November/I 999

WherTs naptime?

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 • A s t u d e n t - r u n n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n • S e r v i n g t h e H o p e C o l l e g e C o m m u n i t y fo r 113 years

Delphis, Fraters suspended CARRIE ARNOLD campusbeat co-editor

The Del ia Phi sorori ly and the

Fraiernal Sociely have been lempo-

rarily suspended as sludenl organi-

zalions, as a result of a Hal loween

parly lhal was broken up by Allegan

Counly Police.

Al ihe parly, iwo lemale sludenls

were injured in an al leged hil-and-

run acc ident i nvo lv ing a veh ic l e

hauling a U-Haul trailer. T h e police

discovered the parly when a student

Iroin the parly called for help.

The suspension, which was pre-

sented to President J a m e s Bul tman

on Tuesday m o r n i n g by Dean of

S tuden t s R icha rd Fros t , w a s ap-

proved later in the day.

"The presidents of both organi-

zations were personal ly not if ied of

the decis ion b e f o r e w e made the

announcement . " said Tom Renner ,

Director of Public Relat ions.

The suspension was announced

on KnowHope late Tuesday after-

noon.

Hope col lege released an off icial

s tatement that said "This action is

based on prel iminary f indings f rom

an investigation conducted by the

c o l l e g e and the A l l e g a n C o u n l y

She r i f f ' s Depar l inenl ."

Laura Parsons ("00), president of

the Delphi's; and Brent M e r c h a n t

('()()). president of the Praters, de-

clined to commen t .

Although no official charges have

been filed by the S h e r i f f s Depart-

ment . Renner bel ieves that the col-

lege had enough evidence to jus t i fy

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Anchor p\-\oXo courtesy Public Relations

V V H A T D I D Y O U S A Y ? : Members of the even year play, (L to R), Diana Castanon ('02), Mis ha Neil ('02), Lindsay Johnville ('02), and Becky Wiechman ('02), "The Adventures of Robinvanderhood and his Merry Dutchmen," listen for the Sherriffs.

Even year repeats victory M. LOFQUISX &

JANE BAST

staff reporters

For Heather Versbeke ( ' 03 )

the j o u r n e y lo Nykerk night

w a s one of her best exper i -

ences al Hope so far.

"It made m e feel like I be-

longed he re , " Verbeke said,

w h o part icipated in ' 03 Play.

"I a l ready miss il so much . "

T h e 6 5 l h a n n u a l N y k e r k

C u p compet i t ion ended Satur-

day Nov. 9 wilh the presenta-

tion of the trophy lo the Class

of 2002, w h o won for the sec-

ond straight year.

"Il d idn ' t really mailer that

we lost," said moraler Noel Snyder

( '03) . 4tI felt a sense of accomplish-

ment because we did so much work

on the set and had such a c lose re-

lat ionship wilh our p l ay (women) . "

Al though a compet i t ion , Nykerk

stresses a f r iendly a tmosphere be-

tween f reshmen and sophomores .

"The two classes came together

really wel l ," said Song participant

Alaina Stojic ( '02) . "I t ' s compet i -

tion, bul in a good way."

T h e even ing c o m m e n c e d wi lh

' 03 Song ' s rendition of, "You C a n ' t

Hurry Love ," under the direction of

coach Cher i Sl ibi tz ( ' 0 1 ) . A l o n g

with traditional hand mot ions , ' 0 3

Song used red paper hearts which

broke apart, red gloves and gold and

si lver s t reamers in their per for -

mance .

Nex t , Ora to r Hea lhe r Dust in

( ' 0 2 ) de l ive red her s p e e c h . " A

Start ing Point ."

"Fo r many of us, rather than be

labeled too weird, we accept the

path of least resis tance," Dustin

said in her speech. "We des i re lo

fit in and desire the acceptance of

others. We conform to the l ines ."

T h e iheme "Outs ide the Lines,"

was explored Kristi C u m m i n g s '

( ' 0 3 ) o r a t i o n , " B u t t e r f l y Suc -

ces se s , " wh ich appea red in the

second half of the program.

"Begin lo fly in your own di-

rect ion," said C u m m i n g s in her

more NYKERK on 6

Binge drinking examined at Hope CARRIE ARNOLD

campusbeat coeditor

A recent Harvard study reports

that 44 percent of all col lege slu-

denls will be involved in b inge

drinking by the time they gradu-

ate.

As d e f i n e d by the A m e r i c a n

College Health Associat ion, binge

d r ink ing is the c o n s u m p t i o n of

five lo six alcoholic beverages in

one sitting for men, and three lo

four for women. The ef fec ts that

alcohol can have on the body var-

ies wilh body weight , tolerance.

metabol i sm, and gender.

" In s t u d e n t s , I s e e m to see a

c o u p l e of d i f f e r e n t r e a s o n s f o r

binge drinking," said Kristen Gray,

director of the Counse l ing Center .

"They wou ld general ly go a long

the lines of inappropriate slress re-

duc t ion . T h o s e people wou ld be

those w h o gel to the end of the

week and feel like just going out lo

relieve every th ing ."

In a survey d o n e by the H o p e

Col lege Health Clinic in 1997, they

found lhal partying ranked second-

highest for men in ways to reduce

slress, with 35 percent of men re-

sponding lhal il was their preferred

way to relax.

" S o m e s t u d e n t s wi l l b e c o m e

moderate drinkers, but others are

at risk for cont inuing that abusive

pattern," Gray said. "The trick is,

we don ' t know which one is which

one . " Gray also worries lhal patterns

of behavior lhal are learned in col-

lege can stay with students for life.

" A l c o h o l i s m can start in col-

l e g e , " sa id A n n e M c K a y , R . N .

"There are s tudents w h o have all

ihe signs and symptoms of alcohol

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T h e 4 V ' s o f A l c o h o l A b u s e :

I) Vandalization

S) Violence

3) Victims

4) Vomit

Information courtesy Kristen Gray

Centering the vote ^Hope reviews options

after Center vote fails

JULIE GREEN campusbeat co-editor

T h e men ' s basketball team will

have to cont inue its compet i t ions al

the Civic Center . T h e communi ty

will have lo do without a new ice

arena for al least few more years.

A week ago, the proposal for a

new $28 million Area Center was

turned down by Holland voters.

"The col lege has really stressed

our c o m m i t m e n t lo their goal of

making Holland ihe best place il can

be," said Tom Renner . director of

Publ ic Relat ions. i4We were unfor-

tunately v iewed as car ry ing a lot

more inf luence than we have."

Hope would have used the facil-

ity for 10 lo 12 basketball games,

and o the r year ly e v e n t s such as

Nykerk and C o m m e n c e m e n t . Tha i

would result in Hope using il less

than 15 percent of the l ime, Renner

said.

Hope suppor ted ihe project with

a $1 mil l ion cont ingent pledge, bul

s i n c e the vo te d id not pass , the

pledge will not be called in.

more CENTER on I 2

Dinner to raise money KATE VAN KRIMPEN ad representative

Tana Ferguson ( ' 02 ) has spent a

large po r t i on of her t i m e in the

DePree A n Center s ince the begin-

ning of the semester .

Fe rguson ' s goal is lo comple te

2 6 0 ce ramic bowls, which she will

b e s e l l i n g a l t h e S o u p D i n n e r

fundra i se r on Saturday, Nov. 13.

T h e dinner will be held in the Maas

Audi tor ium f rom 5 to 6:45 p.m.

F e r g u s o n ' s hand- th rown b o w l s

will be avai lable lo Hope students

for $8, including soup. The price is

$10 for anyone else. Tickets are

a v a i l a b l e at the S t u d e n t U n i o n

Desk.

People will come, buy a bowl of

soup, and keep ihe bowl of their

choice .

" S o m e t i m e s I can finish six

more SOUP on I 2

check it out.

A n c h o r @ H o p e . E d u

( 6 1 6 ) 3 9 5 - 7 8 7 7

Project to give gifts t o children

Campusbea t , page 2.

Chapel Choir releases CD

Intermission, page 5.

* Student directors stage Snoopy

Intermission, page 8.

The many aspects of winter sports

Sports page I I .

Campus Beat the Anchor Movember I O, I 999

Vegas Night gambling stirs controversy JANE BAST"

staff reporter

N o l e v e r y o n e is h a p p y a b o u t

S A C ready ing ihc tables for Vegas

Nighl .

T h e event , to be he ld on Sa tur -

day, Nov. 19 in P h e l p s c a f e t e r i a ,

s imulates a cas ino , subst i tu t ing play

money for real . It has d r a w n criti-

c i s m f r o m f a c u l t y w h o fee l t he

evening e n c o u r a g e s g a m b l i n g .

"I liken it t o candy c iga re t t es , "

said Bio logy d e p a r t m e n t m e m b e r

Donald Cronk i t e . " T h e candy itself

isn ' t h a r m f u l , but it l owers the bar-

riers. Fo r c igare t tes , i t ' s s m o k i n g ;

for Vegas Night , i t ' s g a m b l i n g . "

Cronki te , w h o served as the mod-

erator for the R C A Chr is t ian Act ion

C o m m i s s i o n , has investigated gam-

bl ing at great length.

"Organ ized g a m b l i n g has a nega-

tive impac t on those w h o can least

a f fo rd it ," Cronk i t e said.

C r o n k i t e and the c o m m i t t e e re-

p o r t e d t h e i r f i n d i n g s in a p a p e r

w h i c h they presented to the R C A

Genera l S y n o d .

C r o n k i t e l a t e r p a s s e d ou t t he

s a m e p a p e r at last y e a r ' s V e g a s

Night .

"I think it's a good thing that S A C

ag reed to d i scuss the sub jec t , but I

t h ink their c o n t i n u e d s u p p o r t of

Vegas Night is a mis take , " Cronki te

said.

S A C garnered fur ther c r i t i c i sm

w h e n it dec ided to change the dress

theme f r o m formal wear to p a j a m a s

this year.

"Las t yea r it was real ly fun to

d r e s s u p a n d s e e e v e r y o n e e l s e

dressed up ," said Jill Nyquis t ( ' 02 ) .

" I t ' d be m o r e fun to dress up, e spe -

cially s ince t he re ' s a d a n c e after-

wards . N o o n e wants to d a n c e in

their p a j a m a s . "

S A C cha i rpe r sons Laura Evans

( ' 0 1 ) and Kristyn Sunds ted t ( ' 0 1 )

be l ieve the c h a n g e is for the best.

"We thought it would be new and

d i f f e ren t . P e o p l e cou ld b e casua l

and just re lax ," E v a n s said. "Phe lp s

is go ing to be totally t r ans fo rmed

into a d r eaml ike se t t ing s o p e o p l e

can wear their favor i te p a j a m a s , or

even dress up as someth ing t h e y ' v e

a l w a y s w a n t e d to b e in t h e i r

d r e a m s . "

Ne i the r Sunds ted t nor E v a n s has

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

change .

" S o m e have even gone out to get

n e w p a j a m a s f o r t he o c c a s i o n , "

E v a n s said.

As ide f r o m the c h a n g e of t heme ,

Vegas Night ' 9 9 will be s imi la r to

past nights .

O n c e a g a i n , t he g r a n d p r i z e ,

w h i c h will be raff led off at the end

of the e v e n i n g , is a trip for two to

Wal t D i s n e y W o r l d . T h e w i n n e r

p i c k s o n e p e r s o n to a c c o m p a n y

them, and they leave the next morn-

ing be fo re d a w n .

S t u d e n t s w h o d e c i d e to a t t end

Vegas Night , p a j a m a s and all, w o n ' t

find Cronki te protest ing at the door.

"I d o n ' t wan t to t ake any authori-

ta r ian a c t i o n , " C r o n k i t e sa id . "I

d o n ' t t h i n k e x t e r n a l a c t i o n is

needed . The c h a n g e should be in-

ternal . I jus t wan t to raise sensit iv-

ity to the i s sue . "

campus briefs W I O examines sweatshops N e w p r o g r a m b l e n d s r e l i g i o n a n d t r a v e l

F e w study ab road p r o g r a m s are

re l ig ion-re la ted .

A recent p rog ram cal led the G lo -

bal S t e w a r d s h i p S t u d y P r o g r a m

( G S S P ) o f f e r s a variety of c o u r s e s

about creat ion and G o d .

G S S P is a s emes t e r p r o g r a m run

by an o r g a n i z a t i o n ca l l ed Targe t

E a r t h , and t akes p lace in Be l ize .

Specif ica l ly , the exac t locat ion of

the p rog ram is an area ca l led Jag-

uar Creek in an isolated fores t .

"S tudents | w i l l | learn m o r e about

c r e a t i o n , " sa id r e l ig ion p r o f e s s o r

S teven B o u m a - P r e d i g e r .

A m o n g the c o u r s e s t a u g h t in

G S S P are Orn i tho logy ( the s tudy of

birds) , mar ine b io logy in the coral

reefs , t ropical e cosys t ems , a n d sus-

tainable deve lopment . All are taught

together .

T h e pu rpose of the p r o g r a m is to

enhance s tudents ' knowledge about

creat ion and the d i f fe ren t f o r m s of

life, and is wor th 16 credi ts .

T h r o u g h the p r o g r a m , s t uden t s

l ive in g roups of six in huts wi th

roofs m a d e of C a h u n a Pa lm Trees .

G S S P is five yea r s old. .

S tuden t s d e v o t e six hours a day

to s tudy ing nature, and are super -

vised by f ive or six facul ty m e m -

bers .

T h e select ion of s tuden t s for the

p rog ram is based on spec i f ic cr i te-

ria.

Interested s tuden t s fill out an ap-

pl icat ion. Par t ic ipat ion in the pro-

g ram cos t s $20 ,000 .

In te res ted s t uden t s c a n c o n t a c t

B o u m a - P r e d i g e r .

DANA LAMERS

infocus editor

Adver t i s ing usual ly has big pay-

o f f s for compan ie s .

But many c o m p a n i e s are ca re fu l

a b o u t w h i c h of the i r d e t a i l s a r e

s h o w n to t he w o r l d . T h e y w a n t

peop le to see big logos , and a lot of

n ice look ing c lo thes on n ice - look-

ing peop le . W h a t i sn ' t l ikely to be

p romoted are the i m a g e s of w h e r e

and h o w these ga rmen t s are be ing

made .

H o p e ' s W o m e n ' s I ssues Organ i -

zation ( W I O ) is t ry ing to m a k e this

less of a mystery . T h e organiza t ion

has m a d e rais ing a w a r e n e s s of the

t ru ths of the c lo th ing indust ry one

of their goa l s for the year.

"Th i s is re levant to H o p e because

our c lo thes are be ing m a d e in these

in ways that br ing c rea t ion and G o d

G r e e k s he lp ra ise m o n e y f o r A I D S W a l k Greek organizat ions at Hope Co l -

lege he lped to raise ove r $ 9 0 0 0 to

b e n e f i t T e r r y ' s F u n d of O t t a w a

C o u n t y a n d t h e A m e r i c a n R e d

C r o s s , at the a n n u a l A I D S W a l k

Mich igan , .

Seven of H o p e ' s f ra te rn i t i es and

soror i t ies par t ic ipa ted in the walk ,

which took place on Sunday . Sept .

2 6 .

They raised over $ 1500. a 12 per-

cent inc rease ove r last year . T h e

n u m b e r o f w a l k e r s in t he e v e n t

t r ipled, d u e main ly to the part ici-

pat ion of the G r e e k s at H o p e .

" W e are deeply g ra te fu l for the

he lp the G r e e k s have g iven to this

wa lk . " said David Van Hees t , chair-

man of the L a k e s h o r e C h a p t e r of

the A I D S W a l k M i c h i g a n . "I t has

he lped ra i se m o r e for the p e o p l e

w h o need he lp and it has been an

a w a r e n e s s of A I D S issues for those

w h o walked "

T H E A R T OF SCIENCE: Professor of chemistry Nicole Bennett speaks of the benefits of having student assistants in research. A panel on collaborative faculty and student research in how the sciences have inspired the Humanities was held Nov. 9.

Anchor photo by Julie Green

bad cond i t ions , where peop le are

be ing abused , " said Chr is t ine Trinh

( ' 0 0 ) co-pres iden t of W I O .

T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n is s h o w i n g a

d o c u m e n t a r y , " S w e a t i n g for a T-

Shir t ," open to the entire c a m p u s on

Nov. 10 at 7 p .m. in the Otte R o o m

in Phe lps Hall . The film d o c u m e n t s

the j o u r n e y of one co l lege s tudent

as she a t t e m p t s to see where and

h o w her c lo th ing w a s made .

In recent years, at tention has been

raised nationally to many of the big-

gest c lo th ing and shoe retai lers in

the country , w h o hand off mos t of

their m a n u a l labor to " s w e a t s h o p

fac to r i e s" in o ther coun t r i e s , where

the work can be d o n e cheape r and

u n d e r less e x p e n s i v e cond i t ions .

F o r e x a m p l e , s h o e c o m p a n i e s

l ike N i k e d o n ' t ac tua l ly p r o d u c e

tennis shoes — they des ign them

and marke t t hem. T h e real labor is

con t rac ted out to suppl ie rs , usual ly

Korean . H o n g K o n g , or Ta iwanese

c o m p a n i e s loca ted in c h e a p labor

coun t r i e s l ike Indones ia , the Phil-

ipp ines , Tha i l and , or China .

A t a press c o n f e r e n c e sponsored

by the Na t iona l Labor Commi t t ee ,

a f o r m e r 2 2 - y e a r - o l d N i k e e m -

p loyee f r o m a plant in El Sa lvador

told of how she was fired, beaten,

and then chea ted out of he r pay for

tak ing a day off to care for he r sick

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Project spreads Christmas cheer to children i i . . . .i • u . .u^ Pair tr> h r r n m c involved lOfeuKBitieSuKtiieeWlP..

JESSICA LYONS staff reporter

The spirit of g iv ing is b e c o m i n g ev ident

with H o p e ' s annua l i n v o l v e m e n t in O p e r a -

tion C h r i s t m a s Ch i ld .

As a b ranch of " S a m a r i t a n ' s Purse" , run

by Frankl in G r a h a m , the son of Evange l i s t

Billy G r a h a m . Opera t ion C h r i s t m a s Chi ld

has been a success at H o p e e v e n though it is

only in its second year.

*1 t hough t it w a s a way to reach less for -

tunate ch i ld ren , " sa id Mel i s sa R o o p ( ' 0 2 ) ,

w h o par t ic ipa ted in the even t last year.

All s tudents have to d o is fill a shoebox

with a variety of g i f t s , a c c o m p a n i e d by a

photo and $5 to cover shipping. S tuden t s are

free to choose the age and gende r of the child

that will r ece ive their g i f ts .

"Th i s year w e ' v e tried to get the w h o l e

c a m p u s involved in a se rv ice p ro j ec t , " said

Lori Fair . Di rec tor of O u t r e a c h " W e ' v e put

i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t O p e r a t i o n C h r i s t m a s

Chi ld on the [ K n o w h o p e ] and tried to ad-

dress eve ryone , not jus t the peop le that go

to c h a p e l . "

Th i s yea r the project has r eached b e y o n d

Hope . A f r iend of R o o p ' s , Lau ra W i c k , a

s o p h o m o r e at A q u i n a s Co l l ege , w a s visit-

ing Hope the night the project was announced

in chape l .

" S h e c a m e ove r for the Ga the r ing and she

was a lmos t in tears by the t ime it was over , "

R o o p said.

W i c k l o o k b a c k 25 f o r m s w i t h h e r to

Aquinas , and she recently took 100 more . On

Friday, she will br ing all the p a c k a g e s that

she has ga thered to Hope .

O p e r a t i o n C h r i s t m a s C h i l d g i v e s ind i -

vidual s tudents , as well a s s tudent organiza-

tions, the f r e e d o m to be c rea t ive and m a k e a

d i f f e rence in the lives of chi ldren by dona t -

ing g i f t s du r ing the ho l iday season . M a n y or-

ganiza t ions , such as the Mi les tone and Greek

organ iza t ions , c h o o s e to par t ic ipate by do-

nat ing gif ts for chi ldren.

"I t jus t takes very little t ime and money to

m a k e a huge d i f f e rence in the l i fe of a child

w h o really d o e s n ' t have m u c h , " Fair said.

"Here at Hope we are blessed and this project

a l l ows us to g ive these b less ings to others . It

c a n be a real u n i f y i n g pro jec t for sma l l e r

g roups on c a m p u s . "

Roop , w h o par t ic ipa ted in it last year as a

hall activity, found a lot of j o y in it.

"Las t year we went to M e i j e r ' s on a two-

h o u r shopp ing spree . We had s o m u c h fun

p ick ing out toys , " she said.

Fair decided to b e c o m e involved

in Opera t ion Chr i s tmas Chi ld a f t e r

viewing the video, which shows the

chi ldren receiving their g i f ts .

" W a t c h i n g the v ideo w a s very

impac t ing to see, because it is the

reality of [each child) opening a gift

and the look on their f a ce , " Fair

said. "I saw wha t we could d o to

m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e in the l ives of

chi ldren as a c a m p u s . "

F a i r a l s o e x p l a i n e d h o w t h e

p ro j ec t " o f f e r s c rea t iv i ty a m o n g

s tudents , and the m o r e the better ,

but anyth ing tha t ' s g iven is going

to m a k e a d i f f e r ence . "

Fair is dr iven to stay invo lved

w i t h O p e r a t i o n C h r i s t m a s C h i l d

b e c a u s e of the connec t ion that it

creates a m o n g s tudents on campus ,

as well as how the pro jec t e x e m -

pl i f ies love and care towards chi l-

dren. "At C h r i s t m a s w e ' r e ce lebra t ing

the life of Christ and this is one way

that w e c a n e n h a n c e the l i fe of

i Anchor photo by Julie Green

JINGLE BELLS: The Christmas Christ by giving a gift to a child tree in Dewitt shows the spirit of college and extending love to others," Fair students to give to less fortunate children j-aij through Operation Christmas child.

N o v e m b e r I O. 1999 Anchor In Focus

BINGE from I d e p e n d e n c y . "

M c K a y has n o t i c e d seve ra l d i f -

f c r en l p a t t e r n s in s t u d e n t a l c o h o l

use and a b u s e , bu t t he m o s t c o m -

m o n o c c u r s w h e n s t u d e n t s d o n ' t

dr ink f o r a l o n g t i m e , a n d t h e n g o

out a n d b i n g e d r i n k .

"I think the re ' s m o r e b i n g e d r ink -

i n g t h a n d a y - t o - d a y d r i n k i n g , "

M c K a y sa id .

D e a n of S t u d e n t s R i c h a r d Fros t

sa id b i n g e d r i n k i n g o c c u r s w h e n

s t u d e n t s d o n ' t k n o w thei r l imi t s .

" i t ' s b e c a u s e s t u d e n t s d o n ' t k n o w

their l imi t s a n d d o n ' t h a v e e x p e r i -

e n c e w i t h a l c o h o l , t h e y e n d u p

b inge d r i n k i n g , " he sa id .

E s t a b l i s h i n g l im i t s is s o m e t h i n g

that A n n a W y n b e e k ( ' 0 0 ) h a s no-

t iced m a n y of he r f r i e n d s d o i n g .

" A l m o s t e v e r y o n e I k n o w h a s

been invo lved wi th b i n g e d r i n k i n g

at least o n c e , " s h e sa id . " B u t a lot

of p e o p l e h a v e m a d e the d e c i s i o n

a f t e r tha t to be m o r e r e s p o n s i b l e .

T h e r e arc p e o p l e w h o a ren ' t r e s p o n -

s ib le . but t ha t ' s a d i f f e r e n t s to ry . "

G r a y s e e s b i n g e d r i n k i n g as a

l ea rned soc ia l b e h a v i o r .

" B i n g e d r ink ing h a p p e n s b e c a u s e

o t h e r p e o p l e a r e e n c o u r a g i n g o r

c o e r c i n g m e i n t o d r i n k i n g o r be-

c a u s e I b e l i e v e I s e e e v e r y o n e e l s e

d o i n g it, a n d s o in o r d e r to fit in, I

d o , " G r a y s a i d . " I ' l l i g n o r e m y

b o d y ' s r e s p o n s e to a l coho l a n d con -

t inue to dr ink b e c a u s e e v e r y o n e e l se

c o n t i n u e s to d r i n k . "

M c K a y a g r e e s that it is t he p e e r

p r e s s u r e to c o n f o r m to the soc ia l

n o r m s , w h e t h e r accu ra t e o r not , that

i n f l u e n c e s m a n y to c o l l e g e d r i n k -

ing .

"I w o u l d l ike to s e e s o m e of the

soc ia l n o r m s c h a n g e , " M c K a y said .

" T h e r e s h o u l d be n o n e of this d r ink

unt i l y o u ' r e so b l i t zed s o m e o n e h a s

to tel l y o u w h a t h a p p e n e d the next

m o r n i n g . "

G r a y be l i eves that s tuden t s d o not

need a l coho l to k e e p t h e m s e l v e s

e n t e r t a i n e d . 4tl t h ink that s t u d e n t s ge t soc i a l ly

lazy. T h e r e a r e h u n d r e d s of t h i n g s

to d o on a g i v e n e v e n i n g , bu t the

ea s i e s t t h ing to d o is g r a b o n e or

t w o f r i e n d s a n d g o t o a pa r ty , " G r a y

sa id .

M o s t of the b i n g e d r i n k i n g that

H o p e s t u d e n t s a r e i n v o l v e d in oc-

c u r s o f f c a m p u s .

" B e i n g an R e s i d e n t Ass i s t an t , I

s t a y e d a w a y f r o m m o s t pa r t i e s un-

til 1 w a s 2 1 , " s a id T i n a D a m h u i s

( ' 0 0 ) . " M o s t b i n g e d r i n k i n g I ' v e

s e e n w a s o f f c a m p u s , bu t I ' m no t

n a i v e e n o u g h t o t h i n k it d o e s n ' t

h a p p e n o n - c a m p u s . "

B a r s s u c h a s P a r r o t ' s a n d

B a c k s t r e e t are a p o p u l a r p l a c e for

s t u d e n t s to d r ink , b e s i d e s pa r t i e s in

o f f c a m p u s h o u s e s .

T h e pa r ty in O v e r s i e l T o w n s h i p

o n H a l l o w e e n W e e k e n d in w h i c h

t w o s t u d e n t s w e r e s t ruck by a ve-

h ic l e h a u l i n g a U - H a u l t ra i l e r in a

h i t - and - run acc iden t a f t e r a t t end ing

the par ty , h a s r a i s ed s o m e i s s u e s

abou t the c o n s u m p t i o n of a l coho l

a n d s t u d e n t sa fe ty .

" A l t h o u g h th is spec i f i c i nc iden t

o n l y d e a l t w i t h G r e e k s , w e c a n ' t

p u n i s h the w h o l e c a m p u s , " s a id

J o h n Yeld ing , p r o f e s s o r of E d u c a -

t ion and c h a i r of the C a m p u s L i fe

B o a r d . " T h e f a c t tha t w e h a v e a

s i z e a b l e n u m b e r i n v o l v e d in th is

c a n ' t lead us to c o n c e i v e of all s tu-

d e n t s as if they w e r e i n v o l v e d . "

W h i l e i n c i d e n t s of b i n g e d r i n k -

ing a n d a l c o h o l p o i s o n i n g o c c u r

w e e k l y , it is u sua l ly less of a p rob-

lem a t H o p e than at s o m e l a rge r

s ta te s c h o o l s .

" T h e r e ' s u s u a l l y t w o to t h ree re-

po r t s pe r w e e k , s o i t ' s no t e x c e s -

s i v e , " sa id G r e g M a y b u r y , D i r ec -

tor of O p e r a t i o n s . " I ' m s u r e t he re

are m o r e pa r t i e s ou t t he re , bu t w e

d o n ' t ge t c a l l s . "

L a s t y e a r a lone , o v e r 5 0 d e a t h s

f r o m b i n g e d r i n k i n g w e r e r e p o r t e d

on U . S . c o l l e g e c a m p u s e s .

" H a v i n g w o r k e d at l a rge s t a t e

un ive r s i t i e s , the i s sues wi th a l coho l

at H o p e a r e s m a l l e r in n u m b e r bu t

n o l e s s s i g n i f i c a n t , " F ros t sa id .

W h i l e a l c o h o l p o i s o n i n g m a y be

a n i m m e d i a t e d a n g e r o f b i n g e

d r i n k i n g , o t h e r i s sues , s u c h as da te

rape, c a n a l so h a v e l a s t ing e f f e c t s .

" M o r e of w h a t I s e e is the' d a t e

r ape , " M c K a y said . " I ' v e seen p reg-

nancy , di rect ly t he result of a l coho l -

Colleges examine drinking JANE BAST

sfaff reporter

Binge d r i n k i n g p l agues c a m p u s e s

ac ross the na t ion . T h e Un ive r s i ty of

M i c h i g a n ca l l s it the n u m b e r o n e

s t u d e n t h e a l t h p r o b l e m , a n d in a

na t ional su rvey , 4 5 p e r c e n t of s tu-

d e n i s r epo r t d o i n g it o n c e a m o n t h .

Recen t e v e n t s on H o p e ' s c a m p u s

re f lec t a na t iona l t r end . U n d e r a g e

d r ink ing , e spec i a l l y b inge d r i n k i n g ,

is a r i s ing p r o b l e m a m o n g c o l l e g e

s tuden t s .

At U - o f - M . a recen t p r o p o s i t i o n

to m o v e p o p u l a r c l a s s e s to F r iday

m o r n i n g s as w a y to p r even t T h u r s -

day night p a r t y i n g h a s m e t res i s -

tance f r o m the s tuden t body .

"A lot of p e o p l e d o n ' t th ink it

( the r e - s c h e d u l i n g of c l a s s e s ) wi l l

h a p p e n o r h e l p a n d that the u n i v e r -

sity has n o r igh t to m a n d a t e s c h e d -

u l e s . " s a id U - o f - M s t u d e n t J a n e

Verwys .

C l o s e r to h o m e , C a l v i n C o l l e g e

has taken prec i se m e a s u r e s to c u r b

u n d e r a g e a n d b inge d r i n k i n g . "

We don ' t have a p rob l em w i t h on-

c a m p u s a l c o h o l , " sa id V i c e Pres i -

d e n t o f S t u d e n t L i f e S h i r l e y

H o o g s t r a . " I f a s t u d e n t w h o r e t u r n s

to c a m p u s is f o u n d d r u n k , they re-

c e i v e a l coho l a s s e s s m e n t . "

S t u d e n t s a r e r e q u i r e d to a t tend a

s ix w e e k t w o - h o u r c l a s s w i t h an

a l c o h o l expe r t .

" T h e c l a s s f o c u s e s o n the i s sues

s u r r o u n d i n g a l c o h o l a b u s e , "

H o o g s t r a sa id .

C l a s s e s f o c u s on hea l t h a n d so-

cia l i s sues in an a t t e m p t to e d u c a t e

t he s t u d e n t on the n e g a t i v e e f f e c t s

of d r i n k i n g .

If a C a l v i n s t u d e n t is c a u g h t

aga in t he s t u d e n t m a y be a s k e d to

l e a v e s c h o o l f o r a t ime .

" A se r ious i ssue ca l l s for s e r ious

a c t i o n , " s a i d H o o g s t r a . " S o m e

p e o p l e a s k w h y w e ca re . W h e n you

c o n s u m e a l coho l , y o u r j u d g e m e n t

ge t s i m p a i r e d . T h a t ' s w h y p e o p l e

c a r e so m u c h . "

A recen t s t a t e -wide survey pol led

6 0 0 s t u d e n t s at F e r r i s S t a t e U n i v e r -

s i t y . O f t he c o l l e g e s t u d e n t s in-

c l u d e d in the s u r v e y . 7 2 p e r c e n t

a d m i t t e d to d r i n k i n g at leas t o n c e a

m o n t h a n d 4 5 p e r c e n t r e p o r t e d

b i n g e d r i n k i n g .

T h e r e s u l t s of the su rvey f o l l o w

a s e r i e s of a l coho l re la ted fa ta l i t i es

re la ted i n t e r cou r se . In e v e r y o n e of

t h o s e c a s e s , it w a s the w o m e n w h o

h a d had i n t e r c o u r s e , bu t p r o b a b l y

w o u l d n ' t h a v e if she h a d n ' t been

d r i n k i n g . "

M c K a y a l so r e p o r t s that m e n ' s

s e x u a l i t y c a n be e n d a n g e r e d by

b i n g e d r i n k i n g , a l t h o u g h less f r o m

d a t e r ape and m o r e f r o m the t rans -

m i s s i o n of S T D ' s .

B e c a u s e of all o f t he se h a z a r d s ,

a n d f o r o t h e r r e a s o n s , s o m e H o p e

s t u d e n t s h a v e c h o s e n t o a b s t a i n

f r o m the use of a l c o h o l .

" W h e n I w a s y o u n g e r , it w a s

m o r e to s tay ou t of t rouble wi th ath-

let ics and s t u f f , " sa id C a t h y R o b a r t

( ' 0 2 ) . " E v e n t u a l l y I d e c i d e d that I

r

d i d n ' t n e e d it in m y l i fe a n d I d i d n ' t

e v e r fee l the need to d r i n k . "

R o b a r t e m p h a s i z e s t he i m p o r -

t a n c e that p e r s o n a l c h o i c e m a k e s in

t he d e c i s i o n no t to d r i n k .

" O n e t ime I d id [dr inkl and it w a s

s u c h a b a d e x p e r i e n c e that it con -

v i n c e d m e it w a s n ' t w o r t h t h e

t r o u b l e , " R o b a r t sa id . "It w a s a per-

sona l c h o i c e , and I th ink m y fa i th

h a d a lot to d o w i t h t h a t . "

In o r d e r to s t o p b i n g e d r i n k i n g ,

F r o s t b e l i e v e s tha t , in t he e n d , it

m u s t be the e f f o r t s of the s t u d e n t s .

" I th ink s t u d e n t s a r e the bes t e d u -

ca to r s of o the r s tudents , but s tuden t s

a l so hes i ta te to say, s top , y o u ' v e had

e n o u g h , " F ros t sa id .

at local un ive r s i t i e s .

In J a n u a r y of t h i s yea r , F e r r i s

S t a t e s t u d e n t A d r i a n e A l l e n f e l l

f r o m her third s tory w i n d o w a f t e r

c o n s u m i n g t o o m u c h a l coho l at a

par ty . A m o n t h ear l ie r F e r r i s stu-

dent Al lan H e w e r d ied of a l coho l

p o i s o n i n g .

A t M i c h i g a n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y ,

j u n i o r B r a d l e y M c C u e d i e d of al-

c o h o l p o i s o n i n g a f te r c o n s u m i n g 2 4

sho t s on his 21 st b i r thday . T h e un i -

vers i ty a l s o m a d e h e a d l i n e s f o r a

s e r i e s of r io t s f o l l o w i n g a s c h o o l

p r o p o s a l to ban a lcoho l at foo tba l l

t a i lga te pa r t i e s in 1998.

T h e U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n fel l

u n d e r h e a v y cr i t ic i sm a f t e r the 1998

dea th of f i r s t -year s tuden t C o u r t n e y

C a n d o r . C a n d o r , w h o had been seen

d r i n k i n g a t a f r a t e r n i t y pa r ty t he

e v e n i n g she died, fell f r o m her d o r m

r o o m w i n d o w .

T h e dea ths h a v e f o r c e d c a m p u s e s

to r e - e x a m i n e co l l ege a l coho l pol i -

c ies .

F r a t e r n i t i e s at M S U v o l u n t a r i l y

b a n n e d a l coho l at f ra t pa r t i e s a f t e r

a se r ies of r iots f o l l o w i n g M S U ' s

loss in the N C A A Final F o u r tour-

n a m e n t .

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Gambling with Vegas Night A quiet up roa r has begun regarding Vegas Nigh t ' s role

in p romot ing gambl ing .

The idea that the S AC-sponsored event fosters students '

desire to th row away their m o n e y m a k e s about as m u c h

sense as the not ion that s t udy ing o ther re l ig ions will

p romote Satan worsh ip , or par t ic ipat ing in the Pull will

turn one into a violent psychopa th , or dr inking one beer

will turn one into a rag ing a lcohol ic .

Dr. Dona ld Cronk i t e of the b io logy depar tment has

s u g g e s t e d that the e v e n t ha s s u b t l y s u g g e s t e d tha t

g a m b l i n g is an O K m e a n s of e n t e r t a i n m e n t . H e has

s t u d i e d g a m b l i n g e x t e n s i v e l y a n d d e t e r m i n e d tha t

be l t ing genera l ly preys on those w h o can least a f fo rd it.

Ne i the r of w h i c h s e e m s to app ly to a n y o n e at H o p e

Col lege .

S tudents at H o p e seem to unders tand that Vegas Nigh t

isn ' t an oppor tuni ty to fulf i l l the need to gamble . T h e y

seem to unde r s t and that i t 's a night to d ress up and have

fun.

Gran ted , no one is asking S A C to cancel the Nov. 19

event . Yet.

Vegas Nigh t is a s t ruc tured even t that caters to a large

part of the s tudent body. S tudents tend to get m o r e into

the theme of the even t , than the idea that they will have

a f ree night of gambl ing . Ra the r than l icking their c h o p s

over fake money , s tudents prepare themse lves for a night

of fun. The money is fake . The dealers a ren ' t comple t e ly

ser ious . T h e night has l imits and e n d s wi th a dance .

W i t h t he r e c e n t e v e n t s s u r r o u n d i n g a l c o h o l a n d

par ty ing , H o p e should be p romo t ing the night as a safe

a l te rna t ive to spend ing the night dr inking. Vegas Nigh t

is an e v e n i n g of f u n that goes out of its way to e l imina te

as m a n y s imilar i t ies to At lant ic Ci ty and Las Vegas as it

can .

The col lege should look for activit ies that o f f e r students

an a l ternat ive to d r ink ing and par ty ing. S tudents o f ten

have a misconcep t ion that Hol land is bor ing and that

there is no th ing to d o on c a m p u s . T h e co l lege needs to

think twice be fo re it ques t ions Vegas N i g h t ' s intent ions.

S t u d e n t s can f i n d a lot of th ings to d o w o r s e than

pre tend gambl ing .

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Alumnus sees encouragement in guest column

V o l . I I 3 . I s s u e 10

the A n c h o r

To ihc Editor:

I w a s d e l i g h t e d to read S a m

K a n a a n ' s ( ' 0 3 ) gues t c o l u m n . It

makes m e feel like my time at Hope

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

progress has been made . I hope that

fr iends of mine who are still at Hope

and are of d i f ferent tradit ions, will

be met with better unders tanding. I

found this guest column to be very

informative, and I believe the writer

did an excellent j o b of pointing out

the posi t ives about Islam, a thing

that many articles in general do not

do. I hope that this individual is not

met with the kind of hostility that

o thers have met b e f o r e . I would

encourage the c a m p u s communi ty

and the Anchor to con t inue to dis-

cuss rel igious diversi ty in an intel-

ligent manner, and one that has mu-

tual respect for all involved in the

discussion.

In your art icle on religious diver-

sity, the question was asked, " H o w

s h o u l d C h r i s t i a n s i n t e r a c t wi th

those of other fa i ths?" T h e answer

to this is a re la t ive ly s imple and

obv ious one to m e . but I think it

should be shared with the c o m m u -

nity. Christ ians should interact with

o the r s in the s a m e m a n n e r they

would want to be interacted with.

In a spirit of respect, dignity and

love. Chr i s t i ans shou ld not con -

d e m n others, because Chris t is the

only one who is in a position to con-

demn. Chr is t ians should ask ques-

tions of people in o ther fai ths and

learn about them. It is important to

know about the faith of others . In

fact , at our church , a prayer is of ten

said t hank ing G o d for peop le of

other faiths. R e m e m b e r that we rep-

resent Christ to our ne ighbor and

each other, and it is impor tant to

c o m e across in a posi t ive light. If

w e send negat ive s ignals about our

faith out, others will pick them up

and it will ref lect badly on all of us.

Many who know me, know that my

father is in charge of an interfaith

chapel at the hospital where he is

director of pastoral care. S o m e o n e

asked me what he says to people of

other fai ths. My father, w h o is an

R C A pastor and involved in many

interfaith activities, stays with those

people , learns about them, and in

turn learns about himself . He does

not c o n d e m n them fo r not be ing a

Christ ian, and in turn has not been

condemned for being a Christ ian.

O n e can hold whatever belief one

wants , but one needs to recognize

that others do not bel ieve the same

way that they do , and we all need

to unders tand each other. I am glad

to not be r ead ing about s tudents

praying outs ide the door of other

students, as was done to m e (and I

am a Christ ian, but they did it be-

cause I don ' t think like them) and

to several of my good f r iends w h o

left H o p e because of it. It saddens

m e to hear s tories like that. These

t w o art icles give m e s o m e sense of

hope for the col lege and the com-

munity.

Rebecca de Velder ('99)

CASA director thanks fraternity for work To the Editor:

We would like to give our thanks

to the E m e r s o n i a n Fra tern i ty for

assist ing C A S A . Once again, this

organizat ion has shown a spirit of

se rv ing by donat ing their services

to us. Last year they gave our chil-

dren a wonder fu l on -campus party,

and provided several of our needy

families with Thanksgiving baskets.

R e c e n t l y , 24 of the i r m e m b e r s

s taffed a promot ional booth at the

Westshore Mal l , o f fer ing some 2 9

hours of coverage .

We extend our appreciation to the

Emersonians for choosing C A S A as

one of their projects , thus enabl ing

us to serve Ho l l and ' s at-risk, dis-

a d v a n t a g e d ch i ld ren . T h a n k s for

your communi ty spirit.

Fonda Green

C A S A Execut ive Director

Milestone staff defends content of yearbook To the Editor:

In response to the letter written

by Jess ica Loomis ( ' 00 ) and Paula

C h a m p i o n ( ' 00) , let us just say one

t h ing : w e wi l l n e v e r be a b l e to

p l ease eve ryone . N o mat te r h o w

hard w e try, the re wil l be s o m e

people w h o will be unhappy with

how the Mi les tone turns out . We

work very hard to include as many

people as possible. There are almost

3 , 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s , 5 0 0 f acu l ty and

s taff , and the book only conta ins

288 pages. As m u c h as we would

like to increase the size of our book,

it is s imply not in our budget .

While we appreciate suggestions,

it is imposs ib l e to include eve ry

aspect of the music depar tment . We

know that there are many important

activities that are sponsored by the

music depar tment , and w e are plan-

ning on including several in this

year ' s book. We just cannot include

all of them. We would have to make

decis ions like cut t ing out c lass pic-

tures to make room for all the mu-

sic g roups . T h e r e a re a l so many

events that only happen once in a

while (the remodel ing of the Kletz)

and are therefore more likely to re-

ceive coverage. We wanted to cre-

ate a book that highlighted that par-

t i cu l a r y e a r and th is m a y h a v e

caused some events to be sacrificed.

It also needs to be said that for

the 1999 Mi le s tone , let ters were

sent to each of the academic groups,

as well as all student organizat ions,

and not one was returned by any of

the music groups . In the "Greeks

and Groups" section, w e only write

on those groups who submit infor-

mation. and we assume that if we

do not hear f rom you, you are not

interesled in being covered . Th i s is

not our at tempt to exclude people

f r o m the book; rather it is the re-

sponsibili ty of the g roup or organi-

zation to relay intent and informa-

tion to our staff .

And while you weren ' t t rying to

belitt le us, that is exact ly what you

did. We would great ly apprec ia te

y o u r he lp . W h i l e we a re a l w a y s

looking to increase our wonder fu l ,

hard working staff , we unders tand

that not everyone has the l ime to

work on the book. I would sugges t

that your role in the Mi les tone be

that you make sure your organiza-

tion submits informat ion on t ime.

You were concerned that your ma-

jo r was not Miles tone worthy, but

w e received no informat ion f r o m

the students involved in that major .

We are also busy col lege s tudents

and w e need the help of the s tudent

body to include as much in fo rma-

tion as possible.

We just don ' t think people real-

ize h o w m u c h work goes into mak-

ing a yearbook. We started the 2 0 0 0

book dur ing the summer , and we

will not go home in M a y like ev-

eryone else, but in June after we fin-

ish the book. Like you, and most

s tudents on campus , we work very

hard to balance our classes, home-

work, and jobs with extracurr icular

activities. Mus ic majors may spend

their entire day in Nykerk , like sci-

ence majors are stuck in Peale, like

engineer ing m a j o r s c a m p out in the

c o m p u t e r lab, and like the Mi le -

stone staff w h o live in the off ice .

Dubbed the "DeWit t Dwel lers ," we

spend more than our fair share of

t ime in DeWitt , and yearbook is not

our major. We do the best w e can.

Another point to make, is that you

cannot compare a high school year-

book to a col lege yearbook . It is a

totally d i f ferent exper ience . There

are more peop le , g roups , even t s ,

depar tments , etc. in a col lege year-

book. The Miles tone has won many

a w a r d s , i n c l u d i n g one th is pas t

month . During the A C P C o n f e r e n c e

in Atlanta, the 1999 book took fifth

p lace in Best of Show. T h a t ' s fifth

place nationally.

A n o t h e r ques t ion m a n y people

m a y be having , is w h y there are no

Greek compos i t e s . Like the 1999

book , this yea r ' s book will not in-

c lude compos i t e pictures, but in an

ef for t to compromise , each Greek

organ iza t ion will have their o w n

spread. Before we receive more let-

ters, let m e say once again that we

cannot please everyone . We are not

i nc lud ing c o m p o s i t e s fo r several

reasons . Mos t of it is due to the ex-

tra t ime and energy these pages take

to do . We had to hunt down com-

pos i t e s , look up i n f o r m a t i o n on

each individual , input all of it into

our computer , organize it all, and

pull out new actives f rom theirc lass

sections. It took so much of our time

that o ther sect ions suffered. Some

people will be unhappy with our

decision and others will be pleased.

It would be ideal if we could make

everyone happy, but w e realize that

this is unrealistic. We are, however,

a l w a y s open to suggest ions . This

book belongs to the entire student

body and it is our goal to represent

all of you.

Beth Bailey COO)

Nikel le Johnson ( '99)

Kristin L a m e r s ( '02)

November I O, 1999 the Anchor Intermission

S T I L L S M I L I N *

Carrrie Arnold

Two of a kind M y r o o m m a l e and I arc

turning inlo (he s a m e person .

Whai f r igh tens me is not thai

I 'm b e c o m i n g m o r e and m o r e

like her. bul lhal s h e ' s b e c o m -

ing m o r e and m o r e l ike me .

I ' m cons idered by mos t lo be a

s o m e w h a t bizarre person and I

never thought that s o m e o n e ,

s o m e w h e r e , cou ld poss ib ly b e

as insane as 1 am.

The even t s o f the past f e w

weeks have changed m y

op in ion drast ical ly .

Fo r one, she has found a

sudden a f f in i ty for p lay ing

Enya and Sarah M c L a c h l a n

C D ' s non-s top , j u s t l ike me .

Then , of cour se , s h e ' s p icked

up the thought that s l eep is j u s t

another one of those t ime-

was t ing act iv i t ies , such a s

ea t ing and b rush ing y o u r hair.

W h i l e I have been like this for

qui te s o m e t ime, i t ' s only been

recen t ly that Sara has j o i n e d

the "Sc ience N e r d s W h o D o n ' t

S l e e p " c lub.

Not to be ou tdone , howeve r ,

I have def in i t e ly p icked up

s o m e of he r little qu i rks .

I can never have e n o u g h

s m o k e d a l m o n d s and c a s h e w s .

Bak ing cocoa has c h a n g e d

f r o m an ingredient you add to a

cake mix to s o m e t h i n g y o u can

eat right out of the can.

The proof of all of this

occurred about t w o w e e k s a g o

at lunch . W e w o r e the s a m e

shirt, b a g g y j eans , b r o w n

h ik ing boots a n d wh i t e socks .

Not s imi la r e n o u g h , y o u say?

Whi le ea t ing at Phe lps

Dining Hall , w e got the s a m e

ent ree , vir tual ly identical

salads, and o ther s imi la r i tems.

We ate our food in the s a m e

order, left the s a m e r e m a i n s on

our trays, and our s i lve rware

was even left in the s a m e

conf igu ra t ion .

Bar r ing the fact that w e ' v e

en tered ano the r .d imens ion ,

w h i c h is Starting to s eem m o r e

and m o r e poss ib le these days , I

think w e ' r e merg ing into one

pe rson .

W h e n we have a f u n n y

though t or idea, all w e have to

d o is turn a round and look at

e a c h other, and a lmos t wi thout

fail , w e jus t start c rack ing up.

W e ' v e deve loped j o k e s that

have b e c o m e so obscure , w e ' r e

n o longer certain why they

we re f u n n y in the first p lace .

None the le s s , we still laugh.

W e ' v e e n d u r e d the trials and

t r ibula t ions of phys ics , lab

wr i te -ups , r esearch papers , and

m a s s i v e e x a m s .

T w o peop le c a n ' t poss ib ly

go th rough all of this and not

form s o m e sort of special

bond , un less they g o af ter each

o t h e r ' s throats . See ing that

w e ' r e bo th still a l ive and

chugg ing , I d o n ' t think that

will happen .

Take this w e e k e n d , for

ins tance. We s tayed up until 3

a .m. wa tch ing trash T V and

m a k i n g fun of all of the p e o p l e

on there. We w e r e n ' t d i s turbed

in the s l ightest that we cou ld

have been s leeping .

It 's s t range to think that j u s t

by l iving together with

s o m e o n e e lse for about three

mon ths , s o m e o n e cou ld end up

be ing your f r iend for l ife.

Of cour se , I still h a v e a

cons iderab le way to g o in

conver t ing her comple te ly .

She hasn ' t found the obscure

j o y s of be ing a c a f f e i n e addic t

yet.

And that, I can tell you , is

s o m e t h i n g I ' m jus t go ing to

have to work on now.

So if you ' l l excuse me. . .

Up ard Coming

Nov. 10 N o v . II

•Women ' s Issues Organ iza t ion

s h o w s s w e a t s h o p d o c u m e n -

tary v ideo in the Ot te R o o m

at 7 p . m .

•The Pres ident ia l L e c t u r e

Ser ies hosts Rev. L e w i s

S m e d e s at 4 p . m . in t he

DeWit t Thea t re .

•Thea t re 4 9 0 s t ages " S n o o p y "

at 7 p . m . in the DeWi t t S tud io

Thea t re .

Nov. 13

N o v . 12

' " S n o o p y " at 7 p .m. in the

DeWit t S tud io Thea t re .

•SAC m o v i e "Wi ld . Wild Wes t "

at 7 p .m. . 9 p .m. . a n d midn igh t

in W i n a n t s A u d i t o r i u m

•The Kn icke rbocke r f ra te rn i ty

hosts A I D S reality concer t

f r o m 7 p.m until midn igh t in

the Klctz .

• "Snoopy" at 7 p .m. in the

DeWi t t S tud io T h e a t r e

•SAC m o v i e " W i l d , Wild W e s t "

at 7 p .m. , 9 p .m. , and m i d n i g h t

in W i n a n t s A u d i t o r i u m

•Soup d inner f r o m 5 p . m . until

6 : 4 5 p .m. in the M a a s

Audi to r ium.

•Holland C h a m b e r Orches t r a

Fall conce r t in D i m n e n l

Memor ia l Chape l at 8 p .m.

• Internat ional Food Fair f r o m 7

p .m. to 9 p .m. in Phelps .

Chapel Choir releases CD M / V T X C O O K c o p y editor

T h e 4 4 m e m b e r s of t he H o p e

Co l l ege Chape l Cho i r have turned

into recording artists with the recent

r e l e a s e of the i r C D , " W o n d r o u s

Love . "

T h e C D is a c o l l e c t i o n o f 15

songs they pe r fo rmed on their tour

of the Midwes t last semester . T h e

C D is p roduced by Chape l C h o i r

director and mus ic p rofessor . Brad

R i c h m o n d .

R i c h m o n d c h o s e to r e c o r d t he

C D for t w o reasons . O n e was to

raise m o n e y for this y e a r ' s Chape l

C h o i r tour. The other w a s to d o c u -

men t the work of m e m b e r s of the

choir.

"They were really s ing ing well

HOP€ COLLEGE CHAPEL CHOIR Conductor. Brad Richmond

last semester , and we wanted lo pre-

serve the m e m o r y and

s h a r e it w i t h f a m i l y

a n d f r i e n d s , " R i c h -

mond said. "I t is good

for the choi r to be re-

c o r d e d p r o f e s s i o n -

ally."

T h e C D will a l so be

used as a rec ru i tment

tool to s h o w p rospec -

tive s tudents wha t the

choi r sounds like.

" W o n d r o u s L o v e " is

m a d e up pr imar i ly of

church mus ic f r o m dif -

ferent t ime periods. It

i n c l u d e s w o r k s b y

Ben jamin Brit ten, Wil-

l i a m B y r d , R a l p h

V a u g h a n W i l l i a m s , Robe r t S h a w

and M o s e s

H o g a n .

" T h e

p i e c e s a r e

taken f rom

t h e m u s i c

of t h e s a -

cred litera-

t u r e , "

R i c h m o n d

s a i d .

" T h e r e i s

real variety

here. T h e r e

a r e s o m e

f r o m t h e

s i x t e e n t h

c e n t u r y

a n d s o m e

t h a t a r e

qui te mod-

B . R i c h m o n d

e m . S o m e are unaccompan ied , and

s o m e are

a c c o m -

p a n i e d

by p i ano

or organ.

T h e r e is

even one

g o s p e l

song.

" T h e

o n l y

n o n - s a -

c r e d

s o n g i s

t h e

L a t v i a n

folk song

' K a s t i e

tade, ' but

that is a very b e a u t i f u l s o u n d i n g

p iece , " R i c h m o n d said.

R i c h m o n d thinks that the a lbum,

w h i c h w a s r e c o r d e d in D i m n e n l

C h a p e l and Centra l Avenue Chr i s -

tian Refo rmed Church , c a m e out the

way he wan ted it.

"I t c a m e off really wel l ," he said.

"I was qui te happy with the produc-

tion value. They set the sound of the

live recording using reverb to match

the C h a p e l record ings . W h e n I lis-

ten to it now, I c a n ' t tell which was

done w h e r e . "

T h e C D is be ing sold for $10 at

the H o p e Co l l ege m u s i c o f f i ce and

the H o p e - G e n e v a Books tore .

" C h a p e l C h o i r m e m b e r s a r e

loaded d o w n wi th cop i e s of it, so it

can be purchased from them," Rich-

m o n d said. "I t is impor tan t for us

to use this to raise m o n e y . "

Opus prepares fall magazine J U L I E G R E E N cam pus beat editor

T h r e e l imes a year s tudents are

ab le to e x c h a n g e thoughts , f ee l ings

and ideas th rough li terary w o r k s in

O p u s .

The t r i -yearly e x c h a n g e has be-

c o m e a tradit ion of art and words

that has o p e n e d the l i terary l i fe up

to s tudents .

" P e o p l e w h o norma l ly w o u l d n ' t

read poetry can get a taste of wha t ' s

go ing on c a m p u s , " sa id O p u s staff

m e m b e r Katie B o d e ( ' 02 ) .

The O p u s m a g a z i n e is p l ann ing

to publish before the end of Novem-

ber.

Th i s year , over 100 works we re

submi t ted , and over 5 0 were cho-

sen to be pr in ted.

" I t ' s a f o r u m for the l i terary and

visual ar t s ," B o d e said.

The b igges t change the magaz ine

will have this year is in s ize.

T h e fo rma t will be 8 .5 - by - II

inches , w h i c h will a l low a la rger

s p a c e to w o r k w i t h , s a i d C r a i g

T o m m o l a ( ' 0 1 ) , ed i tor - in-chief of

O p u s . His h o p e is that this ex t r a

r o o m will pe rmi t visual and literal

art p ieces to be connec ted .

"I wan t to see more visual art in

the m a g a z i n e th is year , " he sa id .

" S o far all w e ' v e had is photos , but

we can take anything that can be put

on a page . "

A central theme c a n be seen in

mos t of the l i terary works .

"You can def in i t e ly see a co l lege

k ind o f g e n r e , b e c a u s e w e ' r e all

go ing th rough the co l lege exper i -

e n c e s , " T o m m o l a said.

In addit ion to the magazine . Opus

puts on O p u s J ams . T h e s e are in-

formal mee t ings where s tudents can

read and share poetry.

" O p u s J a m is o p e n to e v e r y -

body," Bode said. "I t 's a pretty open

and a f f i r m i n g g roup . "

O p u s ho lds the j a m s abou t every

two weeks , and attracts be tween 15

and 25 peop le . Par t ic ipants can lis-

ten, read a p iece of their own work ,

or read a p iece f r o m another writer.

" T h e y ' r e s m a l l e r a f f a i r s , " sa id

B o d e . " I t ' s a rea l ly good way to

k n o w w h a t ' s go ing on with other

writers in an informal a tmosphere . "

O p u s p l a n s on t w o m o r e j a m s

be fo re the end of the semester.

"I would like to br ing them back

m o r e f requen t ly , " T o m m o l a said.

Chamber concert to be held D A W N D O D G E staff reporter

This w e e k e n d , the Hol land c o m -

muni ty will have the oppor tuni ty to

altend a per formance of the Holland

C h a m b e r Orches t ra .

T h e c o n c e r t w i l l be h e l d in

D i m n e n l Chape l on Saturday, Nov.

13, at 8 p .m.

"Th i s is actually the opening con-

cert for our lOlh anniversary cel-

ebra t ion s ea son , " said orches t ra di-

rec tor a n d Hope m u s i c p r o f e s s o r

Mihai Cra ioveanu .

In addi t ion to p e r f o r m i n g in the

concer t on Saturday, Richard Rob-

erts will also be do ing a violin mas-

ter c lass on Friday, Nov. 12, at 3

p .m. in W i c h e r s Aud i to r ium.

T h e Hol land C h a m b e r Orches t r a

is main ly m a d e up of m e m b e r s of

t he H o l l a n d c o m m u n i t y , bu t a p -

prox imate ly 10 H o p e Co l l ege stu-

den t s are m e m b e r s as well .

T h e m u s i c be ing p e r f o r m e d is

f r o m a variety of historical per iods .

T h e concer t will inc lude c o m p o -

s i t ions s u c h as R i c h a r d S l r a u s s '

" S e r e n a d e f o r W i n d s " a n d

B e e t h o v e n ' s first S y m p h o n y .

"It is exci t ing to listen to and per-

f o r m the w o r k s of the m a s t e r s , "

Cra ioveanu said.

A h igh l igh t of the concer t will be

guest soloist Rober t s w h o is a vio-

linist for the Mont rea l S y m p h o n y

Orches t ra .

"L i s t en ing to an o rches t ra is a

way to l is ten lo the best of both

wor lds because you get the s t r ings

and the p e r c u s s i o n , " C r a i o v e a n u

said. "It will be a very color fu l per-

f o r m a n c e and a c o m p l e x type of

mus ic for the l istener to listen lo."

Cra ioveanu hopes that even those

un fami l i a r with classical compos i -

t ions will find the even t entertain-

ing.

" T h i s is a way to gel exposure lo

classical mus ic for those w h o aren ' t

fami l ia r with it," he said. "I t is a

good even t to g o lo and be enter-

ta ined and e x p o s e d to a new expe-

r ience , espec ia l ly if you d o n ' t go in

with any preconceived ideas and are

open m i n d e d . "

kerk theAtfC

Nykerk 1999: Outs ide the lines NYKERK from I

speech. "Sp read your wings .

W h e r e will y o u g o t o d a y ? "

"02 opened the s econd half of

the evening wi lh " T h e Lu l laby o f

Broadway ." under ihc d i rec l ion of

Melissa N ienhu i s ( ' 0 0 ) .

Boih halves of the p rog ram

conc luded wilh the play por t ion of

the compet i t ion . T h e first half

ended wi lh the ' 0 3 play, " B a t m a n

and His Tul ips , " coached by Jodi

Kur lze ( ' 0 1 ) and Sarah Pedley

COl) .

The final p e r f o r m a n c e of the

evening , the ' 0 2 play " T h e

A d v e n t u r e s of Robin V a n d e r H o o d

and His Mer ry D u t c h m e n , " w a s

wri l ten by p lay c o a c h e s Mered i th

A t k i n s ( ' 0 0 ) and A m y M o l d e n h a u e r

( ' 0 0 ) . T h e p lay inc luded a k lompen

contes t be tween Robin and the

Sher i f f of Hol land as well as

n u m e r o u s Beanie Babies .

A l though d i s appo in t ed in ihe loss,

play par t ic ipant Becky Rasdal l ( ' 0 3 )

is g lad lo have been a pari of the

N y k e r k expe r i ence .

"I t was l i m e - c o n s u m i n g , " said

Rasdal l , "bu t I w o u l d n ' t t rade it for

the wor ld . "

l A Y A S O N I C l O O X

JOKER'S EVIL SCHEMES: The Joker, played by Anne Oppenhuizen ('03), delivers her insidious manifesto to Public Safety Officer Gordon, Lindee Claerbout (03).

T H E D A N C I N G VANDERSNOXTS Jackie Ryczek ('02) struts her stuff in a clog competition as Esmerelda, one of the VanderSnott sisters. The sisters provided a comic interlude for the dance contest, as well as a sequence that facilitated a set change.

CUP W R A N G LE R: Nykerk General Chair Marie Provost ('00) presents the Nykerk Cup to the class of2002.

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BUTTERFLY SUCCESSES: Orator Kristi Cummings (*03) demon-strates the surprise a caterpillar feels when it learns it has wings and that it can soar outside the lines.

A STARTING POINT: Orator Heather Dustin ('02) stresses the importance of consider-ing the lines of life as a starting point rather than an ending point.

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TOASTER CON-TROVERSY IN WAYNE MANOR: Robin, Anna Krekelberg ('03), questions Batman's secret identity Bruce Vander Wayne, played by Jane Bast ('03), about his stringent toaster usage regulations. Nykerk Play participants develop their own props, and scenery, like the Bat Computer in the background, which featured flashing lights and a projection screen, built for them by their Play Morale.

HALL?: The members of the sophomore song belt out their rendition of "Lullaby of Broadway1', which

THEY'RE RED HOT: The 2002 Song Morale entertains their women during intermission with skits and cheers. One aspect of Nykerk that is important is the mutual respect and spirit of caring that each class demon-strates for the other's partici-pants in the form of positive and uplifting cheers.

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MAT T COOK

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T h e c h a n c e lo p r o d u c e or direct

your own play a s a senior p ro jec t

can be a d r e a m c o m e true for a the-

atre major .

" H a v i n g a c h a n c e to direct has

b e e n a l u H i l l i n g a n d e n j o y a b l e

l ime ," said s tudent d i rec to r Shar i

Johnson COO). "It is a c h a n c e lo try

out all I ' ve learned in the past three

and a ha l f years ; a c h a n c e to try it

out my own way . "

It can a l s o be fu l f i l l i ng for the

aud ience w h o can be en te r ta ined ,

intr igued, or m o v e d by the p roduc -

tions. T w o u p c o m i n g s tuden t pro-

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

" S n o o p y ! " w h i c h is p r o d u c e d by

R e b e c c a D e V r i e s ( ' 0 0 ) a n d " A

W o m a n ' s P l a c e " w h i c h will be di-

rected by J o h n s o n .

" S n o o p y ! " by Lar ry G r o s s m a n

and Hal H a c k a d y is the on ly c o m -

edy being produced at H o p e this se-

mester . Il will open Thur sday , Nov.

11 at 7 p .m. in the DeWi t t S tud io

Theat re , wi th addi t iona l s h o w i n g s

on Friday, Nov. 12 and Sa turday ,

Nov. 13 at 7 p .m. Tickets are $4 for

adul ts , and $2 for chi ldren.

" S n o o p y ! " is a musica l c o m e d y

based on the popu la r c o m i c s tr ip .

P e a n u t s " by C h a r l e s Schul tz .

I t ' s cast inc ludes Patr ick G l a u b

( ' 0 2 ) as Snoopy. Danny Taylor ( ' 01 )

as Char l ie B r o w n . Car la Carrozierre

(*03) as Lucy , Kr i s t in T i s c o r n i a

( ' 0 3 ) a s P e p p e r m i n t Pat ty . M a t t

S teh le ( ' 0 2 ) as L inus , and A m a n d a

Droze r ( ' 0 3 ) as W o o d s t o c k .

" S n o o p y ! " i s p r o d u c e d by

R e b e c c a DeVr ies ( ' 00 ) . In addi t ion

to be ing the producer , she is a l so

c o s t u m e d i rec tor , s cen ic d i rec tor ,

m u s i c di rector , and she p l ays the

cha rac t e r of Sally.

"Las t s emes t e r I p roduced ' R e -

ally Ros ie ' s o this w a s n ' t new for

m e . " D e V r i e s s a id . " E v e r y t h i n g

went pretty smooth ly and really fun.

It was nice lo be able to co l l abora te

a m o n g e v e r y t h i n g , e spec i a l l y d e -

s ign ."

T h e d i rec tor DeVr ies has chosen

is H o p e a l u m n u s Kelly H e r r e m a n s

( 9 9 ) .

"I c h o o s e [He r r emans ] because I

needed s o m e o n e wi th d i rec t ing ex-

per ience ," DeVr ies said. " S h e has

done a lot o f ch i ld ren ' s theatre. She

works in h igh schoo l s now."

Al though DeVr ies is p lanning on

going into ch i ld ren ' s theatre when

she graduates , she thinks " S n o o p y ! "

is not jus t for kids .

"I l will lend itself well to H o p e

aud iences , " she said. "Peop le k n o w

the charac te rs ; i t ' s j u s t l ike the T V

specials. I t 's fun and light; you don ' t

have to think t o o hard . I t ' s funny.

It 's cu t e . "

T h e o t h e r u p c o m i n g

p l ay , " A W o m a n ' s

P l a c e " by

H o l z w o r t h ,

J a s s ,

McNutt,

a n d M i l l e r

day, Nov. 18, Friday, Nov. 19, and

S a t u r d a y , N o v . 2 0 at 8 p . m . All

s h o w s will be in the S tud io Thea t re

and t ickets are $2.

The p remise behind the play is a

f i c t iona l m e e t i n g of f ive w o m e n

f r o m d i f f e r e n t t i m e s in h i s t o r y .

Each w o m a n has a radical ly d i f fer -

ent role in the chu rch , and a s tory

to tel l a b o u t it . T h e c a s t is all

w o m e n .

J o h n s o n h a s been in te res ted in

s tag ing the play for a long t ime.

"I r e m e m b e r seeing il when I was

very young. Il inlriqued and struck

m e . I h a v e a l w a y s b e e n

c o m p e l l e d by it ." she

said.

A s wi th all s tuden t

p r o -

m o r e s e r i -

o u s p i e c e

I w i l l

s t a g e d

on T h u r s -

duc t ions , " A W o m a n ' s P lace" has

all s tudent actors .

" T h e y (s tudent ac tors] are fun lo

w o r k wi th . " Johnson said. "Sure ,

s o m e t i m e s y o u w o n d e r if t hey ' r e

not as m a t u r e a s adult actors , bul

tha t ' s part of the cha l lenge . The at-

m o s p h e r e h a s less pressure and it 's

less f o r m a l . "

J o h n s o n f e e l s tha t H o p e aud i -

e n c e s will be ab le to ident i fy with

her play.

" I t ' s both f u n n y and d ramat i c , "

she sa id . "The l ives of the w o m e n

are jus t plain fasc ina t ing . T h e play

is abou t finding our roles in life,

e spec i a l l y in the c h u r c h . F ind ing

y o u r p l ace in l i fe a n d in the church

is s o m e t h i n g a lot of co l lege stu-

dents are s t ruggl ing wi th ."

Theater majors stage student-directed scenes SARA E LAMERS

intermission editor

Desp i t e he r expe -

r ience in act ing, the-

atre s tudent Miche l le

R y n b r a n d t ' s ( ' 0 1 )

latest p ro j ec t is o n e

she cons ide r s a g u e s s i n g g a m e .

She is one of several s tuden t s in

the theater d e p a r t m e n t ' s d i rec t ing

class that faces the cha l lenge of c re -

a t i n g a set . g a t h e r i n g p r o p s , a n d

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

scenes that they will p e r f o r m for the

H o p e c o m m u n i t y d u r i n g e x a m

week .

"Like m a n y of the s tuden t s in the

class, I have never di rected b e f o r e , "

Rynbrandt said. " I ' m e x p l o r i n g the

art of d i rec t ing as I go. I t ' s a guess -

ing g a m e that i nvo lves a lot of trial

and er ror to d i s cove r w h a t w o r k s . "

T h e p e r f o r m a n c e of the s c e n e s

will take p lace in the S tud io The -

ater in DeWilt and admiss ion is free.

intermission

Spec i f i c l imes and da tes will be de-

t e r m i n e d at a later t ime.

" A s s t u d e n t d i r e c t o r s , w e a r e

ful ly r espons ib le for all a spec t s of

the s c e n e . " said Scot t E v a n s ( ' 0 2 ) .

" I t ' s a lot of work to o rgan ize and

you need to learn lo ba lance every-

thing toge ther . "

A u d i t i o n s f o r the s c e n e s

were held on Tuesday, Nov.

2 a n d c a s t i n g t o o k

place on T h u r s -

d a y . N o v . 4 .

C u r r e n t l y .

each d i rec tor

is in the pro-

c e s s o f r e -

h e a r s i n g h i s /

he r s cene and

de te rmin ing how

will be s taged .

" I t ' s hard lo gel the p ic ture f r o m

your mind on to the s t age . " E v a n s

said. "You have to m a k e the your

idea of wha t the charac te r s should

d o work with the ac to rs ' ideas of

wha t they should do . "

E v a n s ' s cene . " W a s p " by Steve

M a r t i n , l o o k s at the v a l u e s of a

1950 ' s family.

"I l is a satirical play that looks at

t he f a l s e v a l u e s t h e y h o l d a n d

m a k e s fun of t h e m , " he said.

In c h o o s i n g the ac tors to

p e r f o r m in his scene , the

d i rec tors kept in mind a

variety o f d y n a m i c s .

" I w a s l o o k i n g f o r

s o m e o n e w h o c o u l d

not hold anyth ing back

and g ive all they cou ld

to the scene ," said s tudent

d i r e c t o r D a n n y T a y l o r

( ' 0 1 ) . " O n e of the charac -

ters is a sch izophren ic and is

v e r y e x t r e m e . T h e c h a l l e n g e of

p lay ing the charac te r is ba lanc ing

the t w o e x t r e m e s of this w o m a n

w h o is e i t h e r o v e r l y f r i e n d l y o r

overly irate and finding the honest ly

in the charac te r . "

A c c o r d i n g to Taylor , the scene is

a h u m o r o u s one that takes p lace in

a res tauran t in N e w York Ci ty and

involves an a rgumen t be tween the

s ch i zophren ic w o m a n and a wait-

ress .

" I t ' s a lways a cha l lenge to get the

ac tor to ful ly e m b o d y their cha rac -

t e r , " T a y l o r s a id . " W e w a n t t he

scene to s eem real, a s if they are not

ac t ing , but instead take on the char-

acter t hemse lves . "

S tudent d i rec to r C y n t h i a Knigh t

( ' 0 0 ) c h o s e a s c e n e f r o m " T h e

W o o l g a t h e r " by W i l l i a m

M a s l r o s i m o n e , w h i c h e x a m i n e s the

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

w o m a n , b e c a u s e she felt it t akes

p lace in a contex t that will be un fa -

miliar to m e m b e r s of the Hope c o m -

muni ty .

" M y j o b is to he lp the ac tors cre-

ate the wor ld of the play," she said.

"It lakes p lace amid poverty, and is

a d i f fe ren t a n d fore ign expe r i ence

for us. T h e s cene se rves a s my ex-

plora t ion of that w o r l d . "

Knigh t ag reed wi th Taylor that

the key to m a k i n g the scene e f fec -

t ive lies wi th in the be l ievabi l i ty of

the charac ters .

"I chose to port ray the coup le in

m y s c e n e as a m a t u r e c o u p l e be-

cause I fell ih is matur i ty added a lot

lo the s c e n e , " s h e said. "The char-

acters are very layered, and I needed

lo find s o m e o n e that could port ray

this. T h e s cene is very v io lent , and

as a d i rec to r I need to first es tabl ish

a c o m f o r t level be tween the actors ."

M a n y o f the d i r ec to r s felt that

their e x p e r i e n c e as ac tors will he lp

t hem rela te to their actors .

" T h e d i r ec to r ' s j o b is to ask ques-

t ions and elicit a r e sponse f r o m the

a c t o r s a n d to ge t t h e m t h i n k i n g

about wha t the scene is actually say-

ing , " T a y l o r said. " A s a di rector ,

wha t will he lp me the mos t is con-

s ider ing m y o w n expe r i ence as an

ac tor a n d d e t e r m i n i n g wha t he lped

m e find my character , and then help

the ac tors use that s a m e technique ."

briefs W i n n e r s o f P laggemars essay con tes t announced

T h e w i n n e r s o f t h e H o w a r d

P l a g g e m a r s E s s a y C o m p e t i t i o n

we re a n n o u n c e d on Tuesday , Nov.

2. All s u b m i s s i o n s lo the con tes t

r e sponded to s o m e aspect of each

s l u d e m ' s e x p e r i e n c e in V i e n n a ,

Austr ia last s u m m e r .

Firsi place winner , D a n a L a m e r s

( ' 0 1 ) . won for he r p o e m titled "The

Heav i e s t B a g s I E v e r B e g g e d to

Carry; R e m e m b r a n c e s f r o m a Sum-

m e r S tudy ing in Vienna . " L a m e r s ,

an E n g l i s h m a j o r w i t h a wr i t i ng

e m p h a s i s , was awarded $100 .

T h e s e c o n d p r i z e of $ 5 0 w a s

a w a r d e d to E n g l i s h m a j o r Sa rah

Mar t in ( ' 0 0 ) for her personal essay

t i t led " A m e r i c a n Roses go H o m e . "

Th i rd pr ize , $25 , was awarded to

L a n g u a g e A r t s c o m p o s i t e m a j o r

A m y M o l d e n h a u e r ( ' 0 0 ) for he r

personal essay tilled " A Night at the

O p e r a . "

T h e d o n o r of the pr izes . H o w a r d

P l a g g e m a r s ( ' 6 0 ) , is an a l u m n u s of

the V i e n n a S u m m e r S c h o o l p ro-

gram.

J u d g e s for the contes t we re a l so

Vienna S u m m e r School g radua te s

w h o were prev ious recipients of the

award .

T h e y inc luded Lori S c o b y ( ' 9 7 ) ,

Tom B a m b o r o u g h ( ' 8 3 ) and Eliza-

be th T r e m b l e y ( ' 85 ) .

S tuden t s interested in the Vienna

S u m m e r S c h o o l p r o g r a m shou ld

con tac t p rog ram d i rec to r S tephen

H e m e n w a y in the Engl i sh depar t -

ment .

T icke ts on sale f o r annua l C h r i s t m a s Vespers

Ticke t s for the annual H o p e Co l -

lege C h r i s t m a s V e s p e r s wi l l be

ava i lab le lo the publ ic on Saturday,

Nov. 2 0 beg inn ing at 9 a . m .

T icke t s will be sold at ihe Stu-

dent Union Desk in ihe DeWilt Cen-

ter for $5 each , wi th a l imit of fou r

l . ckc is pe r Rei joi i -

o rde r s will be accep ted , and t ickets

will nol be sold at the concer t .

Because the p e r f o r m a n c e tradi-

t i o n a l l y s e l l s ou t q u i c k l y , t h o s e

wish ing to buy t ickets are encour-

aged to d o so early.

Vespers p e r f o r m a n c e s will take

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4 : 3 0 p .m. , and 8 p .m. All per for -

m a n c e s will be he ld in D i m n e n t

M e m o r i a l C h a p e l . P a r t i c i p a t i n g

g r o u p s this yea r will inc lude the

H o p e C o l l e g e C h o r u s , C h a p e l

Choi r , and S y m p h o n e t t e and Brass

Women's Issues Organization holds "Sweating for a T-shirt*

a documentary film on the conditions of sweatshops

7 p.m. in the Otte Room of Phelps Hall

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Hakuna Mata ta . F r o m y o u r l is ten-

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S a n d r a . T i n a , a n d A n n i e : T h a n k s for y o u r love and suppor t over the

past 4 weeks . You guys m a k e see^

retaries! Love . Jenn i fe r and Cher i

B10: Fo r all the c rap you guys give

us, you k n o w there is no w h e r e e lse

we w o u l d ra ther go for our T .L .C . T h a n k s " w a l k i n g on a w h o l e lotta

egg she l l s" lately. B11

chi ld .

WTO is a l s o w o r k i n g wi th the

H o p e - G e n e v a Books to re manager ,

M a r k C o o k , to es tabl ish a code of

c o n d u c t for the peop le w h o make

the c lo th ing the books to re sells.

Tr inh said that c o m m o n suppl i -

ers for col lege logo apparel — c o m -

p a n i e s l i ke J a n s p o r t . G e a r , a n d

Nike , have been accused of unfa i r

work ing condi t ions .

Tr inh would also like to see Hope

b e c o m e invo lved in "Un i t ed S tu -

d e n t s A g a i n s t S w e a t s h o p s "

( U S A S ) , w h i c h b a n d s univers i t ies

toge ther as an independen t moni -

toring sys tem and e n c o u r a g e s c o m -

panies to publ i sh the names and lo-

ca t ions of manufac tu r e r s .

Th i s issue is one of impor t ance

to W I O because over 9 0 percent of

all workers in sweatshops are young

w o m e n .

" S t u d e n t s can d o their par t by

becoming educa ted first about what

swea t shops are and how they ef fec t

peop le , " said Rache l G a z d a ( ' 0 2 ) ,

a m e m b e r of W I O . " T h e y can sup-

por t p e o p l e on c a m p u s t r y i n g to

app roach the issue in a cons t ruct ive

way. educa t ing o thers and m a k i n g

them aware of s i tua t ions that e f f ec t

all of u s — we all wear c lo thes . "

W I O ' s work has a l so p rompted

the library to subscr ibe to " Z Maga -

z ine ." a r e source for l inks and di-

rec t ions for p e o p l e look ing to be

a w a r e and act ive on these issues.

S o m e say the best way to send

m e s s a g e s to c o m p a n i e s accused of

runn ing these swea t shops , c o m p a -

nies such as G a p . G u e s s . Nike , Old

N a v y and B a n a n a Repub l i c , is to

boycot t b u y i n g their p roduc ts . Ac -

cord ing to Tr inh . this is a m y t h .

B o y c o t t i n g m a y d e c r e a s e rev-

enue and put worke r s out of j o b s

lotally. It may a l so g ive the c o m -

pany reason to re locate the m a n u -

fac tur ing site to ano the r count ry or

city, instead of address ing the real

p rob lem.

" Ins tead of boyco t t i ng , exerc i se

your op in ions as a c o n s u m e r . " said

Trinh. "Cl ip off tags and labels, and

wri te a letter to the c o m p a n y voic-

ing y o u r op in ion . "

W I O urges s tuden t s to b e c o m e

k n o w l e d g e a b l e on these issues.

"Th i s is important to me because

I ca re about peop le , " G a z d a said,

" and you have n o idea wha t goes

on in those fac tor ies , but once you

get a g l impse you w o n ' t forget —

and you can on ly imagine the hor-

rors left unseen . "

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November I O, I 999 //* Anchor Sports

Swim, basketball teams ready for seasons i

Anchor p\r\oXo by Jen Bodine and Milestone

Flying Dutch hope youth will be served MIKE ZIUIDEMA

editor-in-chief

T h e Hope Co l l ege w o m e n ' s bas-

ketball l eam is be l l ing lhal you lh

and exper ience a r e n ' l l e rms lhal are

mutua l ly exc lus ive .

As ihe F ly ing D u l c h begin iheir

season , ihey will look lo return to

the N a t i o n a l T o u r n a m e n t f o r the

third s t ra ight yea r wi th on ly one

senior and two jun io r s on the ros-

ter.

T e a m c a p t a i n s L i s a H o e k s l r a

(*00), Kristin K o e n i g s k n e c h t ( ' 0 1 )

and A m y B r o w e r ( ' 0 1 ) lead a F ly -

ing Dutch leam that f in i shed last

season wi th a 207 overal l record ,

12-4 in c o n f e r e n c e .

" T h i n g s are l o o k i n g g o o d . W e

have a y o u n g t eam, a t eam with not

a whole lot of varsi ty exper ience ,

but with a lot of basketbal l exper i -

e n c e , " s a i d h e a d c o a c h B r i a n

Morehouse . "You canno t cons ide r

p layers l ike Laura P o p p e m a ( ' 0 2 )

and Becky S u t t o n ( ' 0 2 ) as tradi-

t ional s o p h o m o r e s w h o d i d n ' t play

as f r e s h m a n . "

P o p p e m a and Sut ton p layed ex-

tensively last season. Sut ton started

at point guard for the F ly ing Dutch ,

leading the team in ass is ts and be-

ing n a m e d an hono rab l e m e n t i o n

a l l - M i c h i g a n In te rco l l eg ia te A th -

letic Assoc ia t ion player. P o p p e m a

saw ex tens ive act ion a s a b a c k u p

post player.

" T h o s e t w o p layed cons ide rab le

minutes , " M o r e h o u s e said. " M a y b e

more s o than a lot of j un io r s in ou r

l eague ."

Whi le the team will be look ing

for c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m y o u n g e r

players , the F ly ing D u t c h will still

rely on the play of H o e k s l r a and

Koenigsknecht , a s Brower recovers

f r o m a knee injury.

Hoeks l r a was second on the team

in scor ing and r ebound ing , ave rag-

ing 12.1 point: and 4.9 b o a r d s per

g a m e . Koen igsknech t led the team

in r e b o u n d i n g at 9 .4 per g a m e , and

was third in scor ing at 10.2 points

pe r g a m e .

Hoeks l r a was n a m e d to the all-

M I A A f i r s t t e a m , w h i l e

K o e n i g s k n e c h t m a d e t he s e c o n d

t eam.

" O n e thing I ' v e said th is year is

that we w a n t lo beat t e a m s with our

d e p t h , " M o r e h o u s e s a id . " In es-

sence , w e wan t to have t w o start-

ing l ineups . We will play 10, 1 1 , 1 2

p layers in a g a m e . "

M o r e h o u s e e x p e c t s Ca lv in , De-

f i a n c e a n d A l m a lo p r o v i d e t he

toughes t cha l l enges in confe rence .

Calvin and De f i ance tied for the lop

mark in the M I A A , wh i l e H o p e fin-

ished third a year ago.

" T h e key lo the season is which

t e a m s c a n w i n on i h e r o a d , "

M o r e h o u s e said. "You have protect

your h o m e turf and win on the road.

I d o n ' t think there ' s a leam in the

l eague that will go unde fea t ed . "

H o p e will beg in its s ea son on

Nov. 19 at the Capi to l , O h i o Tour-

namen t . Capital e l iminated the Fly-

ing Dulch f r o m the Nat iona l Tour-

n a m e n t last year . H o p e will then

p lay A u r o r a , 111. on Nov. 2 3 a n d

N o r t h w e s t e r n , I o w a on Nov. 27.

" O u r non- league schedule will be

a g r e a t c h a l l e n g e f o r u s , "

M o r e h o u s e saiu. "We ' r e hoping that

by p l a y i n g a t o u g h n o n - l e a g u e

s c h e d u l e it will r eady us f o r ou r

l e a s u e schedu le . "

Swimmers look to dominate ANDREW KLECZEK

sports editor

Jason Harr i s ( ' 0 0 ) hur ls his body into cold wa te r

of the pool mos t m o r n i n g s at 6 a .m.

Even to dedica ted s w i m m e r s , Har r i s ' ac t ions are

a little ex t r eme .

" H e c o m e s b laz ing out of nowhere and t akes a

flying leap at the wa te r , " said Kevin Kirkpalr ick

( ' 00 ) . " H e ' s the mental break we need lo get go-

ing." Har r i s , K i rkpa l r i ck and the rest of the m e n ' s

s w i m m i n g and d i v i n g l eam h a v e been hu r l ing

themse lves into the pool s ince Sept . 20 . They re-

pea l the ritual f ive days a week , of ten twice a day.

T h e leam will put lhal pract ice into action as they

lake on Ol ivet lo begin their Mich igan Intercol le-

giate Athle t ic Assoc ia t ion schedule .

T h e t e a m ' s firsl real cha l lenge will c o m e agains t

league rival, K a l a m a z o o College, according lo head

coach John Patnott .

" I t ' s pretty m u c h as it has been for the past three

or fou r years ," Patnot t said. " K a l a m a z o o ' s men are

once again very, very g o o d . " So s t rong, he w a r n s

lhal his l eam may not be ready for Ka l amazoo , yet.

" W e probably fall beh ind K a l a m a z o o or are r ight

there with them. We have s o m e deve lop ing to do . "

T h e r ival ry b e t w e e n the t w o t e a m s is o n e of

mutual respect acco rd ing lo p layers and coaches .

" W e real ly d o respect their abi l i l ies . T h e mutual

respect we have for each other adds to the c o m -

pet i t iveness ," Kirkpal r ick said.

H o w e v e r , i t 's a r ivalry that K a l a m a z o o has go t -

ten t he b e l t e r o f t he pas t f o u r y e a r s . D e s p i t e

K a l a m a z o o ' s record they d idn ' t exact ly d o m i n a t e

Hope last year. T h e league c h a m p i o n s h i p had such

a c lose margin lhal if H o p e had finished first in an

event they f inished second in, they would have won.

" I l w a s c l o s e . Ve ry t i g h t t he w h o l e w a y , "

Kirkpal r ick said. " W e ' r e really psyched u p lo gel

that tu rn ing the o ther way."

O n e s t rength ove r last yea r looks lo be the m e n ' s

d iv ing l eam accord ing lo p layers and coaches .

"I think it 's a lot bet ter and a whole lot more fun , "

said C o d y S ta lema ( ' 02 ) .

W h i l e the men hope to be s t rong if they can gel

past the hurd le of K a l a m a z o o , the w o m e n are a d i f -

fe ren t story, as they once again look to d o m i n a t e

the league.

' i think il will be be tween Ca lv in and H o p e , "

Patnot t said.

T h e ou t look looks good for H o p e , a leam that

p l aced f i f th last yea r at the N C A A Div i s ion III

c h a m p i o n s h i p s .

" W e haven ' t lost anyone f r o m last yea r ' s t eam,"

said L l e n a D u r a n t e ( ' 0 0 ) . " W e ' v e o n l y g a i n e d

peop le and tha t ' s a p lus . "

Duran te a l so poin ts lo an increased work ethic in

pract ice as a key to the t e a m ' s p e r f o r m a n c e .

"Prac t ices have been a lot more in tense and that

will pay off in the long run this s ea son , " she said.

Desp i t e D u r a n l e ' s op t imi sm, Patnot t r ema ins a

little m o r e conse rva t ive .

"I think w e ' r e abou t the s a m e as last year , maybe

a little s t ronger . O u r dep th is not wha t I w o u l d l ike

il ," Patnot t said. " W e ' r e going to have lo have s o m e

s w i m m e r s d e v e l o p and t h e y ' r e w o r k i n g hard at do-

ing tha t . "

Pa tnot t po in ts to D u r a n t e , Co l leen Doyle ( ' 0 0 ) ,

Er inn Van Auken ( ' 00 ) and Betsy VandenBerg ( ' 01 )

a s s o m e of the t e a m ' s s t ronge r s w i m m e r s at this

point .

D i v i n g is ano the r s t rength as the t eam unexpec t -

ed ly gains ano the r yea r ou t of Kari Jackson ( ' 9 9 )

w h o re turned lo finish a s econd degree . Jackson

finished fifth at na t iona ls last year in the 1-meter

board . " W e have s t rength a n d dep th in d iv ing , " Pa tnol l

said.

Bo th the m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s s w i m m i n g and d iv-

ing t e a m ' s will be in action at h o m e on Saturday,

Nov. 2 0 agains t A l m a .

GREEKS from I this act ion.

" T h e ev idence s h o w s clearly lhal

the pol ic ies re la t ing to individual

and o rgan i za t i ona l c o n d u c t w e r e

violated," R e n n e r said. "Th i s act ion

was intended lo bring into focus this

par t icu la r inc iden t and the detr i -

mental a f fec t s these sorts of hap -

pen ings could cause . "

T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s will r e m a i n

s u s p e n d e d until the S h e r i f f ' s De-

par tment has f in ished their invest i-

gat ion, and the appropr ia te , if any,

judic ia l ac t ions are taken .

" T h e cha l l enge is until such l ime

that c r iminal charges are filed, we

d o n ' t k n o w wha t jud ic ia l a c t i ons

mus t be t aken , " R e n n e r said.

T h e D e l p h i s a n d F r a l e r s w e r e

suspended based on c o d e 18 of the

Handbook of Selected Col lege Poli-

cies . It s la tes that " W h e n state j u -

dicial act ion is pending, the Co l l ege

may take discipl inary action if to d o

so appea r s in the best interest of the

Co l l ege c o m m u n i t y . "

T h e policy a l so states lhal indi-

viduals will be held accountable for

their own act ions. The possibi l i ty

for personal cr iminal cha rges still

remains , Renner said.

T h e cha rges that could be filed

d e p e n d s on t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e

Al legan C o u n t y invest igat ion.

" T h e l e a d e r s h i p in p a r t i c u l a r

want to swif t ly put this behind them

to reinstate the good reputat ion they

have e n j o y e d for many , m a n y years

on this c a m p u s , " Renner said.

B o t h F r o s t a n d t he A l l e g a n

Coun ty S h e r i f f ' s Depa r tmen t we re

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F R O M T H E S T A N D S

Andrew Kleczek

Winter wish list Willi ihc increas ing c o m m c r -

cia l izal ion of ho l idays ils l ime

for all C h r i s l m a s o b s e r v i n g

indiv iduals lo gel a head s i a n

on ihcir lellers lo Sania .

As spoi ls ed i lor of t he

Anchor . I look ihe inil ial ive and

wrole one on behal f of all H o p e

sporis fans .

Dear Sanla ,

I k n o w you d o n ' l I radi l ion-

ally work m u c h unlil C h r i s l m a s

Eve , bui here are a f e w reques l s

f rom all of us (hat b leed o r a n g e

and b lue lhal w e ' d l ike you lo

siarl on a lillle early.

For ihe m e n ' s baske tba l l

season all I wan l is:

• G l e n n Van W i e r e n ' s

"S t r iv ing for S i x " s c reensave r

lo b e c o m e a reali ly (s ixth

consecu t ive c o n f e r e n c e title).

• A trip lo the N C A A

Divis ion III c h a m p i o n s h i p in

Virginia.

• T w o a l l - M I A A first l e a m e r s

• O n e a l l -Amer i ca

• S o m e o n e to step up and fill

the large shoes lef t by Pat

S t e g e m e n ( ' 9 9 ) and Chr i s

VanderSl ice ( ' 99 ) .

• A realist ic p roposa l f o r an

Area Cente r , where the F ly ing

D u t c h m e n cou ld host p l ayo f f

g a m e s in u p c o m i n g seasons .

They c a n ' t current ly hold them

at the ag ing C iv ic Center .

• Cons i s t ency . Las t y e a r ' s

s tory l ine of they win , they lose,

they win w a s a little t raumat ic

on s o m e ha rdcore fans .

W o m e n ' s baske tba l l jus t got

off ano the r good season , and I

think ils t ime they gel a few

rewards like:

• A third consecu t i ve bir th in

the N C A A tou rnamen t , w h e r e

they ' l l a v e n g e last y e a r ' s first

round loss to Capi ta l Univers i ty

a n d m a k e a run at the Swee t

Sixteen and poss ib ly b e y o n d .

• Fo r Lisa H o e k s t r a ( ' 0 0 ) lo

repeal as a m e m b e r of the all-

M I A A first t eam and for Kris t in

K o e n i g s k n e c h t (%01) ( a l l - M I A A

second team last year) lo jo in

her.

• Ano the r 20 win season .

• Beat Ca lv in . Beat Ca lv in .

Bea t Ca lv in .

• T h e t e a m ' s first M I A A title

s ince 1995.

• Did I men t ion beat Ca lv in?

Josh B o s s ( ' 0 2 ) and the rest

of the m e n ' s s w i m team have a

tall o rde r ahead of t hem in

K a l a m a z o o , but he r e ' s a few

th ings I ' d like to see on their

road to the Divis ion III

C h a m p i o n s h i p s in At lanta , Ga .

• D o m i n a t i n g Re lays : the

200 and 4 0 0 med ley r e l ays

were in the top f ive nat ional ly

last year. Le t ' s see t hem lake

h o m e s o m e h a r d w a r e this year.

• For ano the r year of in tense

r ivalry with K a l a m a z o o , but

this yea r the F ly ing D u t c h m e n

win the l eague .

• A c o u p l e more all-

A m e r i c a s w o u l d be nice.

• Fans . Has a n y o n e read ing

this actual ly been to a s w i m

m e e t ?

T h e w o m e n ' s t eam will no

d o u b t con tend for one of the

(if not the) top spo t s in the

M I A A . H e r e ' s this y e a r ' s wish

list for t hem:

• Tha t team capta in L lena

Duran te ( ' 0 0 ) return lo

s o p h o m o r e season fo rm and

f in i shes in the top three

na t iona l ly in the 100 but terf ly .

• A f t e r last yea r ' s f i f th p lace

nat ional f in ish , le t ' s see the

t hem break the barr ier and win

a m e d a l this year.

• Work e th ic to gel th rough

the tough s econd half of the

season .

• C o n t i n u e record s t reak of

w i n n i n g in dua l mee ts .

Yes, San ta this is a lot to ask

for , espec ia l ly s ince s o m e of us

have been naughty . But s o m e

h a v e been nice.

Yours Truly,

A n d r e w Kleczek

A n c h o r Spo r i s Ed i to r

Anchor photo by Beth Bailey

P U XT ING O N THE M OV E S: Hope Hockey player Issac Tarn ('01) cuts through the Central Michigan University defense Friday. The Flying Dutchmen lost the game 7-2 hut rebounded to beat Calvin, Saturday night, 3-1. Mike Alt ('01) scored two goals against Calvin, and Eric Terpstra ('03) scored another. It was the first time in the team's four year history that they defeated Calvin. Hope takes on MOT Community College at home Friday, Nov. 12.

SOUP from I

b o w l s in ten m i n u t e s , bu t o t h e r

t imes I only f inish f ive in one hour ,"

Ferguson said. "It jus t depends h o w

concent ra ted I a m . "

All p roceeds f r o m the fundra i se r

will g o t oward the p u r c h a s e of a

refr igerator , s tove and m i c r o w a v e

for a s ingle mo the r in the Hol land

c o m m u n i t y .

Phe lps Ca te r ing will p rov ide the

soup, and s tudent volunteers will be

se rv ing at the dinner .

S t u d e n t m u s i c i a n s a n d p o e t r y

readers will p e r f o r m throughout the

even ing .

CENTER from I

"1 thought it was an abso lu te ly

a w e s o m e idea f r o m the first t ime I

h e a r d a b o u t i t , " s a i d T r a c y

S u m m e r e r ( ' 01) , w h o will be p lay-

ing the harp .

F e r g u s o n a g r e e s tha t t h e r e i s

m u c h to b e done to help the c o m -

muni ty .

"I think there ' s a real need in th is

c o m m u n i t y . Th i s is a g o o d way to

m a k e s tuden t s aware , and to m a k e

an impac t , " she said.

T h e p rocess has b rought he r to a

po in t of real izat ion that she n e e d s

to d e p e n d on G o d for eve ry th ing .

"I total ly feel this project is abou t

G o d , " Fe rguson said.

O t h e r s tuden t s have he lped with

the p l ann ing of the event .

" I d e f i n i t e l y w a s n ' t s u r p r i s e d

w h e n I f i r s t h e a r d a b o u t T a n a ' s

idea , " sa id Er in H o o p e s ( 402), w h o

he lped in o rgan iz ing the food. " S h e

is s o m e o n e w h o ' s very consc ious

of the n e e d s of the c o m m u n i t y . "

F e r g u s o n i s n ' t s u r e if s h e will

m a k e th is an annua l even t .

"I cou ld see myse l f do ing another

fundra i se r s o m e t i m e , but def in i te ly

not by m y s e l f , " Ferguson said.

" W e d i d n ' t pay a n y t h i n g , " sa id

Bill A n d e r s o n , V ice -P re s iden t o f

Bus ines s and F inance . " W e d i d n ' t

wan t to start [ fund rais ing] until we

k n e w the vo te had pas sed . "

T h e Area Cente r , w h i c h w o u l d

have been located on the co rne r of

S ix th Street and C o l l e g e Avenue ,

was to inc lude a 5 ,000-sea t mult i -

p u r p o s e a rena and an ou tdoo r ice

rink.

Fo r the past 4 0 years , the baske t -

ball t eam has p layed at the C iv i c

Cen te r , w h i c h w a s built in 1954,

and d o e s n ' t have a regula t ion sized

cour t . Consequen t ly , m e n ' s baske t -

ball is not able to host playoff games

there .

" T h e co l lege will have to m a k e

p lans for its own athlet ic facili ty in

the f u t u r e , " sa id G r e g M a y b e r r y ,

d i rec tor of opera t ions .

A l ready H o p e is hav ing discus-

s i o n s on o t h e r a l t e r n a t i v e s ,

M a y b e r r y said. On Nov. 11 facul ty ,

s t u d e n t s a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s wi l l

mee t lo sea rch for o ther opt ions .

Cur ren t ly H o p e has p lans for a

n e w s c i e n c e bu i l d ing and a n e w

a c a d e m i c / d a n c e bu i ld ing , s o th is

type of a faci l i ty would c o m e third

or four th on H o p e ' s pr ior i ty list, he

said.

A n o t h e r p r o b l e m is that H o p e

d o e s n ' t have the land to bui ld any

new bui ld ings on .

" W e ' r e obvious ly d i s appo in t ed , "

A n d e r s o n said. "Bu t w e cer ta in ly

w o u l d n ' t b a r e any a n i m o s i t y to-

w a r d s the c o m m u n i t y . "

In the past , Hope C o l l e g e and the

c o m m u n i t y have t e a m e d up a n u m -

ber of t imes .

O n e of the largest p ro jec t s was

the Hol land Munic ipa l S t ad ium. In

the 1970s the federa l g o v e r n m e n t

of fered the city a grant of $ 100,000.

H o p e o f f e r e d t h e c o m m u n i t y a

ma tch ing grant , and the land on the

s o u t h e r n m o s t s i d e of t he f i e ld .

H o p e h a s p l a y e d f o o t b a l l g a m e s

here s ince 1980.

T h e Van Raa l te C o m m o n s , next

to the chape l , are ano the r e x a m p l e

of a j o i n t coopera t ion .

In 1980, the ci ty gave the street

that ran th rough c a m p u s b e t w e e n

Dewi t t and Scott Hal l , 12lh Street ,

to the co l lege , a l though it still had

lo remain open to e m e r g e n c y ve-

hicles .

" T h e city a b a n d o n e d the street to

a l low the co l lege lo crea te the Van

Raal te C o m m o n s , " R e n n e r said.

T h e city a l so a b a n d o n e d half of

G r a v e s Place w h e n Van Wylan Li-

brary was built .

H o p e has a l so he lped the c o m -

muni ty with d o w n t o w n Hol land .

"The Knickerbocker was given to

us, but it n e e d e d a lot of w o r k , "

R e n n e r said. " T h e co l lege has been

a real key p layer in the revi tal iza-

tion of d o w n t o w n . "

T h e A r e a C e n t e r cou ld have held

a lo t o f e v e n t s t h a t t he c o l l e g e

d o e s n ' t have adequa te facil i t ies for,

s u c h a s s t u d e n t - b o d y c o n c e r t s ,

R e n n e r sa id . T h e co l l ege d o e s n ' t

have a p lace that would hold 1,000-

1,500 people , a n d ou tdoor even ts

are a l w a y s sub j ec t to the weather .

" P e o p l e are still get t ing ove r the

fac t tha t th is did not pass , " R e n n e r

said.

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THURSDAYS - DJ Dance Party Cheap drinks, funny contests, $2.00 special, no cover, and

$1 drafts and $2 well drinks: 10:30-11:30 p.m.

THIS FRIDAY - Third Coast Reggae

THIS SATURDAY - D J Dance Party

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