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A n c h o r V O L . 1 2 4
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FEBRUARY 23, 2011 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN DEO*
Dew Crew White-Out
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DEW C R E W DRESSES UP— Hope College men's basketball fans sported white T-shirts In the Feb. 16 game against Albion. Hope's 11-game winning streak was narrowly broken as Hope fell 78-76 In overtime. However, the Dutchmen hold the MIAA t i t le going Into tour-nament play this week. The Flying Dutch also secured a share of Its fourth consecutive
MIAA regular season championship.
Stand Up event fosters discussion Meagan Dodge GUEST W R I T E R
H u n d r e d s t u r n e d ou t fo r
S t a n d U p e v e n t s Feb. 9 in v a r i o u s
loca t ions ac ross c a m p u s .
T h e idea of S tand U p b e g a n
fall semes te r . D e a n R icha rd Frost
a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o r s w a n t e d t o
o p e n d i scuss ion a b o u t racial
c o m m e n t s a n d act ivi t ies t h a t
h a d o c c u r e d o n c a m p u s .
S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s a n d t h e
a d m i n i s t r a t o r s w o r k e d h a r d t o
t ry a n d c o m e u p w i t h a c o n c e p t
t h a t w o u l d allow s t u d e n t s to b e
able t o exp re s s h o w t h e y feel a n d
t o talk a b o u t t h e s e issues.
T h e c a m p u s n e e d e d a n e v e n t
tha t w o u l d a t t r a c t s t u d e n t s '
a t t e n t i o n so t h e y c o u l d s t o p a n d
no t i ce w h a t is go ing on . S t u d e n t
C o n g r e s s w a n t e d to b r i n g p e o p l e
in t o fac i l i ta te conve r sa t i ons , n o t
l ec tures , ac ross c a m p u s .
I n f o r m a l c o n v e r s a t i o n s
o c c u r r e d in Phe lps a n d C o o k
d i n i n g halls, t h e C u p a n d
C h a u c e r a n d a c o m m u n i t y
f o r u m for sp i r i tua l r e f l ec t ion
a n d s t u d e n t r e s p o n s e cal led
H o p e for H a r m o n y .
W h e n rac i s t p o s t e r s w e r e
p laced in Kollen a week b e f o r e
S t a n d U p c o n v e r s a t i o n s w e r e
s c h e d u l e d , t h e y b e c a m e a
b less ing in disguise . S t a n d U p
b e c a m e a m u c h larger e v e n t
b e c a u s e t h e r e was , "A t ang ib le
p iece of e v i d e n c e t h a t got
s t u d e n t s ' a t ten t ion ," said Katie
Sawyer ( '11) p r e s i d e n t of S t u d e n t
C o n g r e s s .
C o n v e r s a t i o n s a re n o w
o c c u r r i n g in t h e c l a s s r o o m ,
Kletz a n d d o r m s w h e r e t h i s m a y
no t have h a p p e n e d be fo re . Stanc
U p t o o k o n a d i f f e ren t ro le a f t e r
t h e p o s t e r s w e r e p l aced . S t u d e n t
C o n g r e s s a n d a n e n c o u n t e r w i t h
c u l t u r e s class, w h i c h w a s qu i te
diverse, h a d a -great l e a r n i n g
see Stand Upy page 2
HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND, MICHIGAN
Ready for Life provides new opportunities Aleesa Ribbons GUEST W R I T E R
T r u e f r i e n d s h i p s a re a b o u t
give a n d take. They a re t h e
f o r m a t i o n of a b o n d b e t w e e n t w o
ind iv idua l s w h o d e c i d e to walk
s ide by s ide t o g e t h e r t h r o u g h life
as equa l p a r t n e r s .
A u n i q u e a s p e c t of H o p e
College 's c a m p u s is tha t it h o u s e s
Ready fo r Life, a p r o g r a m t h a t
a i m s to give cogni t ive ly i m p a i r e d
s t u d e n t s a col lege e x p e r i e n c e
t h a t e n c o m p a s s e s t h e m in a n
inclus ive se t t ing .
A c c o r d i n g t o Emily P e r t o n ,
t h e sole t e a c h e r fo r Ready
for Life, m a n y s t u d e n t s w i t h
cogni t ive i m p a i r m e n t s a re in
inclus ive s e t t i ngs t h r o u g h o u t
t h e i r lives unt i l t h e y g r a d u a t e
f r o m h igh schoo l . This p r o g r a m
w a s d e s i g n e d for t h e s t u d e n t s t o
c o n t i n u e b e i n g in a n inclus ive
s e t t i ng w i t h the i r p e e r s a f t e r
g r a d u a t i o n .
Ready fo r Life b e g a n f o u r yea r s
ago a n d is c u r r e n t l y p r o v i d i n g
six s t u d e n t s w i t h a m i x of b o t h
Ready For Life classes a n d H o p e
Col lege c lasses over t h e c o u r s e
of a four - t o - six year e d u c a t i o n .
T h e Ready fo r Life c lasses
f o c u s o n he lp ing t h e s t u d e n t s
l e a rn skills to b o t h live as adu l t s
a n d e n g a g e in society, whi le t h e
H o p e Col lege c lasses give t h e
s t u d e n t s a n academica l ly b a s e d
e d u c a t i o n . H e a l t h d y n a m i c s ,
e n c o u n t e r wi th cu l tu re s , dance .
a r t a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s classes
a r e p o p u l a r w i t h Ready for Life
s t u d e n t s .
W h i l e t h e s t u d e n t s m a y n o t b e
receiving col lege c red i t , t h e y a re
able to expe r i ence b o t h t h e socia l
a n d l e a r n i n g a s p e c t s of college.
P e r t o n exp la ined tha t she w o r k s
to a d a p t t h e c u r r i c u l u m s of t h e
classes s t u d e n t s t ake so t h e y a re
ab le t o get t h e m o s t ou t of w h a t
t h e y a re do ing .
"They still do the s a m e
th ings as t h e res t of t h e college
s t u d e n t s , jus t in a d i f f e ren t
manner ," P e r t o n said.
A l o n g w i t h t ak ing classes .
Ready fo r Life s t u d e n t s will
have j o b p l a c e m e n t s w i t h i n t h e
H o l l a n d c o m m u n i t y w h e n t h e y
get f u r t h e r in to the p r o g r a m .
P e r t o n , l ooks a t he r s t u d e n t s '
in te res t s a n d t r ies to t a p in to
p laces t h a t have t h e po ten t i a l
t o t u r n i n t o a j o b a f t e r a s t u d e n t
is f in i shed w i t h Ready fo r Life.
S t u d e n t s a re cu r r en t ly w o r k i n g
at F r e e d o m Village, t h r i f t s to res
a n d h e l p i n g w i t h m a i n t e n a n c e
w o r k at a local c h u r c h .
T h e p r o g r a m w o r k s t o
e m p o w e r s t u d e n t s in the i r
eve ryday lives. T h e y a re
r e spons ib l e fo r nav iga t ing
c a m p u s a n d a t t e n d i n g c lasses o n
the i r own , a n d t h e y have a h a n d
in b o t h c h o o s i n g a n d ge t t ing
i n t o t h e classes tha t t h e y w a n t .
see Ready, page 2
Andrew Le reflects on race relations on Hope's campus Elena Rivera SENIOR STAFF W R I T E R
O u r lives a r e s h a p e d by
t h e p e o p l e tha t s u r r o u n d us .
W h e t h e r g o o d o r bad , s imilar
o r d i f fe ren t , consc ious ly o r
unconsc ious ly , eve ry i n t e r a c t i o n
w e have in a day a f fec t s us . S o m e
a c t i o n s have little r epe rcus s ions ,
like a r r iv ing five m i n u t e s late
t o class a n d mis s ing a p a r t of
l ec ture , a n d o t h e r ac t ions have
large r e p e r c u s s i o n s , exempl i f i ed
by t h e flyer p o s t e d in Kollen a
c o u p l e w e e k s ago.
This s ingu la r a c t i on h a s
s p a r k e d a c a m p u s - w i d e
d i s cus s ion of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a n d
t h e ro le it plays in o u r eve ryday
lives.
Recent ly I h a d t h e pr ivi lege
of t a lk ing to m u s i c facu l ty
m e m b e r A n d r e w Le. W e
cand id ly d i s c u s s e d t h e i ssues o n
c a m p u s , t h e u n i q u e p e r s p e c t i v e
he b r i n g s t o t h e i n c i d e n t a n d
t h e i m p o r t a n c e of r e m e m b e r i n g
G o d ' s love a n d fo rg iveness fo r
all. It is a r a r e a n d w o n d e r f u l
o p p o r t u n i t y t o s p e a k to a facu l ty
m e m b e r as a n equal .
In his office, w e w e r e no t
s t u d e n t a n d t eacher , bu t r a t h e r
t w o p e o p l e t ry ing t o c o m e t o
t e r m s w i t h t h e t r a u m a t i c e v e n t s
tha t h a d a f f ec t ed u s b o t h in
s imi la r ways. A l t h o u g h 1 h a d
n e v e r m e t A n d r e w Le be fore ,
1 f o u n d h i m to be r e f r e s h i n g
a n d ins igh t fu l , exact ly w h a t a
p ro fe s so r at H o p e s h o u l d be.
Le sa id w h e n h e first h e a r d of
t h e even t s , "I 'm really s u r p r i s e d
a n d s h o c k e d s o m e t h i n g like th is
w o u l d h a p p e n o n th is c a m p u s , of
all places . I 've a lways c h e r i s h e d
t h e s t u d e n t b o d y he re as be ing
t h e m o s t o p e n - m i n d e d , m o s t
a c c e p t i n g a n d loving g r o u p of
s t u d e n t s I have ever w o r k e d
w i t h in m y life. I really t ake p r ide
in tha t [fact]. 1 tell p e o p l e t h a t
w h e r e v e r I go." Th i s issue s t i r r e d
u p a lot of p e r s o n a l a n d d e e p -
r o o t e d feel ings fo r Le.
O n e of t h e first t h i n g s Le
b r o u g h t u p w a s h is first-hand
k n o w l e d g e of t h e s u b j e c t of
r ac i sm. H e said, " [The inc iden t
in Kollen) pa r t i cu la r ly s t ruck
a n e r v e w i t h m e b e c a u s e m y
job b e f o r e [Hope] w a s at a ve ry
smal l college in t h e D e e p S o u t h .
I w a s t h e on ly As ian p e r s o n
[ there] for a g o o d h u n d r e d
s q u a r e m i l e s . . . a n d peop le d idn ' t
he s i t a t e t o let m e k n o w tha t . I
w a s s t a r ed a t w h e r e v e r I w e n t ,
n o m a t t e r if it w a s o n c a m p u s o r
off c a m p u s . You jus t k n o w w h e n
you get a look tha t says clearly:
' I 'm a f ra id of y o u b e c a u s e you ' re
different . ' I wou ld get heck led at
t h e gas s t a t ion ; m y ca r w o u l d get
egged w h e n I w a s d r iv ing d o w n
t h e s t ree t ; s o m e kids once t h r e w
bee r cans at m y head , yel l ing
racial s lurs at me. I dea l t wi th
t h i s fo r a year."
Le also ta lked a b o u t h i s first
expe r i ence w i t h r ac i sm, w h e n h e
w a s a b o u t 7 yea r s old. A s a kid
h e loved t o sw im, a n d his f r i e n d
d o w n t h e s t r ee t h a d a s w i m m i n g
pool . O n e day b e f o r e schoo l , Le
asked t h e boy if h e cou ld c o m e
over to s w i m in h is poo l . T h e
boy to ld h i m h e wou ld ask his
p a r e n t s . T h e n e x t day t h e boy
r e c o u n t e d t o Le tha t h i s p a r e n t s
d idn ' t w a n t a n y o n e w h o w a s no t
wh i t e s w i m m i n g in the i r pool .
see Andrew Le, page 2
W H A T ' S I N S I D E
N A T I O N A L 3 V O I C E S 8
A R T S 5 SPORTS 1 1
Ringleaders- Performing arts group puts on circus show in DeWitt.
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Runners-Up- Hope Swim teams place second at MIAA champion-ship.
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2 T H E A N C H O R CAMPUS FEBRUARY 2 3 , 2 0 1 1
T H I S W E E K AT H O P E
Wednesday Feb. 23 Hope Wind Ensemble 7:30 p.m., D lmnent Memor ia l Center
Thursday Feb. 24 Peace Corps Presentation 12 :00 p.m.. Mass conference room
Friday Feb. 25 SAC presents Comedienne Erin Jackson 8:30 p.m., Kletz
I N B R I E F
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR
On Saturday, Feb. 26 Hope
Col lege wil l host the annual
international food fair in the M a s s
Center audi tor ium. T h e event will
take place from 6 to 8 p .m. and
the event is open to the general
publ ic .
T h e event , sponsored by
Hope ' s international s tudents, has
been taking place fo r m o r e than
25 years . It a ims to he lp others
ce lebrate and exper ience the
cuis ine and cul ture o f the m a n y
na t ions represented in the H o p e
student body.
Dur ing the event , s tudents w h o
have personal ly prepared dishes
will present these dishes whi le
dressed in the tradit ional attire of
their homelands . Initial admiss ion
is $5 with addit ional t ickets for
m e a l s cost ing $0 .50
Ready for Life program seeks student mentors • Ready, f rom page 1
P e r t o n s a i d g a i n i n g i n d e p e n d e n c e
is t h e biggest d e v e l o p m e n t she
h a s seen in h e r s t u d e n t s , w h i c h
she bel ieves is a t t r i b u t e d to t h e
i nc lu s ion pa r t of t h e p r o g r a m .
"It's b e c a u s e t h e y w a t c h the i r
f r i e n d s [at H o p e ] d o it h e r e a n d
r i se t o the s a m e level. It gives
t h e m p r i d e a n d t h e sense of
a c c o m p l i s h m e n t to be d o i n g t h e
s a m e t h i n g s (as the i r f r iends] ,"
P e r t o n said.
Overa l l , t h e Ready for Life
p r o g r a m has r ece ived a pos i t ive
r e s p o n s e f r o m t h e H o p e Col lege
c o m m u n i t y . It is benef ic ia l t o
have o n H o p e ' s c a m p u s b e c a u s e ,
as P e r t o n said, it " t eaches us t h a t
it s O K to have i n t e r a c t i o n s w i t h
peop le w h o a re d i f f e ren t t h a n
us a n d he lps us learn to really
inc lude t h e m in eve ryday life.
By hav ing t h e m in t h e c l a s s r o o m
and having t h e m o n c a m p u s
a n d in chape l w e s t a r t to b r e a k
d o w n walls a n d bui ld t r u e
f r iendships ."
S t u d e n t s w h o a re i n t e r e s t e d in
ge t t ing involved w i t h t h e Ready
fo r Life p r o g r a m a r e e n c o u r a g e d
to b e c o m e a m e n t o r for t h e
s t u d e n t s . " W e n e e d mentors , "
s t r e s sed P e r t o n , " b e c a u s e t h e r e
a re six ( s tudents ) a n d on ly o n e of
m e a n d I c a n n o t be e v e r y w h e r e .
I (would like] th is p r o g r a m to
g r o w a n d a m always look ing fo r
H o p e Col lege s t u d e n t s t o c o m e
a n d walk a longs ide m e a n d he lp
them."
S o p h o m o r e C h a s Sloan ( '13)
said t h a t he b e c a m e a m e n t o r
t h i s s e m e s t e r a f t e r ge t t i ng t o
k n o w s o m e of t h e Ready for Life
s t u d e n t s t h r o u g h i n t e r a c t i o n s
wi th t h e m a r o u n d c a m p u s . "It
h a s b e e n very rewarding ," said
S loan . "It is s o m e t h i n g t h a t I
look f o r w a r d to, a n d it really jus t
b r i g h t e n s m y day."
M e n t o r s a r e n e e d e d b o t h
academica l ly a n d socially.
A c a d e m i c a l l y t h e y a re n e e d e d
t o b o t h he lp t h e Ready fo r Life
s t u d e n t s w i t h the i r h o m e w o r k
o u t s i d e of class a n d to he lp t h e m
in t h e i r classes, ass is t ing t h e m
wi th n o t e - t a k i n g a n d g r o u p
Le shares stories from his childhood • Andrew Le, f rom page 1
C o n f u s e d , Le w e n t to h i s
p a r e n t s a n d a s k e d t h e m w h a t
t h e b o y h a d m e a n t . Th i s w a s
Le's first e x p e r i e n c e w i t h t h e
c o n c e p t of r ac i sm, a n d h e said
it o p e n e d h is eyes t o t h e evil of
r a c i s m in t h e wor ld . H e c a u t i o n s
aga ins t t h e t h i n k i n g t h a t r ac i sm
is " c o n q u e r e d " o r "dead," b e c a u s e
it is still a ve ry real fo rce , n o t
on ly in t h e D e e p S o u t h bu t all
o v e r t h e c o u n t r y .
A l t h o u g h he has h a d
va r ious nega t ive e x p e r i e n c e s
a s soc i a t ed w i t h r ac i sm, he s p o k e
pass iona te ly a b o u t f i n d i n g t h e
a n s w e r to dea l ing wi th t h e s e
p r o b l e m s in t h e Bible.
H e said, " O n e of t h e m a i n
t e n a n t s of C h r i s t i a n i t y is no t
on ly t h a t w e a re all c r e a t e d
equa l ly in G o d s image , bu t t h a t
w e a re all s i n n e r s saved by grace .
T h a t s imply m e a n s t h a t I a m no
m o r e o r no less a s i n n e r t h a n
y o u are. T h e m o m e n t w e fo rge t
tha t , t h e m o m e n t w e fo rge t t o
see t h a t is t h e m o m e n t tha t w e
s t a r t to look d o w n o n p e o p l e of
o t h e r races a n d cul tures ."
H e gave m a n y e x a m p l e s of
Jesus ' love a n d Jesus ' call to
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U i Andrew Le
love all peop le . A l t h o u g h he is
s a d d e n e d by t h e i nc iden t , he has
h o p e for t h e f u t u r e .
"I h o p e t h a t t h e s t u d e n t
b o d y a n d t h e facu l ty c a n c o m e
t o g e t h e r a n d f ind a peace fu l way
to rec t i fy th is s i tuat ion," Lee said.
I don ' t w a n t th is so r t of i n c i d e n t
to fos ter a n y m o r e (ill will] in
t h e c o m m u n i t y . I just h o p e w e
c a n find a w a y to l e a rn f r o m
th is . U l t ima te ly I just h o p e t h a t
t h e p e o p l e r e s p o n s i b l e for t h a t
a c t i on c o m e to rea l ize tha t t h e y
n e e d a p a r a d i g m shi f t in the i r
t h i n k i n g . Even if p e o p l e t h o u g h t
it w a s go ing to be funny , [ they
n e e d t o real ize] t he re ' s no t i m e
o r p lace fo r t h a t k i n d of behavior ,
espec ia l ly h e r e at Hope."
H e spoke highly of Hope ' s
s t u d e n t s a n d faculty, say ing
aga in tha t he w a s p r o u d t o be
a p r o f e s s o r at t h e col lege a n d
p r o u d of h i s s t u d e n t s . A l t h o u g h
t h i s i nc iden t t o o k place, he is
c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h e col lege a n d
t h e s t u d e n t s will w o r k t irelessly
t o p r e v e n t s u c h t h i n g s f r o m
o c c u r r i n g again.
Le is o n e e x a m p l e of t h e
e m o t i o n a l r e s o n a n c e ac t s of
d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a n d r ac i sm have
o n a p e r s o n . These s eeming ly
h u m o r o u s a n d i n c o n s e q u e n t i a l
a c t i o n s c a n c h a n g e t h e c o u r s e of
a pe r son ' s life, a n d it is i m p o r t a n t
t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e gravity a n d
s e r i o u s n e s s of t h e s i tua t ion . It
is a lso key to r e m e m b e r tha t a
Chr i s t i an ' s h ighes t a n d m o s t
di f f icul t ca l l ing is to love a n d
forg ive t h o s e w h o w r o n g t h e m .
E m b r a c i n g t h e s e cha l l eng ing
p r inc ip les , t h e s t u d e n t s a n d
facu l ty of H o p e c o n t i n u e
o n t o w a r d s t h e f u t u r e w i t h
opt imisrQ a n d s t r eng th .
p r o j e c t s . Socially, m e n t o r s
a r e n e e d e d t o ea t lunch , go t o
c h a p e l a n d play g a m e s wi th t h e
s t u d e n t s .
T h r o u g h t h e m e n t o r i n g a spec t
of Ready fo r Life, Sloan n o t e d
t h a t he h a s c o m e to "cons ider
e v e r y o n e of t h e Ready fo r Life
s t u d e n t s to be o n e of m y f r i ends .
I see t h e m a r o u n d c a m p u s ,
a n d I feel real ly h o n o r e d to be
s o m e b o d y w h o c a n call t h e m m y
f r i e n d s .
They have b e c o m e t r u e
f r i e n d s h i p s w h e r e t h e r e is give
a n d t a k e r a t h e r t h a n jus t give.
[Ready fo r Life] is s o m e t h i n g
t h a t n o t on ly b e n e f i t s me, it is
s o m e t h i n g tha t I really enjoy."
Stand Up events held around campus • Stand Up, f rom page 1
e x p e r i e n c e a n d r e s t r u c t u r e d t h e
day to fit a r o u n d p e o p l e w h o
n e e d e d a n ou t l e t .
T h e S t a n d U p c o n v e r s a t i o n s
w e r e led by s t u d e n t s w i t h a
var ie ty of d i f f e ren t b a c k g r o u n d s .
Q u e s t i o n s w e r e asked s u c h as:
W h a t d o w e d o t o S tand U p
everyday? W h y d o you th ink t h e
p o s t e r s c a m e as a s h o c k ? H o w
d o w e o p e n people ' s m i n d s ?
H o w do w e m o v e f o r w a r d f r o m
th is po in t ?
" W e all have to be he ld
a c c o u n t a b l e a n d i n c o r p o r a t e
S t a n d i n g U p i n t o o u r dai ly lives.
It m u s t s ta r t o n a p e r s o n a l level
b e f o r e it c a n b e s p r e a d to help
o t h e r s t o grow," M e a g a n J o h n s o n
( '12) said.
O t h e r w a y s t o S t a n d U p o n a
dai ly bas is m i g h t be to r e f u s e to
l augh at a f r i end ' s rac is t j oke a n d
i n f o r m t h e m it is no t funny . A s a
c a m p u s w e s h o u l d s t e p o u t s i d e
o u r c o m f o r t z o n e s a n d be a w a r e
of t h e d i f f e ren t d y n a m i c s t h a t
o c c u r e v e r y w h e r e w e go.
So h o w s h o u l d t h e s t u d e n t
b o d y m o v e f o r w a r d ? Divers i ty
is t h e f u t u r e a n d w e have to
o v e r c o m e t h e s e i ssues a n d
b e c o m e m o r e of a global village;
it is n o t an o p t i o n .
W e s h o u l d no t on ly talk wi th
a p e r s o n w h o has t h e s a m e
v i e w p o i n t s as ou r se lves bu t talk
t o s o m e b o d y who. has a d i f f e ren t
o p i n i o n t h a n you.
"Bullying, jokes , and.
[ c o m m e n t s on] sexual
o r i e n t a t i o n h a p p e n to all peop le ,
it is no t just a racial t h ing , a n d
it is no t just o n Hope ' s c a m p u s .
People a re h a r a s s e d in the i r
eve ryday lives a n d o n o t h e r
c a m p u s e s . C h a n g e s n e e d t o be
m a d e a n d p e o p l e n e e d to be
will ing to m a k e t h o s e changes ,"
Sawyer said.
W e a i r n e e d to ask ou r se lves
everyday, " W h a t d o I n e e d to d o
to S tand Up?"
FEBRUARY 2 3 , 2 0 1 1 NATIONAL T H E A N C H O R 3
House passes $60 billion spending cut bill Matthew Lee CO-NATIONAL EDITOR
Early Saturday the U.S. H o u s e
of Representa t ives passed a giant
gove rnmen t -wide spend ing bill.
The bill r epor t ed ly c o m b i n e s $60
billion in Republ ican spend ing
c u t s with addi t ional legislative
r iders to h a m p e r Pres ident
Barack O b a m a in ca r ry ing o u t
his policies. Politico r e p o r t s that the final
vote coun t was 235-189, and it
c ame to an end early Saturday,
end ing the al l-night session
and capping a m a r a t h o n week
of legislation in which literally
h u n d r e d s of a m e n d m e n t s were
deba ted .
The bill's passage could b e a
costly m o v e for the Republ ican
party. In order to concil iate his
f r e s h m e n legislators, Politico
r e p o r t s tha t H o u s e Speaker John
Boehner, R-Ohio, had to m o v e
so far r ight he p icked u p ze ro
Democra t i c votes and risked
losing what m a n y saw as an
o p p o r t u n i t y to get a quick win
in the Senate at the expense of
O b a m a .
Instead, now Senate
D e m o c r a t s and major i ty leader
H a r r y Reid (D-Nev.) will be
more un i ted and s t ronger
af ter Saturday's margins . Now,
as Politico repor t s , the real
ques t ions become : can Reid,
Boehner, a n d O b a m a pick the i r
way t h r o u g h the c o m i n g weeks
w i thou t falling into a gove rnmen t
s h u t d o w n ?
with specula t ion of a shu tdown,
and Saturday s c i r cums tances are
m o r e d a n g e r o u s t h a n t h e crisis
of any shu tdown, even as the
polit ical d is tance be tween
O b a m a and the new Republican
P H O T O C O U R T E S Y OF A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S
L A T E N I G H T — Members walk down the steps off the House off Representatives as they work throughout the night on a spending blllv on Capitol Hill In Washington, Feb. 18.
Politico r e p o r t s that
the th rea t of a g o v e r n m e n t
s h u t d o w n is l ooming . Since O c t .
1, agencies have b e e n f u n d e d
unde r a ser ies of con t inu ing
resolu t ions or CR's, the latest of
which a re d u e to expire M a r c h
4. W a s h i n g t o n is a lready weary
PERSPECTIVES
in 1995 w h e n Republ icans had
also just taken over the House .
Hold ing back the possibility
of a s h u t d o w n is that , unlike
in 1995, the Uni t ed States is a t
war. W i t h t r o o p s in Afghan i s t an
and Iraq, this, as Politico claims,
"p ro found ly raises the symbol i sm
tea pa r ty major i ty is far g rea te r
t han what existed b e t w e e n t hen -
Pres ident Bill C l in ton and the
so-cal led Republ ican Revolut ion
in 1995."
However, by compar i son ,
the cu r r en t bill is m u c h m o r e
controversia l and ref lects a
greater a m o u n t of genuine
upheaval . The bill s t ems f r o m
the base of the Republican ranks
and d e m a n d s m o r e spend ing
cu ts and rein in gove rnmen t
t han any th ing in 1995.
The $60 billion in
reduc t ions are set to b e in
effect du r ing the last six
m o n t h s of th is fiscal year,
and they also represent a 14
percen t cut tha t will s ternly
impac t Obama ' s agenda.
N o t all of the Republ icans
were on board wi th t h ree
m e m b e r s - Reps. Wal ter
Jones of N o r t h Carol ina, Jeff
Flake of Ar izona a n d John
Campbel l of Cal ifornia -
seeking m o r e cuts . Politico
also r e p o r t s tha t for its
par t , the appropr ia t ions
leadership is not 100 percen t
on boa rd either.
" I d o n ' t t h i n k t h e c h a i r m a n
of the full c o m m i t t e e likes
t h e con t inu ing resolut ion
very much . If h e did, h e
wouldn ' t have b e e n requi red
to wri te it t h r ee times," said
Rep. Steven LaTouret te , R-
Ohio , in t h e closing debate .
Many on the c o m m i t t e e said tha t
mak ing $32 billion in c u t s would
have been a far m o r e sensible
goal in regards to the m a k e u p
of the Senate lawmakers are
cur ren t ly on a Pres idents Day
recess, but t h e next few days
SEE SPENDING, PAGE 4
Public unions act cowardly and selfish in Wisconsin's budget battle Matthew Lee CO-NATIONAL EDITOR
It's in teres t ing how D e m o c r a t s
are ac t ing now tha t the roles
are reversed. A lmos t a year
ago. Congress ional Democra t s ,
with the help of Pres ident
Barack O b a m a , fas t - t racked a
controversia l heal th care bill
t h r o u g h Capi tol Hill before
m o s t legislatures even had t ime
to read the over 2 ,000-page bill.
Now, Republ icans in Wiscons in
w a n t to fas t - t rack a bill t h r o u g h
their s tate legislature tha t will
supposedly "burden" publ ic
un ion workers so m u c h tha t
teachers have called in sick and
caused dis t r ic ts to close school
for days, while D e m o c r a t i c
legislators have fled the state.
Now, that ' s not very democra t i c ,
is it?
Almos t a year ago.
Republ icans t r ied everyth ing in
their power to s top the heal th
care legislation f r o m reaching
Congress , b u t guess what : they
still went to work and not o n c e
was ted taxpayer m o n e y to m a k e
a s t a tement . It's in teres t ing
how the par ty that relentlessly
painted the Republican Par ty as
the "party of no" a year ago n o w
tu rns and runs for the hills.
Let's take a look at the facts ,
because surely such an ou t r age
m u s t be caused by t h e m o s t
horr i f ic legislation to ever
go th rough Wisconsin 's s tate
legislature, r ight? This piece by the way, they pay a lmos t two years and an immedia t e
of legislation is supposed ly no th ing toward now. Walker shor t fa l l of $137 million?
such an o u t c r y tha t it has also w a n t s the i r heal th ca re The Nat ional Review r e p o r t s
caused p ro tes to r s to wave s igns p r e m i u m s to go u p 12.6 percen t , tha t whi le Wisconsin 's average
M . v /
P H O T O COURTESY OF A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S
PROTESTORS GATHER— Protestors gather outside Wisconsin's state Capitol in Madison. Protestors ffrom both sides peaceffully gathered to make their voice heard on Feb. 19. Chants off "Pass the bill! Pass the bill" were accompanied by their counterpart's chant off "Kill the bill! Kill the bill!"
c o m p a r i n g Wiscons in Gov. Scott
Walker to Adolf Hitler.
Pa t r i ckMcI lheran ,aco lumnis t
fea tured on realclearpoli t ics.
c o m r e p o r t s that Walker ' s
p roposed legislation would
requi re state employees to pay
5.8 percen t of their M salaries
t oward their pens ion - which .
which would cause their share to
go f r o m $79 to $200. Just to give
you a compar i son , t h e average
private sec tor employee pays
$330 in heal th care p r e m i u m s .
Is this really too m u c h to ask
f r o m employees of a state that
is p ro jec ted to face a $3.6 billion
budge t shor t fa l l over the next
income is 21' ' in the nat ion, i ts
legislators ' annua l salaries rank as
the n in th -h ighes t in the country .
Last year w h e n Amer i cans were
s t ruggl ing to m a k e ends m e e t
all over the country, the s ame
D e m o c r a t s tha t have now fled
the s ta te voted to give themselves
pay increases while they were
the major i ty party.
It can b e seen as i ronic that
whi le t eachers across Wiscons in
call in sick and cause schools
to b e closed, Mi lwaukee public
schools , as C N B C ' s Lar ry
Kudlow repor t s , only graduate
46 percen t of their s tuden ts . As
Kudlow asks, shouldn ' t s o m e o n e
b e pro tes t ing that?
The s i tuat ion in Wiscons in
serves as a per fec t example of
why g o v e r n m e n t employees
should n o t have a collective
barga in ing ag reement . As
Mc l lhe ran po in t s o u t in his
s o m e w h a t slapstick editorial .
Franklin De lano Roosevelt m u s t
b e smiling d o w n on Wiscons in
s ta te legislators r ight now. As
Mc l lhe ran explains, Roosevelt
can be seen as the fa ther of
m o d e r n un ion i sm, as h e laid the
g r o u n d w o r k for the legal and
adminis t ra t ive pa ths tha t led to
the un ioniza t ion of 35 percen t
of the nation's work fo rce in
the 1950s. But Roosevelt was
only in suppo r t of un ion iz ing
the private sector. He openly
o p p o s e d barga in ing r ights for
g o v e r n m e n t employees .
"The process of collective
bargaining, as usually
under s tood , c a n n o t be
t ransp lan ted in to the public
service," Roosevelt w r o t e in 1937
to the Nat ional Federa t ion of
Federal Employees. Yes, public
workers may
SEE PERSPECTIVES, PAGE 4
4 T H E A N C H O R NATIONAL FEBRUARY 2 3 , 2 0 1 1
T H I S W E E K I N
N E W S
"I for one welcome our new computer overlords."
- Ken Jenn ings , f o r m e r "Jeop-a rdy" c h a m p i o n , w r i t e s th i s u n d e r
his Final J e o p a r d y a n s w e r d u r i n g
t h e W a t s o n t o u r n a m e n t in w h i c h he p layed a g a i n s t W a t s o n , a su-
p e r - c o m p u t e r d e s i g n e d by IBM.
"These young people have done more in a few weeks than their parents did in 30 years."
- H a s s a n N a f a a , a po l i t i ca l - sc i -e n c e p r o f e s s o r a t C a i r o Un ive r -
sity, s p e a k s a b o u t t h e Egyp t i an
Revo lu t ion .
"[Gov. Scott Walker] get-ting riots, it's like Cairo's moved to Madison these days."
- R e p u b l i c a n W i s c o n s i n Rep .
Pau l Ryan d i s c u s s i n g t h e t h o u -
s a n d s p r o t e s t i n g in t h e s ta te ' s cap i ta l c i ty a bill t h a t w o u l d s t r i p
W i s c o n s i n p u b l i c e m p l o y e e s of
m o s t of the i r co l l ec t ive b a r g a i n -
i n g r i g h t s a n d have t h e m pay d r a m a t i c a l l y m o r e f o r b e n e f i t s .
"The challenges we face in Western New York and across the country are too serious for me to allow this distrac-t ion to continue, and so I am announcing that I have resigned my seat in Congress effective imme-diately."
- R e p u b l i c a n Rep. C h r i s t o p h e r
Lee of N e w York exp l a in s his
r e s i g n a t i o n a f t e r a r e p o r t s u r f a c e s
t ha t h e t r i ed t o m e e t a w o m a n o n
Cra igs l i s t .
"Democrats are saying 'no' to the Republican majority. We are saying, 'Show us the jobs."'
- H o u s e M i n o r i t y L e a d e r N a n c y Pelosi (D-Cal i f . ) c h a r g e s t h e G O P
w i t h i g n o r i n g j o b c r ea t i on .
"They're developing a way to turn sunlight and water into fuel for our cars."
- P r e s i d e n t O b a m a in his S t a t e of
t h e U n i o n a d d r e s s , h i g h l i g h t i n g
a r e s e a r c h p r o g r a m o n ar t i f ic ial
p h o t o s y n t h e s i s in Ca l i fo rn i a .
"I 'm not going to say I 'm going to win yet because the fight isn't done yet. I just need to train hard and believe in God."
- Boxer M a n n y Pacquiao . an e ight -t ime world c h a m p i o n boxer , speaks
about his M a y 7 fight in Las Vegas
agains t Sugar S h a n e Mosley .
Protests continue to roll throughout Middle East
P H O T O C O U R T E S Y THE A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S
R I O T S I N L I B Y A — Libyans stand outside a burning building In Benghazi on Monday, Feb. 21. Protestors celebrated after gaining control of Libya's second largest city.
Amy Alvlne S T A F F W R I T E R
O n Feb. 11 Pres ident H o s n i
M u b a r a k of Egypt s t epped d o w n
f r o m his posi t ion as a resul t
of massive p ro tes t s across the
count ry . But Egypt was n o t the
only place w h e r e d e m o n s t r a t i o n s
have t aken place. Along wi th
Tunisia , polit ical unres t has
recently a rose in Libya, Yemen,
Jordan, Bahrain, and Iran; the
p ro tes t s f r o m Egypt genera ted a
d o m i n o effect of political r e f o r m
tha t spread across the Arab
world .
O n Feb. 20 the dea th toll in
Libya rose to 209 w h e n 25 m o r e
people were killed as p ro te s to r s
used an explosives- laden car and
a t ank to at tack a mil i tary c a m p
in Benghazi . This a t tack c a m e
af ter a clash be tween m a r c h e r s of
a fune ra l p rocess ion and Libyan
t roops . T h o u s a n d s of m o u r n e r s
had ga thered in the s t ree t s of
Benghazi o n Sunday in a funera l
p rocess ion h o n o r i n g those
killed in p ro tes t s on Saturday.
As the p rocess ion passed by the
Alfadeel Abu O m a r Mil i tary
C a m p , u n i f o r m e d t roops o p e n e d
fire on the m o u r n e r s .
In ano the r a t t emp t to break
into the c a m p , p ro te s to r s d rove a
t ank f r o m a nearby a rmy base a n d
ob ta ined weapons . Despi te the
violent e f for ts of secur i ty forces
to c u r b the d e m o n s t r a t i o n s ,
p ro tes tors told C N N tha t these
a t t e m p t s have just left t h e m even
m o r e energ ized . "There a re a lot
-of people get t ing killed for the i r
f r e e d o m , said one p ro tes to r to
a C N N news t eam. "Our goal
is simple: we w a n t Gadhaf i [ the
pres ident of Libya] to leave.
W e w a n t f r e e d o m . . . w e w a n t
democracy."
In Yemen, for t h e 10th
consecut ive day, h u n d r e d s of
p ro te s to r s ga thered toge the r
in the capital of Sana. S o m e of
t h e m c h a n t e d "First Muba rak ,
now Ali" - they w a n t Yemeni
Pres ident Ali Abdul lah Saleh to
s tep d o w n . On l ine activist Atiaf
Alwazir said to C N N of this
p ro tes t tha t "it's amaz ing . It's a
very peacefu l a tmosphere ."
Despi te this m o r e peaceful
protes t , at least six peop le were
w o u n d e d Saturday. In r e sponse
to the unres t , the Yemeni-
r u n Staba news agency said
tha t Saleh b l amed the unres t
on fore ign agendas and a plot
against Yemen's stability. Staba
also s ta ted tha t Saleh wan ted
to see non-v io len t change
in the ballot box. Saleh also
a n n o u n c e d tha t he will n o t be
r u n n i n g for re -e lec t ion in 2013.
H e has b e e n in p o w e r for 32
years . Pa r l i amenta ry e lec t ions
schedu led for Apri l will b e
p o s t p o n e d to allow m o r e t ime
for d i scuss ion abou t r e fo rm.
O n Feb. 18 confl ic ts arose in
Jordan wi th pro tes tors wan t ing
to abolish the peace treaty
be tween Jordan a n d Israel. In
r e sponse to the pro tes t s , King
Abdu l l ah II of Jordan swore a n e w
g o v e r n m e n t into office on Feb.
9. The King told his g o v e r n m e n t
via Jordanian news agencies to
enac t a "real and quick reform."
These polit ical r e fo rms will give
the newly e lected representa t ives
a n d the publ ic m o r e inpu t in the
decis ion making process; there
are hopes tha t the g o v e r n m e n t
will eventual ly be " f o r m e d by
par t ies a n d on the basis of the
clear p r o g r a m s that these pa r t i e s
will present."
In Iran, t h o u s a n d s of secur i ty
officers s w a r m e d p r o m i n e n t
si tes t h r o u g h o u t Teh ran and
o the r ma jo r cities o n Sunday,
bea t ing pro tes tors and using
acts of in t imida t ion to break u p
the c rowds . O n Feb. 14 Iran's
largest d e m o n s t r a t i o n took
place wi th t h o u s a n d s m a r c h i n g
in t h e s t ree ts of Tehran. A n o t h e r
m a r c h o c c u r r e d two days later
for the funera l of a m a n killed in
the d e m o n s t r a t i o n .
W i t h political un re s t
t h r o u g h o u t the Arab world,
political leaders in Yemen, Jordan
and Algeria have in t roduced new
policies to encourage polit ical
and e c o n o m i c change. Despi te
these effor ts , m a n y pro tes tors
across t h e region still d e e m
these e f fo r t s i nadequa te and
con t inue to call for comple t e
gove rnmen ta l r e fo rm.
Hope Indepen-
dents attend na-
tional conference
in New York T h e H o p e Col lege
I n d e p e n d e n t s , a g r o u p f o u n d e d
last year by Kevin Soubly
( '11), t rave led to N e w York,
o n Feb. 12 to r e p r e s e n t H o p e
at t h e Na t iona l C o n f e r e n c e of
I n d e p e n d e n t s .
T h e c o n f e r e n c e w a s held to
d i s c u s s s t r a t eg ies a n d m e a n s
of f u r t h e r i nc r ea s ing t h e
pol i t ical p o w e r of i n d e p e n d e n t
v o t e r s and w a s s p o n s o r e d by
I n d e p e n d e n t V o t i n g . o r g , the
la rges t n a t i o n a l I n d e p e n d e n t
o r g a n i z a t i o n .
A t t e n d i n g w e r e h u n d r e d s
of l e a d e r s in t h e i n d e p e n d e n t
v o t i n g m o v e m e n t f r o m a r o u n d
t h e c o u n t r y . I n t e r n a t i o n a l
v i s i to r s seek ing m o r e
i n f o r m a t i o n o n po l i t i c s in
A m e r i c a also p a r t i c i p a t e d ,
s u c h a s L e n o r a Fulani , t h e f i rs t
l eg i t ima t e f e m a l e a n d A f r i c a n
A m e r i c a n c a n d i d a t e for
p r e s i d e n t (she r a n in 1988).
T h e H o p e I n d e p e n d e n t s
w e r e o n e of only two
y o u t h - l e d o r g a n i z a t i o n s in
t h e c o u n t r y r e p r e s e n t e d .
GOP spend-ing bill moves through House • Spending, f rom page 3
b u t the next few days could prove
vital in shaping publ ic opin ion in
re la t ion to t h e expansive H o u s e
b i l l
Politico r epor t s , " W h a t
began as a s t ra igh t - forward
budge t - cu t t ing exercise is n o w
a ledger bulging wi th provis ions
tha t t ouch o n everyth ing f r o m
W e s t e r n lands m a n a g e m e n t
to Florida wa te r quali ty rules,
In te rne t regulat ions, a new
c o n s u m e r p r o d u c t safety data
bank and emiss ions s t anda rds
for t h e c e m e n t industry."
W h e n the House reconvenes
on Feb. 28, Boehne r and
the Republ ican major i ty
m u s t be vigilant as t hey
push t h r o u g h a sho r t - t e rm
extens ion of c u r r e n t spend ing
to avoid a s h u t d o w n M a r c h 4.
Collective bargaining has no place in government • Perspectives, from page a
d e m a n d fair t r e a tmen t , w r o t e
Roosevelt . But, h e wrote , "1 w a n t
to e m p h a s i z e my convic t ion tha t
mil i tant tact ics have n o place"
in the publ ic sector. "A str ike
of publ ic employees mani fes t s
no th ing less t h a n an in ten t on
their p a r t to prevent or o b s t r u c t
the ope ra t ions of Government . "
It gets worse, t hough . Since
th is s tr ike has gained nat ional
a t t en t ion President O b a m a has
issued s t a t emen t s encourag ing
the public un ion workers to
con t inue their fight against what
he has called an "assault." Not
to s tep o n any toes or anything ,
but first of all, this is a s ta te issue
which r e n d e r s Obama ' s input
unnecessary , and second, is the
federal budge t in well enough
shape that the s ta te legislature
shou ld care abou t the advice
f r o m O b a m a ? The answer is
no. Sorry, b u t the s i tuat ion
in Wiscons in is up to the
legislators in Wiscons in . O b a m a
has n o bus iness in te r jec t ing his
op in ion w h e n the federal budge t
con t inues to be in shambles .
The fact is, as Fox N e w s
repor t s , O b a m a isjust a t t empt ing
to rebuild t a rn i shed relat ions
wi th the un ions af ter some un ion
leaders are upset over his recent
proposa ls to business.
Fox N e w s also r e p o r t s that
Obama ' s recen t s t a t e m e n t s put
h im at risk of be ing classified as
a par t i san a f t e r h e has b e e n such
a s t rong advocate for se t t ing a
new tone in Wash ing ton .
As Fox N e w s repor t s ,
Congress ional Republ icans feel
that O b a m a is a t t empt ing to
"muzzle" governors w h o are
mak ing ef for ts to s o m e w h a t
res t ra in gove rnmen t .
H o u s e Speaker John Boehner,
R-Ohio, said in a s t a t emen t
to Fox News, "His political
o rganiza t ion is col luding with
special interest allies across the
c o u n t r y to d e m a g o g u e re form-
m i n d e d governors w h o are
mak ing the tough choices that
the pres ident is avoiding. The
pres ident should m a k e it clear
to his f r i ends that the people
of Wisconsin , and s ta tes across
Amer ica , can handle their own
affairs wi thou t Wash ing ton
special- interest m o n e y and
meddling."
Wi th u n e m p l o y m e n t at
9 percent , t h e publ ic has
bigger p rob lems than to feel
sympathe t ic for s o m e cowardly
publ ic sec toc efripJoyees.
F E B R U A R Y 2 3 . 2 0 1 1 ARTS T H E A N C H O R 5
GPS event Circo Aereo comes to Dewitt Theater Katie Schewe ARTS CO-EDITOR
Ci rco A e r e o is a c o n t e m p o r a r y
c i r c u s g r o u p f r o m Fin land .
The i r s h o w s a re exc i t ing a n d
s u r p r i s i n g as t h e y c o m b i n e all
f o r m s of a r t f u l p e r f o r m a n c e .
They will b e p e r f o r m i n g in t h e
D e W i t t t h e a t e r Fr iday Feb. 25, a t
7 :30 p m , a n d Sa tu rday Feb. 26, a t
1 p . m . Ticke ts a re o n sale a t t h e .
DeVos F i e ldhouse t icket off ice.
C i r co A e r e o u n i q u e l y
c o m b i n e s c i r cus p e r f o r m a n c e ,
mus ic , d a n c e a n d theater . T h e y
b r i n g t o g e t h e r all of t h e s e
e l e m e n t s t o c r e a t e a c i r cus
e x p e r i e n c e like n o o the r .
T h e y have p e r f o r m e d in
a p p r o x i m a t e l y 30 d i f f e r e n t
c o u n t r i e s a r o u n d t h e wor ld .
Because of t h e versat i l i ty of
the i r p e r f o r m a n c e s , t h e y have
b e e n asked t o p e r f o r m a t severa l
d i f f e ren t c i rcus , mus ic , d a n c e
a n d t h e a t e r fest ivals .
W h i l e at H o p e , C i r co
A e r e o will b e p e r f o r m i n g t h e
F i n n i s h - F r e n c h c o - p r o d u c t i o n
"Espresso".
T h e p e r f o r m a n c e t akes us
t h r o u g h t h e h i s t o r y of t h e c i rcus .
It c o m b i n e s t r ad i t iona l c i r c u s a r t
w i t h s idewalk p e r f o r m a n c e a n d
c o n t e m p o r a r y c i rcus , all b a s e d
o n m o v e m e n t .
T h e piece has f o u r d i f f e ren t
a r t i s t s w h o c rea te a m o v e m e n t
of s to r ies b o t h in t h e air, a n d o n
the g r o u n d . T h e y use t h e a r t s
of juggl ing, d a n c e , a n d aer ia l
p e r f o r m a n c e to b r i n g t h e s e
s to r i e s t o life.
C i r c o A e r e o a re k n o w n ' for
a r t i s t ic e x p l o r a t i o n in the i r
p ieces as wel l as for a col lec t ive
i n p u t f r o m t h e en t i r e g r o u p
w h i c h is p u t in to e a c h p iece .
C i r co A e r e o t r a n s f o r m s
a n d c h a n g e s mus ic , p r o p s a n d
c o s t u m e s t o fit t h e f a n t a s y of
the i r Ar t i s t i c D i r e c t o r M a k s i m
K o m a r o .
C i r co A e r e o c o m b i n e s all
f o r m s of t h e p e r f o r m i n g a r t s t o
c r e a t e a t ru ly u n i q u e e x p e r i e n c e
fo r all of i ts v iewers .
T h e y have a s t o n i s h e d a n d
m e s m e r i z e d a u d i e n c e s all over
t h e w o r l d , a n d it is H o p e s t u r n
t o e x p e r i e n c e the i r r e m a r k a b l e
a r t of p e r f o r m a n c e . "Expresso"
is t h e g r o u p s ' n e w e s t p iece ,
w h i c h t h e y have p e r f o r m e d in
p laces s u c h as Par is , Swi tze r land
a n d Syria.
He l s ing in S a n o m a t of F in land
P H O T O C O U R T E S Y OF C I R C O A E R E O . N E T
said, "Esp re s so is l ike a t r e a s u r e
ches t ful l of t h e t h i n g s of w h i c h
c i r c u s is m a d e , filled w i t h
b e a u t i f u l s igh ts , m e t i c u l o u s jo in
e f fo r t s , a n d invent ive surpr ises ."
I R O N A N D W I N E
Kiss Each Other Clean
O n his a l b u m s , S a m B e a m ( I ron a n d W i n e ) h a s always s o u n d e d very
m u c h like t h e qu ie t , b e a r d e d m a n w h i s p e r i n g lovingly o v e r h u s h e d gu i t a r t h a t h e is.
Like S a m B e a m , t h i s a l b u m h a d g rea t po t en t i a l t o s o u n d b e a r d e d . It ac tual ly jus t s o u n d s
l ike a guy now, w i t h o u t a p rog res s ive bea rd . B e a m e x p e r i m e n t s w i t h lo ts of n e w s o u n d s o n
th is a l b u m , s o m e of w h i c h w o r k b e t t e r t h a n o t h e r s . Lyrically, t h e a l b u m is j u s t as p o e t i c a n d
r h y t h m i c as pas t a l b u m s . Musical ly, it has a w a r m e r , p o p p i e r s o u n d t o it. D u r i n g a n in te rv iew.
B e a m s t a t ed , "it's m o r e of a f o c u s e d p o p record . It s o u n d s like t h e m u s i c p e o p l e h e a r d in the i r
pa ren t ' s car g r o w i n g u p . . . t h a t e a r l y - t o - m i d - ' 7 0 s FM, r a d i o - f r i e n d l y music." It's n ice to see
h i m t r y i n g n e w th ings , a n d "Kiss Each O t h e r C l e a n " is a w o r t h y a l b u m in its o w n r igh t , b u t
a n y o n e e x p e c t i n g i t t o s o u n d like I r o n a n d Wine ' s pas t w o r k s will b e a b i t c o n f u s e d .
T H E D E C E M B E R I S T S
The King Is Dead
S o m e t i m e s w h e n a b a n d ge t s t o o c o m f o r t a b l e a t r ep l i ca t i ng
i ts o w n s o u n d f r o m a l b u m t o a l b u m , t h e f a n s s t a r t t o h o p e
fo r s o m e s o r t of d r a m a t i c sh i f t in style a n d a p p r o a c h .
F r o m B o b Dy lan to R a d i o h e a d t o S u f j a n S tevens , a r t i s t s
a lways s e e m t o ge t a lot of r e s p e c t fo r b ig r e i n v e n t i o n s of
t hemse lves , e v e n if t h e y have t o lose s o m e fans . M a y b e t h e
D e c e m b e r i s t s ' las t a l b u m , "The H a z a r d s of Love" w a s o n e
of t h o s e succes s fu l r e inven t ions , b u t w e a t W T H S w e r e
u n a n i m o u s l y d i s a p p o i n t e d b y the i r sh i f t t o w a r d s t h e lo f ty
c o n c e p t u a l r o c k ep ic . Thankfu l ly , the i r n e w a l b u m is b o t h
a r e t u r n t o f o r m a n d a r e inven t ion . "The K i n g Is D e a d " is
ce r t a in ly t h e indie- fo lk D e c e m b e r i s t s of old, filled w i t h
acous t i c gu i t a r a n d b ig p r o p e r n o u n s , yet it isn ' t a r e t r ead .
W i t h t h e h e l p of fe l low A m e r i c a n s Gi l l ian W e l c h a n d Pe t e r
Buck (of R.E.M.), t hey ' ve m a d e
a n a l b u m tha t ' s b o t h pa s to r a l
a n d def ian t , s o u n d i n g d i s t inc t ly
A m e r i c a n fo r t h e first t i m e .
D e c e m b e r i s t s f a n s p robab ly
won ' t hail th i s a s the i r be s t w o r k
yet , b u t will b e p leased t o see
t h e m b e i n g t h e m s e l v e s again .
T H E R A D I O D E P T
Passive Aggressive - The Singles: 2002-2010
Since you p r o b a b l y haven ' t h e a r d of T h e Radio D e p t ,
you' l l p r o b a b l y b e s u r p r i s e d t o find o u t t h a t th is b a n d y o u
haven ' t h e a r d of is a l r eady success fu l e n o u g h t o be p u t t i n g
o u t a c o m p i l a t i o n of s ingles ( a n d a b o n u s d i sc of w o r t h w h i l e
B-sides) . T u r n s ou t , they 've b e e n a r o u n d s ince 1995 a n d a r e grea t ,
b u t t hey^ ion ' t have a lot of s t a t e s ide e x p o s u r e , p r o b a b l y b e c a u s e t h e y
a r e Swedish . The i r s o u n d h e a r k e n s b a c k t o early p o s t - p u n k b a n d s like
N e w O r d e r w h o m i x e d k e y b o a r d s a n d d r u m m a c h i n e s w i t h g l o o m y
lyrics a n d ca tchy p o p h o o k s . F a n s of
M 8 3 will e n j o y t h e i r w a r m , d r e a m y
s o u n d , a n d f a n s of Pe t e r Bjorn a n d
John s o m e t h i n g s imi lar ly d a n c e a b l e
a n d E u r o p e a n . B u t T h e R a d i o
D e p t . d e s e r v e t o be l i s tened t o
o n t h e i r o w n t e r m s , so if you ' re
i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e m , t h i s is a
g rea t a l b u m t o s ta r t w i th .
Reviews c o u r t e s y of W T H S m u s i c d i r ec to r s , Paul Rice, Laura Hel-
l e r o p a n d A a r o n M a r t i n .
T H I S W E E K I N A R T
Wednesday Feb. 23 Wind Ensemble Concert Dlmnent Chapel. 7:30 p.m.
Thursday Feb. 24 Arts & Humanities Colloquium Martha Miller, 3 p.m.
Friday-Saturday Feb. 25-26 SAC Weekend Movie: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hol-lows (part one)" VanderWerf 102, 8 and 10:30 p.m.
I N B R I E F
"UNDER MILK WOOD" COMING FEB. 18
H o p e Col lege T h e a t r e will b e
p e r f o r m i n g " U n d e r Milk W o o d "
by Dy lan T h o m a s o n Fr iday a n d
Saturday, Feb. 18 a n d 19, a n d
W e d n e s d a y - S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 2 -
5, a t 8 p . m . in t h e D e W i t t C e n t e r
s t u d i o t hea t r e .
T h e cas t of " U n d e r Mi lk
W o o d " inc ludes s o p h o m o r e
Skyler A d a m s of Ho l l and ; j u n i o r
N o a h B u s m a n of Scot ia , N.Y.;
s o p h o m o r e Kelsey C o l b u r n of
Ho l l and ; s o p h o m o r e Soph ia
Da ly of P l y m o u t h ; f r e s h m a n
Alexa D u i m s t r a of A p p l e t o n ,
Wis . ; f r e s h m a n A a r o n H a e c k e r
of Winches t e r , Va.; s en io r Ben ja -
m i n Her te l of Fennville; s o p h o -
m o r e Ha ley H o d g e s of Ha r t ;
Dav id James of t h e H o p e Eng-
lish facul ty ; s en io r Cass i e N ie -
s p o d z i e w a n s k i of O a k Brook ,
111.; j u n i o r A m b e r L y n Scheer -
inga of Scherervi l le , Ind.; j u n i o r
John Telfer of W e s t e r n Spr ings ,
111.; j u n i o r M a d i s o n T u s t i n of
Plainwell; j u n i o r Kara W i l l i a m s
of Saline; a n d f r e s h m a n Al lyson
W o m a c k of Libertyvil le , 111.
T icke ts fo r " U n d e r Mi lk
W o o d " a re $ 1 0 fo r regu la r ad -
miss ion , $7 for s en io r c i t i zens
a n d H o p e facu l ty a n d staff , a n d
$5 for s t u d e n t s , a n d a re avai lable
at t h e t icket off ice in t h e m a i n
lobby of t h e DeVos F ie ldhouse .
T h e off ice is o p e n Mon . -F r i . 8
a .m. - 5p .m. , p h o n e n u m b e r is
(616) 395-7890 .
"BROWN BAG CON-CERT SERIES" RETURNS
MARCH 4
H o p e Col lege m u s i c i a n s
wil l p e r f o r m t h r o u g h t h e
m o n t h l y " B r o w n Bag C o n -
c e r t " se r ies at t h e Ho l l and
A r e a A r t s C o u n c i l o n Friday,
M a r c h 4, at n o o n . T h e pub l i c
is invi ted . A d m i s s i o n is f ree .
F o u n d e d a n d d i r e c t e d by Dr.
A n d r e w Le of t h e H o p e m u -
sic facul ty, the c o n c e r t se r ies
t akes p lace o n t h e f i rs t Friday
of each m o n t h . Each h o u r - l o n g
p r o g r a m c o n s i s t s of a var i -
e ty of mus i ca l o f fe r ings f r o m
H o p e s t u d e n t s a n d t e a c h e r s .
T h e H o l l a n d Area A r t s C o u n -
cil is l oca t ed wes t of C o l u m -
bia A v e n u e at 150 E. E igh th St.
6 T H E A N C H O R
A f KleimarTs Pool Party cl
Kleiman's Pool Party
Captain Bryant Russ ('11), pumped up his team by delivering a heartwrenchlng pregame speech.
i t
Attackman Ronald Radcllffe ('11), went In for the kill and record ed the first hat tr ick in Inner tube water polo history.
Aleesa Ribbens GUEST WRFTER
It was the splash heard ' r ound
the world . In one swift second,
the t i m e r hit zero, and Kleiman's
Pool Party c l a imed sweet victory
over dangeRuss .
T h e inner t u b e water polo
match , held in the D o w last
Thursday night , w a s arguably one
of the biggest spo r t i ng events of
t h e 21st century .
Flocks of fans c a m e out to
wi tness a m a t c h that had ga ined
m o r e hype t han the annua l foot-
ball g a m e b e t w e e n O h i o State
and the Universi ty of Mich igan .
T h r o u g h o u t the en t i r e match , t h e
chee r ing sec t ion w a s except ion-
ally louder t han Calvin's ent i re
s tuden t b o d y last m o n t h w h e n
H o p e d o m i n a t e d on the basket-
ball cour t .
"VanZyl: A House Divided"
is a m o d e r n day tale of a deep
f r i endsh ip p lagued by lies, be-
trayal, r e s en tmen t , compe t i t i on
a n d anger. Thursday 's m a t c h can
be seen as a call for forgiveness
and the s ta r t ing po in t of a long
road to r e d e m p t i o n .
This rivalry began w i th o n e
man's d r e a m s of grea tness a n d
w a s t h w a r t e d by a n o t h e r man's
h o p e s for success.
Seniors Bryant Russ and
A n d r e w Young have b e e n f r i ends
s ince their f r e s h m a n year. They
m e t in Durfee , moved to DeGraaf
and cur ren t ly live across the hall
f r o m each o the r in VanZyl. This
win te r their f r i endsh ip faced t h e
u l t ima te test w h e n Young dec id-
ed to c rea te his own I n t r a m u r a l
inner t u b e wa te r po lo t eam.
Russ, a t w o - t i m e water polo
champion , w a s n a m e d Kleiman's
Pool Party capta in af ter t h e
g radua t ion of its
or iginal founders .
Af t e r neglec t ing
to invite Young to
be on his water
po lo t eam. Young
a n d his h o u s e m a t e
Daniel Branch
( 1 1 ) set o u t to
f o r m a secret wa-
ter polo t eam.
The secret plans
were revealed
in mid January.
"1 c a m e into the
h o u s e [one day]
a n d m y dear
brother , A n d r e w
Young, said to
me, 'I'll s ee you
tonight, '" recal led
Russ adding tha t
suspic ions were
ra ised w h e n he
realized he had a
wa te r polo cap-
tains ' mee t ing tha t
n ight . "I said, 'No,
I won ' t b e a r o u n d
ton igh t . I have a t e a m capta ins '
meeting. '
A n d r e w looked s t ra ight in my
eyes and said, 'Yes, I'll see you at
rr Needless to say, Russ a n d four
of his h o u s e m a t e s a n d fellow
t e a m m a t e s - Ga r re t t A n d e r s o n
('11), Ronald Radcliffe ('11) and
Jona than Wielenga ('11), were
devas ta ted to hear of Young
and Branch's act ions. "It w a s as
if my ent i re wor ld had s topped
r - \
A H O U S E D I V I D E D - Best friends since fre Jonathan Wielenga (*11), Daniel Branch (*11), C Andrew Young and Matt Izenbaard's friendship rival water polo match between Kleiman's Poo
and was t h r o w n upside down,"
said Russ.
U p o n receiving t h e news,
Russ called H o p e a l u m n u s
a n d f o u n d e r of Kleiman's Pool
Party, Kyle Mas tenb rook , to see
W e d . Jan. 19, 2011.
D e a r Journal,
The whole wor ld just t u r n e d upside d o w n . Everything I t h o u g h t I knew is falling apar t before m y very eyes. A n d r e w Young - one of my
best f r i ends - has c rea ted a water po lo t e a m beh ind my back! To p u t it m o r e concretely, Anakin Skywalker just killed M a c e W i n d u . Et Tu
Brute?
I've not iced s o m e t h i n g funny going o n th is week: whispers , mys te r ious texts, si lent glances tha t said so m u c h . I just never t hough t it
would b e this . This! Af te r l ea rn ing the d e p t h of betrayal (AY, Daniel , Izze) I began frant ical ly calling o u r t e a m just t o reassure myself that
there is still light in the world . Oh , but how little now shines! Af t e r hea r ing my message, Katie Lovinger texted th is one word : Oops? :)
O u c h . That 's w h e n I got ne rvous . I called Kyle M a s t e n b r o o k ; he's c lean. I said, "Sorry for my lack of faith, f r iend . There are just so few
pa t r io t s left in this world." •
I 'm going to t ry to recru i t Kylie (Andrew's fianc^); tha t is, if she hasn ' t yet s ided with evil.
W e c a n t r u s t n o one. This is war.
Yours truly,
Bryant Russ Bryant Russ ('11) was betraye Young ('11) when he created h
FEBRUARY 2 3 . 2 0 1 1
bbers rival dangeRuss he had hea rd the news.
"It was shocking tha t people
10 I would have previously
scr ibed as f r i ends would at-
mpt to sabotage s o m e t h i n g as
lautiful as K le imans Pool Party,"
i ted M a s t e n b r o o k .
man year, the status of Bryant Russ T i l ) , rrett Anderson ('11), Ronald Radcliffe ('11), s yet to be determined after last Thursday's arty and dangeRuss.
The rift be tween VanZyl ex-
anded even f u r t h e r w h e n a new
etrayal was discovered. " O u r
eloved f r iend and sister, Katie
ovinger, was s to len away by t h e
nemy," m o u r n e d Radcliffe.
W h e n reached fo r c o m m e n t ,
Lovinger ('11) released a s tate-
m e n t con f i rming tha t Branch
and Young had indeed ap-
p roached he r back in N o v e m -
be r to join Team dangeRuss . "I
t hough t Daniel a n d Andrew ' s
idea was hilari-
ous ... it has b e e n
f u n playing wi th
[them]."
As the season
began, t h e ten-
sion ex tended
beyond the walls
of VanZyl and
infi l t rated the
H o p e College
communi ty .
Accord ing to
longt ime f r iend
and f o r m e r
h o u s e m a t e
M a r c u s Regan
(11) , "It was re-
ally hard to see
m y close f r i ends
go t h r o u g h such
a ha rd t ime of
trial. I really h o p e
their f r i endsh ip
can be repaired."
Going in to
last Thursday 's
ma tch , bo th the
o u t c o m e of the
g a m e and the VanZyl f r i endsh ip
was unpred ic tab le .
"I didn ' t say anyth ing before
the g a m e and 1 didn ' t say
any th ing af ter the game. 1 let
the g a m e speak for itself," said
Kleiman's Pool Party goalie, Jona-
than Wielenga.
Af te r be ing d o w n 2 - 1 at the
half, Kleiman's Pool Party at tack-
man , Radcliffe, sco red his first
hat t r ick to e n d the g a m e wi th a 2
- 4 score. The sweat, b lood and tears
Kleiman's Pool Par ty had put in to
each pract ice finally paid off as
they e m e r g e d f r o m t h e pool to
the cheers and applause of the
c rowd. "It was awesome," recal led
Regan. "I wasn ' t even there , but
they were s o m e of the bes t ESPN
highl ights I've ever seen in m y
life." In a post g a m e in terview Russ
p roc la imed tha t it "felt great to b e
a winner."
U p o n exi t ing the locker r o o m
wi th his head held high. Young
s ta ted tha t he was h u m b l e d to
lose to a t e a m of seasoned veter-
ans. Moving fo rward , it is obv ious
these batt le w o u n d s will n e e d
t i m e to heal, b u t Young is hope fu l
tha t life will r e t u rn to n o r m a l
o n c e the playoffs are over.
Russ plans to work alongside
Young to imp lemen t a no wa te r
polo zone in Vanzyl. " W e won' t
talk abou t it and if we have to
m e e t wi th o u r respect ive teams,
we'll m e e t secretly."
"Deep d o w n w e love these
guys and they love us. We n e e d
to learn to m a k e sure tha t o u r
b r o t h e r h o o d comes first be fo re
t h e compet i t ion."
dangeRuss
Katie Lovinger ('11), came face-to-face with her former team for the first time in the most speculated game of the season.
Coach Matt Izenbaard ("11), showed of his strategy prior to the start of the match. Sadly, i t wasn't enough to clinch a victory.
A L L PHOTOS BY A L E E S A R I B B E N S
by longtime friend Andrew own water polo team.
W h a t p r o m p t e d y o u t o s t a r t a
w a t e r p o l o t e a m ?
A n d r e w Young: For the pas t
t h r ee years, inner t u b e wa te r
polo had never really b e e n on
m y radar. I liked to focus m o r e
o n spor t s such as softball . I
recent ly discovered inner tube
water polo a n d said, "Hey this
really looks like s o m e t h i n g
tha t I can excel at," and I so I
dec ided to f o r m a t e a m .
W h y d i d n ' t y o u j o i n B r y a n t
Rus s ' t e a m ?
AY: I didn ' t w a n t to i m p e d e
o n the i r c h a m p i o n s h i p t e am,
so o u t of my deep respec t for
t hem, I dec ided to f o r m a sec-
o n d t eam.
W h y d i d y o u d e c i d e t o f o r m
a t e a m i n s e c r e t r a t h e r t h a n
b e i n g o p e n a n d h o n e s t w i t h
B r y a n t a b o u t y o u r d e s i r e to b e
o n a w a t e r p o l o t e a m ?
AY: I did it because I didn't th ink
they would approve, a n d I really
did not w a n t to s tep on their toes .
I dec ided tha t I owed t h e m re-
spect . Af te r all, they are my dea r
b ro the r s in Chr is t . I did n o t w a n t
to d i sappoin t t h e m .
H o w h a s t h i s a f f e c t e d y o u r
r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h y o u r h o u s e -
m a t e s w h o p l ay f o r K le iman ' s
P o o l P a r t y ?
AY: I really didn ' t m e a n for there
to be any bad feelings. I respect
these guys, and I wan ted t h e m
to win every single n ight except
for t h e night tha t we went head
to head. I w e n t to many of their
games , even si t t ing o n the high
dive so I could see t h e en t i r e
playing field and w a s roo t ing with
t h e m for tha t I had.
W h a t w e r e y o u r t h o u g h t s a n d
e m o t i o n s g o i n g i n t o T h u r s d a y ' s
g a m e a g a i n s t K l e i m a n ' s P o o l
P a r t y ?
AY: I knew it was going to b e a
t ough batt le because I have so
m u c h respec t for these guys.
They have won the champion -
ship the past two years, and we ' re
n e w c o m e r s into the league. I feel
like we have a lot of ta lent o n
o u r t e a m a n d a lot of potent ia l .
Playing t h e season 's ve te rans was
like a g a m e be tween the Yankees
and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays;
unfor tuna te ly we didn ' t c o m e o u t
on top. But you k n o w what? It
was a really great bat t le and I 'm
p roud of my team and how we
played.
W h a t d o e s t h e f r i e n d s h i p
b e t w e e n you a n d y o u r h o u s e -
m a t e s l o o k l ike n o w t h a t t h e
g a m e is o v e r ?
AY: I'd say that it has blos-
s o m e d . Before, it was a blos-
s o m because it was summer ,
and now that it's winter it has
closed. And it w a s du r ing the
dn te r that Bryant found o u t
. we had s ta r ted a wa te r
t eam. N o w that we're bo th
going to the playoffs, it's begin-
n ing to b lossom once again.
It's c o m i n g full circle; it's the
circle of life.
8 TMANCH«—VOICES FEBRUARY 2 3 , 2 0 1 1
Paradoxical perspectives
Just dance Karen Pa t t e r son Co-Editor- in-Chief
Two weeks f r o m th is Friday, a little t h ing
called Dance M a r a t h o n will take over Hope ' s
c a m p u s . I a m so exc i t ed—Dance M a r a t h o n is
amazing , fantast ic , crazy, long, t ir ing, excit-
ing and reward ing .
For those of you w h o have b e e n living un -
de r a rock du r ing your H o p e College experi -
ence, Dance M a r a t h o n is the 24-hour f u n d -
raiser tha t H o p e College p u t s o n the Friday
and Saturday before Spring Break each year.
All funds raised go directly to the Helen DeVos
Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids. And it's
seriously the greatest thing ever.
Everybody knows that Dance M a r a t h o n
means s tanding on your feet for 24 hours . You
wear a whi te T-sh i r t while "moralers" get yel-
low shir ts (and can leave af ter eight hours) .
S o m e families c o m e and share stories, and
at the end everybody s tands in a circle a n d
cries. (Yeah, if s o m e b o d y had tried selling it
t o m e that way, I probably wouldn ' t have d o n e
it either). To truly unde r s t and and appreciate
Dance M a r a t h o n , you have to look a little bit
below the surface.
First of all it's i m p o r t a n t to cons ider why
w e dance . W e dance because t he re are kids
w h o can' t . M a n y of us have never had a m a -
jor hea l th scare—we' re a b lessed c a m p u s as a
who le—but t he re are so m a n y ch i ld ren w h o
fight each day just t o m a k e it t o the i r next
bir thday. Places like Helen DeVos help these
kids and the i r famil ies in the fight.
The f u n d s ra ised fo r Dance M a r a t h o n cer-
tainly a re significant , b u t in m y th ree previ-
ous m a r a t h o n s , t h e value of exper iences I've
h a d wi th m y fellow s tuden t s as well as the
mirac le families has far su rpas sed any m o n e y
I could ever raise. H o w o f t e n d o w e in ten-
t ionally m a k e ourselves u n c o m f o r t a b l e or go
o u t of o u r way to let s o m e o n e else k n o w tha t
w e care for an hour , m u c h less 24 consecu -
tive h o u r s ? Dance M a r a t h o n is a c h a n c e to
hi t the pause b u t t o n on o u r lives a n d s h o w an
incredible g r o u p of people tha t the i r s t rug-
gles m a t t e r to us. I don't doubt that you're busy and don't get
enough sleep—Lord knows that I need a lot
more than the six or seven hours I get mos t
nights and should probably quit one of m y
three jobs—but I can guarantee that if you
participate in Dance Mara thon and have an
open hear t and mind, it will be a life-changing
experience. I 'm not saying that you'll suddenly
switch your career path to become a medical
researcher or s tar t volunteering at the hospi-
tals in Grand Rapids. However, seeing 300-plus
fellow students dig deep to push through achy
joints and sleep deprivation to get excited for 20
amazing kids and their families after 24 hours
on their feet—it's a powerful experience.
I feel the n e e d for a disclaimer, t hough . I
a m a firm believer tha t everyone should get
involved wi th D a n c e M a r a t h o n . I u n d e r s t a n d
tha t n o t eve ryone is physically able to dance ,
b u t please: if you are going to break all the
rules (br ing a cell phone , have f r i ends sneak
caffeine in, go sit d o w n in the b a t h r o o m s ,
etc), d o yourse l f—and t h e mirac le families—
a favor and th ink long and hard abou t why
you're participating.
Dance M a r a t h o n is a physical and emo-
tional mara thon ; those w h o aren't willing to
humble themselves and b e a little r idiculous
for 24 hours will not help t h e miracle families,
their fellow par t ic ipants o r themselves. It's
about s t re tching yourself while showing that
you care for an incredible g roup of people
w h o really truly can use o u r suppor t .
To t hose already p lann ing on par t ic ipat -
ing, get psyched a n d s ta r t ca tching u p o n
you r sleep—it 's go ing to be so m u c h fun! A n d
just r e m e m b e r that at the e n d of t h e day, it
really is all for the kids. O h ! A n d don ' t for-
get t o regis ter a t : h t t p s : / /www.he lpmake-
mi rac le s .o rg / index .c fm?fuseac t ion=reg i s t e r .
st ar t&e ven t ID=764.
Lyricaiity Soul song Becca H a w k i n s Columnis t
You slip on your h e a d p h o n e s , move into a
world outs ide of your own. You tu rn o n Pan-
dora , hopefu l ly to a "quick mix" of five favori te
bands . You beg for new j ams to dance to, feel to, s ing to, clean to — wha t -
ever it may be. Then you hit the next bu t ton . And again, you hit the next
bu t ton . At some po in t , an adver t i sement c o m e s on and you w o n d e r w h e n
you will ever find your n e w soul song.
Then, it happens . T h e gui tar s tar ts s t r u m m i n g , and the singer s t a r t s
belting; you are sure th is song was m a d e for you. The lyrics speak your sto-
ry, and the hairs on your a r m s s ta r t t o dance , signaling that you've found
it: your soul song. I don ' t know if I co ined the phrase , or if it's b e e n passed a r o u n d for
decades , and I just haven' t been in on tha t par t icu lar g a m e of te lephone,
b u t there 's n o be t te r way to descr ibe tha t song: your soul song. Of course ,
soul songs c o m e in waves. I've had a cornucopia of t hem, ranging f r o m
Unde roa th , t o Tracy C h a p m a n , to M u m f o r d & Sons. But one of t h e m has
b e e n t imeless for me : "I 'm Ready" by Jack's M a n n e q u i n .
H e sings, "I 'm ready, I 'm ready, I 'm ready," like it's go ing o u t of style, and
m y hear t t h u d s with h im, I 'm ready, I 'm ready. I 'm ready! I feel alive and
real and on edge in the best of ways.
But then, the punch : "...all at once I realize/ m y life has b e c o m e a bo r ing
p o p song a n d everyone 's s inging along." M y life is a bo r ing p o p song. C a n
you p ic ture it now? My closest f r i ends a n d comple t e s t rangers t u n e in to
m y life o n t h e rad io .
"Oh, I've heard th is o n e before," o n e says.
"Same ol', s a m e o i r says another .
It's n o t even the glorified song and d a n c e f o u n d in count less b ra t pack
movies , or the one hit w o n d e r s tha t we listen to a decade later and k n o w
every word . No , the bor ing p o p song life is n o t g l amorous or sugarcoated .
It's h u m a n . The c o m m o n th read tha t weaves itself t h r o u g h m y years of soul songs
is a c o m m o n th read in m y life: plain Jane, clear as day, h u m a n t ru th . T h e
last th ing I w a n t for myself is an unor ig inal life. In fact , m o s t a spec t s of
m y life cen te r o n original i ty and t h e w a n t to b e fresh a n d avant-garde. But
don ' t w e all have t hose days, t h e bo r ing p o p song days? W e sleep t o o late
to take a shower ; w e wear a sweatsh i r t a n d jeans; we spot o u r c rush a n d
look the o t h e r way; we gossip; w e nap; we b lend in to t h e c rowd.
A n d then , w h e n w e least expect it f r o m ourselves, we'll s t and out . W e l l
search Pandora like it's literally Pandora 's box unti l we find a n e w an them,
a new soul song. The ha i rs on you r a r m s will dance along wi th you as you
live an exci t ing rock song life. And w h e n th is happens , I h o p e everyone 's
s inging along.
Outside looking out Jubilation parade R o b G u i m o n d Guest Columnis t
Twis ted fate has ru ined u s
wi th this February hea t wave.
So, now, I'll have to wr i te t h e
t i red c o l u m n of my p redeces -
sors in the s ame way tha t they w r o t e it. And , s ince th is
will p robably b e my last co lumn , I might get a little sen-
t imenta l . . . I w a n t to have a parade . Listen: it's a na tu ra l pro-
gress ion f r o m all th is S tand Up business . There 's been
so m u c h talk abou t c a m p u s solidarity, a n d there 's n o t h -
ing m o r e solid t han a pa rade—everyone is moving in the
s ame d i rec t ion for a final des t inat ion. This isn't a pro-
test; it's a celebrat ion. I w a n t t u b a s a n d batons , jugglers,
fire ea ters . If you're good at s o m e t h i n g , you should b e in
the pa rade and d o tha t . And , if you're n o t good at any-
thing, you should be in the pa rade a n d d o that because
that would b e a m e m o r a b l e thing.
A N C H O R
My most memorable experience at H o p e was the big
rain two years ago. It rained all day, and it cont inued into
the night. The streets were partially f looded by dusk.
By n ine o'clock, people were r u n n i n g d o w n the hal ls of
Kollen to go ou t s ide to play in t h e Kraken-s ized puddles
and yelling "Follow us! W e ' r e go ing to play in t h e rain!"
O n the third invite, I accepted . It was magical outs ide . It
s e e m e d like the who le c a m p u s w a s o u t there—sl iding in
t h e m u d , p u s h i n g water logged cars o u t of small lakes. It
w a s a beaut i fu l communi ty . I felt like a child G e n e Kelly
f r o m "Singin' in the Rain" in Never Never Land r ight be-
fore the big Chr i s t ian flood. Pause, reader, a n d consider
tha t last sen tence . Looking back on the big rain. S tand Up, and the Hope -
lessness of my t ime a t t empt ing to con tac t people t h r o u g h
the Anchor , I feel like I should have got ten d o w n m o r e
of ten in t h e rain. I should have got ten m o r e funky wi th
the people a round me, ac ted m o r e as a m e m b e r of a com-
munity. I realize that I might not be s u r r o u n d e d by as
many l ike-minded, s t rong-minded , educa ted people as 1
a m right now. This is the force beh ind the r ing-by-spr ing concep t .
People realize that the n u m b e r of potent ia l , a d e q u a t e
2 0 1 1 S P R I N G SEMESTER STAFF
sui tors p l u m m e t s af ter graduat ion . I feel similarly, only
wi th learning. 1 don ' t w a n t to get w i th the ladies in m y
last t h r ee m o n t h s ; I w a n t to get w i th all the knowledge
tha t H o p e has to offer. That knowledge is in the c o m -
muni ty . We ' re all real smar t . The p rob lem is tha t peop le don ' t m o v e away m u c h
f r o m the i r cl iques. For instance, the 12 people tha t read
th is c o l u m n will say, " W o r d . I agree." But they a l ready
agreed. N o t h i n g has changed . Those 12 people should
grab 12 m o r e people, and t hose 12 ,12 more , and so on ,
a n d so on , unti l the whole c a m p u s is involved. And ,
then , we should have parade , so w e c a n all see how bril-
liant at d o i n g stuff everyone is. But tha t may take publ ic
ac t ion just shor t of pee ing in the P ine Grove: realizing
the p o w e r of o u r educat ion . Now, as I've had confus ing messages in the pas t , I will
m a k e t h e messages of th is c o l u m n very clear by offset-
t ing t h e m wi th a colon: G e t together . D o stuff. Let's
have a parade . Rob's serious about the parade. Contact him, if you're
interested. Also, he's thrown out his anti-self-referenti-ality by making up words and advertising his new blog: http://awalkinthepuddinforsacrag.blogspot.com/
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Letters to the Editors Explicitly prevented
H o p e has had the co r rec t r e sponse
to th is act of racism. And likewise, the
s tuden t body has appropr ia te ly ac-
knowledged the severity of an act like
this. However, homosexua l s on Hope ' s
c a m p u s are vic t ims of ongoing discr imi-
na t ion . Institutionally, o u r college has
a deplorable s tance regarding moral i ty
of homosexua l s . O u r admin is t ra t ion ex-
plicitly p reven t s t h e m f r o m fully par tak-
ing in a H o p e College exper ience.
As s ta ted in Hope 's 1995 Inst i tu-
t ional S t a t emen t on Homosexual i ty ,
"Nei ther d o e s | H o p e College) c o n d o n e
organiza t ions or activities that a im to
vindicate the mora l acceptabili ty of ho -
mosexual acts, o r tha t suggest by their
m a n n e r of p resen t ing themselves that
they have tha t aim in view. Specifically,
the College will not provide recogni t ion
or financial or logistical suppo r t for or-
ganiza t ions or g roups whose p u r p o s e s
include the advocacy or m o r a l legitimi-
zat ion of homosexua l behavior."
I see a parallel be tween the recent at-
tack on minor i t i es and the exclusion of
homosexua l s on c a m p u s . However , the
latter gets only a f rac t ion of the a t ten t ion
it deserves . Please cons ider c o m m e n t -
ing o n the n e e d for equali ty be tween all
walks of life at H o p e College. Respectfully,
Dean Hazle ('12)
'Why can't we all be the people God called us to be?' M y hear t fell. I didn ' t know how to to pu r sue a life that h o n o r s God , a peo-
explain my feelings to o thers . I was an -
gry. I was sad. I w a s a shamed . W h y was
I ashamed, though? I felt like I didn ' t d o
any th ing to help the s i tuat ion. I could
have d o n e someth ing .
These past days have caused a whir l -
w i n d of e m o t i o n s inside my hea r t . M y
best f r i end w a s affected by t h e s i tuat ion.
Seeing h i m struggle m a d e m e s t ruggle .
Someth ing n e e d s to be done .
This is not acceptable behavior. This
will never be acceptable behavior. It's t ime
to take a stand. I t s t ime to speak up. This
is not what G o d intended for this world.
W e are all meant to be equal-to have equal
opportuni t ies in all that we do.
W h y can't we all be the people tha t
G o d called us to be? A people w h o str ive
pie where t he re is n o t one m a n above
the other, regardless of sex or ethnicity.
In Galat ians 3:28, it says, "There is nei-
ther Jevy nor Qfeek , there is nei ther slave
n o r free, there is n o male and female, for
you are all o n e in Chris t Jesus."
Learn a b o u t your o t h e r b ro the r s and
sisters in Chr is t . Be a t rue f r i end -one
that t akes the t i m e to listen, one tha t is
t he re to he lp w h e n s o m e o n e is s t rug-
gling, and one w h o learns how to give of
the i r t ime selflessly. U n d e r s t a n d tha t n o t
everyone 's s tory is t h e same. W e are all
m a d e in Christ 's image. It's t ime to t ake
a s tand . Be t h e pe r son tha t G o d c rea ted
you to be. Together, we are one.
Alyssa Barigian ( 1 2 )
'A different angle' Growing up, I never faced any preju-
dice for my ethnicity. But in my first se-
mester at Hope, I had several encounters
with people w h o ignorandy said things
that cut m e to the core. Before coming
to Hope, I had never given racism much
thought—because I hadn't been affected
by it. But the personal attacks I've dealt
with on campus, though minor and unin-
tentional, opened my eyes to have a better
unders tanding of the pain and emotional
battering that is inflicted upon a discrimi-
nated individual.
I believe that "racist" and "derogatory"
remarks are not simply actions that offend
someone because of the shade of their skin.
Or their accent. Or their lifestyle. It runs
so much deeper, agitating the f ramework
of who we are and who we have become.
It cuts into the heart of our heritage.
W h e n someone thoughdessly degrad-
ed the people I relate to by blood, I wasn't
pffonded on an individual level. Instead, I
vyas lef t stinging and frustrated by the dis-
respect and ignorance he demonst ra ted
towards the ones who shaped m e into
who I a m today: namely my grandparents
and my great-grandparents. You see, in a
world that is striving to achieve equality
and respect for all people, I have it so easy.
But my predecessors did not. The sacri-
fices they made, the embarrassments they
faced, the dignity they maintained, and
the dogged loyalty to a count ry that bla-
tantly regarded t h e m as inferior deserves
the u tmost respect and honor.
So in that light, maybe we need to ap-
proach solving this problem at H o p e f rom
a different angle. Maybe meetings on "rac-
ism" and "acceptance" have their place.
But so often, I hear t h e m met with a lot of
eyes rolled and ears closed.
W h a t if we told our stories? Of the
grandparents th rown in concentrat ion
camps. The money stolen. The jeers and
rejection. And what if we told others of
our relatives' responses? Their determina-
tion to rise above such malicious, imma-
ture behavior. Their steadfast examples of
patience and perseverance, to show to the
world that they were stronger.
People need to be led through the
atrocity in the shoes of the one who was
wronged, in order to arrive at a point of
unders tanding and respect. So I encour-
age those who have been at tacked—when
talking to people who are ignorandy indif-
ferent, don't just th row back t e rms associ-
ated with "racism" Show t h e m the face,
the life, the soul of one you love w h o has
personified discrimination.
Annalise Klein (14)
From the inside out
Indefensible Chris Russ Campus Co-Editor
O n Jan. 28, the Board of Trus tees
voted to replace the college's long-
s tand ing Inst i tu t ional S t a t emen t on
Homosexual i ty wi th a new "Posit ion
S ta tement on H u m a n Sexuality."
O n Nov. 9 last semester , there w a s
an incident of vandal i sm that inc luded
the word "gay" be ing spray pa in ted
across a s idewalk that p r o m p t e d a vigil
of 200 s tuden t s ^ n d c o m m u n i t y m e m -
bers to pro tes t d i sc r imina t ion and at-
tacks on individuals based on their
sexual or ien ta t ion . D u e to this events and a few o th-
ers like t hem, the issue of LGBT r ights
on Hope 's c a m p u s has b e c o m e a f r e -
q u e n d y discussed topic. As I r epor t ed
on these events for this newspaper , two
potent ia l ly n o t e w o r t h y stories c ame to
my a t tent ion. T h e first involved t h e alleged dis-
missal in 2006 of a p rofessor based o n
his sexuality. The second deal t wi th
the r e p o r t e d th rea ten ing of a H o p e
s tudent , fall semester , s t e m m i n g f r o m
her role lobbying for LGBT r ights on
c a m p u s . Upon" first hea r ing these sto-
ries I t hough t I had s t ruck journal is t ic
gold. W r o n g f u l dismissals a n d an ad -
min i s t ra t ion t ry ing to si lence s tuden t s
w o u l d easily be the biggest s tory I have
ever r e p o r t e d on. But as I investigated m o r e thor -
oughly, I real ized tha t these two sto-
ries might n o t be all tha t they initially
s eemed to be, a n d the s to ry I was left
wi th w a s a lot less n e w s w o r t h y and
s o m e h o w m o r e depress ing .
In d iscuss ions wi th H o p e faculty
and s tuden t s on th is topic, the s tory
of Dr. John Hanson , a f o r m e r H o p e
professor , first c a m e to my a t tent ion.
I con tac t ed Hanson , a n d h e relayed
his explana t ion of his dismissal f r o m
Hope . He r epor t ed tha t in his t i m e at
Hope , which ended in 2006, h e w a s de-
nied t e n u r e as a resul t of c o m i n g o u t as
an openly gay m e m b e r of the faculty.
Short ly af ter hea r ing this story, 1 asked
Pres ident James Bu l tman abou t the
dismissal . "That 's a ques t ion tha t I s imply can ' t
answer. I'd like to because it would be
vindicat ing. I've had a longs tand-
ing c o m m i t m e n t tha t I would
never, as an adminis t ra tor , d iscuss
pe r sonne l issues in the public square .
1 never have and I never will. It's h u r t
because people make accusat ions tha t
a re n o t t rue , and I feel like I can ei ther
de fend t h e m by revealing what I th ink
is conf ident ia l in fo rmat ion , or I can
stay t r u e to a pr inciple that says tha t
I won ' t d iscuss pe r sonne l issues in the
publ ic square."
A n adminis t ra t ive policy to n o t dis-
cuss pe r sonne l issues is not s o m e t h i n g
u n c o m m o n or even unreasonable , but
because of th is policy, the s tory is little
m o r e t h a n a "he-said, she-said" argu-
m e n t . If this were p resen ted as a news
story, I would need to accuse at least
o n e par ty of b la tan t and in tent ional
decept ion , and this accusat ion would
b e based not o n facts b u t on guess-
work . The second s tory involved a H o p e
s tuden t w h o m a d e the claim tha t she
h a d received calls a n d an email which
s ta ted tha t if she d id not s top part ici-
pa t ing in gay-r ights advocacy, her aca-
d e m i c scholarships would be revoked.
This claim has been repea ted in class-
r o o m discuss ions a n d is even backed
by s o m e H o p e faculty. However , n o
ev idence was ever uncovered or p ro-
vided to suggest that th is type of t h r ea t
was issued. I t hough t I might have s tumbled
o n s o m e t h i n g controversia l a n d ex-
ci t ing wi th these two stories. Instead,
I a m left at th is point wi th just a few
non-p rovab le accusa t ions . However , I
did c o m e away wi th one clear t heme ,
which was the absolute lack of civility
and coope ra t i on in the d iscuss ion of
this subjec t a m o n g s t oppos ing par t i es .
W h a t e v e r the t r u t h is r egard ing
these stories, and regardless of h o w
o n e s t ands on LGBT issues, the re-
peated pe r sona l insul ts I heard , many
of which were d i r ec ted t owards Presi-
den t Bul tman a n d the H o p e Admin i s -
t ra t ion, a re indefensible. They resul t in
the fo rma t ion of host i le e n v i r o n m e n t
tha t inheren t ly lacks the po ten t ia l for
heal thy and product ive debate , wi th -
o u t which n o t h i n g can be changed .
What I thought was the past is now the present C o m i n g f r o m an area g rowing up, I was always the major i ty or so I though t . People
of my race always s u r r o u n d e d m e and w h e n I would have his tory class I felt it was
just that , a story abou t (HIS) past . Stories of d iscr iminat ion , inequality, and ha t red
t owards Af r i can Amer icans . Don ' t get m e w r o n g those s tories w h e r e p r o f o u n d but I
never t hough t they were needed in today's N O W .
So I t ook o n an adven tu re and left all w h a t I knew. O n a plane, I flew to Michigan not
knowing w h a t I would go th rough . N o one knows the silent tears I c ry while being
there. H o w I feel left out and how I don ' t belong. I r e m e m b e r a saying that goes like
this "This is a whi te man's wor ld" and for a s econd that 's w h a t I began to believe.
N o w tha t I know racism still exists and n o t only tha t but in the mids t of w h e r e I cur-
rently dwell, I feel there 's no th ing I could d o but be a voice for my people and love as
Chr i s t tells m e to. C a m e r r a Lightbourn (14)
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in t h e t h r o e s of t h i s socia l t e m -
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as n u m e r o u s as w a t e r d r o p l e t s
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h a n d s l ight whi te , w e will e m -
b r a c e o n e a n o t h e r a n d m a r c h
t o g e t h e r a n d p r o t e s t A N Y a n d
EVERY i n s t a n c e of r a c i s m tha t
h a p p e n s o n th is c a m p u s .
E n o u g h is e n o u g h .
T h e t i m e to e n d r a c i s m o n
th is c a m p u s a n d c o m m u n i t y is
now. W e are all h e r e to learn , t o
g r o w in o u r w i s d o m a n d accep-
t a n c e of o t h e r s , no t to i ndu lge in
s h a m e f u l a n d revo l t ing a c t s of
i g n o r a n c e a n d d i sg race fu lnes s .
Personal ly , t o all t h e abso lu te ly
beau t i fu l , g o r g e o u s , t a l en t ed , in-
tel l igent , g lo r ious p e o p l e of co lo r
w h o go t o th is schoo l , sincerely.
f r o m the b o t t o m of m y h e a r t , I
A M S O SORRY, I feel guilty, en -
raged , a s h a m e d , ho r r i f i ed , a n d
so c o n f u s e d a b o u t w h a t h a s h a p -
p e n e d . All I c a n say is tha t 1 a m
p r o u d a n d so, S O pr iv i leged to
k n o w all of you t h a t look di f fer -
en t f r o m m e a n d speak d i f f e r e n t
t o n g u e s a n d c o m e f r o m d i f f e ren t
c o u n t r i e s a n d b a c k g r o u n d s .
Like a grea t s e r p e n t r each -
ing a n e w s tage in i ts life w e
m u s t s h e d t h e ro t t ing , d e c a y i n g
s t r a igh t j acke t of r ac i sm a n d in-
to l e r ance , of i n a c t i o n a n d ind i f -
fe rence , t h a t has c loaked t h i s
ins t i tu t ion fo r t o o long, a n d
e m e r g e u n h i n d e r e d , v ib ran t a n d
actively seek ing o u t a p r o s p e r -
o u s a n d p e a c e f u l n e w f u t u r e in
w h i c h i g n o r a n c e is r e s t r a i n e d
a n d ac t iv i sm is ign i ted in t h e
d e p t h of eve ry soul . C h a n g e a n d
a sense of c o m m u n i t y is infec t -
ing th is c a m p u s ; it s p r e a d s in t h e
t o u c h of a h a n d , in t h e w o r d s
of o n e f r i e n d t o ano the r , in t h e
g r o w t h of a c c e p t a n c e a n d t h e
q u e s t i o n i n g of bel iefs w e o n c e
he ld t o b e ce r t a in a n d c o n c r e t e .
N o t i m e is b e t t e r to s h e d o u r old
f lesh tha t is r e m n a n t of a d i s t a n t
pas t , a n d t ake o u r p laces as p io -
n e e r s of jus t i ce a n d a c c e p t a n c e
in t h e c o m m u n i t y w e m u s t all
call o u r h o m e . A c c o m p l i s h
this, a n d all t h e sca r s a n d b l e m -
ishes of r a c i s m a n d i g n o r a n c e
will fade, b e c o m i n g m e r e wh i s -
p e r s a n d smal l s h a d o w s of w h a t
H o p e o n c e was, a n d w h a t it is no
m o r e .
Emi ly D i t t m a r ('14)
Inte^estecl in wop-king fof - the Ancboi- next y e ^
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To w h o m it m a y c o n c e r n .
A f t e r w i t n e s s i n g t h e racial d i s c r i m i n a t i o n i n c i d e n t tha t o c c u r r e d
Jan. 26, engag ing in c o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h s t u d e n t s w h o w e r e a f f ec t ed
o n m a n y d i f f e ren t levels, a n d a t t e n d i n g m e e t i n g s r e g a r d i n g the top ic ,
I feel c o m p e l l e d t o r e s p o n d t o P r e s i d e n t Bu l tman ' s s t a t e m e n t to t h e
c a m p u s . I h o p e th is s t a t e m e n t will b e a pos i t ive c o n t r i b u t i o n t o th is
o n g o i n g c o n v e r s a t i o n a n d to Hope ' s mis s ion to p r e p a r e i ts s t u d e n t s
" . . . for lives of l eade r sh ip a n d se rv ice in a g lobal society.. ."
"This is t h e t i m e fo r all of us t o S U P P O R T o u r b r o t h e r s a n d s is ters
of co lor w h o g race o u r c a m p u s a n d dai ly e n r i c h o u r lives. W e love
you, c a r e a b o u t you , a n d s h a r e y o u r hurt ."
P re s iden t B u l t m a n
D o e s t h i s use of t h e w o r d s "we" a n d "you" imply tha t w e a re a
w h i t e c o m m u n i t y w h o w e l c o m e s p e o p l e "of co lo r " so t h a t t h e y c a n
"grace" us wi th the i r p r e s e n c e a n d se rve t o e n r i c h o u r lives? W h y
d o e s H o p e Col lege s t r ive fo r cu l tu ra l divers i ty? D o e s it m a k e fo r a
b e t t e r l iberal a r t s e d u c a t i o n fo r its w h i t e s t u d e n t s ?
Real iz ing t h e a b s u r d i t y of t h e s e ques t i ons , o n e m u s t real ize tha t
t h i s t y p e of l anguage revea ls an i n n a t e u n c o n s c i o u s segrega t ion .
T h o s e w h o ins is t t h a t w e s h o u l d n o t c r i t i c ize o u r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n for
d o i n g its be s t in d e a l i n g w i t h th is s i tua t ion fail to rea l ize tha t it is th i s
m i n d s e t tha t d i c t a t e s h o w w e r e s p o n d to t h e s e s i tua t ions , a n d w h y
H o p e Col lege fails to u n d e r s t a n d t r u e d ivers i ty a n d mu l t i cu l t u r a l -
ism.
It u n d e r s t a n d s t h a t e v e r y o n e is e q u a l in t h e eyes of G o d , a n d tha t
it is benef ic ia l a n d n e c e s s a r y t o live a m o n g p e o p l e w h o c o m e f r o m
d i f f e r e n t b a c k g r o u n d s w i t h d i f f e ren t bel iefs .
T h e p r o b l e m lies in h o w th is cha l l enge is a p p r o a c h e d : w h e n w e
see co lor a n d say "diversity". W e fail t o c o n s i d e r o t h e r types of di-
vers i ty s u c h as rel igion, s o c i o e c o n o m i c s ta tus , sexual o r i e n t a t i o n o r
g e o g r a p h i c o r ig in . Even worse , e v e r y " b r o t h e r o r s is ter of co lor" is
s e e n as a suff ic ient r e p r e s e n t a t i o n of t h e en t i r e minor i ty . H o p e will
never be able ach i eve t r u e un i t y if it c o n t i n u e s t o s eg rega te all n o n -
w h i t e s t u d e n t s in to a m i n o r i t y w i t h s u c h l anguage .
1 m u s t a d d t h a t th is type of u n i n t e n t i o n a l d i s c r i m i n a t i o n goes
b o t h ways. A s a wh i t e m e m b e r of t h e H o p e c o m m u n i t y I have b e e n
to ld t h a t I ("you guys") wil l n e v e r u n d e r s t a n d . O n w h a t bas i s w a s
t h i s p e r s o n a s s u m i n g tha t I wou ldn ' t u n d e r s t a n d ? Surly it wasn ' t
t h e co lo r of m y sk in . . . o r w a s it? I a m n o t a m i n o r i t y b a s e d o n t h e
co lo r of m y skin; h o w e v e r I've h a d e x p e r i e n c e s t h a t have s h a p e d m y
beliefs , p r o b l e m solv ing skills, to le rance , as wel l as o t h e r a s p e c t s tha t
d o n o t re la te to sk in color.
Th i s also sugges t s tha t I have t h e m i n d s e t of all o t h e r w h i t e m e m -
b e r s of H o p e ' s c a m p u s , o r worse , t h a t all w h i t e m e m b e r s of H o p e ' s
C a m p u s s h a r e t h e belief tha t t h e p o s t e r in q u e s t i o n is n o t o f fens ive
b u t i n s t ead " tas te fu l" (one s t u d e n t ' s r e s p o n s e t o t h e pos te r ) .
W h i l e racial d i s c r i m i n a t i o n is a cr i t ical i ssue t h a t H o p e Col lege
s h o u l d b e c o m b a t i n g , t h e so lu t i on n e e d s to c o m e f r o m t h e r o o t of
t h e p r o b l e m .
In s t ead of h igh l i gh t i ng super f ic ia l d i f f e r e n c e s o u r l anguage s h o u l d
b e inclusive. If a n y t h i n g g o o d h a s c o m e o u t of th is inc iden t , it is c o n -
t a i n e d in t h e reve la t ion of H o p e ' s m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g s a b o u t divers i ty
a n d t h e p r e s s i n g n e e d t o reso lve t h i s p r o b l e m .
I n s t e a d imply ing tha t t h e w h i t e m a j o r i t y s h o u l d c o n s o l e a n d de -
f e n d t h e minor i ty , w e s h o u l d rea l ize tha t d i s c r i m i n a t o r y ac t s have
t h e po t en t i a l t o h u r t a n y o n e .
T h u s w e s h o u l d c o m e t o g e t h e r as a c o m m u n i t y to he lp a n d t e a c h
e a c h o t h e r r ega rd le s s of t h e co lo r of o u r skin .
Joe H a b b o u c h e ( 1 2 )
'Whatever happened to...'
W e are h e r e to get a n e d u c a t i o n .
T o work t o w a r d s m a k i n g a s o u n d f o u n d a t i o n .
So w h y m u s t w e have t o a d d u n n e c e s s a r y i ssues to o u r lives like o u r
skin color,
w h y can ' t w e b e t r e a t e d like any o t h e r ?
W e can ' t i gnore t h e s e issues a n d k e e p le t t ing t h e m m a n i f e s t ,
w e have to speak o u t a n d s t a n d u p w h i c h is bes t .
W e have t o let peop le k n o w t h a t the i r so cal led h u m o r is like a t u m o r ,
a f fec t ing the m i n d s , body, a n d sou l s of so m a n y h e r e o n c a m p u s .
Like t h e song w h e r e is t h e love says.
W h a t e v e r h a p p e n e d to the va lues of h u m a n i t y ?
W h a t e v e r h a p p e n e d to t h e f a i rness a n d equal i ty?
In s t ead of s p r e a d i n g love we ' re s p r e a d i n g an imos i ty ,
lack of u n d e r s t a n d i n g is l ead ing us away f r o m unity.
A n d t h e s e lyrics a re so t r ue . W e n e e d to t ake t h i s t i m e to c o m e t o g e t h e r a n d really eva lua te t h e
t h i n g s w e say a n d do .
Unt i l w e l ea rn h o w to r e spec t a n d accep t o n e ano the r ,
we will stay no t be ing Hope ' s co l lege s t u d e n t s bu t
Hope ' s "sisters a n d b r o t h e r s of color. Alecia Ivery
Class of 2 0 1 3
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F E B R U A R Y 2 3 . 2 0 1 1 SPORTS T H E A N C H O R 1 1
Hope student is ESPN's 'Campus Connect' Jolene Jeske SPORTS EDITOR
She has o f t e n b e e n s e e n re-
p o r t i n g o n t h e s idel ines of b o t h
m e n a n d w o m e n ' s baske tba l l
g a m e s , she aspi res t o b e a s p o r t s
b r o a d c a s t e r fo r E S P N a n d n o w
she 's t a k i n g large s t r i de s to
ach ieve he r d r e a m . W h o is she?
Jun ior Kaci Kus t is a H o p e
Col lege s t u d e n t w h o h a s r ecen t -
ly b e e n ga in ing s low r e c o g n i t i o n
o n c a m p u s for h e r r e p o r t i n g
skills. Kus t h a s recen t ly b e e n
f ea tu red o n ESPN's webs i t e as
H o p e College 's ve ry o w n " C a m -
p u s Connec t . "
K u s t f o u n d th is o p p o r t u n i t y
w h e n a f r i e n d in t h e p r o g r a m
f r o m a n o u t - o f - s t a t e col lege to ld
h e r a b o u t " C a m p u s Connec t . "
H e r f r i e n d gave he r t h e n u m b e r
of a p r o d u c e r f r o m ESPN t h a t
she w a s in c o n t a c t wi th . A f t e r
c o n t a c t i n g t h e p r o d u c e r , K u s t
w a s to c r e a t e a s t o r y c o m p e l -
l ing a n d i n sp i r i ng e n o u g h to
b e c o m e a " C a m p u s C o n n e c t "
r epor te r . A f t e r days of t h ink ing ,
Kus t h a d t h e idea. She k n e w t h e
p e r s o n h e r s t o ry w a s a b o u t , a n d
she k n e w he w o u l d t ru ly a p p r e -
ciate h e r w o r k . Plus , he ' s a h u g e
s p o r t s fan .
Ryan Atk ins , a s en io r f r o m
t h e Univers i ty of C inc inna t i ,
w a s a n o r m a l s t u d e n t . H e w e n t
to class, soc ia l ized w i t h f r i ends ,
a n d w a s a m e m b e r of G r e e k life
o n c a m p u s . Every th ing in At-
k ins ' l ife w a s se t unt i l a ca r c r a s h
i m p a c t e d h is life a n d t h e lives of
o t h e r s .
Las t fall, Axkins a n d fou r o t h e r
f r a t e rn i ty b r o t h e r s w e r e d r i v i n g
to G a t l i n b u r g , T e n n . fo r a G r e e k
r e t r ea t . It w a s a d a r k N o v e m b e r
n igh t o n t h e f reeway, a n d A tk in s
w a s a t t e m p t i n g t o m a k e a l ane
s w i t c h w h e n he fa i led t o n o t i c e
a ca r in h i s b l ind s p o t .
T h e SUV Atk ins w a s d r iv ing
f l ipped, t o s s ing o n e of t h e m e n
in t h a t back seat 70 f ee t t h r o u g h
t h e f r o n t w indsh i e ld . All t h r e e of
t h e m e n s i t t ing in t h e b a c k seat
w e r e w i t h o u t the i r sea tbel t , bu t
o n l y o n e of t h e t h r e e w a s in-
j u r e d .
B o t h A tk in s a n d h is f r a t e r -
n i ty b r o t h e r in t h e passenge r ' s
s ea t w e r e w e a r i n g t h e i r sea tbe l t s
bu t d idn ' t wa lk away f r o m t h e
acc iden t ; t h e y w e r e b o t h p a r a -
lyzed. A t k i n s w a s hosp i t a l i zed
fo r near ly fou r m o n t h s a n d k e p t
alive w i t h a resp i ra tor . H e w a s
pa ra lyzed f r o m t h e ches t d o w n .
U n d e r g o i n g r e h a b for t h r e e
h o u r s dai ly a t SCI Step,
a physical t h e r a p y inst i -
tu t ion , A tk in s w o r k e d
to rebu i ld m u s c u l a r t is-
sue in h o p e s of wa lk ing
o n c e m o r e . D u r i n g t h e r -
apy A tk in s hit a b reak -
t h r o u g h , a f t e r near ly s ix
m o n t h s w h e n h e slightly
m o v e d his r igh t leg. A
c o u p l e of m o n t h s la ter
h e c o u l d b e n d h is r ight
k n e e whi le e leva t ing his
leg, a n d h e cou ld slightly
m o v e h is lef t leg.
W h i l e A tk in s w a s in
t h e hosp i t a l a n d u n d e r -
go ing rehab , t h e men 's
baske tba l l t e a m a t t h e
Univers i ty of C i n c i n n a t i
h e a r d a b o u t A tk in s a n d
r e m e m b e r e d h is e x t r e m e
d e d i c a t i o n to U C baske tba l l .
T h e t e a m vis i ted A t k i n s in t h e
hosp i t a l m u l t i p l e t i m e s , t r a cked
h is p r o g r e s s a n d d e d i c a t e d the i r
s e a s o n to h im .
In sp i r ed by th is s t o ry w a s n o t
on ly t h e U C baske tba l l t e a m ,
b u t a lso Atk ins ' l o n g t i m e f r i e n d
Kus t . Kus t a n d A tk in s w e n t t o
h igh schoo l t o g e t h e r a n d have
r e m a i n e d f r i e n d s t h r o u g h o u t
the i r co l lege yea r s . W h e n Kus t
w a s a s k e d to film a f e a t u r e d s t o -
i
Kaci Kust ( '12)
ry, she k n e w exact ly w h o m s h e
w o u l d do it on : Ryan Atk ins .
"I w a s to ld to w r i t e a n inspi-
ra t iona l s tory, a n d I k n e w n o o n e
w o u l d a p p r e c i a t e th is m o r e t h a n
Ryan; he 's a h u g e s p o r t s fan a n d
loves ESPN," Kus t said.
Kus t w o r k e d o n t h e s t o ry fo r
m o n t h s , rece iv ing v ideos t a k e n
f r o m A t k i n s ' fami ly back h o m e .
T h e v ideos c o n t a i n e d foo tage of
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Defense and depth lead Flying Dutch to victory James Rogers GUEST WRITER
H e a d w o m e n ' s baske tba l l
c o a c h Brian M o r e h o u s e a lways
a d m i r e s a s t r o n g de fens ive e f for t .
T h e Flying D u t c h have b e e n de -
fensive w a r r i o r s all s eason , a n d
t h e y k n o w t h a t l imi t ing t e a m s
to low p o i n t t o t a l s will c a t a p u l t
t h e m t o g rea t success in b o t h t h e
r egu la r s e a s o n a n d d u r i n g t o u r -
n a m e n t t ime .
O n W e d n e s d a y n igh t , t h e
D u t c h t rave led t o Ol ive t t o t a k e
o n t h e C o m e t s in a n M I A A
m a t c h u p . O n c e again , t h e r e -
lent less d e f e n s e p r o v e d t o be t h e
cata lys t t o t h e Du tch ' s 82 -43 vic-
t o r y a n d 2 4 t h w i n of t h e season .
M o r e h o u s e has p l e n t y of c o n -
fidence in h i s t eam ' s de fens ive
p r o w e s s b e c a u s e it is t h e i r p r i -
m a r y f o c u s d u r i n g prac t ice .
"De fense is w h a t w e do,"
M o r e h o u s e said. "It t a k e s u p a
large p a r t of p rac t i ces . A l o n g
w i t h g rea t s c o u t i n g r e p o r t s f r o m
o u r ass i s tan t coaches , t h e e f f o r t
p u t f o r t h usual ly l eads to a g o o d
defens ive pe r fo rmance . "
W h i l e t h e d e f e n s e w a s in tac t
o n W e d n e s d a y n igh t , H o p e also
p u t o n a grea t s co r ing display.
A f t e r f ac ing a 10-6 def ic i t ea r ly
i n t h e f i rs t half , t h e D u t c h w e n t
o n a q u i c k 9 - 3 r u n t o t ake a 15-
13 lead w i t h 10:50 to go in t h e
half .
T h e D u t c h w e r e w o r k i n g
hard , b u t a f ew t u r n o v e r s a n d
m i s s e d s h o t s w e r e t h e r e a s o n s
for t h e s o m e w h a t s low s t a r t .
Ol ive t cal led a t i m e o u t at 10:50,
a n d th is t i m e o u t p r o v e d to b e t h e
t u r n i n g p o i n t of t h e g a m e . D u r -
ing t h e b reak , t h e p layers w e r e
to ld to m a i n t a i n t h e tenac i ty .
" O u r c o a c h i n g staff jus t e n -
c o u r a g e d t h e players t o s t ick
w i t h the i r h i g h e f fo r t level a n d
g o o d th ings wou ld happen ,"
M o r e h o u s e said. " W e w e r e able
t o ge t a f e w loose balls a n d t u r n
t h e m in to t r a n s i t i o n o p p o r t u n i -
t ies a n d 3 - p o i n t shots."
A c o u p l e hus t l e plays a n d
m a d e s h o t s p rope l l ed t h e D u t c h
a f t e r t h e t i m e o u t . O v e r t h e n e x t
five m i n u t e s , t h e D u t c h w e n t o n
a p ivota l 19-2 r u n . T h e r u n w a s
s p a r k e d by layups f r o m sen io r s
C a r r i e Sn ikkers a n d Erika B r u -
i n s m a , a long w i t h a 3 - p o i n t e r
d r a i n e d by s o p h o m o r e p o i n t
g u a r d Liz Ellis. H o p e t o o k a c o m -
m a n d i n g lead a n d n e v e r looked
back . S t a r t i ng a t t h e 10:50 m a r k ,
t h e y c losed t h e half o n a m o n u -
m e n t a l 34-9 r u n w h i c h led t o a
4 9 - 2 2 lead at t h e b reak .
A f t e r Ol ive t s c o r e d t h e first
b u c k e t of t h e s e c o n d s t anza ,
H o p e de l ivered a n o t h e r big
surge . A 15-2 b u r s t led by Ellis
a n d sen ior M i r a n d a D e K u i p e r
gave t h e D u t c h a 3 8 - p o i n t lead
w i t h 15:19 r e m a i n i n g . H o p e
even tua l ly o u t s c o r e d t h e C o m -
e t s 33-21 in t h e s e c o n d half , g iv-
ing t h e m t h e 82 -43 t r i u m p h . T h e
Flying D u t c h s h o t 56 p e r c e n t (31
of 55), i nc lud ing 50 p e r c e n t f r o m
b e y o n d t h e a rc (7 of 14).
H o p e rece ived c o n t r i b u t i o n s
f r o m eve ryone , a n d t h e sco r ing
w a s v e r y b a l a n c e d a m o n g s t t h e
t e a m m e m b e r s . W h i l e h o l d i n g a
s e c u r e lead, M o r e h o u s e ut i l ized
all of h i s players . N o player w a s
o n t h e f loo r for m o r e t h a n 18
m i n u t e s , a n d 13 p layers sco red .
Sn ikkers p a c e d t h e D u t c h w i t h
18 p o i n t s a n d seven r e b o u n d s i n
jus t 16 m i n u t e s of play. She s h o t
7 - 8 f r o m t h e field a n d s a n k t w o
3 - p o i n t e r s . Er ika B r u i n s m a also
s c o r e d in d o u b l e figures, c h i p -
p i n g in 10 p o i n t s . She also pu l led
d o w n five r e b o u n d s .
T h e Flying D u t c h o u t -
r e b o u n d e d t h e C o m e t s 47-28 .
F r e s h m a n Katie O v e r w a y a n d
s o p h o m o r e M e r e d i t h K u s s m a u l
e a c h snagged six r e b o u n d s . Liz
Ellis p rope l l ed t h e de fens ive
cha rge w i t h t h r e e steals .
A d e e p b e n c h a n d solid bal-
ance a re t w o s t r o n g c o m p o n e n t s
to have g o i n g in to t o u r n a m e n t
play. T h e p r o d u c t i v e n igh t f r o m
Sn ikke r s is a lso a g rea t s ign fo r
t h e Flying D u t c h . D e s p i t e de t r i -
m e n t a l in ju r ies in t h e pas t , Snik-
ke r s has b e e n c o n t r i b u t i n g well,
a n d h e r pos i t ive l e a d e r s h i p h a s
b e e n effect ive.
"The bes t p a r t of Car r ie ' s
l eade r sh ip is t h e p a r t f e w p e o -
ple see," M o r e h o u s e s ta ted . "It's
t a k i n g as ide a t e a m m a t e a n d
e n c o u r a g i n g t h e m . She's d o n e
t h a t o n a n u m b e r of o c c a s i o n s
t h i s year, especia l ly w i t h s o m e
y o u n g e r players."
T h e pos i t ive a t m o s p h e r e will
c o n t i n u e to b l o s s o m as t h e Fly-
ing D u t c h h e a d in to b o t h t h e
M I A A a n d N C A A T o u r n a m e n t .
T h e v i c to ry aga ins t Ol ive t o n
W e d n e s d a y l a u n c h e d H o p e t o
a 2 4 - 1 r e c o r d overa l l a n d a 14-1
r e c o r d in t h e M I A A . T h e Flying
D u t c h have p o s t e d a t leas t 24
w i n s in 11 s t r a igh t s easons . They
a r e still l o c k e d in a t ie in league
play w i t h rival Calv in w i t h o n e
g a m e t o go in t h e regu la r sea-
son . W i t h a w i n at h o m e o n Sat-
u r d a y aga ins t Albion, t h e D u t c h
s e c u r e d a sha re of the i r f o u r t h
s t r a igh t M I A A C h a m p i o n s h i p
c r o w n .
Hope College women's hoops by the numbers O T h e n u m b e r of
*** ^ v ic to r i es t h e Fly-
ing D u t c h have
s e c u r e d d u r i n g t h e regu la r sea-
son , m a r k i n g the i r 13th s t ra ight
s e a s o n w i t h at leas t 20 wins . In
Feb. 1980, A n n e M u l d e r ( '80)
set t h e s i n g l e - g a m e r e c o r d fo r
r e b o u n d s w i t h 24.
I | j ^ T h e a m o u n t of
^ p o i n t s t h e Fly-
ing D u t c h pu t
up aga ins t K a l a m a z o o Col lege
o n Jan. 26. M e r e d i t h K u s s m a u l
( 1 3 ) l ed all H o p e scorers ; rack-
ing u p 14 p o i n t s aga ins t t h e
H o r n e t s .
A d d s u p to be
H o p e ' s s c o r i n g
d i f fe ren t ia l so
f a r th is s e a s o n (1,844 to 1,178).
T h e Flying D u t c h also s c o r e d
66 p o i n t s aga ins t A lb ion Co l -
lege o n Feb. 19. Rache l K u t n e y
('11) c o n t r i b u t e d s ix p o i n t s to-
w a r d s t h e win .
Q r j C a r r i e Snikkers '
( '11) p o i n t t o -
tal t h r o u g h 2 5
g a m e s th is sea -
son . It is a lso m o r e t h a n t h e at-
t e n d a n c e at e ight of t h e Flying
Du tch ' s g a m e s t h i s s e a s o n , all
of w h i c h w e r e away.
T H I S W E E K I N S P O R T S
Tuesday Feb. 22 MIAA Tournament Women's Basketball vs. Adrian at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday Feb. 23 MIAA Tournament Men's Basketball vs. Alma at 7:30 p.m.
MIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Women's Basketball Carrie Snikkers ( M l )
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I N B R I E F
HOCKEY PLAYERS PREPARE FOR MCHC
PLAYOFF'S
Hope ' s h o c k e y t e a m looks
t o m a k e it f a r in to t h e M C H C
Playoff ' s s t a r t i n g Feb. 24 in
M i d l a n d . T h e h o c k e y t e a m will
rece ive a first r o u n d bye o n t h e
24 th , a l lowing t h e m t o play in
t h e semi - f ina l s Friday, Feb. 25 a t
6 p . m . T h e c h a m p i o n s h i p g a m e
is s c h e d u l e d for th is Sa tu rday a t
3:15 p . m .
A f t e r w i n n i n g t h e c o n f e r -
ence c h a m p i o n s h i p , t h e 12-1-1-
0 D u t c h m e n l o o k to c a r ry t h e i r
w i n n i n g r e c o r d n o t o n l y i n t o t h e
M C H C playoffs , b u t t h e A m e r i -
c a n Col leg ia te H o c k e y A s s o -
c ia t ion N a t i o n a l T o u r n a m e n t as
well. T h e t e a m h a s b e e n a w a r d -
e d t h e t o p - s e e d a m o n g N o r t h
Region t e a m s fo r t h e na t i ona l
t o u r n a m e n t of t h e A C H A . T h e
t o u r n a m e n t will be he ld a t T h e
Edge o n Ho l l and ' s n o r t h s ide,
a n d c o m p e t i t i o n beg ins M a r c h
9 a n d e n d s M a r c h 12. C o m p e t -
ing i n t h e A C H A t o u r n a m e n t
will be 16 t e a m s from a c r o s s t
c o u n t r y .
MEN'S BASKETBALL TOPS KALAMAZOO
O n Sa turday t h e m e n s bas-
ketbal l t e a m finished t h e r e g u -
lar s e a s o n by b e a t i n g Ka lama-
z o o 80-73 . T o p s c o r e r s for t h e
D u t c h i n c l u d e d Wil l Bowser
( 1 1 ) w i t h 2 3 p o i n t s .and N a t e
S n u g g e r u d ('13) w i t h a d
b l e - d o u b l e of 2 2 p o i n t s a n d
r e b o u n d s . E a c h c
e igh t p o i n t s to t h ?
w e r e p layers David
g a n Neil ( '11). K r o m b e e n also
p a v e d t h e r o a d tor the
men ' s v ic to ry snagg ing five
of t h e t e a m s 10 steals .
T h e m e n l o o k t o a d d to
the i r 19 -6 s e a s o n r e c o r d in t h e
M I A A t o u r n a m e n t s t a r t i n g t h i s
W e d n e s d a y . T h e m e n will play
A l m a a t 7:30.
1 2 T H E A N C H O R SPORTS FEBRUARY 2 3 , 2 0 1 1
Swim teams place second at MIAA Championships
C H A S I N G T H E C H A M P I O N — Junior Sarah Sohn was a four-time winner over the weekend, capturing the gold medal in the 500-yard freestyle (5:05.19), 400 Individual Medley (4:36.75), 800-yard freestyle relay (7:46.70), and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:26.38). Her 1,650-yard freestyle time established a new MIAA
record.
Charlotte Park ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
Both H o p e swim t e a m s fin-
ished second at the Michigan
Intercollegiate Athlet ic Associa-
t ion championsh ips , w h i c h con-
c luded on Saturday night .
The m e n finished wi th 775
points , falling shor t of Kalama-
zoo (815), whi le t h e w o m e n
ended wi th 679 points , b o w i n g
to Calvin (850). "I could n o t have
asked m o r e f r o m them," said
C o a c h John Pa tno t t .
Both t e a m s kicked off the
c h a m p i o n s h i p s o n Thursday
w i th season best p e r f o r m a n c e s
in all 12 events .
Defend ing c h a m p i o n Josh
Grabi jas ('13) d o m i n a t e d the
m e n s 500-freestyle wi th a sea-
son-bes t a n d condi t iona l na-
t ional qual i fy ing p e r f o r m a n c e
(4:36.73).
The m e n s 400-yard medley
t e a m m a d e u p of Nicholas Haze-
k a m p ('13), Geof f r ey Ludema
('13), Jacob H u n t ('14), and co-
cap ta in Patr ick Prayer ('12) h a d
a condi t ional nat ional qual i fy ing
p e r f o r m a n c e (3:25.91) beh ind a
second place finish.
Libby Wes t ra t e ('13) es tab-
l ished a school r ecord on Thurs -
day by winn ing the 50-yard f ree-
style. West ra te ' s t i m e of (:23.59)
w a s also a condi t iona l na t ional
qual i fy ing p e r f o r m a n c e a n d
missed an au toma t i c advance-
m e n t by t h r e e - t h o u s a n d t h s of a
second .
Successfully de fend ing her
title in the 500 free-style, Sarah
Sohn ('12) finished wi th a season
bes t , condi t iona l na t ional quali-
fy ing t ime of (5:05.19).
O n Friday, H o p e cap tu red
the gold meda l in bo th the men's
and women ' s 400- yard individ-
ual medley.
For the second t ime, Sohn de-
fended he r title (4:36.75), whi le
Jeff Shade ('12) gave H o p e the
400 IM c r o w n for the fifth con-
secut ive year (4:07.42). C la im-
ing vic tory for the day wi th a
condi t iona l na t ional qual i fy ing
t ime was H u n t in t h e 100-yard
but terf ly (:50.10) a long wi th
Wes t r a t e add ing the 200-yard
freestyle title (1:54.41) to her 50-
yard f r ee win earlier.
The 200-yard men's relay
t e a m of Hazekamp , Alexander
Perkins ('14), H u n t , a n d Prayer
had a condi t iona l na t ional qual i -
fy ing t ime of (1:32.97) beh ind a
second place finish.
H o p e m o v e d into first place
in the men's s t and ings for the
first t i m e af ter a s t rong showing
in the 100-yard breas ts t roke .
The Flying D u t c h m e n ou t -
scored Ka lamazoo 57-30 w i th
four s w i m m e r s finishing in the
top eight.
Friday's final event of the day
was d o m i n a t e d by the women ' s
800-yard f reestyle relay t e a m
f o u n d in Sohn, Be thany Schmal l
('14), Chelsea Wiese ('12), a n d
W e s t r a t e wi th a season best t ime
(7:46.70).
T h e final day of compe t i t ion
inc luded gold m e d a l s for both
t e a m s in t h e 1,650-yard f ree-
style.
Grabi jas d e f e n d e d his c h a m -
pionship in the 65-lap race wi th
a schoo l - record t ime (15:57.27)
while S o h n es tabl ished an M I A A
record (17:26.38), w inn ing the
event for the third consecut ive
year in a row.
Both Grabi jas and Sohn had
provisional qual i fy ing t i m e s for
nat ionals . W i n n i n g her th i rd
event of the mee t , Wes t r a t e took
gold for the day in t h e 100-yard
freestyle (:52.45).
"I a m m o s t p r o u d of o u r t e a m
for ove rcoming adversity and
believing in each other," said co-
cap ta in Brian Yount ('12). "There
were m a n y peop le w h o c o u n t e d
us out , but we never d o u b t e d
o u r chances of w inn ing MIAA's.
W e could have easily rolled over
and qui t many t imes d u r i n g the
season, b u t o u r t e a m r e m a i n e d
as o n e and fought t h r o u g h a dif-
ficult a n d long season."
Looking back o n their five
m o n t h s of in tense t ra ining, in-
c luding fou r days a week of 5:30
a.m. pract ices, bo th t e a m s can ' t
help b u t be p r o u d of their ex-
t r e m e dedica t ion a n d all t hey
have accompl i shed .
"I a m m o s t p r o u d of the t e a m
for always work ing their ha rd-
est and for be ing the re for one
ano the r t h r o u g h all the g o o d
and really d ra in ing t imes tha t
swim season can br ing, such as
o u r two-week C h r i s t m a s break
training," said Laura C a m e r o n
('13). "Our t e a m is like a family,
and I couldn ' t ask for a be t te r
one." In addi t ion to t ra in ing for 16
h o u r s a week plus mee t s , the
s w i m m e r s and divers of bo th
Hopes ' t e a m s have b e e n able to
main ta in very good GPA's, evi-
den t in the i r titles of all M I A A
academic teams .
H o p e remains the only col-
lege w h o h a d bo th the i r m e n
a n d women 's t e a m s achieve this
honor . "Both t e a m s have a ter-
rific work e th ic as well as g o o d
attitudes," Pa tno t t said. "That
combina t ion leads to success,
a n d bo th t e a m s were successful .
I a m h o n o r e d to have coached
them." W h i l e the regular season has
c o m e to a b i t te rsweet end , t rain-
ing isn't qu i te over yet for those
individuals wi th condi t ional na-
t ional qual i fy ing t imes .
The N C A A Nat iona l C h a m p i -
onsh ips are schedu led for M a r c h
23-26 in Knoxville, Tenn .
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Atkins ' p rogress as well as visits
f r o m the U C basketbal l t e a m .
Kust submi t t ed the video to
ESPN be fo re Atkins l if ted his
r ight leg, for t h e mi r acu lous
event had n o t h a p p e n e d yet.
A week later Kust received the
news f r o m his family that h e
indeed l if ted his leg, in hopes
of mak ing her s tory m o r e c o m -
pelling she sent the video to the
p roduce r in h o p e s of add ing it in
at the last minute . Kust was just
in t ime; the n e w film was added,
and the pro jec t was finished.
T h e s tory of Atkins over-
c o m i n g a t ragic accident and
b e c o m i n g paralyzed was Kusts '
first " C a m p u s C o n n e c t i o n " for
ESPN, however th is exper ience
has p u s h e d her to d o more .
"I want to do s o m e t h i n g wi th
Hope. Being a smaller college,
it's ha rder to get o n ESPN, b u t I
th ink if it had s o m e t h i n g to d o
wi th the H o p e vs. Calvin rivalry
it may spark an interest," said
Kust. Al though Kusts aspi ra t ions
of b e c o m i n g an ESPN r e p o r t e r
are just at the beginning, don ' t
b e surpr i sed w h e n you see her
on the big sc reen a few years
f r o m now, interviewing coaches
a n d profess ional players f r o m
the sidelines. Kust's coverage of
Atkins's compel l ing s tory can
be seen o n ESPN.com u n d e r
N C A A BB. To get to the link
click Teams, t hen Big East, fol-
lowed by Cincinnat i , t hen video
playlist a n d finally C a m p u s Con-
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