls f r o m on-

campus locations thai are dialed as 911 go directly to Public Safety.

T h e emergency calls are routed to a Publ ic Safety operator who

evaluates the call and ei ther sends Public Safe ly vehicles or

contacts the 911 dispatch to send emergency help.

While there are probably a n u m b e r of perfectly valid reasons for

the emergency call system on campus to be routed through Public

Safely, it is a lso a sys tem that s tudents should know exists.

Students need to be aware that they can reach 911 directly by

dial ing 8-911. Whi le most calls should be routed through the

Public Safe ty operator , s tudents should not be afra id to dial 8-911

in case of emergenc ies in which time is of the essence . Publ ic

Safely is fully capab le of handl ing many problems that arise on

campus , but the f ew seconds that it may take the Publ ic Safe ty

operator to contact the 911 dispatch may be a mat ter of l ife and

death in s o m e si tuations. Calls about burnt popcorn or stolen bikes

are one thing, calls about someone who was struck by a car or w h o

fell out a third-story w i n d o w are another. S tudents should use

c o m m o n sense in deciding which cal ls should be given to Public

Safety, and which are called in to 911. Whi le emergency si tuations

do not leave much time for this reasoning, it is important for

s tudents to r e m e m b e r that 8-911 is an option.

Students should also not be afra id to call 8-911 in the case of

alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisonings is a ser ious and dangerous

matter, and it is important that aff l icted persons receive immedia te

medical care. Whi le Public Safe ty would be quick to provide care,

they may also c o m e with ques t ions about the alcohol usage that led

to the condi t ion. Some s tudents may hesi ta te to call Publ ic Safe ty

in the case of alcohol poisoning because they fear that they may

gel in trouble. Whi le Publ ic Safe ty ' s first concern is the lives of

a lcohol-poisoned students, the fact that they are affi l iated with

Hope policies might be a problem for some students.

But s tudents should not use 8-911 for non-emergencies . Publ ic

Safely obviously has a set of reasoning fo r this policy, and a part of

thai reasoning m a y be the prevent ion of s tudents using 911 for

non-emergencies . But it is essential that s tudents know about the

s tructure of the emergency calling sys tem. T h e bet ter- informed the

campus is about safety issues, the better s tudents and Public Safe ty

will work together to keep Hope Col lege a sa fe and healthy

a tmosphere that is capab le of deal ing with emergencies .

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Hope Democrat urges student participation To the Editor:

N o w that e l ec t i on season is

upon us. we in the Hope c o m m u -

nity owe it to ourselves to e x a m -

ine where the cand ida tes s tand

upon the most important issue in

our daily lives: higher educat ion.

Now, I gather that most of you

reading this are of the Republi-

can persuasion. But the Republ i -

can candidate , George W. Bush ,

w h o bills himself as a pro-educa-

t ion cand ida t e , has t u r n e d the

other cheek when it comes to the

needs of college students. H e told

a Texas newspaper that "Higher

educat ion is not my priority."

Al Gore, on the other hand, has

spent the last eight years f ight ing

s u c c e s s f u l l y on our beha l f . In

1993 he cast the deciding vote to

c rea te the Direct S tudent Loan

Program, wh ich s impl i f i ed the

p r o c e s s of a p p l y i n g fo r f e d e r a l

loans. In 1995, a f te r the Republ i -

cans took over Congress , Al Gore

successful ly fought fo r the largest

i n v e s t m e n t to e x p a n d a c c e s s to

higher educa t ion in decades . T h e

H O P E scholarship program, which

provides a $ 1.500 tax credit for two

y e a r s fo r c o l l e g e s tuden t s , n o w

helps nearly seven million Amer i -

cans attend college. T h e L i fe t ime

Learn ing Tax Cred i t a l lows o v e r

seven mil l ion students to deduct up

to $ 5 , 0 0 0 for tui t ion and educa -

tional expenses . And the Pell Grant

and federal work s tudy p rog rams

were also expanded , to help mil-

lions of s tudents attend col lege.

Al Gore will keep fighting on our

behalf as President. He will work

to pass a National Tuition Savings

Plan, which will al low famil ies to

save fo r thei r c h i l d r e n ' s c o l l e g e

educat ion, tax-free. He will assist

s ta tes and e m p l o y e r s to p rov ide

t raining fo r n e w workers . Most im-

portantly, Al Gore will fight lo make

col lege tuition tax deductible . And

as a lways . Al G o r e wil l work as

hard as he can to ensure all Ameri-

cans have access to a col lege edu-

cat ion.

H ighe r educa t ion is one of the

most important issues facing us this

year, and this election is important .

We need to make the right decision.

Visit Al G o r e ' s s tudent w e b site,

www.a lgore .com/s fg , for more in-

f o r m a t i o n . A n d r e m e m b e r , t h i s

week is National Regis ter to Vole

Week. Wha teve r your political per-

suas ion—make sure to register, and

make sure to vote on November 7.

Aaron Keck

H o p e Democra t s

Student comments on gay/lesbian f i lms decision To the Editor:

An open let ter to ihe d e a n ' s

council .

Let m e be the first lo congratu-

late you for taking the bull by the

horns over this Gay/Lesb ian f i lm

ser ies p ro jec t . It took gu t s to

stand up to dozens of faculty, stu-

dents, and campus organizat ions

and deal the dirt on what is "edu-

cat ional" and what isn ' t . Profes-

sor Dickie apologized for send-

ing the aud i ence back to thei r

c lasses af ter Tuesday ' s v iewing,

saying, "We have been told that

|a combined discussion] is not the

right way to do this. I could re-

a l ly tell t ha t s o m e o n e w a s in

charge of things.

I hesitate to spread this rumor,

but the reasons fo r forc ing this

s e m e s t e r ' s se r ies u n d e r g r o u n d

(i .e. Ins t ruc tor p e r m i s s i o n on ly )

have to do with keeping conserva-

tive donors tied lo the Peale expan-

sion f rom withdrawing their support

on religious grounds . It 's Fi lm Se-

ries vs. the S c i e n c e B u i l d i n g , a

f r i end of mine po in ted ou t . M y

jokes about Hope Col lege Really,

the Annual Increase, and us ing the

A d m i s s i o n s B u i l d i n g as s t uden t

housing, suddenly seem so insen-

sitive.

The re is no need to hobble the

Humani t ies to assure f inancial sup-

port for Science at Hope College.

S imp ly a n n o u n c e that e v o l u t i o n

will no longer be taught as a scien-

tific principal in our biology depart-

ment . Th i s will m o r e than offse t

any money lost to misunders tand-

ings about that G a y and Lesb ian

Fi lm Series. You have no idea h o w

many mil l ions of dollars in dona-

tions are available to a school of this

cal iber that a f f i rms the Bible ' s nar-

rative over this nineteenth century

Darwinian hogwash. Peale will pay

for itself many t imes over with this

academic strategy.

T h e inability to m a k e my sexu-

ali ty unde r s tood cos t me my j o b

once. 1 lost another j o b this sum-

mer a f te r my boss became suspi-

c ious of me. Fear of the past does

not jus t i fy these obstacles to learn-

ing and unders tanding. O n e does

not wait fo r the "a tmosphe re" to be

right to do the right thing. I hope

the adminis t ra t ion will ref lect care-

ful ly before permit t ing the fur ther

sp read of unde r s t and ing . And I

hope they can f ind enough to eat

until then. I k n o w it can be diffi-

cult.

Jedidiah Leachman ' 0 0

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WTHS 89.9 The new voice of Hope College

Septennber 20, 2000 Tk A n c h o r In Focu

Jane Bast

R A N D O M S A M P L I N G S

Infocus editor

There's no place like home I Ihink i t 's fair lo say that my

firsi monih at Hope Col lege last

year was a living hell.

You f reshman, and ihose of you

w h o r e m e m b e r y o u r f r e s h m e n

year, know what I mean. T h e first

month of school is torture.

The first month of school, I was

so petrified of Phelps cafeteria that

I only ate salad. Salad for lunch

and d inne r e v e r y s ing le day. I

could quickly grab a salad and a

couple of glasses of milk wi thout

bumping into strangers or spilling

or dropping my tray. Plus, salad

was safe and familiar. Af ter all, it 's

pretty lough to screw up lettuce,

even for Phelps.

But t h a t ' s a s s u m i n g I e v e n

made it to the d inn ing hall. M y

first month at Hope , 1 refused to

eat by myself . And since I hadn ' t

made many f r iends yet, a lot of

times 1 just skipped meals .

A s the s e m e s t e r w o r e o n , I

gradually ad jus ted to col lege life.

I started mak ing new f r iends . I

even tried eat ing some of the main

dishes at Phelps, and immediately

returned to salad.

But e v e n t h o u g h I n o w fee l

completely at home at Hope. I still

f i g h t the o c c a s i o n a l b o u t s of

homesickness .

I 'm f rom Grand Rapids , Mich. ,

a city located a pleasant 50 miles

away. I ' ve lived in West Michi-

gan for the major i ty of my life.

Plus, a large port ion of m y ex-

tended fami ly lives r ight here in

Holland. I ' m sur rounded by the

famil iar . I ' m well a d j u s t e d . So

h o w can s o m e o n e l ike m e get

homesick?

Wel l , the f ac t is , I l o v e m y

home. I miss m y old room, my

family, my old f r iends f r o m high

school. I miss the conven ience of

having my o w n kitchen, a private

bathroom, time to mysel f .

Somet imes , it 's the stupid little

things that I miss most , like drink-

ing a double cappuc ino in my fa -

vorite cof fee house, or waking up

on Sunday mornings to the sound

of my m o m starting dinner.

For many pf us, there are legiti-

mate reasons why we should miss

our homes and our families. That ' s

a good thing. It means we love,

and are loved by, the people and

places we c o m e f rom.

S o m e of you might point out

that since I live so relatively c lose

to home, it 's easy for me to s top

the homesickness . I just have to

h o p in a car and drive fo r half an

hour.

Whi le that 's true, I made a con-

scious decis ion during those first

ter r ib le w e e k s of my f r e s h m a n

year not to go home whenever I

fel t like it. It was an important

choice . I drew a dist inct ion be-

tween home and Hope.

At s c h o o l , I m a d e H o p e my

home. My fr iends became my sec-

ond family; m y d o r m room, my

s e c o n d house . I k n e w that if I

d i d n ' t c rea te a separate l ife fo r

myself at school, I would never

be able to make it. T h e pull of

home would be too strong.

T h e decis ion paid off . N o w I

have two lives, a school l ife and a

home life, that are equal ly fulf i l l -

ing. And I 'm homesick for school

dur ing my s u m m e r s in G R , just

like I 'm homesick for home while

I ' m at Hope . But tha t ' s O K . It

means that I love more people and

more places than I did before .

For those of you struggling right

now with the adjus tment , I can of-

fer two suggest ions. T h e first is

to indulge yourself with the famil-

iar. If for you the famil iar is salad,

eat salad. Buy the same kind of

fabric softener M o m uses at home.

Stock your room with your favor-

ite snacks.

M y second tip is to dive head-

f i r s t i n t o y o u r n e w l i f e h e r e .

M a y b e that wil l m e a n s t ick ing

around campus on the weekends ,

or l imi t ing y o u r ca l l s h o m e to

once a week . You might try a new

activity or jo in a team.

I still miss home every now and

then. But that 's OK. I ' l l appreci-

ate it more when I go back to visit

during Fall Break.

Survival Tips Ways to beat homesickness and adjustment blues

Admit that vou're homesick.

Talk about it with an older sibling or friend who has gone awav from home.

Bring familiar items from home to your new location.

invite people along to explore vour new surroundings.

Keep in touch with people from home, but put a limit on telephoning.

Plan a date to go home and make arrangements. Then don't Indulge other Impulses to go back.

Examine your expectations. Setting a goal of perfection Is the most predictable way of creating trouble for your self.

Seek new opportunities.

Do something.

Ctur lesv ol Hw Counseling Center it ma Unlverett i ol W l s c m s l n i a u Claire

A home away from Hope Students and Faculty adjust to life at Hope. Jane Bast and Lindsay Pollard INFOCUS EDITOR AND STAFF REPORTER

The first month of col lege is o f -

ten the most difficult for new stu-

dents. Aside from adjusting lo a new

room, harder c lasses and cafeter ia

food, students also face separation

f r o m their home and parents, many

for the first t ime.

While some may find this sepa-

ration a we lcome relief, others end

up longing for home.

"Homes ickness is a longing for

the fami l i a r , " said Kris ten Gray,

Director of the Counsel ing Center.

" I t ' s expected . People exper ience

this. It means that there is more than

one place and more than one group

of people in our l ives that we love

and that love us back."

Gray, who says that the Counse l -

ing Center sees an average of ten

cases of homes ickness a year, men-

tioned that for many, it is a tempo-

rary condit ion.

"I think within the first month , if

you let yourself connect , it can re-

solve itself quickly," Gray said. "We

do work wilh homes ickness here.

And qui te likely, there are m a n y

people w h o are deal ing with this

w h o don ' t c o m e in ."

Connec t ing to people , the cam-

pus. and lo college life can make the

d i f f e r e n c e in the ba t t l e a g a i n s t

homes ickness , especia l ly fo r s tu-

dents who feel like no one can iden-

tify with them.

" F i n d y o u r p l a c e to ge t c o n -

nected." Gray said. "If you feel like

you are the only one like you, f ind

the people on campus who are like

you so that n o n e of you will be

a lone . "

Gray suggests jo in ing a g roup or

o r g a n i z a t i o n . By b e c o m i n g in-

volved, s tudents will not only meet

p e o p l e , they a re t ak ing s t eps to

make Hope Col lege their own.

' T h e r e ' s the B l a c k C o a l i t i o n ,

H A P A , RISE, W I O , Habi ta t ( for

Humanity], EIG," Gray said. ' T h e r e

are lots of interesting groups to be

involved in ."

Gray stresses that homesickness

can be controlled.

"If you work on something and

make it through it, that is such an

accompl i shment , " Gray said. "Re-

alize that y o u ' r e not the only one.

Then do someth ing ."

H o m e away from h o m e ?

F o r A m y W a k e r l e y ( 4 0 4 ) and

Laura Moreau ( ' 04) , the move to

Hope d idn ' t include any rest stops.

Wakerley and Moreau are f rom

Grand Haven and Hol land respec-

tively, which has created an inter-

esting set of chal lenges for adjust-

ing to l ife away f r o m home. Since

the line be tween home and school

can become blurred when the dis-

t a n c e b e t w e e n t h e m is s m a l l ,

Waker ley and Moreau have been

trying to keep the two aspects of

their lives separate.

"I really have felt like I 'm away

f rom home, because I haven ' t gone

home yet ," Moreau said.

A c c o r d i n g to Waker ley , be ing

close to home can be a blessing and

a curse.

ANCHOR G R A P H I C B Y C H A D S A M P S O N

"It makes it really available, but

t h a t m a k e s it h a r d a t t i m e s , "

Wakerley said.

Moreau echoed Waker ley 's c o m -

ment, adding that the one thing she

disl ikes about H o p e is its c lose dis-

tance to her home .

"I wanted to go fa r ther away , "

Moreau said. " H o p e was the best

school I found . "

Moreau is one of several Hol land

High School graduates w h o chose

to attend Hope.

' T h e r e is a

good number

of p e o p l e

[ f r o m H o l -

land] that are

here, but you

kind of want

to get a w a y

f r o m t h a t , "

Moreau said.

" I ' v e b e e n

t r y i n g t o

h a n g o u t

w i t h o t h e r

people who a ren ' t in Hol land."

T h e transition f rom h o m e to col-

lege has also been interest ing for

Waker ley 's and Moreau ' s parents.

Waker ley 's fami ly has visited her

several l imes since she moved to

campus .

"I think it 's because they miss me

a lot ," Waker ley said. "I miss them

a little bit, but I don ' t think as much

as they miss me . "

Although they are close to Hope ,

both families have agreed to respect

their daughters ' independence .

"They weren ' t going to be like,

'We ' r e just going lo stop by and see

h o w y o u ' r e do ing , " ' Moreau said.

Wakerley and Moreau are close

to home, but both are finding ways

lo make Hope their o w n and gain

independence.

"I t ' s weird how much of a bubble

Hope is ," Moreau said. "I just try

to do what Hope has lo of fer and

try to get involved like any student "

A Profes sor ' s Perspect ive

Unlike some of Hope ' s s tudents

and faculty, for Rhoda Janzen, As-

sociate Professor of English, going

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

boarding a plane. Janzen , w h o is

new to Hope this year, comes f rom

Los Angeles , C A where she taught

at U C L A .

M o v i n g f r o m a large c i ty and

teaching at a university of 56 ,000

to a small town and Hope Col lege

has been both an easy and diff icult

adjus tment for Janzen.

homesickness is a hniging for the famii-iar It's expected. People experience this.

•Kristen Gray, Director of Counseling Se,

"In one way, it 's easy, because my

dream j o b has a lways been to teach

at a university where m y colleagues

and I are l ike-minded," Janzen said.

"Because I am a Christ ian, I find

comfor t in the shared ideology of

m y col leagues . It s eems fami l ia r

and nurtur ing."

O n e of J a n z e n ' s d i f f i cu l t i e s in

ad jus t ing to life in Hol land is not

feel ing accepted.

"It has to do with the way Hol-

land perceives d i f fe rence ," Janzen

said. "I think

the idea of be-

ing d i f ferent ,

w h e t h e r you

are of a differ-

e n t r a c e , o r

w h e t h e r you

h a v e t w o

s leeves full of

t a t o o s , o r

w h e t h e r you

c lear ly d ress

and t a lk and

ac t as if

y o u ' r e f r o m a big city, as opposed

to a small one, it strikes me here that

d i f fe rence is more of a threat than

an oppor tuni ty for mutual cultural

enhancement . "

T h e change f r o m U C L A to Hope

has also created a unique chal lenge

fo r J anzen : h o w to in tegra te her

personal bel iefs into her teaching,

a pract ice that is all but taboo at

U C L A .

"There is a separation of church

and state [at U C L A ] , " Janzen said.

"You d o n ' t keep it in your class-

room. In fact , you deliberately put

it out . I would try very much to not

br ing any of m y personal interests

or quali t ies o r information into the

c lassroom."

J a n z e n v i e w s her t rans i t ion in

terms of opportunity.

"I t ' s not so much that it 's hard,

as i t ' s that there are new opportuni-

ties here that I h a v e n ' t ful ly ex -

plored ," Janzen said.

Desp i te misg iv ings about Hol-

land. Janzen feels warmly accepted

at Hope.

" W h e n people ask me how my

classes are going, I get the feeling

they really want to know," Janzen

said. "There seems to be a real sin-

cere level of d ia logue between fac-

ulty m e m b e r s . We want to learn

f rom each o ther ' s experiences . It's

not so much a competi t ion as it was

at U C L A . "

In ef for t to c o m b a t lonel iness ,

Janzen writes poetry and has been

mak ing a focused effort to be so-

m o r e H O M E o n 9

Arts ThAnchor September 20, 2000

Emily

Mocllman

Change of pace

A r t s e d i t o r

Here's to the little people Vou think you know all about

Ihc ails, i lon' l you? You think

you show true appreciat ion to

your beloved arts by support ing

them ai r v c i \ chance you gel.

You especially support any and

all ihc artists that are creating and

pcrrorming and g rowing on

I lope 's campus . You have

rriends and c lassmates involved

in the ails, or maybe even you

yoursell is involved in the arts.

To support them, or yourse l l . you

atteiul these events . You go to

concerts , dance per rormances ,

plays, literature readings , and

indcpeiuient f i lms to s h o w them

that you care, to prove to them

that you do support the arts.

T h a t ' s important and you

should delini tely cont inue

support ing the arts in this way.

But it is not enough .

And you are swept away by the

beauty of the pe r fo rmance , by

how the sets , the sound, the

lights, ihc cos tumes , by how it all

falls into place so you don ' t even

notice it Isn't u s imply magi-

car.' Isn't it just wonderfu l the

way you feel af ter you leave a

great pe r fo rmance? T h e arts have

the ability to sweep you away.

That is probably why you love

them, and why you are a patron.

Well. I have some news for

you T h e arts are a lot more than

Jusi the arts. There is so much

behind the scenes work that you

the patron don ' t ever see. There

are about five to seven people

working behind the scenes for

every arts event you attend.

These behind the scenes people

are all Mope col lege s tudents

members of the Hope Col lege

per forming arts technical staff .

They could be your ne ighbors or

even your fr iends.

T h e crew does a variety of

things every per formance . They

work the lights, the sound, back

stane. at the concess ions , and at

the box off ice.

But that 's just the beginning.

For each main stage production

on Dewi t t ' s stage, there are

approximate ly twenty to thirty

hours of manual labor weeks in

advance that the crew of puts in.

For each show, these crew

members c l imb high above the

stage in the ca twalks for a

meager wage , hanging and

focusing lights They push and

carry around large pieces of

lighting and they constant ly run

the risk of e lect rocut ion or fa l l ing

out of the ca twalks every time

they focus a spot l ight for a

pe r fo rmance .

Th i s may sound dramat ic , but

these risks are real. When c rew

members begin to work for the

technical staff , they are required

to sign a d i sc la imer for any

accidents that occur whi le on

duty.

Crew m e m b e r s are highly

trained workers w h o have had

t raining provided by the col lege

in the field of lighting and light

designs. Crew members also

make sure the shows run

smoothly with no errors or

mistakes .

Without the help of the little

people of the crew, there would

be no pe r fo rmances on the s tages

of Hope ' s campus . And just

knowing that without them there

would be no pe r fo rmances at

Hope is enough for these hard

workers of the crew to cont inue

their work.

They need no recognit ion, no

praise f rom you patrons of the

arts. All the want is the occa-

sional smi le when you purchase

your tickets for the next show, or

a poli te thank-you when you

purchase a beverage at the Knick

at intermission.

They like what they do. but it 's

hard work. All they want is you

apprecia t ion and understanding.

Recital features Hope faculty member Emily Moel lman A R T S EDITOR

As part of the Ceasar Chavez

Festival, a Hispanic p iano recital

w a s g iven by D e b o r a h De La

Torre in Dimnet Chapel on Tues-

day. September 19, at 7 p.m.

The theme of the recital g iven

by De La Torre was "Nat ional ism

and Identity in Latin Amer ican

Music" . In presenting this concert

of Hispanic piano music, it was

h o p e d that a u d i e n c e m e m b e r s

would rea l ize that mus ic f r o m

Spanish-speaking people goes far

beyond the popular id ioms such

as salsa, mariachi. mambo. conga,

and cha-cha-cha .

The recital featured pieces from

composers of numerous Hispanic

n a t i o n s s u c h as Braz i l . C u b a ,

Spa in . Venezuela , Mexico , and

Argentina.

Dc La Torre may be a new fac-

ulty m e m b e r in Hope ' s music de-

par tment , but her mus ic career

began w h e n she w a s mere ly a

child. She was a child prodigy,

and began winning awards for her

pe r fo rmances and compos i t ions

at age seven.

Since then, De La Torre has had

many of her c o m p o s i t i o n s per-

f o r m e d p u b l i c l y , s u c h a s

" R h u m b a J o v e n " which was pre-

m i e r e d by the S o u t h F l o r i d a

Youth S y m p h o n y in 1991. Her

" Impromptu" , for flute solo, and

"Robe" , for flute and guitar, were

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y EMILY M O E L L M A N

Tickling the ivories: Deborah De La Torre plays a piece of Hispanic piano music for the recital on Tuesday, September 18, as part of the Ceasar Chavez Festival.

recently recorded.

De La Torre ' s passion for mus ic

has centered on works of Spanish

and La t in A m e r i c a n c o m p o s e r s .

When she plays a piece of music ,

she pul ls f r o m this d e e p love of

Hispanic music.

"I think abou t my cul ture , m y

identity when I play a piece of m u -

s ic , " said D e La Tor re . " I think

about my people" .

She is in the process of develop-

ing a pedagogical structure for the

vast body of p iano solo work de-

rived f r o m Hispanic composers , to

the e f f e c t tha t s u c h a s t r u c t u r e

would gain its own relevancy apart

f r o m traditional Western-European

repertoire.

T h e recital en joyed a large audi-

ence, and De La Torre was received

with loud applause and, finally, a

s tanding ovation. After the recital,

a reception was held in the base-

ment of the Chapel where De La

Torre entertained any quest ions and

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Patrolling with Public Safety: an inside view Krissy Schantz STAFF R E P O R T E R

Editor's Note: Anchor Staff Re-

porter Krissy Schantz spent the

evening of Sept. 14 with Public

Safety officers on a ride-along.

Here is a log of her personal expe-

rience of the time she spent on the

other side of the law

Although they may never see as

m u c h a c t i o n as the o f f i c e r s on

" C O P S r Hope ' s Public Safe ly of-

ficers have their hands full ensur-

ing safety and comfor t for students. 4,I like to help people and I like to

talk to people ," Off icer Bryan Muir

explains. Every day. Mui r and the

eight other Public Safety off icers do

just this, f rom patrolling the area for

suspicious people to checking that

campus bui ldings are locked.

5 : 0 0 — I a r r ive at the Pub l i c

Safety off ice ready for a night of

fun and exci tement .

5 :15 — Muir picks me up and w e

begin to patrol Hope ' s campus .

5 :25 — We fill up the patrol car ' s

tank in preparat ion for a night on

the road. 5 : 3 5 — M u i r locks b u i l d i n g s

around campus , using a long list as

a guide. As each bui lding is locked,

it must be documented on this list,

recording the time it was locked.

6 :05 — We check out a call con-

cerning a minor stove explos ion in

the B r u m l e r H o u s e . T h i s u n e x -

pected blast burned t w o holes into

the tile of the k i t chen f loo r and

fr ightened two s tudents enough to

call upon the s e r v i c e s of Pub l i c

Safety. Lucki ly , M u i r k n e w jus t

what to do; Put in a work request to

main tenance via email . (This is ac-

ce s s ib l e to all s t u d e n t s t h r o u g h

Hope ' s website .)

6 :10 — Muir and I hop back in

the car . c o n t i n u i n g to patrol the

campus and lock up buildings.

6 : 5 0

— M u i r

j u m p

s t a r t s a

student 's

car. T h e

s t u d e n t

is v e r y

g r a t e f u l

that Pub-

1 i c

S a f e t y

w a s

available

to assist

h im. 7 :00 — Af te r hear ing a report

over the radio. Muir helps to " B O L "

( "Be on the look ou t" ) for two cars

riding s ide-by-side, b locking traf-

fic on 9th Street.

( " T h e reason 1 wen t into Law

E n f o r c e m e n t is the e l e m e n t of

c h a n c e . " ' e x p l a i n s M u i r . T h e

unpredictabil i ty is both the hardest

and most exciting part of the job for

Muir: he says. "You never know

what could happen ." )

7 :10 — We head over to DeWitt

to investigate a report that a Hope

Student is stuck in the elevator be-

tween two floors. Luckily, the stu-

dent pries himself f ree before we

arrive. Unfor tunate ly , the elevator

remains out of use for the next f ew

hours, so Muir graciously assists a

s tudent in carrying a p iano down

the stairs, who would have been out

of luck without Mui r ' s help.

7 : 2 0 — Muir unlocks the Peal

Science Center for a s tudent put-

ting in some af ter -hours work.

7 : 2 5 — Muir j u m p starts another

s tudent ' s car af ter his own at tempts

are unsuccessful . Publ ic Safely of -

ficers use portable chargers to avoid

the risk of damaging expensive and

prec ious radio equipment in each

patrol car.

7:35 — We arrive at the Public

Sa fe ty o f f i ce lo type repor ts and

take a brief Diet Squirt break.

8 :10 — Muir and 1 begin to pa-

trol again and con t inue lo check

bui ldings off the required list.

8 : 3 5 — Mui r issues a ticket to a

s tudent who is parked illegally in

the street. Luckily, this s tudent gets

off the hook with a s imple warning

a f t e r s o m e gent le pe r suas ion by

yours truly.

(Muir enjoys being able lo use his

o w n discret ion in many situations,

knowing that " someone is not look-

i n g o v e r [ h i s ] s h o u l d e r at a l l

t i m e s " )

8 : 4 5 — After hear ing of the po-

tential risk for thunders torms over

the radio, w e head back to the Pub-

lic Safety off ice to pick up raingear.

8 :50 — We hit the roads again,

cont inuing to patrol Hope ' s cam-

pus.

9 :10 — Mui r and I arrive at the

Publ ic Safety off ice fo r a brief Diet

Squir t break, and lo say a quick

hello to Of f ice r Steve Schol ls , w h o

is a lso on duly now.

9 : 2 5 — Mui r unlocks the Peale

Science Center again fo r that same

hardwork ing student.

10:00 — Muir and I meet Scholls

in the ki tchen of Phelps Cafeter ia ,

where he is investigating a possible

gas l ine p rob lem. T h a n k s to the

prompt response by Public Safety,

the p rob lem was resolved within

the hour.

n d

o p e

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y K R I S S Y S C H A N T Z

GOING UP-. Officer Bryan Muir checks out a stuck elevator in Dewitt

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y K R I S S Y S C H A N T Z

HOODS UP: Officer Bryan Muir of Public Safety jumps starts a car for a stranded Hope student.This is just one of the many trips Muir took to help out stu-dents on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 14.

(Issuing tickets is the hardest as-

pect of the j o b for Scholls , t4...bui

it 's not fair; if everyone else has to

have their registrat ion up-to-date ,

this guy does l o o " )

10:45 — Scholls and I again head

back to campus , but before w e ar-

rive ai Hope. Schol ls spots yet an-

other un lawful driver. We make a

fast U - T u m and quickly head in the

direction of a man driving without

his headlights on. As we head in hot

pursuit of the unsafe driver, Scholls

says with a smile, ' T h i s car doesn ' t

go very fas t . " T h e driver is lucky to

be off the hook with a warning.

11:05 — We arrive at the Publ ic

Safe ly o f f i ce fo r a quick rest.

11:10 — 1 decide lo call it a night,

but Scholls cont inues to patrol and

moni tor the activity at Hope until

7 :00 A . M .

My night spent with Hope ' s Pub-

lic Safe ty of f icers was one of both

mundane daily routines and excit-

ing surpr ises . Both Of f i ce r M u i r

and Off ice r Scholls were extremely

will ing to help with whatever prob-

lems arose. Regardless of the task,

each of f icer approached every duty

wi th u r g e n c y and w i t h o u t c o m -

plaint.

Hope ' s Public Safely Officers are

on duly 24 hours a day. assisting

students with their many and vary-

i n g n e e d s . T h e i r m a n y t a s k s

t h r o u g h o u t a typ ica l day e n s u r e

constant safety for the students here

at Hope .

s t u d e n t s

w e r e

a b l e to

e n j o y

their de-

l i c i o u s

m e a l s

the n e x t

day.

(Scholls

enjoys

most "Talking

with people, meeting different

people, [and] seeing where they're

from."

10:10 — Muir calls it a night a f -

ter a 15 hour work day. and Scholls

a s sumes his posit ion solo.

10:15 — Already, Scholls has a

call that requires immedia te atlen-

t ion: a s tuden t has been in ju red

playing f lag football . Af ter a bad

collision, this girl is unable to walk,

so Scholls carr ies her to the car and

w e quickly transport her to the hos-

pital.

10 :30 — On the way back to

campus . Scholls immediately spots

a driver with an expired registra-

tion. Al though he feels guilty for

doing it. he pulls over the driver and

issues a ticket.

Campus police ensure safety Kyle Delhagen STAFF R E P O R T E R

They may not always be visible,

but t h e y ' r e there. Publ ic Sa fe ly

serves Hope Col lege twenty four

hours a day, helping everyone on

the campus with any incidents that

m a y c o m e up.

Right now, the j o b of Pub l i c

Safety ranges f rom getting bats out

of collage basement and helping

people who are locked out of their

cars to more serious incidents such

as assault and robbery. But they

are hoping to go farther.

" W e are t ry ing lo start s o m e

kind of c o m m u n i t y pol ic ing on

c a m p u s , " s a id O f f i c e r J a m i e

Scholler.

Schol ter is one of six full l ime

Public Safety officers, and another

four par t - t ime of f icers make up

Sergeant Mike Lafa ta ' s team.

Lafa ta himself has worked in

Pub l i c S a f e l y f o r e l even yea r s

now.

All Publ ic Safely of f icers are Ot-

tawa County police off icers .

"I enjoy the entire j o b aspect ,"

Scholler, who has worked for Pub-

lic Safe ly for five years, said.

All Publ ic Sa fe ty o f f i ce r s have

gone through regular Police Acad-

emy training.

"I t ' s a decent job , decent pay, and

really good benef i ts ," Scholter said.

"Everyone has at least an Associ-

ates Degree . "

Public Safe ty of f icers rotate day

and night shif ts every two months.

C u r r e n t l y , S c h o l t e r is w o r k i n g

nights.

" I p r e f e r to w o r k n i g h t s , "

Schol ter said. " I t ' s a little bit more

busier ."

Publ ic Sa fe ly has been instru-

mental in many security upgrades

over the past f ew years. As a result,

such services as the Shuttle Van and

the emergency te lephones located

throughout the campus are avail-

able for s tudent use.

T h e Shut t le Van is provided for

s tudents within the campus area

during evening and early m o m i n g

hours in the fall and spring semes-

ters. Th i s is to ensure that no one

has to walk around late at night

and be a po ten t i a l v ic t im. T h e

emergency telephones are located

all over c a m p u s to provide a di-

rect link to Public Safety if a stu-

dent were to find himself or her-

se l f in a d a n g e r o u s s i t u a t i o n ,

Lafa ta said.

"Publ ic Safe ty is a lways open.

Don ' t hesitate to call," Lafata said.

Public safely can be reached by

either x7770 or x911 for emergen-

cies. Both calls go directly lo Pub-

lic Sa fe ty and e m e r g e n c y x 9 l l

calls may be routed to an Ottawa

County dispatcher.

"That is so w e can respond to

the cal ls ," Schol ter said.

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Arts T h Anchor September 20r 2000

One-woman play performed at Hope yjfhat's A b b y R o g e r s

S t a f f R e p o r t e r

'Baring Fruil ." the one woman

s h o w p e r f o r m e d by E l i z a b e t h

Rainer and directed by Heidi Rose

R o b b i n s . w a s p r e s e n t e d at the

DeWitt Center main theater Mon-

day. Sep tember 18. Rainer has per-

formed this show live on stages all

over the count ry and Hope is fortu-

nate to have such a pe r fo rmer on

their own stage. 'Bar ing Frui t" is

the life story of Paula Modersohn-

Becker. a turn of the century radi-

cal German painter.

Rainer and Robbins met ten years

ago at graduate school. It was while

driving across the country that the

two decided to write a play together.

They went to the Tattered Cover ,

a large b o o k s t o r e in Denve r , to

browse and try and find a woman

to write about . Rainer pulled book

after book off the shelf and ended

up with piles of books and no sub-

jects. Robbins wandered into the

art section, having not picked out a

book yet and despera te because the

thirty minute t ime limit they had set

to search was a lmost up.

Suddenly, a book she recognized

from her mother ' s bookshelf caught

her eye: The Letters and Journals,

about Pau la M o d e r s o h n - B e c k e r

She took it back to Rainer. and their

play had its subject .

When ques t ioned about the ran-

domness of their choice , Robbins

said, "let the universe help you out.

. . Let a book fall on your head . "

R a i n e r a n d R o b b i n s u s e d

Moder sohn-Becke r ' s personal let-

ters and journa l articles to research

the artist 's life.

Also helpful was a col lect ion of

letters, which M o d e r s o h n - B e c k e r

and poet Rainer Marie Rilke had

w r i t t e n e a c h o t h e r , t i t l ed Dear

ANCHOR P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F P U B L I C R E L A T I O N S

Baring Fruit: Elizabeth Rainer stars in the one woman show "Baring Fruit" which chronicles the life of German Expressionist artist Paula Modersohn-Becker.

Friend. Rainer and Robbins cap-

t u r e d on s t a g e t h e s t r u g g l e s

M o d e r s o h n - B e c k e r went th rough

with her family and her art, and how

she r e c o n c i l e d t h e m wi th e a c h

other.

Her d e s i r e to have a ch i ld , to

' bea r frui t , ' was immense , but her

s truggle with her husband and her

art wou ldn ' t permit it. When she

did finally have a child, it took its

toll on her life. She was bedr idden

for eighteen days af ter the birth, and

when at the end of that period she

s tood, a b lood clot that had been

accumula t ing in her leg rushed to

her heart, killing her.

"It was f rom deep longing that I

bore the frui t of my spirit, my art,

and it was f rom deep longing that 1

bore the frui t of m y body, y o u , "

Modersohn-Becker said in her jour-

nal, as she thought of her child.

As an Expressionist , Modersohn-

Becker was on the cut t ing edge .

Her use of color and light had never

been seen before . Despite be ing a

f e m a l e in a p r e d o m i n a n t l y m a l e

profess ion , her brilliant art spoke

for itself and she achieved high rec-

ognition. Much of her artwork is

used as a backdrop for the play, a

predominant theme being mothers

and chi ldren.

Elizabeth Rainer per formed with

the Hope S u m m e r Repertory T h e -

ater, in The Importance of Being

Earnest and Peter Pan among other

plays for three summers . She de-

buted on Broadway at the Round-

about Theater in The Moliere Com-

edies. She has also appeared on

television shows like As the World

Turns and The Spirit of the West.

Robbins directs, acts, and teaches

all through the Uni ted Stales and

abroad. She is currently the chair

of t h e a t e r a n d d i r e c t o r of

S h a k e s p e a r e at I n t e r l ochen Ar t s

C a m p .

Mos t recent ly she d i rec ted the

premiere pe r fo rmance of Remem-

brance with the New Troubadours

Theater Company .

"Baring Fruit" was presented f ree

of c h a r g e to the pub l i c at e igh t

o ' c lock Monday , September 18 on

the main stage at the DeWitt Cen-

ter. Rainer pe r fo rmed to a capti-

vated audience for ninety minutes ,

as no one in a t tendance w a s ab le

tear their eyes f r o m her. She re-

ceived a standing ovation at the con-

clusion of the show, and took t w o

c u r t a i n ca l l s to t h u n d e r o u s ap -

plause.

Dance Duo packs a punch Emily Moe l lman Arts Editor

For the first pe r fo rmance of the

year on Dewi t t ' s main stage and the

first pe r fo rmance in the Great Per-

formance Series Br idgman/Packer

Dance Duo will take the stage in

thei r one -n igh t only e n g a g e m e n t

this Monday night, Sep tember 25,

at 8 p.m.

Br idgman and Packer are mod-

ern dancers known for their charged

physicality. sensuality, h u m o r and

edge . T h e a c c l a i m e d d a n c e d u o

f rom N e w York has a ful l n ight

planned with two pieces as well as

a short musical interlude by percus-

sionist. Glen Velez.

According to Great Pe r fo rmance

Scries coordinator Derek Emerson ,

the p iece " C a r r i e d A w a y " is ex-

pected to be one of the highl ights

of the concert . "Carr ied Away" is a

live co l labora t ion with G r a m m y -

winning percussionist Glen Velez as

w e l l a s an o r i g i n a l w o r k by

Br idgman and Packer.

In th is p i ece , d a n c e r s wil l be

working with a satin screen which

they will dance in front of and be-

hind, p layful ly explor ing the use of

l ights and shadows . T h e dancers

will invest igate the desire of being

literally and f igura t ively "car r ied

away" .

"It has been descr ibed as more a

moving painting than a dance," said

Emerson. "Also, seeing Velez work

with them live should be very ex-

ci t ing".

T h e even ing will a lso feature a

solo piece by Velez in the first half

of the concer t . Velez is considered

one of the leading percussionists in

the world. It is a unique oppor tu-

nity for anyone interested in percus-

sion. Velez will a lso be work ing

with Hope percussion students the

next day.

In another p iece in the concert

entitled "Kata", the duo 's fifth grade

son, Davy, will a lso be included on

stage. "Ka ta" is a piece inspired by

the m o v e m e n t s of the J a p a n e s e

martial art Kata that are used for self

defense . Many of the movemen t s

of the p iece are ac tual ly der ived

f r o m the martial art, and their son

Davy has a black belt in karate.

Choreographers as well as per-

formers. Bridgman and Packer have

received six National Endowment

for the Arts Choreography Fel low-

ships, and numerous other awards.

A s a d u e t c o m p a n y , they h a v e

t o u r e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i t e d

States, Europe, and Asia per form-

ing in festivals, art centers, and uni-

versities. Their work has been pro-

duced in New York City by Dance

T h e a t e r W o r k s h o p , P.S. 122 ,

D a n c s p a c e P r o j e c t at M a r k ' s

Church . Lincoln Cen te r ' s Ser ious

Fun! Festival , and Central P a r k ' s

S u m m e r Stage.

Of Bridgman/Packer , the "Wash-

ington Post" has said, "Their danc-

ing is at once suave, powerfu l , con-

trolled. loose, and incisive".

Tickets are avai lable for the per-

f o r m a n c e at the D e W i t t t h e a t e r

lobby ticket off ice. Many seals have

already been sold and the show is

e x p e c t e d to se l l o u t s o o n , s o

Emerson encourages people to pur-

chase their t ickets soon.

E m e r s o n a l s o e n c o u r a g e s all

types of arts patrons to attend the

pe r fo rmance this coming Monday.

"Br idgman and Packer will ap-

peal to a wide range of aud ience

m e m b e r s because of their athletic

dance fo rm, and their in teres t ing

use of props such as screens and

l ighting," Emerson said.

Ooti't for5ct to rccv^cle the JKnchorW

up? t Nightl ife:

C o m m o n Grounds Cof f ee

House: Tues . & Sun.:

Chess . Call ahead for

current schedule of

o f fe r ings . 1319 East

Ful ton. Grand Rapids.

459-2999 .

Diversions: Sun. , Mon.,

Wed., and Fri.: karaoke.

10 Fountain NW, Grand

Rapids . 451-3800 .

T h e Grol lo: Thurs. :

Col lege night. 2510

Burton SE. 956-9790.

Howl in ' Moon Saloon:

Con tempora ry country

nightclub with line-

dancing. Thurs.-Sat . : Live

music . 141 28th St. SE,

Grand Rapids . 956-9790 .

Soul Cent re Cafe : Sat.

ga ther ing next to

Cen t rePoin t Church .

Snacks , cof fee , and

Chr is t ian- themed live

music . $ 2 suggested

donat ion . 2035 28lh St.,

Grand Rapids . 248-8307.

Arts at Hope:

S A C movie this weekend:

M i s s i o n I m p o s s i b l e 2.

Graves . $2. Fri. & Sal:

7 ,9 & 11p.m. Sun. 3p.m.

Jazz Nile at the Kletz.

E v e r y T h u r s d a y 7 : 3 0 -

9:30.

B r i d g m a n / P a c k e r Dance

D u o . M o n d a y Sep t .25 . 8

p.m. Dewi t t Mains lage .

Concerts:

9-19 Z a p M a m a . Calvin

Col lege .

9-21 Blessid Union Of

Souls . F ie ldhouse Arena.

Al lendale .

9 -22 J im C u m m i n g s

Band. Backstreet

Brewery.

9 - 2 3 Ekoost ik Hookah.

Ka lamazoo State

Theat re .

9 -26 Barenaked Ladies

with Guster . Van Andel

Arena. Grand Rapids.

9 -29 Jiff & the Choosey

Mothers . Parrot 's .

9 -21 -24 Ringling Bros.

Barunm and Bai ley 's

"Greatest Show on

Ear th" circus. Van Andel

Arena. Prices vary.

Grand Rapids.

September 20 / 2000 ^Anchor

C l a s s i f i e d Home from 5

20 is a completely worthless birthday. People should just skip it

and move from 19 right on to 21. Like the 13th floor in office

buildings.

kt. ari a n d ca l -dog : hel lo9? i haven't seen you in far too long, i

miss you like i'd miss a kidney. -|.

'manda : you deserved to be a member of the '03 pull family.

would you settle for spending time with me instead? -j.

mat t : i promise i won't read your story until tomorrow, but the

suspense is killing me.

andre : thanks for being such a wonderful friend, we should get

together and chat sometime, you still haven't told me about india. -j.

i miss you carrie. if you read this,

thanks for the ox.

laura: can i take you for a ride in my t-ruck? hugs and kisses, my

little cow-poke, - b r a n d o n .

amy w: i promise you i'll give you

my song list tomorrow, hint: it's an 480's theme, -j.

M - 1 hope your nose gets better, and that no one slips Ritz crackers under your sofa pil lows to feed the

mice. -A

Warboss Nick- Our last meet ing was closcr than you thought. Now that your boys actually have heads, it should be a chal lenge.

Ju l ie - I 'm not as shallow as I

seem.

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can find us on the web at http;vanderprov.fun.to

Sue- Grrr... Watch your back. The power of the Anchor eclipses your

own. -Arwady

B lack Squ i r re l s O' Death: It's all heart. 2-30-2. our new record.

B rennan - Finally we f igured out a system for cleaning. Now we just

need to attach pull-carts to the cockroaches under the stove to haul out the trash.

*

Emi l y - Hang in there. It'll get

better each t ime.

jeb- thanks for covering the radio show on monday nite so i could get whompered in fooseball. you're

an absolute peach.

Matt- Someday this will all be

yours, if you want it.

L is ten to : Waking up next to Rumpsa and Arwady Tuesday mornings from 8-9 on WTHS.

Do y o u have a c lass i f i ed? Send it via e-mail to Anchor@hope.edu.

Wizp ig - may you choke on a

chicken bone.

To Al l the Pu l le rs and Mora le-You're half way there. In two weeks it will all be worth it.

Lee-1 cannot believe you can kill

12 worms in one sitting. Amazing.

Chad- Sorry about the water, but we needed your expertise.

To K r i s t i n in A-3: We hope you

liked your birthday cake.

Want t o take an ear ly s p r i n g b reak? So do we all. You'll just have to tough it out for 6 more months, and then enjoy the t ime of your life. Or sit in an inflatable pool in your residence hall and

pretend you're in Cancun.

c ia l .

" I ' m d e l i b e r a t e l y t ry ing to inves -

t iga te the poss ib i l i ty of f r i e n d s h i p

w i t h H o l l a n d e r s ; ' J a n z e n said .

There ' s no place like Hope

W h e n J a c o b S i t a t i ( ' 0 1 ) a n d

D a n i e l B e r h a n e m e s k e l (*02) d e -

c ided to c o m e to Hope , it m e a n t say-

ing g o o d - b y e to their h o m e l a n d s f o r

t he re en t i re c o l l e g e career .

S i t a t i , w h o is f r o m K e n y a h a s

neve r vis i ted h o m e a f t e r t h ree y e a r s

in H o l l a n d .

" T h e f i rs t t w o y e a r s w e r e l o u g h , "

Sitat i sa id . " Y o u rea l ize , hey. I ' m

a lone . "

S i t a l i f e e l s f o r t u n a t e t h a t h i s

b r o t h e r w a s a l s o ai H o p e , w h i c h

m a d e it ea s i e r to be a w a y f r o m h o m e

d u r i n g C h r i s t m a s .

" I h a v e a n u m b e r of r e l a t i ve s in

t h e U S a n d w e ' d vis i t on h o l i d a y s .

It still is a r o u g h a d j u s t m e n t . "

But f o r Si ta t i , t he b i g g e s t a d j u s t -

m e n t w a s H o l l a n d i tself .

" N a i r o b i is a c i t y of 3 m i l l i o n

p e o p l e , " Si ta t i sa id . " I w a s used to

t he r o u g h a n d t u m b l e of the ci ty.

Here , it is very exc lus ive . I ' v e neve r

been a m i n o r i t y in m y l i fe . H e r e . 1

a m a h u g e mino r i t y . "

S m a l l t h i n g s w h i c h A m e r i c a n

s t u d e n t s m a y t a k e f o r g r a n t e d ,

mean t big a d j u s t m e n t s for Sitali a n d

B e r h a n e m e s k e l . 44I d i d n ' t start s p e a k i n g E n g l i s h

until I c a m e h e r e . " B e r h a n e m e s k e l

sa id . B e r h a n e m e s k e l , w h o is f r o m

E t h i o p i a , l e a r n e d E n g l i s h as he at-

t ended c l a s se s . " I ' m still l e a r n i n g . "

A n d bo th h a d d i f f i c u l t i e s a d j u s t -

ing to A m e r i c a n f o o d .

" T h e f o o d is ve ry d i f f e ren t . " Sital i

s a i d . " [ A m e r i c a n s ] u s e d i f f e r e n t

sp ices . It j u s t t a s t e s ve ry d i f f e r e n t

f r o m h o m e . "

A l t h o u g h t h e a d j u s t m e n t h a s

b e e n d i f f i c u l t , S i ta t i is f o c u s i n g on

the l i fe l e s sons l i v ing a b r o a d h a s

t a u g h t h i m .

"I f y o u rea l ly c a n ' t m a k e it, y o u

c a n g o b a c k h o m e , " Sitati sa id . " B u t

l i f e i sn ' t a b e d of r o se s . You c a n

c h a n g e , a n d tha t c a n b e a g o o d

th ing . Y o u ' v e go t to fo r ce your se l f

to s top l o o k i n g at the n e g a t i v e s a n d

e m b r a c e the pos i t i ves . If you c o m -

p la in e v e r y day , y o u w o n ' t l ive a

l i fe "

Sitat i f e e l s tha t c o m i n g to H o p e

w a s an e x c e l l e n t d e c i s i o n .

"I th ink that H o p e is one of the

best t h i n g s tha t e v e r h a p p e n e d to

m e . " Si ta l i sa id . " T h e s e h a v e been

ihe bes t y e a r s of m y l i f e . "

B e r h a n e m e s k e l , w h o c a m e to

H o p e to s t udy art , a l s o fee l s that

c o m i n g he re has h a d n u m e r o u s ben -

e f i t s .

" I ' m i m p r o v i n g m y l a n g u a g e .

I ' m i m p r o v i n g m y a r t . "

B e r h a n e m e s k e l sa id . " I ' m t ak ing a

l o t o f c l a s s e s t h a t b r o a d e n m y

m i n d . "

F o r s t u d e n t s h a v i n g d i f f i c u l t y

a d j u s t i n g to l i fe at H o p e . Sitat i o f -

fers th is a d v i c e .

" T r y to f o c u s o n the pos i t ives and

w h a t you c a n d o to m a k e a c h a n g e . "

Si ta t i sa id . " M a n y h a v e c o m e and

d o n e it b e f o r e . B e wi l l i ng to expe-

r i e n c e s o m e t h i n g d i f f e r e n t . "

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Women's soccer falls to 2nd half Calvin offense R a n d A r w a d y C P — „ T ' F '^TFLP

The w o m e n ' s soccer team fell lo

Calvin 4-0 on Saturday, lowering its

record to I -4 on the year and 1 -1 in

conference play. Af te r a promis ing

s c o r e l e s s f i r s t h a l f the D u t c h

weren ' t able lo keep it together and

al lowed 4 goals in the second half.

Hope w a s very happy with its

first half of play, and looks to use

the same brand of team play in fu-

ture games .

" W e p icked our heads up and

were winning balls. We kicked the

ba l l to o n e a n o t h e r , i n s t e a d of

through the air ," said forward Liz

Dornbos ( '02) .

"We played a really good f i rs t

half on Saturday, probably the best

first half w e ' v e p layed all year , "

sa id m i d - f i e l d e r C a n d a c e K o o l

( ' 02 ) .

W h e n t e a m s start the year the

way Hope has, the b lame tends to

go in the d i rec t ion of the coach .

H o w e v e r , the soccer p l aye r s a re

quick to back their first-year coach ,

Leigh Sears.

"Our coach this year is awesome;

she 's making us work really hard.

We have a lot of fun with her. and

w e ' r e learning a ton. I think that 's

evident

f rom the way w e ' v e been mak-

ing steady improvemen t s through-

out the season," Dornbos said.

A big problem for Hope this sea-

son has been putting the ball in the

net. In their four losses the Dutch

have been out-scored, 24-0. Hope ' s

only goals on the year c a m e in a 3-

0 victory over Adrian last week .

" T e c h n i c a l l y a n d p h y s i c a l l y

w e ' r e a strong team. We just make

a lot of little mis takes that o ther

t eams capital ize on. If w e take care

of those mistakes we will be a sound

t e a m , " said mid - f i e lde r Danie l le

Nave ( 404) .

This 1-4 season has been tough

on the Dutch due to the large num-

ber of injuries both during the pre-

season and throughout the year.

" In jur ies have really hurt us this

year, but they are a part of the game.

A

lot of people on the team aren ' t

able to play at 100 percent because

of their in jur ies ," Dornbos said.

The Dutch will need to play like

they did in the f i r s t ha l f of the

Calv in g a m e to stay with Alb ion

today at 4 p.m. Albion c o m e s into

the game in first place in the M I A A

with a 2-0 record, and 4 - 2 overall.

" W e ' r e really posi t ive as a team.

We love our coach , which makes a

h u g e d i f f e r e n c e , and w e ' r e stil l

m

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y A R I A N N A B A K E R

playing together with a posit ive at- K i C K / -y . geth Styqstra ('02) dribbles the ball past the Calvin defense during t . tude which is a really .mportant ^ 4 _ 0 ^ t o t h e K n i g h t s

thing," Kool said.

Football wins in overtime 30-24 Rand Arwady S P O R T S EOITOH

The Hope Col lege footbal l team

got its season on track Saturday af -

ternoon with a 30-24 over t ime vic-

tory at DePauw. Ind. The win puts

Coach Dean Kreps ' Dutchmen at 1-

I on the year. T h e Tigers fell to 0-

3, al though they have lost all three

games by a total of only 14 points .

The Du tchmen were able to get

their o f f ense on track thanks to the

play of their o f fens ive line.

"Our o f fens ive line got s o m e ex-

per ience last w e e k . I th ink each

week w e ' r e go ing to get be t te r , "

said quar terback J.D. Graves (01).

Graves led the Hope of fense to both

first-quarter touchdowns .

Hope opened the scoring with a

2 0 - y a r d t o u c h d o w n p a s s f r o m

G r a v e s to w i d e r e c e i v e r B r i a n

Adlof f ( ' 0 1 ) . N i c k C o n r a d ( ' 0 3 )

turned a bad snap into a two-point

conversion to put Hope ahead 8 -0

with 7:37 to play in the first quar-

ter.

On the ensu ing k ickof f , Vinnie

H a r a m b a s i c ( ' 0 2 ) r e c o v e r e d the

k ick f o r t h e D u t c h m e n a f t e r a

DePauw fumble , however this play

would turn out to be a huge loss for

Hope because place-kicker Ian Fish

( ' 02 ) b lew out his knee on the play,

and was lost fo r the year.

"I was runn ing d o w n the f ie ld

a f te r a good k i c k o f f , " sa id Fish .

" V i n n i e m a d e a n ice p lay , s o I

j u m p e d in the air to see what was

going on, pumping my fist in the

air. Nothing different than what I 've

done before. It 's just one of those

f reak accidents that happen , you

don ' t really have any control over

it. I 'll just deal with what the good

Lord dealt me and get ready for next

year."

The injury to Fish forced Coach

Kreps to use Graves as the kicker

for the Dutchmen . Graves k icked

for Hope before becoming the starl-

ing quar te rback at Hope , and he is

exci ted about kicking again.

"I wish 1 could have kicked last

year. Fish is just as good as I am, so

it 's better to have him kick when

he ' s hea l thy ; that way I can jus t

c o n c e n t r a t e on b e i n g a q u a r t e r -

back . " said Graves . "But now that

he ' s hurt I can s tep in there, so I ' m

happy to do it," Graves said.

Hope marched down the field and

scored again on a 3-yard run up the

middle by Graves . T h e point af ter

t o u c h d o w n (PAT) w a s g o o d by

Graves to put the Dutchmen ahead,

15-0.

D e P a u w scored its only points of

the first half on a 74-yard pass f r o m

q u a r t e r b a c k J a s o n L ee to J o h n

Stephens. Hope came back, how-

ever, with a 30-yard field goal by

Graves , and a 17-yard touchdown

pass f r o m G r a v e s to Adlof f with

12 :30 to p l a y in the f i r s t h a l f .

G r a v e s ' PAT was b locked by the

Tigers, which would come into play

later in the game .

H o p e led 24-7 at ha l f t ime and

looked in good shape to walk away

with its first win of the season. Both

teams were score less in the third

quarter, but D e P a u w came out gun-

ning in the third quarter.

T h e y w e r e led by q u a r t e r b a c k

Jason Lee, w h o broke three Tiger

records on the day, going 41 of 7 2

for 4 8 6 yards. T h e Tigers scored 17

points in the 4th quarter, complet-

ing their c o m e b a c k with a 32-yard

field goal with 23 seconds in the

game to knot the score at 24, and

put the g a m e into over t ime.

Hope won the over t ime coin-toss

a n d e l e c t e d to d e f e n d f i r s t . O n

D e P a u w ' s third play Bride inter-

c e p t e d L e e ' s p a s s , e n d i n g

D e P a u w ' s half of the over t ime.

"Coach [Randy Moore) put us in

a good posi t ion. We had a lot of

pressure . [Ryan] Kers te t te r ( ' 0 3 )

and [Andy] Keller ( '03) got in there

to put pressure on the quar terback.

He had to dump it off and I just hap-

pened to be in the right spot ," Bride

said.

Hope then took the ball knowing

all it needed was a field goal to win

the game. However , Coach Kreps

had other p lans for the Dutchmen ,

and on the first play of over t ime for

Hope Graves threw to wide receiver

M i k e Gle ( ' 0 3 ) fo r the 2 5 - y a r d

touchdown to win the game 30-24

for Hope in dramat ic fashion.

" W e w a n t e d to m o v e the ba l l

qu ick ly ," Graves said. " W e were

throwing the ball a little bit belter

than w e were running. We wanted

lo get me out of the pocket , so I

could possibly run. [Kreps] said if

there was nothing there to throw it

away, but luckily Gle was open . "

T h e defense played great for the

Dutchmen for the second consecu-

t ive week , ho ld ing the T ige r s to

minus 33 yards on the ground on

13 runs. They had a much harder

t ime de fend ing the pass , however.

"We played really well for three

quarters. I think in the four th quar-

ter the heal played a little bit of a

factor. From a linebacker standpoint

we could have done a little better

in pass coverage , " said Hope line-

backer Matt Bride ( '01) .

As a result of the success against

DePauw, Hope swept the M I A A

player-of- lhe-week honors. Graves

was offens ive player of the week ,

and Bride was defens ive player of

the week , his second consecut ive

week receiving this honor . Br ide

w a s m o r e exc i t ed with the win,

however .

" I t f e e l s be t te r be ing 1 -1 , " he

said.

Hope hosts Wheaton Col lege of

Illinois at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hol-

land Municipal Stadium.

VanderprOV is looking for a few good turkeys

If you ' r e interested in improving your improvisational

comedy skills, or you simply want to have fun pretending

to b e a ho r se hit w i th a t r a n q u i l i z e r dar t , c o m e to

Vanderprov pract ices Wednesday at 10:00pm in the

Juliani Room in the basement of Durfee.

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