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N O V E M B E R I S . 2 0 0 6 • S I N C E 1 8 8 7 " S P E R A I N D E O " H O P E C O L L E G E • H O L L A N D . M I C H I G A N

W H A T ' S I N S I D E

Order in the cou r t 2

Supreme Court to rule on late-

te rm abort ion cases

Students onstage 3

Dance per formance features

student choreography

Dinner and a show 4

Food fest ivals enhance inter-

nat ional events

Save these CRN's 5

New classes widen student

perspective

Defend ing champs 8

Dutch prepare for a new

season

I N B R I E F

SAC Wins Award T h e Social Activi t ies

Commi t t ee at Hope Col lege

has again w o n the "Exce l l ence

in P rogramming Award" from

the Mid Amer ica Region of the

Nat ional Associa t ion for C a m p u s

Activit ies. Hope was also

recognized in 2002 and 2004 .

Criteria for the evaluat ion

included ef fec t ive u seo f r e sou rces ,

p romot ion of the p rogram to

students, s tudent involvement in

p lanning and implementa t ion ,

clari ty and ach ievement of the

p rog ram ' s goals, and effect ive

p rogram evaluat ion.

T h e award recognizes S A C for

its 2005-06 p rogramming year,

w h e n the directors of S A C were

Jenny Shuck ( ' 06) , Kristi O r a n g e

( ' 07 ) and Ryan Lincoln ( ' 07 ) .

CIS Topic: Immigration T h e 2007 Critical Issues

S y m p o s i u m will examine

immigrat ion.

"It is o f t en noted that w e are

a nation of immigrants , yet there

are f ew issues which d iv ide us

more than immigra t ion . Recent

figures suggest that more than 11

million illegal residents are in the

U.S; more than 200 ,000 are now

residing in Mich igan , " said Derek

Emerson and Al f redo Gonzales ,

C I S 2007 co-chairs .

Do w e have an obl igat ion to

people want ing to be part of the

U.S .? Do our porous borders

a l low terrorists to enter and harm

this count ry? Can our nat ion 's

health care and educat ional

sys tems provide for the needs of

this rapidly g rowing popula t ion?

Will immigrants take j o b s f rom

current residents? Do other

countr ies bear responsibil i ty

for illegal residents in the U.S.?

Should w e be building a wall

be tween the U.S. and Mexico?

H o w do our policies affect our

relat ions with other nat ions?

T h e 25th C I S is Oct. 2 and

3, 2007. Look for detailed

informat ion before the end of

Apri l .

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER LYOIA HUSSEY

I N T E R N A T I O N A L H O P E - Shova KC ( 07), Mulay Kefene ('07) and Vidhan Rana ( 08 ) per-f o r m a t r a d i t i o n a i dance f r o m Nepal d u r i n g Images Saturday . S E E FLAVORS, P A G E 4

PANEL: GENDER GAP STILL EVIDENT IN WORKPLACE Kat ie Bennet t S T A F F W R I T E R

An open discuss ion entitled

" W o m e n in the Workplace" w a s

held in Martha Mil ler Tuesday.

Sara De Vries, assis tant d i rector

of career services, coordina ted

the discussion with the help

of the W o m e n ' s P rog ramming

Commi t t ee and several other

w o m e n ' s organiza t ions on

campus . A panel of f ive

profess ional w o m e n spoke to

an aud ience of H o p e students

and communi ty m e m b e r s

about their careers and covered

issues part icularly crucial to

women w h e n enter ing the work

force. T h o u g h the panelis ts

had wide ly varying educat ions

and profess ions , several

consis tent themes pe rmea ted the

discussion.

Many of the panelis ts urged

s tudents to al low l i fe ' s changes

to a f fec t their career plans.

"1 would really underscore

paying attention to wha t your

interests are and where y o u ' r e

d rawn , " said Linda Mi lanowsky,

director of colors, mater ials and

finishes at He rman Miller.

Growing up with role

mode l s w h o were all stay-at-

home m o m s , Mi l anowsky w a s

surprised to find her cal l ing in a

fu l l - t ime adminis t ra t ive j o b .

Lois McAll i s ter Mulder , a

teacher with Hol land Public

Schools , graduated f rom col lege

in the middle of the era of the

an t i -housewife but eventual ly

found her cal l ing in be ing a

s t ay -a t -home-mom whi le raising

chi ldren.

"It took m e until 1 w a s about

30 to finally be able to say 'ok

this is what I really love to d o '

and jus t do it," said McAll i s ter

Mulder. " B e careful that you

don ' t get loo caught up in what

your destination is and en joy the

journey . "

Donna C o m w e l l , execut ive

director of the Cen te r for

Women in Transi t ion, cited a

gap be tween w o m e n and m e n

in the work force today. She

related her exper ience of be ing

interviewed for a j o b by three

male administrators . She

w a s asked, " H o w would your

husband feel about you not be ing

home for dinner ," and " H o w

would your husband feel about

you work ing with other men . "

C o m w e l l a lso noted that

there still is "a bias toward

paying men more fo r the same

j o b . " Jill Jepsen, a profess ional

artist and instructor at Ferris

State University, related s imilar

ev idence of the gender gap in

her profess ion.

S E E WORKPLACE, P A G E 4

$7,500 mascot costume approved Jenny Cencer C A M P U S E D I T O R

"Wha t is a F ly ing Dutch"?

Student Congress President Brad

Matson ( ' 07 ) has been striving

since the summer of 2005 to help

the campus visual ize the mascot

in ways that most col leges are ac-

cus tomed to.

Four rendit ions were des igned

through careful research of Dutch

concepts and expert ise f rom mas-

cot character profess ionals . T h e s e

models for a fu ture mascot were

voted on by the campus c o m m u -

nity last spring.

When a clear image emerged ,

communi ty m e m b e r s from the

Athlet ic Depar tment , Pres ident ' s

Off ice , faculty, s taff an^l s tudents

were consul ted.

The mascot cos tume is esti-

mated to cost S7,500.

On Nov. 7, Student Congress

m e m b e r s voted 16-6 to fund the

cos tume expenses through the

Student Activi t ies Fund .

Representat ives of the Dew

C r e w were also invited to attend

the meet ing.

Je remy Benson ( ' 0 8 ) did not at-

tend the meet ing but said in an in-

terview af te rwards , "I d o n ' t think

Hope Col lege needs a mascot . We

have Dew Crew, cheer leaders and

Anchor Band already compet ing

S E E MASCOT, P A G E 6

COURTESY STUDENT CONGRESS

CLARIFY YOUR PRIDE — Cost of costume: $7,500 Dutchman mascot : pr iceless?

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

SH0EB0XES SPREAD GIFTS, GOSPEL Emily West ra te S T A F F W R I T E R

Chr is tmas is quickly

approaching , and Hope s tudents

can find m a n y ways to help

brighten the hol idays for others .

In con junc t ion with Samar i tan ' s

Purse, C a m p u s Minis t r ies and

Volunteer Services are involving

Hope ' s campus in Opera t ion

Chr i s tmas Child.

T h e p remise is s imple .

Students can pick up a shoebox

at the Student Union Desk ,

the Keppel House or Dimnent

Chapel . Another opt ion is to buy

a small plastic container , so the

child can keep that as well . T h e

participant chooses whether the

gift wil l be for a boy or a girl and

selects an age g roup of 2 to 4, 4

to 9 or 10 to 14 years old. Boxes

can be filled with school suppl ies ,

hygiene i tems and var ious toys.

A personal note or letter can

be included as wel l , somet imes

spurr ing a response f rom the

child.

Hope has been involved with

Operat ion Chr i s tmas Chi ld for

nearly 10 years. Each year,

s tudents turn in an average of 500

boxes , with a record high of 700

boxes. A higher goal was set for

this year ' s collect ion.

" W e ' r e hoping to be able to

collect 800 boxes , " Barb O s b u m

of C a m p u s Ministr ies said.

These boxes will be brought to

Grand Rapids to be collected by

Samar i t an ' s Purse and dispersed

throughout the world. Accord ing

to their websi te , more than 7 .6

million boxes were distributed to

more than 95 countr ies last year.

"Th i s donat ion is someth ing

that is doable for s tudents . It 's

more fun than s imply giving

money , " O s b u m said. "It also

a l lows students to have a piece of

Chr is tmas , even though they ' re

not at home . "

Not only do the children receive

unique gifts, but a lso included in

the shoeboxes are messages of the

Gospel . The gif ts are distributed

through a local church and the

message is wri t ten in the chi ld 's

language.

" I t ' s not jus t a handout of a gif t .

It serves the local church as well

as the families,"- O s b u m said.

T h e due date for r e tuming the

filled boxes is Nov. 15.

2 N E W S NOVEMBER 15, 2006

SUPREME COURT HEARS ABORTION CASES Brian McLel lan S T A F F W R I T E R

T h e S u p r e m e C o u r t h e a r s t w o c a s e s t h i s

t e r m , G o n z a l e s v. C a r h a r t a n d G o n z a l e s v.

P l a n n e d P a r e n t h o o d , w h i c h dea l wi th t he

c o n s t i t u t i o n a l i t y o f a f e d e r a l b a n on la te-

t e r m a b o r t i o n s , a l s o k n o w n a s pa r t i a l -b i r t h

a b o r t i o n s .

' T h e y ' r e e s s e n t i a l l y a r e p l a y o f a

c a s e in 1999 w h e n t h e c o u r t s t r u c k

d o w n a s ta te b a n o n pa r t i a l -b i r t h a b o r -

t i o n s , " sa id D a v i d R y d e n , t he po l i t i ca l

s c i e n c e d e p a r t m e n t chair .

T h e S u p r e m e C o u r t ' s 5 - 4 d e c i s i o n

in t h i s c a s e w a s m a d e on the g r o u n d s

tha t t he b a n w a s " u n d u l y b u r d e n s o m e . "

i n o t h e r w o r d s , f o r t h i s c a s e , t h e r e w a s

n o e x c e p t i o n in t h e b a n f o r t he hea l t h o f

t he m o t h e r . T h e c u r r e n t c a s e s d e a l w i t h

a s i m i l a r s t a tu t e , bu t it is a f e d e r a l b a n

ins t ead o f a s t a t e b a n .

' T h e s e c a s e s a r e h e l d o n the s a m e

g r o u n d s , " R y d e n said . " T h e r e is n o

e x c e p t i o n (in t he b a n ) f o r t he hea l t h

o f t he m o t h e r . "

in R y d e n ' s o p i n i o n , t he S u p r e m e C o u r t

c o u l d ru le o n e o f t w o w a y s .

In t he first poss ib i l i ty , t he S u p r e m e

PHOTO COURTESY THE W H I T E H O U S E

FAMILY M A N — Samuel Allto wi th wife Martha-Ann, son Phil, daughter Laura, and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, before being sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court Justice on Feb 1. Ai i to 's vote could reverse the court 's 1999

rul ing on late-term abort ions.

C o u r t c o u l d f o l l o w t h e p r e c e d e n t se t pa r t i a l -b i r t h a b o r t i o n s is u n c o n s t i t u -

b y the p r e v i o u s c a s e , tha t t he b a n on t i ona l b e c a u s e it is " u n d u l y b u r d e n s o m e "

to t he m o t h e r .

In t he s e c o n d poss ib i l i ty , t he S u p r e m e

C o u r t cou ld s t r ike d o w n the p r e c e d e n t ,

r e v e r s i n g the 5 - 4 d e c i s i o n m a d e in 1999.

T h i s is a poss ib i l i ty , s a id R y d e n , b e c a u s e

o f c h a n g e s in t he m e m b e r s of t he S u p r e m e

C o u r t b e t w e e n t h e n a n d n o w .

C h i e f Jus t i ce J o h n R o b e r t s is l ike ly t o

vo te to u p h o l d the b a n , w h i c h is h o w h i s

p r e d e c e s s o r , f o r m e r C h i e f J u s t i c e W i l l i a m

R e h n q u i s t , vo t ed in 1999.

H o w e v e r , S a m u e l A l i to , t he o t h e r

n e w J u s t i c e o n the S u p r e m e C o u r t , is

t h o u g h t t o be m o r e c o n s e r v a t i v e t h a n

his p r e d e c e s s o r , S a n d r a D a y O ' C o n n o r .

H e cou ld po t en t i a l l y r e v e r s e t he 1999

r u l i n g on pa r t i a l -b i r th a b o r t i o n s , m a k -

ing the S u p r e m e C o u r t ' s d e c i s i o n 5 - 4

in t he o p p o s i t e d i r ec t ion .

A c c o r d i n g to R y d e n , " c o n s e r v a t i v e

j u s t i c e s a r e m o r e s u p p o r t i v e o f p r e c -

e d e n t , " a n d cou ld t h e r e f o r e feel b o u n d

b y t h e s i x - y e a r - o l d ru l i ng , a n d the

r u l i n g c o u l d r e m a i n the s a m e , w i t h

t he cour t d e c l a r i n g the f e d e r a l ban on

pa r t i a l -b i r th a b o r t i o n s u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l .

A r u l i n g on th i s m a t t e r is e x p e c t e d

b e f o r e July .

Recent Supreme Court Decisions H a m d a n v. R u m s f e l d

S a l i m A h m e d H a m d a n , h e l d a t G u a n t a n a m o B a y s i n c e 2 0 0 2 ,

c h a l l e n g e d the a u t h o r i t y o f the U . S . g o v e r n m e n t t o h o l d h i m

w i t h o u t c h a r g e s a n d to t ry h i m b e f o r e a m i l i t a r y c o m m i s s i o n .

T h e c o u r t ' s d e c i s i o n s l a t ed tha t G u a n t a n a m o d e t a i n e e s m u s t be

t r ied in c iv i l i an p r o c e e d i n g s , u n l e s s a n ac t o f C o n g r e s s spec i f i -

c a l l y a u t h o r i z e s a m i l i t a r y c o m m i s s i o n .

L a t i n A m e r i c a n C i t i zens v. G o v e r n o r Texas

T h i s c a s e w a s b r o u g h t b e f o r e t he c o u r t in p ro tes t o f t he 2 0 0 2

r ed i s t r i c t i ng o f T e x a s C o n g r e s s i o n a l Dis t r i c t s . C a r r i e d ou t b y the

R e p u b l i c a n - m a j o r i t y s l a t e l eg i s l a tu re , t h e r ed i s t r i c t i ng r e su l t ed

in s ix n e w R e p u b l i c a n - s e a t s f o r T e x a s in 2 0 0 4 . In its d e c i s i o n , t h e

c o u r t u p h e l d t he r ed i s t r i c t i ng , w i t h t he e x c e p t i o n o f o n e c o n g r e s -

s iona l d i s t r ic t w h i c h d i l u t e d L a t i n o v o t e s .

N o v e m b e r 2 4 & 2 5 Hosted by Calvin College

HOPE vs. CORNERSTONE Friday, November 24 - 6 p.m.

AQUINAS vs. CALVIN Friday, November 24 - 8 p.m.

THIRD PLACE GAME Saturday, November 2 5 - 6 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Saturday. November 26 - 8 p.m.

MEXICO CITY PASSES GAY UNION LAW

HALL OF FAME

CLASSIC 7J

Larissa Mar iano S T A F F W R I T E R

M e x i c o C i t y ' s a s s e m b l y

p a s s e d a l a w o n N o v . 10 r e c o g -

n i z i n g s a m e - s e x c iv i l u n i o n s . T h e

n e w l a w g r a n t s M e x i c o C i t y ' s

g a y c o u p l e s , w h o r eg i s t e r t he i r

u n i o n w i t h c iv i l a u t h o r i t i e s , a c -

c e s s t o s o m e o f t he soc i a l b e n e f i t s

e x t e n d e d t o h e t e r o s e x u a l c o u p l e s .

T h e law, w h i c h still n e e d s t he

m a y o r ' s a p p r o v a l , a l so a l l o w s

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

to r e g i s t e r f o r b e n e f i t s .

T h e l a w d o e s no t a l l o w

a d o p t i o n b y s a m e - s e x c o u p l e s ,

a n d f u r t h e r f e d e r a l r e f o r m s

w o u l d b e n e e d e d t o a l l o w t h e

e x t e n s i o n o f p u b l i c hea l t h

a n d p e n s i o n b e n e f i t s .

T h e bill w a s a p p r o v e d b y a

v o t e o f 4 3 t o 17. It w a s b a c k e d

by the l e f t - l e a n i n g D e m o c r a t -

ic R e v o l u t i o n a r y Pa r ty ( P R D )

par ty , w h i c h c o n t r o l s t he c i t y ' s

l eg i s l a t i ve a s s e m b l y a n d w a s

r

PHOTO COURTESY G C N

UNITED— Two men wait out-side Mexico's legislature as the same-sex civi l union bill

Is debated.

o p p o s e d b y the m o r e c o n s e r v a -

t i ve N a t i o n a l A c t i o n Pa r ty a n d

t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h .

M a r t i B a t r e s , t he l e a d e r o f

P R D in M e x i c o Ci ty , d e s c r i b e d

the m o v e a s a first s t e p w h i c h

c o u l d lead to a na t i ona l d e b a t e on

s a m e - s e x u n i o n s a n d s im i l a r leg-

is la t ion b e i n g a p p r o v e d in o t h e r

p a r t s o f t he coun t ry .

W h i l e t he M e x i c a n o f f i c i a l s

cas t t he i r ba l lo t s , o p p o n e n t s a n d

s u p p o r t e r s b o t h d e m o n s t r a t e d j u s t

o u t s i d e t he a s s e m b l y b u i l d i n g .

D a v i d S a n c h e z , an o p e n l y g a y

c o n g r e s s m a n , w e l c o m e d the bil l .

" T h e s e r e f o r m s a r e g o i n g t o

c a u s e a s n o w b a l l e f f e c t tha t n o

o n e wi l l be a b l e t o s t o p , " h e sa id .

A l e j a n d r o E n c i n a s , t he m a y o r

o f M e x i c o Ci ty , is e x p e c t e d t o

r a t i f y t he law.

G a y c iv i l u n i o n s h a v e ye t to b e

a p p r o v e d b y local l eg i s l a to r s in

a n y o t h e r pa r t o f M e x i c o . If t he

m a y o r a p p r o v e s t he l aw, M e x i c o

C i t y w i l l j o i n B u e n o s A i r e s , Ar -

g e n t i n a a n d R i o G r a n d e d o Sul ,

B r a z i l as o n e o f t h e o n l y p l a c e s

in La t in A m e r i c a tha t r e c o g n i z e s

s a m e - s e x u n i o n s .

Tickets are available now through the athletic

office of any participating school.

"Srca t Taste - Great Price'1

208 W 18 th S t - Washington A 1 8 t h S t .

Large Pizza with

Cheese or 1 Topping

*5.00 Additional Topping 1.50 each

G O S P E L

R E C O R D I N G S T U D I O

6 Song Demo ONLY S99.00

Production Provided

For Info Call:

6 1 6 - 7 3 4 - 9 7 7 9

|The a m a z i n g Greek chili dog.

FREE PRINKS C o m e visit G&L throughout

the 2006/2007 school year

(with .yo-ur. s tudent ID. card) and G&L Chili Dogs will

give H o p e College Students

a 21 ounce soft drink with

every food purchase in

excess of $3.00.

On Lakewood Blvd. (Just west of US-31)

^ 1 ^ 3 9 5 . 3 6 6 0

G & L is owned by Hope College A lumnus

(Peter Johnson - 91 ' )

ARTS NOVEMBER 15, 2 0 0 6 3_

Dance concert features student work T H I S W E E K I N A R T

Wednesday Nov. 15 Film: "Who Killed the Electric Car" 7; 9 p.m. Knickerbocker Theater.

Admission $6 adults, $5 students.

Nightly through Nov. 17.

Entertainment @ the Kletz 9 -11 p.m.; 12th Street Harmony and

Luminescence.

Thursday Nov. 16 Departmental Student Recital 1 1 a.m.-12 p.m. Wichers Auditorium.

Admission Free.

Friday Nov. 17 Orchestra Concert 7:30 p.m.; Dimnent Chapel.

Lip Sync 8 p.m.; Phelps Dining Hall.

Sponsored by SAC.

Film: "Step Up" Nov. 17 & 18: 7; 9:30 p.m.; midnight.

Nov. 19. 3 p.m. Wlnants Auditorium.

$2. Sponsored by SAC.

Saturday Nov. 18 Concerto/Aria Auditions 12 p.m; Wichers Auditorium.

Senior Jazz Recital: Tom Owens 6 p.m.; Wichers Auditorium.

Admission Free.

COMMUNICATION CLASS HOSTS FILM FESTIVAL

Communica t ion 371: Intercul-

tural and Gende r C o m m u n i c a -

tion is host ing a "Divers i ty Fi lm

Fest ival" this week .

" T h e Fami ly S tone , " a comedy

about fami ly dynamics , s tarr ing

Claire D a n e s and Diane Kea ton

a m o n g others, is showing Nov. 15

at 4 p .m. in the F r i ed -Hemenway

audi tor ium. "Water , " an Indian

f i lm directed by Deepa Mehta ,

wil l show Nov. 16 at 7 p.m.

Discussion will fo l low each

f i lm showing . All are we lcome .

MARK YON ALLY TO CONDUCT

MASTER CLASSES M a r k Yonally of Ch icago

Tap Theater will conduct mas-

ter c lasses for l ap s tudents of

all levels Friday, Nov . 17 in the

Jul ianna R o o m located in the

basement of Dur fee .

Advanced classes are f rom 5

to 6 p .m. , intermediate classes are

from 6 to 7 p .m. and beg inn ing

classes are f r o m 7 to 8 p .m. The re

is no cost for these classes.

VOICE STUDENTS WIN FIRST PLACE

Meghan Moore ( ' 0 8 ) and Ka-

tie Ross ( ' 09) , a long with t w o

local high school students, earned

first p lace honors in the Nat ional

Associa t ion of Teachers of S ing-

ing Michigan Stale Chapter Audi -

lions, held al Eastern Michigan

Univers i ty in Ypsilanli on Nov. 4 .

Moore , look first place in the

Col lege Junior W o m e n ' s Division,

and Ross , look first in the Sopho-

more Col lege W o m e n ' s Divis ion.

All four s tudents s tudy voice

under mus ic professor Linda

Dykslra and will go on to the

regional audi t ions al Ball Slate

Univers i ty w h e r e they will com-

pete with s ingers f rom Ohio ,

Indiana, and Ontar io , Canada .

Kat ie Benne t t S T A F F W R I T E R

T h e dance depar tment will

host t h e Student Dance Concer t

on M o n d a y and Tuesday, Nov.

20 and 21 in the Knickerbocker

Thea t re and on Tuesday, Nov . 28 ,

in the D o w Cen te r s tudio 207 al 8

p.m. Admiss ion is free.

T h e event features a comple te -

ly s tudent-created program. Stu-

dents per form and choreograph

all the pieces in the concert .

T h e Student Dance Concer t

spans t w o venues , the Knick-

erbocker Thea t re and the Dow,

because of the w i d e variety of

p ieces submit ted by students

for pe r fo rmance .

D o w s tudio 207 is reserved

for pieces that work belter in a

more int imate sel l ing closer to

the audience , whi le the Knick-

Boogie with

Ballet Club Cour tenay Rober t s A R T S E D I T O R

Student activities are one of

the m a n y things that highl ight

H o p e a m o n g other four-year lib-

eral arts col leges . H o p e s tudents

are encouraged to lake responsi-

bility fo r their educat ion, i f they

feel there is a gap, they find a w a y

to fill it.

This is how H o p e ' s Ballet

C l u b began. N o w in its second

year, the c lub started with dance

s tudents pass ionate about the art

of ballet and want ing to s tudy it

independently.

"The re ' s a lot of m o d e m (in

the dance curr iculum), so those

of us w h o c a m e from ballet back-

grounds felt like w e w e r e miss ing

out , " Bal le t Club President Sarah

Wil l iams ( ' 0 9 ) said.

T h e c lub focuses on classical

ballet technique by recreat ing

variat ions from works in the bal-

let canon, such as " the Nutc racker

" and " D o n Quixo te . " However , it

does not limit itself to such tech-

erbocker houses the larger

works that require l ighting or

o ther mul t imedia .

T h e process fo r put t ing the

concert together is not an easy

one. In order for their choreogra-

phy to be a l lowed in the p rogram,

s tudents mus t go through a three-

phase ad judica t ion process with

the faculty.

In the first phase , a s tudent

submi t s the idea for his o r her

p iece wi th the beg innings of the

choreography.

In the second phase, the s tu-

dent submits the comple te p iece

for review, and in the third phase ,

the s tudent submits the pieces af-

ter incorporat ing the sugges t ions

and cri t iques of the faculty.

" I t ' s really all about the stu-

den ts , " dance professor Teresa

VanDenend said. VanDenend is

niques . Various c lub m e m b e r s

also teach original choreography

from vary ing ballet backgrounds .

" W e have a mixture of people

f r o m freshmen to seniors w h o

g ive advice to f r e shmen with

ques t ions , " Wil l iams said.

Wi l l iams also emphas ized that

co-coordinat ing the concert with

dance professor Ray Tadio.

The s tudents are also responsi-

ble fo r the l ighting concept . This

semester the s tudents for a light-

ing product ion c lass taught by

Perry Landes will work together

with Erik Alberg, the technical

d i rector fo r the depar tment , to

create l ighting for all the p ieces

shown at the Knickerbocker .

Because the s tudents choreo-

graph their o w n work , the Student

Dance Concer t presents a vast ar-

ray of styles and ideas. In years

past, choreographers have incor-

porated compl ica ted scaf fo ld ing

in the Knickerbocker Thea t re

and have even pain ted on s tage

as a part of a dance . Th i s year

p romises an equal ly interesting

feast for the eyes.

" W e have three p ieces a c c o m -

Depree exhibits Ario Elami S T A F F W R I T E R

T h e DePree Art Cen te r is ex-

hibit ing d rawings by chi ldren

from the Dar fur region of the Su-

dan, w h e r e according to B B C

N e w s some 200 ,000 people have

died and t w o million been m a d e

homeless as the result of genocide

s ince the war began.

T h e exhibi t , which runs through

Nov. 17, is be ing coordinated by

the Hol land Peacemakers , a g roup

headed by Pam Nordhof .

"We learned of the availabil-

ity of the exhibit and contacted

Professor Will iam Mayer , " Nor-

dhof said. " H e w a s gracious in

a l lowing us to use the DePree

Art Center to showcase it. He

provided the expert ise in hanging it

for best e f fec t . "

T h e d rawings w e r e m a d e in

2004, yet the terrors of the confl ict

panied by l ive mus ic this year , "

Tadio said. " A n d w e have a

w o n d e r f u l ba l le t / jazz p iece with

a 1940s v ibe c h o r e o g r a p h e d by

Sarah Wil l iams ( ' 0 9 ) . "

H i p H o p A n o n y m o u s , the

h ip h o p d a n c e c l a s s , is a l s o on

the p r o g r a m . T h e f i n a l e fo r t h e

c o n c e r t is a w o r k p e r f o r m e d

and c h o r e o g r a p h e d c o l l e c -

t ive ly by the D a n c e P r o d u c t i o n

C l a s s , w h i c h T a d i o t e a c h e s .

O t h e r c h o r e o g r a p h e r s on the

p r o g r a m fo r t h e K n i c k e r b o c k e r

c o n c e r t i n c l u d e S t e v e n Rodr i -

g u e z ( ' 0 7 ) , C o u r t e n a y R o b e r t s

( ' 0 7 ) , A n n a P i l lo t ( ' 0 9 ) , J a k e

B o o n e ( ' 0 8 ) , B r i a n n a B e d s o l e

( ' 0 9 ) H e a t h e r R o b e r t s o n ( ' 0 7 ) ,

S a r a h W i l l i a m s ( ' 0 9 ) , A m a n d a

P i a g n a r e l l i ( ' 0 7 ) , Ju l ie C a r r i c o

( ' 0 8 ) and S h a r o n H a v e n s ( ' 0 7 ) .

Darfur child art continue to this day.

"Peop le think of w a r as be-

ing fought by a rmies ," Nord-

hof said. "Soldiers die and are

wounded . They of ten over look

the fact that chi ldren also suf-

fer and will carry the t rauma for

years . The i r l ives are interrupted

in the most horrible way."

"These drawings will remind

people of this fact bet ter than words

can convey," Nordhof said.

W h e n asked abou t the m e s s a g e

she hoped the d rawings wou ld

br ing, N o r d h o f r e sponded , "The re

is fut i l i ty in us ing war to so lve

pol i t ical p rob l ems . Th i s war is

espec ia l ly fu t i le as it is target ing

civi l ians . War has a devas ta t ing

ef fec t on the lives o f ch i ldren and

w e should all work to end i t ."

People are encou raged to visit

w w w . a f r i c a a c l i o n . o r g to find out

wha t they can do to help.

PHOTO EDFTOR JARED W I L K E N I N G

THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD - A child depicts the effects that war violence has on everyday life.

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER M E G A N PFTCER

B A L L E R I N A B O O G I E — Bal let Club members jazz It up In rehearsal for next week 's Student

Dance Concert .

Ballet Club m e m b e r s help each a tr ibute to w o m e n during World

o ther and do not j u d g e one an- War II. Wil l iams, w h o also cho-

o ther based on ability. reographed the piece, described it

T h e upcoming Student Dance as fast , intricate and fun . She re-

concert will feature a n e w piece ceived the cos tume idea f r o m her

by the c lub. N i n e dancers will g randmother , w h o marr ied her

pe r fo rm " B o o g i e , " a piece that g randfa ther before he left to serve

combines ballet with j a z z and is in the war.

4 N E W S NOVEMBER 15, 2 0 0 6

INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS SIMMER Naoki Miyakawa S T A F F W R I T E R

In celebrat ion o f cul inary diversity,

the Asian Food Festival and International

Food Festival were held in Phelps Dining

Hall on Nov. 8 and 11.

Held annually, the mea ls are typical ly

hosted dur ing di f ferent months . Din ing

Services usual ly col laborates with

s tudents to deve lop the menu and purchase

authent ic ingredients for each recipe. This

fall, however , both of the food fest ivals

were scheduled to occur in the same week ,

cos t ing the cul inary staff essential t ime and

funding . By budge t ing the mea ls modes t ly

and coord ina t ing the menu solo, the Hope

PHOTO COURTESY ERICA H O W E L L

Tonlsha Gordon (*09)

Workplace

College Food Service Center brought

flavors f r o m around the wor ld to Phelps

Dining Hall.

At the Asian Food Festival on Nov. 8

most ly Thai dishes were prepared. In the

past, cuis ine such as sushi had been served,

but due to budget decreases the d in ing staff

was unable to hire a sushi che f or train

employees to roll the Japanese cul inary

favori te .

"We knew there were a lot of demands

for sushi ," said B o b Willey, a product ion

m a n a g e r at Phelps.

Tom Hoover , a che f m a n a g e r at Phelps

added , "Usua l ly these t w o events are not

in the same week , so we d idn ' t have much

t ime to prepare sush i . "

Al though H o p e ' s Asian Perspect ive

Associa t ion submit ted a sample menu for

the Asian Food Festival , the d in ing staff

w a s unable to meet m a n y of the s tudents '

requests due to expense .

Willey added , " W e of fe red to change the

schedu le of Asian Food Festival to January,

but too m a n y events w e r e scheduled

then ."

However , Wil ley p romised that in April

they are p lanning to serve sushi at Phelps

in response to high demand .

On Saturday, the International Food

Festival gave s tudents the oppor tuni ty to

sample global fare and speak to international

s tudent representat ives . Diners could test

their palate with d ishes such as kahrahi

w/couscous , buligogi , chimichurr i shr imp,

sweet pota toes and p ineapple , e thiopian

ginger vegetab les and niscoise salad.

Continued from page 1

PHOTO COURTESY D E B B Y L I

CHERRY BLOSSOMS WAIT IN THE WINGS - Tomoml Sawa, Ayako Chi-ba, Debby Li and Emi Iwamoto rush from the International Food Festival to

perform in Images.

Ben jamin . A. Crumple r ( ' 0 8 ) sampled

many fore ign flavors.

" I t w a s the best food Phe lps had se rved

fo r a long t ime , " C r u m p l e r said. " I t w a s

like be ing able to go to a Greek , E th iop ian

and C h i n e s e res taurant all at the s a m e

t ime . "

Students f r o m Pakistan, Uruguay,

France and Japan introduced their cul tures

by displaying pho tographs of their nat ions

and detai ls about international l ifestyles.

Fiona Eraud, a French TA at Hope

Col lege , created a poster board to introduce

facts about la France cJepays. Eraud taught

passersby that France is the most popular

international tourist dest inat ion in the

wor ld , receiving over 75 million foreign

tourists annually.

"I would like o thers to know about

the diversi ty of France, d i f ferent areas ,

landscapes , big cities and the country ,"

said Eraud.

The food fest ivals . Images and the

International Educat ion Week act as colorful

media tors to introduce di f ferent flavors of

cul ture to the col lege communi ty .

"S t ay s t rong and focused

profess ional ly ," Jepsen advised ,

"F ind f r iends w h o support y o u . "

T h e panel a lso discussed

incorporat ing areas of l ife outs ide

the career wor ld . Four out of

the five speakers had children

dur ing thei r careers and noted the

impor tance of ba lancing the j o b

and the family .

"You can do whatever your

heart wants you to d o , " said

Mary Barr, a nurse pract i t ioner

with Michigan Medica l PC, w h o

stayed h o m e with her chi ldren

for 10 years before going back to

school to become a nurse.

Panel is ts all e choed the notion

that in t oday ' s wor ld it is ve ry

poss ible to have both a ful f i l l ing

career and a family. An aud ience

m e m b e r noted that w o m e n

w h o take t ime off f r o m work

to have chi ldren could easi ly

fall behind in their profess ion .

Panelis ts advocated a con t inuous

educat ion.

"S tay involved in the bus iness

c o m m u n i t y even if y o u ' r e not

work ing , " said McAll i s ter

Mulder .

De Vries organized the

discussion as a response to the

g rowing n u m b e r of ques t ions

H o p e w o m e n were ask ing about

workp lace issues in academic

papers and in campus group

•discussions. Several books

publ i shed by professors in recent

years have also touched on the

pay gap be tween m e n and w o m e n

and on b lend ing fami ly life with

profess ional l ife, m a k i n g the

d iscuss ion a t imely event .

" I ' m hoping H o p e w o m e n will

take away both ques t ions and

strategies for the fu tu re , " said De

Vries, "and that they can meet

w o m e n w h o can give them good

advice fo r their careers ."

A ne twork ing reception

fo l lowed the event dur ing which

Hope s tudents could glean advice

f rom both panel m e m b e r s and

profess iona ls in the Hol land

communi ty .

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dents with cot tage park ing permits are able to

park in any s tudent lot on c a m p u s between 7

a.m. and 7 p .m. This is a resul t of the Van-

Hamersve ld Parking Proposal that w a s passed

by Student Congress Oct . 17. T h e proposal

cal ls for an increase in the charge for the cot-

tage-park ing pass with the added privi lege of

park ing anywhere on campus . C a m p u s Safe-

ty-is runn ing this as a trial to de te rmine the

impact of a l lowing cot tage residents to park

in s tudent lots and will review the proposal

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again in December .

Student Congress at the Bu l tmans '

Student Congress w a s invited to j o in Pres-

ident and Mrs. Bu l tman at their home fo r din-

ner last night . The event has become an an-

nual event . Every fall the Congress m e m b e r s

and consul tants a re invited to the pres ident ' s

house for a formal catered dinner and given a

tour of the home .

There w a s no mee t ing this week due to the

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FEATURES NOVEMBER 15, 2 0 0 6 5

Casfina a broader mi; Ethnic and Asian studies offer new opportunities

Evelyn Danie l F E A T U R E S E D I T O R

T h e racial landscape of the

United States is diverse and rap-

idly changing . Accord ing to the

U.S. Census Bureau, in 2005,

14.5 percent of Amer i cans w e r e

Latino, 12.1 percent w e r e black

and 4.3 percent w e r e Asian.

"Amer i ca is becoming increas-

ingly mul t icul tura l ,"

said Professor Jesus Montafio. di-

rector of the Hope Col lege ethnic

s tudies program. " A s Amer icans

w e are increasingly a w a r e of the

va lues of mult icultural ism to the

social body in general and to the

Hope s tudent in part icular."

Wi th , that mind set, Mon-

tano and other

m e m b e r s of the Hope communi ty

set out to create a curr iculum that

would better prepare s tudents for

a dynamic , global ized world.

In 2005, the col lege approved

a new e thnic s tudies minor. Stu-

dents can choose ei ther an e m -

phas is on the Amer i -

cas, including Lat ino

and Latin Amer ican

studies, or an e m -

phasis on Afr ican and Afr ican-

Amer ican studies. T h e minor

includes courses in literature, his-

tory, polit ics, psychology and so-

ciology. -

7 see this as a maturing of our curriculum.

We could not have done something like this

that def in ing a cultural g roup by

how they dress and what they

think in the 'old count ry ' cannot

get us very far down the road ,"

— M o n t a n o

A

n u m b e r

of s tu-

dents had

an inter-

est in eth-

10 years ago.

— P r o f e s s o r C h u c k G r e e n

nic studies and have taken

those courses all a long,"

said C h u c k Green , pro-

fessor of psycho logy

and director of the Phelps

Scholars program. "Th i s

g ives them

s o m e t h i n g

to s h o w

for what

t h e y ' v e

done, some-

thing* to put

on their resumes .

I t ' s a great w a y to

pull together those

courses ."

T h e minor also created a

n e w Introduction to Ethnic Stud-

ies course, taught by Montano ,

that s tudies cultures and ethnici-

t ies wi th in the U.S. and in their

g l o b a l

context .

" W e

s t r o n g -

ly be-

l i e v e

said. "We

need, in

a d d i t i o n ,

to think

about the ; i m p o r t a n t

ways in which a cultural g roup

will look at the wor ld in different

ways, the w a y s in which di f ferent

cultural g roups interpret the same

event or objec t in comple te dis-

agreement . "

M o n t a n o bel ieves that the

minor will a lso help m a k e Hope

more attractive to minor i ty stu-

dents and faculty.

"The historical reality is that

Hope Col lege has had t rouble re-

crui t ing and retaining faculty and

students of color ," M o n t a n o said.

"This inclusive learning c o m m u -

nity, w e felt, would be attractive

to all faculty and students, espe-

cially to historically underrepre-

sented m e m b e r s of our society."

Because the ethnic studies mi-

nor focused primari ly on Lat ino

and Af r i can-Amer ican studies, an

addi t ional minor, in Asian s tud-

ies, was approved for 2006-2007

to reflect a global sh i f t in empha-

sis from West to East .

East As ia and the Pacific have

SEE MINORS, PAGE 6

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER D Y L A N A PINTER

Cultural heritage revitalized Emily Papp le S T A F F W R I T E R

M a n y H o p e students v iew

cultural heri tage courses as the

downfa l l of liberal arts educat ion.

Dread c o m e s with the thought of

regis ter ing for these courses and

t rudging to the books tore to pur-

chase the heavy load of books.

T h e thought of actually at tending

class is unbearable . This is all

about to change; not ing the im-

por tance of these courses , a new

curr iculum has been des igned

with an appeal ing look to s tu-

dents.

T h e s e are not the first c h a n g e s

the cul tural her i tage cur r i cu lum

has seen in recent years . T h e

cul tura l her i tage cur r i cu lum w a s

revised in the late 1990s. Pr ior

to this t ime the requ i rement w a s

to comple te four courses , to-

ta l ing 12 credi ts in the areas o f

ph i losophy, h is tory and litera-

ture . W h e n the cul tural her i tage

requ i rement b e c a m e an inter-

d isc ip l inary course , the c lasses

w e r e des igned to be t eam taught ,

with three professors , one f r o m

each of the co re areas . T h e main

p rob l em with this sys t em w a s

the d i f f icul ty in finding facul ty to

t each the courses .

In January 2006, a proposal

w a s brought to the A c a d e m i c

Affa i r s Board to reconstruct of

the cultural her i tage curr iculum

based on a 2003-2004 review of

the courses.

Accord ing to the Cul tural Her-

itage C o m m i t t e e ' s "Proposal fo r

Revis ing the Cul tural Her i tage

Requ i remen t , " the updated cur-

r iculum will f ocus on six main

areas:

/, K e e p the current cou r se

r equ i r emen t in p lace: Eight cred-

its, t w o courses . O n e of these

mus t cover the t ime per iod of

anc ien t /med ieva l per iod to E u -

ropean Rena i s sance ; the second

course mus t be f r o m the m o d e r n

per iod .

2, . The basic descr ip t ions of

the courses will be more flexible

than they are now.

3 - There will be addit ion-

al cho ices under the current

IDS 171/172 section. There will

be eight courses varying in course

number , with different focus mix-

es of the three core areas. In ad-

dition to this, the current option

of taking ei ther Engl ish 231/232,

History 130/131 or Phi losophy

230/232 to fulfill one of the t w o

cultural heri tage requi rements ,

will be remain in place.

4 - To make the cultural

heri tage course opt ions clear to

s tudents by creating a new course

sect ion labeled "cul tural heri-

tage ,"

J . Create a cultural heri-

tage commit tee consis t ing of a

m e m b e r of each depar tment , the

director of general educat ion and

the director of cultural heritage.

6 , These courses will en-

able s tudents to:

a. Read, wri te , ask good

ques t ions and construct argu-

ments to enrich their lives and

ach ieve more practical goals .

h. Read a wide variety of

p r imary text in order to bet ter

unders tand themse lves and the

world.

c. Unders tand the Western

.culture, chronological develop-

ment and strengths and weak-

nesses .

P ro fe s so r s Ju l ie K i p p and

Jenn i f e r Young of the Engl ish

depa r tmen t are t eam- teach ing a

pilot Cul tura l Her i tage II c lass in

the n e w format .

"I def ini te ly like the n e w for-

mat , " said Par is TerKeurs t ( ' 0 8 ) ,

a s tudent in the course . "1 think

that the lecture aspec t o f it is re-

ally good , but I apprec ia te that

t he re ' s still room for d i scus-

s ion . "

In response to the impor t ance

of the cul tural her i tage courses ,

the di rector of the Cul tural Her i -

tage C o m m i t t e e , Cur t i s G r u e n -

ler, said: "A core thing to get

f r o m a liberal arts educa t ion is

to learn h o w to read dif f icul t text

wel l and to be enr iched by great

r e ad ing . "

literature with an Oris ft (fair M e a g h a n Lewis S T A F F W R I T E R

This spring semester , a n e w

upper- level English class is be ing

o f fe red at Hope : E N G L 371- I r i sh

Literature. Th i s four-credi t class,

taught by Professor Julie Kipp,

will sat isfy the s a m e requirement

as British Literature I.

K i p p has been teaching at

Hope s ince 1998, and while she

special izes in British Li terature

and Romant ic i sm, she plans on

"br idg ing Romant ic i sm and Irish

l i terature" with this

course .

Kipp also has

close ties with

Ireland; whi le do-

ing graduate work

at Not re Dame ,

Kipp had the op-

portunity to work

with scholars special izing in I r i s h

studies. Also, Kipp has traveled

to Ireland m a n y t imes to visit her

f r iends and attend conferences .

"I am very fond of Ireland,"

Kipp said

Students enrol led in this course

should expect a unique learning

exper ience .

"In Ireland they pursue educa-

tion for its o w n sake (and) talk is

very m u c h va lued ," Kipp said.

Thanks to this Irish f r eedom

of thought , Kipp said, " T h e class

will be discussion based, supple-

mented by lecture, and students

"In Ireland they pursue

educationJor its own sake

(and) talk is very much

valued."

P r o f e s s o r Ju l ie K i p p

will be responsible for a lot of

conversa t ion . "

Students wil l encounter more

exper imenta l ass ignments instead

of tradit ional essays, though writ-

ing wil l still be an integral part o f

the course.

Irish Literature will be a 19th

and 20th century survey, an ex-

plorat ion of political, rel igious

(especial ly Cathol ic and Protes-

tant) and gender-related issues

present in Ireland. T h e class will

focus on the historical context of

the texts used.

Kipp p lans on

us ing Irish au-

thors George Ber-

nard Shaw, Wil-

liam Yeats, James

Joyce , Seamus

Heaney. Samuel

Beckett and Sean

O 'Casey , as wel l as several fe-

male and lesser-known wri ters , to

help s tudents grasp the essence of

Irish culture.

T h e goal of this class. Kipp

said, is to "try to immerse our-

selves in the Irish experiences in

as many ways possible, (utilizing)

culinary, musical or other means ."

While this class m a y not come

back for at least another t w o years

a f te r the spring semes ter (due to

course jugg l ing in the English

depar tment ) , it will be a match-

less opportuni ty fo r the students

enrolled.

6 VOICES NOVEMBER 15, 2 0 0 6

Antiphon Modern dance demystified

Cour tenay

Rober ts

If 1 had quar ter for every t ime someone

said to m e "I d o n ' t get m o d e m dance "

I could do laundry fo r the rest of the

year. I readily admi t that " m o d e m " is an

amb iguous term. In fact , if you approach

any dancer and ask, " W h a t is m o d e m

d a n c e ? " I ' d bet m y tuit ion m o n e y y o u ' d

get a d i f ferent answer f rom each one.

Bel ieve it or not, this is not on purpose .

There is no a l l -powerfu l dance consor t ium

perched on high plott ing against the average

dance enthusiast (or danc e r ' s boyf r i end) to

punish them through utter confus ion and/

or boredom.

However , the term has a history and an

intent. W h e n Isadora Duncan and Ruth St.

Denis (p ioneers of m o d e m dance) began

traipsing about the stage free of t radt ional

convent ions , the public had no clue wha t to

do with them or their art. The i r m o v e m e n t

w a s an evolut ion; n e w ideas based on old

principles. It w a s m o d e m . So tha t ' s what

they called it.

Dor is H u m p h r e y (another m o d e m dance

p ioneer) wri tes in her book, "The Art of

Mak ing Dances , " that it o f t en m a k e s little

d i f fe rence to an audience wha t a dance is

about . Apparent ly , she had yet to encounte r

the sophist icated Hope aud iences w h o

cannot seem to focus on any th ing else.

Analyzing dance can be like trying to

find the meaning of life. Sometimes, it hits

you right away like a light illuminating

the darkness. Other times, it intrigues you,

pulling at your consciousness and leading

you on a j o u m e y to reveal what you most

want to know when you least expect it. And

still other times, watching a dance can feel

like walking into a pitch-black room. You

stumble around zombie-like with your hands

in front of your body, searching for the light

swi tch—but before you can find it, the dance

is over and you ' re still in the dark.

It doesn ' t have to be this way. In each

dance there is something to appreciate. Spend

less t ime trying to figure it out and more time

paying attention to what is before you.

There is so much to be aware of; the

beauty or ugl iness of a part icular shape;

the kind of energy that the dancers give

of f as they m o v e f r o m place to place;

or that one dancer tha t ' s o f f by herself

w h e n eve ryone else is doing someth ing

comple te ly d i f ferent (did she screw up or is

it supposed to be that way?) . T h e s e are all

things any audience m e m b e r can recognize

and appreciate.

So the next t ime you go to a dance show,

say the Student Dance Concer t Nov . 20 and

21 at 8 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theater ,

g ive yoursel f a break. You don ' t have to

have all the answers . You d o n ' t even have

to have some of them.

Dance is one area in your l ife r ight now

w h e r e you really can sit back, relax, and

en joy the r ide—or not, because that is ok

too. However , miss ing out on art is not ok.

W h o knows , you m a y get an autograph that

could be wor th someth ing someday.

Courtenay is pursuing a dance minor

with a creative writing major. Unrelated

to that...Cleveland rocks, Courtenay isfrom

Cleveland andj thus, Courtenay rocks.

Hope's community is special To t h e E d i t o r :

People o f t en ask m e w h y I

chose to attend Hope Col lege

over all the o thers schools that

I w a s consider ing. M y answer

to that quest ion is the people .

I bel ieve that the people of

Hope Col lege m a k e it the school

of exce l lence that it is. A s I w a s

taking the "prospec t ive student

tou r" t w o years ago , this was

very evident to me. I saw people

s topping o thers on their w a y to

class, mos t of t hem laughing or

smil ing. I w a s greeted several

t imes by s tudents , facul ty and staff

w h o asked m e how m y visit w a s

going . There w a s a genu ineness

that 1 saw in H o p e ' s communi ty .

I have yet to see the Hope spirit

fade or dwindle . I cont inue to

see m y fe l low H o p e c o m m u n i t y

m e m b e r s happy to see one

another on a day- to-day basis . I

constant ly see h u g s given out,

and kind words be ing exchanged

whe reve r I go. Everyday, I hear

genuine laughter c o m e f r o m deep

wi th in the lungs o f m y Hope-

mates . Daily, I am greeted by

the smi les of those a round me.

Being a s tudent is not easy.

Of t en , it is one of the mos t

s tressful t imes that a person will

encounte r dur ing h is o r her life.

T h e exci tement and energy that I

see everyday on H o p e ' s c a m p u s

constant ly r enews m y spirit and

g ives m e energy to keep press ing

on dur ing this tough t ime of

m y life. I bel ieve in Hope ' s

people . I bel ieve that they are

special . I see the unmis takab le

j o y and love for life and others

that H o p e ' s c o m m u n i t y has . I

have chosen H o p e Col lege , and

it has m a d e all the d i f ference .

Matt Oos te rhouse ( ' 0 9 )

Mascot Continued from page 1

for at tent ion. Al though Hope has

this Dutch tradit ion, w e still need

to appeal to other t radi t ions. A

whi te male is not wha t I 'd wan t to

represent u s . "

Will Net t le ton ( ' 0 7 ) w h o

vo ted in f avo r of f u n d i n g the

m a s c o t sa id , " T h e masco t g ives

an objec t fo r the books to re and

Ath le t ic D e p a r t m e n t to p r o m o t e

wi th . T h e r e ' s a po in t w h e n y o u

j u s t have to act . It can be debated

to dea th . "

Matt Wixson ( ' 08 ) w h o voted

against f u n d i n g the mascot said,

"I d o n ' t necessar i ly see a need

Minors Continued from page 5

the highest economic growth rate

in the world, with an increase in

gross domest ic product of 9 per-

cent per year. In addition, Asia is

home to the wor ld ' s most popu-

lous countries, China and India,

with approximately 1.3 billion and

1.1 billion people, respectively.

A s the proposal to create the

minor pointed out, Hope has had

a historical connection with the

Asian world since the col lege 's

founding. Two out of the six stu-

dents in Hope ' s graduating class of

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continues an exchange student pro-

gram with two Japanese universi-

ties and enrolled nearly 30 students

f rom Asi^n countries last year.

The minor includes courses in

Asian art, philosophy, religion,

culture and politics throughout

Asia, f rom the Middle East to India

and Tibet, China and Japan. Stu-

dents may also apply a course in an

Asian language toward the minor.

T h e n e w minors reflect the

co l l ege ' s e f fo r t s to become m o r e

globally inclusive.

"1 see this as a matur ing of

fo r a physical representat ion of a

masco t . "

Matson and a " G o D u t c h "

commit tee are cont inuing the

p lanning process of the use

of the masco t character and

schedul ing an unvei l ing pep-ral ly

in Febmary .

T h e commit tee consis ts of ten

appoin ted representat ives and

will coordinate the caretaking,

t ra ining and s taff ing of the

mascot cos tume and actor. For

more informat ion go to http://

b c m a t s o n . g o o g l e p a g e s . c o m /

mascotcharacter .

our cur r i cu lum," Green said. " W e

could not have done someth ing

like this 10 years ago , because

w e d i d n ' t of fer the courses . T h e

more broadly w e can cast our net,

the more e f fec t ive w e are as a lib-

eral arts inst i tut ion."

N o w actively recrui t ing, both

p rog rams have been well received

a m o n g students .

" W e are a young and g rowing

p rog ram," M o n t a n o said. "Class-

es a re be ing developed with diver-

sity and d i f fe rence at the center of

study. S tudents are act ively seek-

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NOVEMBER 15, 2 0 0 6 VOICES 7

NEXT? As Howard Dean put it, "Booya!"

Annika Carlson

By all measures , this mon th ' s mid te rm

elect ions brought sweeping success fo r

Democra t s : We took the House . We took

the Senate . We took six governorsh ips

from Republ icans . Pretty much any w a y

you cut it, w e won.

In general , this means a lot less is going

to get done in Washington. Dur ing the first

six years of Bush ' s re ign, his w h i m s w e r e

bols tered by a House and Senate which

both had Republ ican major i t i es—and

whi le it w a s n ' t necessari ly a rubber s t amp

for every th ing Bush had in mind, a lot of

conservat ive legislation wen t through the

sys tem wi thout a snag. Consider , fo r ex-

ample , the fact that Bush has only used his

execut ive veto power once: on a bill which

eased restrictions on embryonic s tem cell

research.

N o w that he ' s not backed by a Repub-

lican legislature. Bush and his veto power

are go ing to be see ing a lot more of each

other. T h e Amer ican system of govern-

ment was des igned to m o v e s lowly and

inefficiently, and with Washington divided

be tween two parties, tha t ' s exact ly w h a t ' s

go ing to happen.

So w h y am 1 worr ied? Just like every

political junk ie , I ' m a l ready looking ahead

to 2 0 0 8 — t h e next presidential elect ion.

Democra t s w e r e handed a significant man-

date this fall, and if the par ty fai ls to live

up to its image as an agent for change,

winn ing in ' 0 8 is go ing to be near ly im-

possible. S ince a divided government will

m a k e it hard for Democra t s to achieve the

re fo rms on which they campa igned . Dem-

ocrats will have to work twice as hard to

mainta in their integrity to voters.

T h e best w a y for Democra t s to achieve

wha t they promised voters—par t icular ly a

pragmat ic wi thdrawal f rom Iraq and more

fiscal responsibil i ty in Congres s—is to

reach across the aisle and work with Re-

publ icans . Instead of buying into the ex-

t remely partisan polit ics practiced in D.C.

recently. Democra t s should s tep up as bi-

partisan leaders, integrating c o m p r o m i s e

into the plans they put forward on Iraq,

the economy, educat ion and count less

other issues discussed in campa igns this

fall. If Democra t s try to push their agenda

through by fo rce and political games . Bush

will veto their a t tempts and they ' l l damage

their credibi l i ty with voters .

Closer to home, S tabenow and Gran-

holm face the same cha l l enges—though

pressures are admit tedly higher for the

governor s ince Dick DeVos was a much

tougher candidate to beat than Michael

Bouchard . In G r a n h o l m ' s case, cont inuing

to enact her j o b s plan and finding money

in the budget to devote to long-term edu-

cation investment are key s teps in proving

that her long-term vision for Michigan is

on track.

T h e worst th ing Democra t s could do

right now is rest on their laurels: winning

an election should be the start of the hard

work , not the end. I hope to see that work

ethic reflected in the many newly elected

Democra t s as they reach Washington, D.C.

in January.

Annika is a member of the Hope Demo-

crats.

Sarah Baumgartner

Curt Aardema *

Last Tuesday, voters in the state of

Mich igan expressed their bel ief in Gov.

G r a n h o l m despi te the s tate 's be leaguered

image s t emming f r o m her policies. A s

j o b s cont inue to flow out of Michigan and

graduates are left with f e w e r opt ions to

remain in the state, Granho lm mus t f ace

the task of revers ing this t rend. A l so ris-

Liberal tsunami

ing from the s tate 's economic ashes is Sen.

Debbie Stabenow. Rid ing the wave of her

successful b id to r ename a Detroit federal

bui lding, the incumbent Senator n o w has

another six years to prove her passion for

Mich igan .

T h e Republ ican Party in Michigan has

once again been relegated to local control

in the bulk of West Michigan. From this

posit ion, however , the conservat ives have

the oppor tuni ty to bols ter the s ta te ' s eco-

nomic s tanding through the m e d i u m s of

pr ivate enterpr ise and urban growth. In

con junc t ion with the Democra t i c -con-

trolled state government . Republ ican lead-

ers should strive to boost Mich igan cities

by pass ing fiscally conservat ive pol ic ies

on the local level. When successfu l , this

policy can and should be used as an exam-

ple to Democra t ic state leaders in Lansing.

Moreover , Republ icans must m a k e the

mos t of and showcase their success in the

places where they remain in control . As the

jou rney to 2008 begins, be careful not to

be "b lown a w a y " by myr iad mov ing vans

dest ined for locales outs ide of Democra t i -

cal ly restrained Michigan.

At the national level, the Amer ican

people have given a clear mandate for

every th ing "no t Republ ican ." Across the

nat ion, the b igges t n e w j o b loss category

is not Michigan manufac tu r ing j obs , but

the Republ ican representat ives , senators

and governors w h o w e r e pink-s l ipped last

Tuesday. Clearly, Amer i cans wan t change

— a n idea that Democra t s rallied around

this elect ion.

Democra t ic campa igns were based on

an ant i -Republ ican pla t form, cleverly con-

structed by the Democra t ic Nat ional C o m -

mit tee. But will this p la t form sustain the

Democra t s w h e n there are no Republ icans

in power to uni te against? During the next

two years, the Democra t ic Party will have

the opportuni ty to explain how they plan

to put their rhetoric into pract ice. Repub-

l icans should be interested in Democra t i c

plans for educat ion , health care. Social Se-

curity and the war in Iraq.

Republ icans mus t be wil l ing to work to-

ward bipartisan solut ions to the problems

the nation will cont inue to face . The Dem-

ocrats have lived as the minor i ty voice, and

Republ icans must learn to do the same.

With the D e m o c r a t s ' e levated status in

the Sena te and House of Representat ives ,

they now have the opportuni ty to prove

that they are deserving o f the pres idency

in 2008 . Keep this in mind when p rob lems

arise dur ing the next two years.

Curt and Sarah are members of the

Hope Republicans.

Israel's security wall illegal, 'destroys' Palestinian lives T o t h e E d i t o r :

In light of recent act ivi t ies

concern ing Palest ine and

ques t ions arising f r o m the

Hope Col lege communi ty , and

in ul t imate disgust to a French

minister, I have dec ided to wri te

this brief letter to push forward

the awareness abou t the apartheid

wal l be ing buil t in Palestine.

For the last five years, the

terrorist state o f Israel has been

bui lding a 400-mi le wall a round

the West Bank, annexing and

s teal ing 50 percent of the land for

its o w n benefi t . Whi le doing so

without any remorse or sympathy,

they destroyed houses , bui ld ings

and vi l lages to build this wal l ;

anything on its path has been

des t royed and leveled.

T h e wall is be ing built

according to wel l -organized p lans

that benefi t Israelis, and destroy

the lives of Palest inians. T h e wal l

starts nor th of the West Bank and

goes a long a "z igzag" line inside

the Palest inian territory, engul f ing

illegal Israeli se t t lements (that

are occupy ing Pales t in ian-owned

land) on its w a y before go ing on

to engul f s o m e env i ronmenta l

resources (wate r wdlls and

agricultural lands) and cont inues

until it reaches Jerusa lem be fo re

going on d o w n to the south of the

West Bank .

In Jerusa lem, it goes around

local ne ighborhoods and annexes

more land. In do ing so, they do

not care if your off ice and house

are found on the same side of the

wal l or not, leaving most of the

Palest inian populat ion in huge

residential p roblems. T h e wal l

does the same with Hebron , whi le

it bes ieges Be th lehem from the

rest of the wor ld .

So, in the end, the wal l

encapsula tes more than 4 mil l ion

Palest inians in 13 percent of the

4 2 percent of the West Bank ; in

other words , it is the wor ld ' s

largest concentrat ion c a m p wi th

the h ighes t world dens i ty per

square mile.

It is supposed to have doo r s

to let Palest inians out ; however ,

their work t imes are not def ined

and permiss ion to pass through

these doors would require 3 to 5

years of paperwork , even if it is

to go out and talk with your fa ther

w h o is s o m e w h e r e else in this

world.

T h e e f fec t s of this wal l are

lethal and devastat ing; lost

agricultural fields are leading

to increased pover ty rates,

worker s not able to travel to

their work p laces is leading to

huge unemploymen t rates, and

students not able to c o m m u t e

is threa tening their educat ion.

The re are o thers consequences to

this wal l , but the most direct and

relevant are these.

This wal l has been deemed

illegal by the International Cour t

of Just ice, the EU and the U.S.

T h e U N and m a n y other g roups

have been acting in vain s ide by

s ide with the nat ions of the wor ld

to s top this a t rocious terrorist

behavior. However , it is a lmost

finished and no one can s top it or

is ta lking about it.

You thought the Berl in Wall

w a s bad; this is even w o r s e — 2 5

feet high and 5 feet of thick

concrete . I encourage you to help

us fight back this wal l by b e c o m i n g

more aware and us ing your

tongue; m a k e more people aware

of it and write your polit icians.

Th i s websi te will g ive you more

details: ht tp: / /s topthewall .org.

George-Phi l ip Khoury ( ' 09 )

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8 SPORTS NOVEMBER 15, 2 0 0 6

LOOKING FORWARD: DUTCH PREPARE FOR NEW SEASON Women's basketball preview Nick Hinkle C O P Y E D I T O R

Last season ' s 30 consecut ive

wins. 14 straight h o m e w ins

and six N C A A tournament wins

led to a victory at the N C A A

C h a m p i o n s h i p s in Springfie ld

Mass. Now, the Hope w o m e n ' s

basketball team enters its 2006-

2007 season as de fend ing national

champions .

Last year, Hope defea ted

Southern Maine to c la im the

N C A A title. T h e successfu l

j o u r n e y to the championsh ip game

w a s at tr ibuted to past exper ience

and dedicat ion.

' T h e j o u r n e y w a s the

culminat ion of many years of

hard work by previous players

and coaches . We had been very

c lose to the final four on a couple

of occas ions and last year w e

were able to get over the h u m p , "

coach Brian Morehouse said.

" O u r depth and talent made the

d i f fe rence . "

Morehouse is en ter ing his 1 Ith

season as Hope ' s head coach. His

leadership p layed a key role in the

t eam ' s success .

"I had a lot of confidence in our

players to perform under pressure,"

Morehouse said. " (The players)

embraced the big moments . They

loved the crowds and pressure."

Morehouse embraced last

yea r ' s season but does not forget

to recognize the team and its

players for their role in winn ing

the championsh ip .

' T h e players deserve all

the credit. I never scored one

basket or snared one r ebound , "

M o r e h o u s e said. ' T h e y were all

great compet i to r s . "

This season the Dutch will

need to use their past exper ience

and repeal last yea r ' s clutch

pe r fo rmances to de fend their title

as national champions .

Al though the Dutch had great

success last season, the past will

nof be a focus for this year. This

season the Dutch will focus on

team cohes iveness and taking

their g a m e s one at a t ime.

"Last year was an amazing year,

but this is a new team. We have

new players, and w e are trying to

gel this group together," Morehouse

said. "We are focused on this year

instead of looking back."

Along with playing one game at

a time, Morehouse will utilize his

bench as much as possible. Every

player will see s o m e playing t ime.

"I recruited (athletes) to c o m e

here and play. If w e have 15 good

players , w h y wou ld 1 have eight

to ten of them sit and not p l ay?"

Morehouse said.

Morehouse bel ieves this

coach ing method keeps the team

fresh, wears the opponen t d o w n ,

and prepares t eammates to s tep in

for players with injur ies or foul

trouble.

In conf ron t ing di f ferent

players, coach ing strategies and

scenarios, Hope st icks to the

fundamen ta l s for each game .

" (Hope ) a lways focuses on

the s a m e things in games : out-

rebounding the opponen t , holding

their field goal percentage d o w n ,

and keep ing our turnovers to a

m i n i m u m , " M o r e h o u s e said.

T h e Dutch hope to perfect

their f undamen ta l s in order to

success fu l ly de fend their national

title. Even if Hope does not meet

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H A S H I N G IT OUT — Women's basketball coach Brian Morehouse gives instructions to var-sity players at the Nov. 10 Meet the Dutch scr immage.

STARTING OFF -Hope vs. Davenport

• T h e t e a m ' s first g a m e will

be at the Tipoff Tournament

in DeVos on Nov. 18. In the

first round, Hope will play

Davenpor t .

C o a c h Morehouse ' s t hough t s :

"Davenpor t is a s t rong team.

They were 28-5 last year and

qual i f ied for the Nat ional

Associa t ion of Intercollegiate

Athlet ics tournament . They

shoot a lot of threes ."

Hope vs. St. Mary's • Fol lowing the Tipoff

Tournament , Hope will play at

h o m e against Saint Mary ' s on

Nov. 28. Last year, the Dutch

beat Saint Mary ' s 77-38.

C o a c h M o r e h o u s e ' s t h o u g h t s :

"Sain t Mary ' s has a n e w coach,

so i t 's hard to know what s tyle

they ' l l play. They return very

good players with Alison

Kess ler ( ' 08 ) and Bridget Lipke

( ' 0 7 ) ; '

Hope vs. Carthage • T h e Col lege Confe rence of

Illinois and Wiscons in /MIAA

Chal lenge at Whea ton , 111.

will feature Hope vs. Car thage

on Dec. 1. Last season. H o p e

defea ted Car thage 71-42.

C o a c h M o r e h o u s e ' s t h o u g h t s :

"Ca r thage is a wel l -coached

team that has improved a lot

over the last three years . They

a lways have good athletes and

play with intensity."

eve ryone ' s expecta t ions , they will

work as hard as poss ible to mee t

the t e a m ' s goals .

"A t Hope , w e a lways have M o r e h o u s e said. " W e practice

high expecta t ions from our fans, every day as hard as w e can on ly to

ourse lves and the adminis t ra t ion ," prepare for the next opponen t . "

NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS Men's Soccer Volleyball

Emily W e s t r a t e S T A F F W R I T E R

Afte r winn ing the M I A A

Championsh ips , the m e n ' s soccer

team turned its at tention to the

N C A A tournament . On Nov. I I ,

Hope compe ted against Ohio

Wesleyan in the first e l iminat ion

round. It was the fourth t ime the

t w o teams have met in post -season

play and like past confronta t ions ,

O h i o Wesleyan c a m e out on top.

T h e regulat ion t ime ended with

a tie score of 1-1. Throughou t the

t w o rounds of over t ime, neither

Hope nor Ohio Wesleyan could

advance its score. T h e g a m e

w a s dec ided by a penal ty kick

shootout , which Hope lost 3-5.

" E v e r y o n e on the team played

very well . With a couple of

d i f ferent bounces , it could have

been a d i f ferent resul t ," Patrick

M c M a h o n ( ' 0 7 ) said. " I ' m proud

of the t eam and what w e have

done this year ."

T h e m e n ' s soccer team finished

their season with a 14-4-2 record. G R A P H I C BY D Y L A N A PINTER

Dan Toren S T A F F W R I T E R

Hope" volleyball conc luded

another s t rong season with a

loss in the regional semi-f inal

match to Calv in on Friday. Hope

finished the season with a 25-10

overall record and solid showings

in tournaments . This includes

winn ing the Hope port ion of the

Midwes t Chal lenge, which Hope

co-hos ted . Hope finished second

behind Calv in both in the regular

season s tandings and in the

confe rence tournament but was

still awarded an at-Iarge N C A A

Tournament bid.

Hope upset h igher seeded Ohio

Nor thern in the first match of the

nat ional tournament 3-1 but fell

to Calv in in the next round 1-3.

M I A A coaches gave Deena Van

Assen ( ' 07 ) and A m b e r Hoezee

( ' 0 7 ) A l l - M I A A first team honors

and Nora Slenk ( ' 09 ) A l l - M I A A

second team honors. S tephanie

Poll ( ' 0 7 ) w a s awarded coaches '

honorable ment ion.

T H E W E E K IN SPORTS FOOTBALL

T h e footbal l team finished its regular season with a

victory against Wisconsin Lutheran 26-7 on Nov. 11.

The Du tchmen will face de fend ing national champion

Mount Union in the first round of the N C A A p layof f s

Nov. 18. Defens ive end Matt Rugenste in was honored

with the M I A A defens ive player of the year award.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

Four hope players were honored with A l l - M I A A

status. First team honorees were Alii Van Beek ( ' 0 9 )

and Sarah Cochrane ( '08) . Rece iv ing second team

honors w e r e Hol ly Nes t le ( ' 07 ) and Ellen Molenaar

( ' 09 )

CROSS COUNTRY

T h e m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s cross count ry t eams

compe ted in the N C A A regional cross country meet

Nov . 11. T h e w o m e n ' s team finished tenth and the

m e n fifth. Ryan TerLouw ( ' 07 ) and Seth Weener

( ' 08 ) qual i f ied for the N C A A finals meet Nov. 18.

HOCKEY

T h e hockey team cont inued its s trong season with

two victories over Oak land Universi ty 4-3 ( O T SO)

and 11-1. T h e ' D u t c h m e n face de fend ing national

champion Wright State this weekend .

Friday and Saturday Nov. 17 and 18 vs. Wright Slate 9 p.m. The Edge

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