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N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9 • S I N C E 1 8 8 7 " S P E R A I N D E O " H O P E C O L L E G E • H O L L A N D . M I C H I G A N
New organization seeks to give
'Hope for all God's Children' Erlka Ter Louw S T A F F W R I T E R
Floriana Robins-Brown's
passion, joy and love for children in need radiated f rom every par t of her. As she s tood in f ront of
t he crowd of s tudents and faculty,
Nov. 10 she shared her passion and the vision God had given
her in 2004 for an o rphanage in Rwanda. The mission of this
o rphanage is to "let t h e m grow,
give t h e m hope." The orphanage, Nibakure,
began with that vision Robins-Brown received at a conference
in 2004. As a result of genocide dur ing 1990 to 1940, many
children were left with nowhere
to go and no o n e to care for them. Robins-Brown's assistant,
Claudia Kaul, po in ted out that the rest of the world was too
focused on OJ Simpson, "Forest Gump," "The Lion King" and
the South Africa elect ions to
not ice the genocide occurr ing in
Rwanda.
In 2000, things began to
change. The coun t ry elected
president Paul Kagame, who began a t t empt ing "to help heal
the nation," said Kaul. Kagame is following th rough o n his vow to
s t rengthen the nat ion. For the Nibakure Children's Village, the
government dona ted 23 acres of
land. The ul t imate vision for the
village is to have 15 homes in
clusters of three. Each h o m e
will house two widows hired by the o rphanage and 10 o rphans .
In addit ion to these homes , there will be an e lementary
and secondary school, a clinic, a non-denomina t iona l
house of worship, a technical /
vocational t ra ining building, an audi tor ium, spor ts facilities and
guesthouses . The cons t ruc t ion will take
place in five phases, s tar t ing
with three homes . G r o u n d was broken in May 2009 for this first
phase of const ruct ion.
In addit ion to the construct ion, the staff of
Nibakure has also g r o w n since
Robins-Brown's vision in 2004. There are current ly 12 people
on the board, two of which are pro bono lawyers and a pro bono
architect . Robins-Brown was very gracious and stated,
"God is providing ... we haven't touched a paycheck
since 2005." A victim of abuse and
chi ldhood t r auma herself,
Robins-Brown holds needy
chi ldren and o rphans in a special spot in her heart . After l istening
to her incredible history and her calling f rom God, many audience
member s were s tunned . She of ten repeated "it's not my doing,
it's God's doing." This kind of blind and selfless faith inspires
many s tudents to take action. A Hope organizat ion
called H o p e For All God's
S E E HOPE, P A G E 10
Dutch make final four
PHOTO BY A N N GREEN
HOPE VOLLEYBALL AT ITS F INEST- (From left) Kara VandeGuchte C l l ) , Jacle Fiedler ( '11) and Sara DeWeerdt ( '11) ce lebrate af ter bea t ing Tufts University to qual i fy for
t he NCAA Division III Final Four. See Page 12 for fu l l coverage.
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Phelps creates cultural cuisine Robert Gulmond C A M P U S C O - E D I T O R
Internat ional ^'ddcation week came to a close on Saturday
with "Images: a Reflection
of Cultures," an experience that included a Phelps Dining
Hall d inner featuring cuisine f rom a round the world. It was
a precursor to the display of
cultural pe r fo rmances at t he Knickerbocker Theatre later that
night. Tom Hoover, executive chef
of H o p e College Dining Services, emphas ized the impor tance for
s tudents to t ry new meals as a
way to grow their educat ion. Dur ing regular d inner dining
hours, Phelps offered dishes f rom India, Taiwan, China, France,
Japan and Mexico. Students and visitors could sample dishes
like Indian tandoor i chicken, chicken mar ina ted in yogur t
and typically seasoned with hot spices or French coquilles,
or Saint Jacques Parisienne, a r ich pastry with scallops and
shr imps in cream. Side dishes like Indian basmat i rice, naan
bread and French salad nicoise with mon t rache t were also o n
the menu. Taiwanese mango sticky rice and Mexican wedding
cakes were a couple of the dishes offered for dessert .
In prepara t ion for the
cultural dinner, dining services did its research. "We research
the In ternet and books. I t s pretty collaborative. W e all get
together at a staff mee t ing and ask if there's anything special
anyone wants to have," said
Hoover. He said that the staff holds
a vast array of culinary skills
and specialties like vegetarian,
Cuban, Texan and Japanese. Dining Services also sends e-
mails to internat ional s tudents and the internat ional educat ion
d e p a r t m e n t to ask if there are any special dish requests . They
also refer to past m e n u s of
Images d inners to help t h e m create a n e w m e n u f rom year to
year. This is the 10th year Images
has been held at Hope. The Mexican mango ice
c ream was Brenda Cuellar's
('10) favorite dish. "We usually never have mango, ever. And i t s my favorite fruit," she said.
She thought the Chinese crab rangoon — a small, fried food
mostly compr ised of crab and c r eam cheese — tasted weird.
However, she did not think the rangoon tast ing was a wasted
experience. "Now I know I don't like it," she said. "That's why I
got it, because I've never had it
S E E CUISINE, P A G E 10
Zombieland game gives life to dead month Cory Lakatos S E N I O R S T A F F W R I T E R
You probably not iced a few
s t range happenings a round Hope's c a m p u s be tween Nov.
9-16. A plague swept th rough the college, and this t ime it
was no t norovirus or even
swine flu - it was m u c h worse. Some s tudents experienced
s y m p t o m s
of ex t reme
j u m p i n e s s and paranoia
m a n i f e s t e d t h r o u g h
avoidance of Phelps, the urge
to hide out in their rooms
for extended
per iods of t ime, and
p a r t i c i p a t i o n in nocturna l
search parties. O t h e r s
simply acquired
an insatiable hunger for brains. All of
these s trange
page as "the game that makes going f rom class to class
terrifying," Zombie land was organized by Trevor Coeling
( ' l l ) a n d Cristoff Visscher ('12)
and takes its n a m e f r o m the recent zombie comedy/ac t ion
film. M o r e than 150 H o p e
s tudents took part in the game, which pi t ted the h u m a n race
(marked o n their
backs with green tags) against an
initially small but growing
battal ion of zombies, who
were marked on their f ron ts with
red tags. The zombies '
soleobjectivewas
to tag humans , i n f e c t i n g
them with the m u t a n t H1N1
vaccine that had originally
tu rned t h e m RAPHIC BY KRISTEN M U L D E R ^ ^ Q undead
behaviors became commonplace cannibals. The infected h u m a n for the dura t ion of Zombieland would then be forced to don a at Hope. ye l l owtagandwou ldmorph in toa
Descr ibed on its Facebook zombie after 12 hours unless they
were able to locate an antidote.
The h u m a n s began the game with no choice but to run f r o m
the zombies. Though they were
safe in classes, work, the dining halls and their own rooms,
everywhere else they were at the mercy of the horde. These
facts led many h u m a n s to band together for mutua l protect ion,
which resulted in the fo rmat ion
of such alliances as Wolf-Pack
and Survival G r o u p Alpha. Some h u m a n s were lucky
enough to start the game with o n e o r two antidotes, bu t those
who were not so for tuna te had to rely o n the medpacks that the game leaders periodically hid
a round campus . O n Friday the IS01, just
when things s tar ted to look bleak for the humans , weapons
were in t roduced into the game.
Hidden a round c a m p u s in the same manner as the medpacks ,
the whi tewashed wooden objects could be used by h u m a n s to
"kill" a p rede te rmined number of zombies. The horde began
to feel the sort of fear that the h u m a n s had felt dur ing the first days of the game.
The weekend saw a slowdown in zombie activity, but the
h u m a n s could not afford to let S E E ZOMBIE, P A G E 10
W H A T ' S INSIDE
NATIONAL 3 VOICES 8
ARTS 5 SPORTS 11
Health Care — The Senate Is about to de-bate health care changes.
Pages 3
Turkey Time — Fun Thanksgiving recipes and Ideas if you can't leave campus.
Page 6-7
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P ERSPECTIVES
Suspicious plant prompts HPD investigation Chris O'Brien A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S EDFTOR
"There's a marijuana plant growing right outside ofour dorm" I said.
"No way!" Freshman John Stathakis ('13) replied.
"I didn't believe it either, but here, come check it out," I said.
I walked over toward the plant
with the three other guys. N o w to clear things up right
away, my knowledge of weed is
somewhere in between that of
a fifth grade D.A.R.E s tudent and a middle-aged conservative
housewife. The guys could have pointed
out a ficus to me, and I would
have thought, " H m m m , well I
guess it could be marijuana." The other guys seemed to
be in agreement that this was mari juana, but 1 was not ready to
fully commit to this analysis. For
now, it would be referred to as
"mystery plant." W e decided we needed to go
grab a sample leaf for fur ther analysis, so we left to accomplish
that task. The "mystery plant" stood
as a 2 foot tall, leafy, tower of
sin, rising far above the fallen
leaves and scattered wood chips
that littered the ground around it. There it ::stood, mocking
the entire institution of Hope
College, jeering at the Keppel house that was only o n e street away scoffing that , "Yes, even a
mari juana plant can grow here in
I N B R I E F
HOLIDAY BENEFIT DINNER PROVIDES FUNDS FOR
HEALTH CLINIC
Hope College students are raising funds by organizing a
holiday benefit dinner at City on
a Hill in Zeeland.
Proceeds will support City on a Hill's health clinic, adult
mentoring program (ATLAS),
and food service ministry (CafeS8), and help provide a low-
cost home for 31 other non-profit
organizations and ministries at
City on a Hill. A dinner, catered by Cafe58,
and a silent auction are being
planned. Tickets for the Dec. 3, event can be purchased by
contacting City on a Hill, 100 S.
Pine St., in Zeeland (616-748-6060) or through the Center for
Faithful Leadership, at Hope
College.
BONE MARROW REGISTRATION OFFERED
Thousands of patients with
life threatening diseases need a marrow donor who can make
their transplant possible.
Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 3 P-m. in Dyktra Hall or the Otte Room
students can attend the bone marrow registry. It 's fast and no
blood needs to be drawn. Contact [email protected] or kelsey.
[email protected] with questions.
the soil of Hope." We both plucked a leaf and
brought then upstairs to the Durfee computer lab. Stathakis
typed "marijuana leaf" into the Google image search. The results were almost identical to the two
leaves that sat in front of us on
the desk. I had to find a second source,
though. I took a picture of the leaf on my cell phone and sent
it to someone f rom h o m e who
was familiar with weed. The subject: "Is this not weed?" His
text response came back shortly
after with, "Yes. Where 'd you find
that?" "How does this happen?" I
asked the guys in the room. A fourth had come into the
room. We caught Tyler Peterson ('13) up to speed on what had
taken place. He ment ioned that the seeds could have been pu t
into the mulch, and that he knew
someone f rom his h o m e town that had this happen to them.
A mental image came to me
of President Bul tman slamming
his fist d o w n on a H o m e Depot counter tdp demanding to know
who pu t the weed seeds into
Hope's bag of mulch. With my mind racing as to
what I should do next, 1 calmed
myself down and decided before I did anything else I still needed
to verify that this was mari juana. Five or six eye-witnesses and a
picture message verification was
not enough to officially change
and put my laptop in the passenger seat displaying the directions.
With my laptop sitting there and a mari juana leaf resting on top of the keyboard, I felt somewhere in
between a policeman and Seth
Rogen f rom the opening driving scene of "Pineapple Express."
The drive began. I couldn't find the greenhouse. I pulled into the
Salad Bowl restaurant, and called the Jonkers Garden telephone
number. I soon realized that I had
called for directions to their store f rom their parking lot. Maybe
this "mystery plant" was rubbing
off on me. [onker's was giant, with plants
coming f rom nearly every angle. I walked to the counter and tried
as best as I could to make the situation seem at least somewhat
normal. Behind the counter was a lady, Joanne Avink. She's been
helping run the Garden shop
since 2001. "Ail right, this is going to
come off a little strange," I said
placing my laptop down on the
counter. I opened my Macbook and resting on the keyboard was
t)ie "mystery leaf."
I pu t the leaf in my hand and held it out with one simple
question. . "Is this no t marijuana?"
Avink was slightly taken
aback, but chuckled, "I'll go find
someone else." Avink stepped ou t f rom behind
the counter and walked through the s tore back into another
THE REAL STUFF— Marijuana (above) was suspected to be growing between Durfee and Lubbers.
the label of "mystery plant." I needed to find an expert .
" W h o would be able to
identify by looking at a leaf what plant it belonged to and could
accurately claim that this was or was not marijuana?" 1 thought to
myself the following morning .
A few minutes went by.
Nothing. A couple minutes more. Nothing. Then it hit me I should
take a leaf sample to a greenhouse!
I rushed to my laptop and googled
"Holland greenhouses." A few opt ions came up, and 1 clicked on
Jonker's Garden on River Ave. I found the direct ions and not
even bother ing to print them, I
simply took my laptop with me
outside. I hopped in my red Ford Focus
room, where I could slightly hear her voice retelling my bizarre
question. From the back room
came Zandra Talley, who is bet ter known in the store as "Z." Talley
manages both the nursery and
perennial depar tments and has worked at Jonker's since 1991.
She is in charge of making sure
over 75,000 plants are planted, tagged, watered, protected in
the winter, moved to displays, and sold to customers. This lady
knows her plants. Accompanying her was
Greg Kuziak. Serving as retail manager since 2002, he is said by
the Jonkers Garden website to be, "One of the people you're bound
to run into at Jonker's Garden."
This is t rue.
Talley and Kuziak followed Avink back to the counter. Avink
handed the "mystery leaf" over to Talley who took off her glasses
and held the leaf up a few inches above her eyes and then up to
the light. With no hesitation she set the leaf back down and said,
"Yep, that 's weed." There were chuckles f rom the
four of us and I asked, "Really?" in
a high-pitched, s tunned voice. Kuziak picked up the reef leaf,
and asked me how
tall the
p lan t was. 1 told him
that it was
about knee h e i g h t ,
m o t i o n i n g to my blue
jeans. He
n o d d e d and set the
leaf back
down. " H o w
can it grow,
though?" I asked. "Is
it going to grow
a n y m o r e
now that i ts getting
cold?"
PHOTO BY EMILY C R U M
GREENERY— A plant (above) grow-i ng outs ide Durfee Hall has been removed due to Its resemblance to
mar i juana.
"Did you know there was a mari juana plant growing, like,
right outside of Durfee?" I said. "What?" he said shocked.
"Where?" The next two minutes can best
be described as a little league baseball player trying to explain
where his house is to his friend's m o m who was driving him h o m e
f rom practice.
"OK, so Lubbers Hall is here, sidewalk is here and the wall is
here, then the plant is
right here," I tried to
explainusing
the walls and door as
props. "Why
don't you
just show me," Hansen
said slipping on his
shoes.
W e w a l k e d
outside. I pointed to
the area
where the plant used to
be. He was
surprised to see that it
"No," Talley responded. "It
will freeze out , it's not going to bud either."
The conversation shifted back
toward the outrageousness of the
entire situation, with the four of us astonished that a publically
viewable mari juana plant was growing literally less than five feet
away f rom a Hope College dorm.
I asked t h e m if they thought someone had planted it or if it
may have been part of the mulch
that was put down. "Well if someone was smoking
a reefer, tossed the reefer down and some seeds fell out," Talley
said. "Then there you go, there's
your plant." This was enough for me.
The verdict was in. This was no
longer the "mystery plant" but was officially the mari juana plant
growing outside of Durfee Hall.
I went on my four th trip back to the mari juana plant, this t ime
with Kristine Davis ('12), an avid
photographer. If I was going to get a picture of the mari juana, I was
going to have some product ion
value to it. W h e n I got there, I
was shocked to see it was gone. "I swear it was here!" I said to
Kristine. "I'm sure it was."
Around 5:30 that night, I knocked on the door of Nate Hansen, the residential director
of Durfee Hall. His wife answered the door, and the room smelled
of Italian food, not of a Fazolis variety but legitimate Olive
Garden levels. "Is Nate here?" I asked. She nodded. A few seconds
later Nate walked to the
doorway.
was so close to the brick wall and went inside to call C a m p u s Safety. Whi le he had the receiver in his
hand, Johnathan Wielinga ('11)
told the two of us that Residential
Life coordinator Ray Cook and Campus Saiety had already taken
care of it. It was now t ime for me
to talk to Ray Cook. I walked into Cook Hall
and knocked on his door. Cook answered the door, and I
proceeded to ask him what he
knew. "I'm really not at liberty to
say," he responded. "We were
notified last night and Campus Safety and the HPD took care of
it f rom there." He added that with marijuana,
it becomes a legal case, and the
area becomes somewhat of a
cr ime scene. This left me with one final
phone call to make — the
Holland Police Depar tment . I called the main line and asked
if I could come in and talk to
someone about the case. The phone operator asked if it was
on the Campus Safety reports to which I said no. She said that
there was a stack about an inch high of police reports, they were
taking care of and that when
it is officially posted on Hope College's Campus Safety report ,
then questions can be asked. As of Nov. 23, there has
been nothing posted. There are r umors circulating that the police identified the plant and said it
was not marijuana.
N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 9 NATIONAL T H E A N C H O R 3
Senate moves to floor debate on health care Narrow vote moves reform bill forward, but issues over'public option' remain
Eric Anderson C O - N A T I O N A L N E W S E o t r o R
T h e Senate comple t ed
c ruc ia l s teps t o w a r d pass ing
heal th ca re r e fo rm Saturday w h e n they ob t a ined the
necessa ry a m o u n t of votes to begin deba te in a 60-39 vote.
P r o p o n e n t s of t he bill we re able to sway key m o d e r a t e
D e m o c r a t s and ob t a in the m i n i m u m 60 votes n e e d e d to
b lock any f i l ibusters .
T h e p r o c e d u r a l passage was v iewed as a v i c to ry by leading
D e m o c r a t s , wi th regard to t he success un i t ing a wide range
of le f t - lean ing s e n a t o r s o n a n
issue of na t iona l s ignif icance. Th i s hea l th care r e f o r m
bill looks to expand hea l th care coverage for a s igni f icant
a m o u n t of cu r ren t ly u n i n s u r e d
Amer i cans . It a lso inc ludes a provis ion a l lowing for a
g o v e r n m e n t - r u n hea l th ca re
p r o g r a m to c o m p e t e wi th o t h e r p lans o f fe red by pr ivate
insure r s . Th i s provis ion, which
has c o m e to be k n o w n as
t he g o v e r n m e n t - r u n "public op t ion" is t he m o s t c o n t r o v e r s i a l
aspec t of t he c u r r e n t vers ion of
t he r e f o r m bill. A n u m b e r of m o d e r a t e
D e m o c r a t s even voted in favor of deba te w i t h no p romise that
they wou ld ul t imate ly vote in s u p p o r t of t he
bill. A m o n g the s e n a t o r s
o n the fence were Joe L ieberman , I -Conn . , a n d
Ben Nelson , D-Neb. , w h o s e uneas ines s could
signal that th i s vers ion of t he bill is fa r f r o m
passage. O n e key a r g u m e n t
aga ins t the publ ic op t ion
c o n t e n d s that t he cos t s of
having a g o v e r n m e n t - r u n hea l th ca re plan wou ld be
t oo m u c h for t he a l ready
s t ruggl ing economy. T h e Congress iona l
Budget Off ice c u r r e n t l y e s t ima tes tha t t he r e f o r m
bi l lwil lcost approx imate ly $848 bil l ion over 10 years,
bu t t he cos t s of t he bill
wou ld be of fse t by the ensu ing add i t i ons of n e w
taxes and fees . T h e C B O a l s o e s t i m a t e s
tha t the bill wou ld save
$130 bil l ion in t he f i rs t 10 years and $650 billion in
t he s e c o n d 10 years f r o m
n e w taxes a n d f ines. A n o t h e r issue t aken
w i t h t he inc lus ion of a g o v e r n m e n t - r u n hea l th
ca re op t i on is a provis ion al lowing s ta tes to op t o u t if t h e y do n o t w a n t
PHOTO COURTESY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A LOADED ISSUE— A copy of the Democratic health care reform bil l Is l i f ted. The Senate voted 60-39 in favor of moving to debate the leg is la t ion ca l l ing for a broad overhaul of the cur rent heal thcare
system.
to have access to the publ ic
op t i on . Ins tead , o p p o n e n t s p re fe r
giving s ta tes t he op t i on to o p t
in to t he p r o g r a m . Th i s would allow for s ta tes to tai lor the
publ ic op t ion to the i r individual s i tua t ions , essential ly lessening
the in f luence of t he federal
g o v e r n m e n t . However , m a n y in favor of
the publ ic op t i on a rgue that leaving it ou t would give pr ivate
insu re r s f r ee reign to raise their pr ices wi thou t fear of
c o n s e q u e n c e s o r compe t i t i on . Desp i t e the unce r t a in t i e s
f r o m cent r i s t s , leading D e m o c r a t s were c o n f i d e n t that
c lear ing th i s init ial obs tac le gave t h e m m o m e n t u m for t he
bill's even tua l passage. T h e deba te will ensue af ter
Thanksg iv ing when the Senate
reconvenes . It p romises to be hea ted as r ep resen ta t ives look
to f ind c o m m o n g r o u n d on
an issue that h a s p roven to be t ru ly divisive t h u s far.
O n e rou t e be ing p u r s u e d by D e m o c r a t i c leaders is looking
to m o d e r a t e Republ icans to
m a k e up for the possible loss of m o d e r a t e D e m o c r a t s .
A p romis ing op t i on is
O l y m p i a Snowe (R-Maine) w h o c rossed pa r ty l ines to vote in
s u p p o r t of t he r e f o r m bill, t h e n in t he f inance c o m m i t t e e .
Closing of Guantanamo Bay detention center postponed Obama announces facility will not close by January deadline
Samuel Tzou S T A F F W R I T E R
Pres iden t O b a m a a n n o u n c e d last W e d n e s d a y tha t he will
no t be able to achieve the Jan. 22 dead l ine of c los ing
G u a n t a n a m o Bay. T h e d e t e n t i o n cen te r
loca ted o n the s o u t h e a s t e r n
sho re of Cuba h a s b e e n ho ld ing s u s p e c t e d t e r ro r i s t s as
de t a inees s ince late 2004. D u r i n g the p res iden t ' s t o u r
of Asia, O b a m a a d m i t t e d to b o t h fore ign and U.S. p ress tha t
he set t he dead l ine jus t two days a f t e r his inaugura t ion .
" W e had a specif ic dead l ine tha t was missed," the BBC
r e p o r t e d O b a m a as saying. T h e d e t e n t i o n cen te r
h a s b e e n cont rovers ia l for pol i t ic ians . Many of these
de t a inees are held w i t h o u t
charge and are no t given the r ights of p r i sone r s of war. They
are ins tead labeled as e n e m y
c o m b a t a n t s . T ime magaz ine r e p o r t e d
Nov. 20 that Obama ' s p lan for
the p r i soner de t en t ion cen te r will m o s t likely anger b o t h
Republ ican and D e m o c r a t
par t ies . Many h u m a n r ights
' o rgan iza t ions compla in
p r i sone r s of G u a n t a n a m o Bay face be ing s e n t e n c e d
indefini tely. O b a m a fo rmer ly o p p o s e d
th i s idea d u r i n g the Bush
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , bu t T ime r e p o r t e d h i m s u p p o r t i n g it in
May. O b a m a said he was no t
d i s appo in t ed in no t mee t i ng
the goal. "I knew th i s was going to be
hard," O b a m a to ld Fox News.
H u m a n r igh t s o rgan iza t ion
A m n e s t y In t e rna t iona l was ang ry wi th Obama ' s lack
of p r o m p t n e s s to m e e t t he
deadl ine . "Mil l ions of people a r o u n d
the wor ld who care abou t h u m a n r igh t s and the ru le
of law will be ex t remely d ishear tened ," U.S. execut ive of A m n e s t y In t e rna t iona l Lar ry
Cox said last Thursday . O n e of t he main p r o b l e m s
tha t the O b a m a Admin i s t r a t i on
is having wi th the de t a inees at
G u a n t a n a m o Bay is t he fac t that t he federal g o v e r n m e n t
would have n o w h e r e to place t he p r i sone r s tha t are cu r ren t ly
held in the pr ison c a m p . C e r t a i n s ta tes such as Iowa
and N e w York, which O b a m a
a p p r o a c h e d this pas t year, me t h im with f ierce res is tance .
Several pol i t ic ians spoke up
in N o v e m b e r aga ins t O b a m a ' s plan of m o v i n g p r i sone r s .
"It's an unneces sa ry risk to t he city of N e w York," f o r m e r
N e w York mayor and f o r m e r
Republ ican pres ident ia l c a n d i d a t e Rudy Giul iani told
C N N ' s State of t he Un ion p r o g r a m on Nov. 19. " (New
York) a l ready h a s any n u m b e r
of risks." The re ' s a large possibility,
however , that O b a m a will choose to place t he p r i sone r s
in a jail loca ted in t he
N o r t h w e s t e r n reg ion of his
h o m e s ta te . T h o m s o n p r i son is located
approx ima te ly 150 miles f r o m Chicago . T h e pr i son facility
is fairly isolated with the m a x i m u m capaci ty of 1,600 cells; however , only 200 cells
are cu r ren t ly in use. T h o m s o n Village officials
are exci ted at the possibi l i ty
that the federal g o v e r n m e n t may buy the facility and set up
a n e w sys tem of de t a in ing the
s u s p e c t e d t e r ro r i s t s t h r o u g h the T h o m s o n facility. T h e n e w
facility wou ld b r ing r e v e n u e and jobs for t he t o w n .
"It's been s i t t ing the re for
e ight to nine years and our town is like a ghost town,"
T h o m s o n Village Pres iden t Jerry Hebe le r said of t he p r i son
to t he H u f f i n g t o n Post on Nov. 14. He added tha t a t avern
recent ly c losed and a p l a n n e d
hous ing d e v e l o p m e n t fell t h r o u g h . :Everybody m o v e d o r
got d i f f e ren t jobs." Even so. Republ ican
cand ida t e s in t he a rea are
highly o p p o s e d to such an idea as t he re may be a high
probabi l i ty tha t c r i m e in the
area could increase . O b a m a has yet to reveal h is
en t i re in ten t ions . "It's ha rd no t only because
of the politics," O b a m a said. "People, I th ink unders tandab ly ,
are f ea r fu l a f ter a lot of years w h e r e they were told that
G u a n t a n a m o was cri t ical to
keep t e r ro r i s t s out."
" Be Joyful in hope, ^ patient in affliction, | and faithful in prayer." =
-Romans 12:12 SJ o
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T H I S W E E K I N Q U O T E S
" W e a re go ing t o k n o c k
y o u r s o c k s off. A n d un t i l
t h a t day in 2011 w h e n it
e n d s , I i n t e n d t o soak u p
eve ry m e a n i n g f u l , joyfu l
m o m e n t w i t h you." - Oprah Winfrey, announc-ing "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
would end in September 2011.
"Tokyo r e m a i n s by fa r t h e w o r l d capi ta l of gas -t r o n o m y a n d a l so h a s t h e m o s t t h r e e - s t a r r e s t a u -rants." - Micheiin guide director Jean-Luc Naret, after Tokyo leaps ahead of Paris as the "world's best place to eat," Tokyo has the most Micheiin three-star restaurants in the world.
"It's a t r i b u t e t o his life a n d c a r e e r - he 's t r u ly an a m a z i n g artist." - Auctioneer Darren Juien, of selling Michael Jackson's memora-bilia. Jackson's infamous Moon-walk glove recently sold to a Hong Kong businessman, Hoffman Ma, for $350,000.
" O v e r t h e p a s t c o u p l e
of y e a r s t h e y o u n g fe-
m a l e a u d i e n c e h a s really
s t a r t e d d r iv ing a lo t of
t h e marke tp lace . " - Richie Fay of Summit Enter-tainment, whilst discussing the impact of the female teenage audience on ticket sales for the recent blockbuster movie, "New Moon." •*:
"P re s iden t O b a m a h a s
l i f ted his b a n o n do-
ing i n t e rv i ews w i t h Fox
N e w s . Wel l , yes terday.
P r e s i d e n t O b a m a w a s
i n t e r v i e w e d by a r e p o r t e r
f r o m Fox N e w s . Yeah.
A n d you c o u l d tell t h e
r e p o r t e r w a s f r o m Fox
N e w s b e c a u s e t h e f i rs t
q u e s t i o n was , " H o w d o
you t h i n k you ' r e d o i n g as
p r e s i d e n t o n a scale f r o m
m i n u s o n e t o m i n u s 10?" - Late night talk show host, Conan O'Brien.
"Par t of w h a t I love a b o u t
b e i n g a live p e r f o r m e r is
t h a t s o m e t i m e s you jus t
a re in t h e m o m e n t a n d
s o m e t i m e s th ings jus t
happen . " - Last year's "American Idol" runner-up, Adam Lambert, about kissing his male keyboardist during his performance at the American Music Awards Sunday night.
Michigan shares $4 million award to boost economy and create green jobs A m y A h i n e
S T A F F W R F I T R
M i c h i g a n will sha re federal s t imu lus f u n d s equ iva len t to $4
mil l ion with Ind iana and O h i o
to a c c u m u l a t e i n f o r m a t i o n
a b o u t t he aid n e e d e d for employees and bus ines ses
to e n t e r r e n e w a b l e ene rgy
indus t r i e s . A c c o r d i n g to Labor
Sec re t a ry Hilda Solis and U.S. D e m o c r a t i c Represen ta t ive of
Batt le Creek , Mark Schauer ,
th i s federa l s t i m u l u s package will aid t he au to m a n u f a c t u r e r s
of M i c h i g a n greatly.
Th i s federal s t imu lus f u n d , cal led t he Labor M a r k e t
I n f o r m a t i o n I m p r o v e m e n t
G r a n t , was p rov ided t h r o u g h
the A m e r i c a n Recovery and
Re inves tmen t Ac t . T h e f u n d s are to be shared
b e t w e e n Mich igan , Ind iana
and Oh io , in a n e f fo r t to
help t he au to m a n u f a c t u r e r s
d ivers i fy and to help peop le f ind e m p l o y m e n t in t he g reen
ene rgy divis ion. To accompl i sh t he se tasks ,
t he s ta tes will split up t h e
va r ious u n d e r t a k i n g s .
Mich igan and O h i o will ut i l ize the i r share of t he
Labor M a r k e t I n f o r m a t i o n
I m p r o v e m e n t G r a n t to
a c c u m u l a t e and analyze i n f o r m a t i o n abou t w o r k f o r c e
n e e d s and f r o m var ious
m a n u f a c t u r e r s and par t
supp l i e r s of t he au to i ndus t ry r ega rd ing the t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s
of the i r bus ines s se t t ings . In an e f fo r t to be t t e r iden t i fy
t he skills r equ i r ed and the
n u m b e r of g reen jobs available,
O h i o will c o n d u c t a "green jobs su rvey" of t h e employe r s in
the i r s ta te . I n d i a n a will e m p l o y the
asse ts f r o m th i s g r a n t to
r ecogn ize t he p r e s e n t skills possessed by a u t o i n d u s t r y
workers . Ind iana , M i c h i g a n a n d Ohio ,
however , were n o t t he only
s t a tes to receive g r a n t s t h r o u g h
the A m e r i c a n Recovery and
Re inves tmen t Act . D i f f e ren t s ta te , c o u n t r y and local
w o r k f o r c e agencies t h r o u g h o u t t h e Uni ted States were given a
to ta l of $55 mil l ion in g r e e n
jobs g r a n t s by the U n i t e d Sta tes
Labor D e p a r t m e n t . O u t of t he $55 mil l ion in
g ran t s , $48.8 mil l ion w e n t t o w a r d s t h e State Labor M a r k e t
I n f o r m a t i o n I m p r o v e m e n t
G r a n t s . Increas ing the capac i ty of
t he c u r r e n t g ran t r ec ip ien t s
t h r o u g h d i f f e ren t tac t ics ,
t he G r e e n Capac i ty Building G r a n t s , to ta l ing $5.8 mill ion,
will offer t r a in ing p r e p a r a t i o n
to help individuals a t t a in jobs
S E E A W A R D , P A G E 1 0
Protests over tuition hike
PHOTO COURTESY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TUITION INCREASE SPARKS PROTESTS-Across Cali-forn ia, s tudents f rom Universi ty of Cal i fornia ins t i tu t ions are p ro tes t ing the recent 32 percent Increase in tu i t i on fees, passed by the University of Cal i fornia Board of Regents. The f inancia l cr is is f ac i ng the s ta te of Cal i fornia is most ly to b lame for the t u i t i on hike. Students contend tha t the increase w i l l make i t more d i f f i cu l t for s tudents f rom low-er income backgrounds to a t tend Ca i i f f rn ia ' s s tate- funded universi t ies. However, o f f ic ia ls argue t h a t a por t ion of the money generated by the tu i t i on raise w i l l go toward a id ing s tudents In need of f inanc ia l assistance. Protests have al-ready turned t roublesome, w i th mul t ip le arrests be ing made on a number of UC campuses. -
Michigan attorney general denies impeding investigation Sierra Hansen S T A F F W R I T E R
Michigan At torney Genera l
Mike Cox denied he scut t led
a 2003 joint investigation of f o f m e r Detroit Mayor Kwame
Kilpatrick with state police,
including an alleged cover-up of the beat ing of slain exotic dancer
Tamara Greene at t he m a y o r s
official residence. Cox is scheduled to be
deposed Dec. 11 in a lawsuit by Greene's family. They are suing
the city, Kilpatrick and other
officials. The family's lawyer, N o r m a n Yatooma, claims they
stifled a police investigation
into her 2003 shoot ing death. The 27-year-old Greene is
r u m o r e d to have danced at an insubstant ia ted par ty at t he
Detroi t Mayor 's Manoogian Mansion residence a few
mon ths before she was sprayed with bullets while sitting in a
car with her boyfr iend. With in the context of t he investigation.
Cox concluded the party was an
"urban legend." However, s tate police
investigators claim Cox
impeded their investigation by no t thoroughly investigating
the possibility that a beat ing at
t he suspected party may have indeed taken place. Cox denied
those claims in an extensive
interview with the Detroi t Free Press, saying that he had no
authori ty to shut down the police
investigation, which cont inued for another six m o n t h s after his
office quit its o w n probe in June
2003. Cox denies suggestions that
the investigation was rushed,
stat ing that he made it clear he wanted to direct a "fast bu t
t ho rough probe". "The governor runs the state
police," he said, adding, "There's no way I could shut down the
investigation." He also said that Gov.
Jennifer G r a n h o l m pushed h im into the investigation wi thout
pr ior communica t ion by issuing a news release stat ing that
s tate police would investigate the allegations and Cox would
review the findings. Meanwhile, Granholm's office contradic ted
this s ta tement by stat ing that no th ing was forced on Cox.
Michigan state officials declined
to c o m m e n t on the matter. Suspicions of scuttling follow
a 2005 case involving a lawsuit
filed by a detect ive who said he lost his job investigating Greene 's
death. In format ion f rom a newsource local to the Detroit
area surfaced on cl ickondetroit .
com, saying that " former Detroit homic ide investigator Alvin
Bowman's whist leblower lawsuit
against the city of Detroit claims he lost his job because he
pushed too hard to investigate the m u r d e r of Tamara Green(e)".
A judge ordered then Mayor
Kwame Kilpatrick's n a m e be removed f rom the lawsuit. By then, the state police had already
dismissed the alleged wild par ty th rown for Kilpatrick at the
Manoogian Mans ion as one having a mythological nature.
But fo rmer homicide
investigator Sgt. Mar ian Stevenson then claimed that she
had informat ion substant iat ing the party, saying that some of the
people she talked to dur ing the
investigation "stated that Miss
Green had danced at a par ty for the mayor, and she may have
had some informat ion regarding
the activities that happened that part icular night," Stevenson
said. Bowman would also beg to
differ f rom the assumpt ion that
the par ty was a tall tale, having said in a sworn affidavit that
he suspects she was killed by a
m e m b e r of the Detroi t Police Depar tmen t , according to an
onl ine Channe l 20 News — Detroit article. He said that he
inferred the possibility based on
the n u m b e r of shots that were taken by the perpe t ra to r and
the firearm they used. He also indicated in t he affidavit that he
is aware of links be tween Greene and "high-ranking employees"
and an u n n a m e d associate of
Kilpatrick. The investigation deserves
many angles of at tent ion, with
the looming ques t ion being whether or no t cor rup t ion
has once again influenced bureaucrat ized operat ions in the
city of Detroi t .
N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9 ARTS T H E A N C H O R 5
Can't fight this feeling: 'Glee' teen melodrama charms critics, viewers Elena Rivera G U E S T W R F T E R
Imagine a Midwes tern school,
where plucky young choir kids
are juggling teen pregnancy and football pract ice and each tightly paced problem is s u m m e d up in
an elaborate song-and-dance routine. If this premise sounds
absurd, that 's h o w "Glee"creator
Ryan M u r p h y in tended it to be. "Gleer a show where the
dialogue is as snappy as the jazz hands , succeeds because it is like
no other p rogram o n television today. Mixing teen me lodrama
with covers of f amous songs f rom every decade, "Glee" current ly
a t t racts 8 million viewers to its 9 p.m. Wednesday t imeslot on
Fox. The Glee club is led by eternal
opt imist Mr. Shue, who's locked
in a loveless marr iage and
teaches Spanish at the fictional McKinley High School. O t h e r
main characters include Rachel
and Finn. Rachel is the club's diva, w h o has a c rush o n the
Glee club's male soloist. Finn is a football player- turned-singer, whose cheerleader
girlfriend Qu inn jus t found ou t she's pregnant with t he baby of
deadbea t bad boy Puck. O t h e r x t h a n the love
quadrangle, there are a
smat ter ing of loveable characters, like sensitive one-
t ime football kicker Kurt , who just told his fa ther he's gay and
also Artie, a wheelchai r -bound
soul-singer. But "Glee" isn't a guilty pleasure because of its
enter ta ining characters; it en ters cult-status adora t ion because of
the music. "Glee's" innovat ion
lies in t he way the show's music is channeled th rough each
individual character to move the
story along. For example, some of the
"Glee" kids feel marginalized. The next scene gives t h e m the
chance to shine, remaking
Jill Scott's "Hate O n Me," sung with hearty abandon.
Diva Rachel realizes she can never be with adorably
naive Finn, so they cue a single spotl ight and a
poignant rendi t ion of Rihanna's "Take A Bow."
O n e of t he secre ts to "Glee's" musical success is
t he fact that the cast is m a d e up of Broadway veterans
and semi-professional
singers whose vocals are p i tch-perfec t . The other is
the innovat ion required to re-create old classics and
make them relevant.
"Don't Stop Believing," a classic, cheese-fil led
'80s ballad by Journey, was sung
by the "Glee" kids in the pilot episode of the show. Somehow,
the struggling Glee club managed to channel all their hope into the
final number , and the song told
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more about each character 's personal struggle than 10 pages
of dialogue ever could.
Al though "Glee's" dialogue is wit ty and fast, the dialogue is
almost always secondary to the
prepara t ion and execution of musical numbers . Glee has already tackled Celine
Dion, Kanye West , Carr ie Unde rwood and many more
musical art ists . Look for an
entire episode of M a d o n n a songs, as well as Bruce Springsteen and Lilly Allen
coming up somet ime in
January. "Glee" is reminiscent
of an old vaudeville show: singing, dancing and
acting, all conta ined in a 42-minute episode. "Glee"
is as guilty a pleasure as shows come, bu t what o ther
p rogram can give you a hear tbreaking pregnancy
NMENT plot while belt ing ou t Avril
Lavigne's "Keep Holding On"? Glee has captivated an audience
and cha rmed the critics, and its
fu tu re looks as bright as ever.
WTHS Reviews Tegan A n d Sara - "Sainthood" Canadian indie power pop with slick and catchy songs and a unique sound. This al-bum isn't quite as edgy as their last couple, but it's still very good. If you like this one.
keep on buying their albums.
Weezer - "Raditude" Weezer's first two albums were such iconic masterpeices of quirky power pop that Weezer fans have been consistently disappointed by their output ever since, but that stigma isn't enough to justify this album. With only a couple exceptions, the songs are cold and halfhearted and the lyrics are profoundly bland - but it proudly boasts their best album art yet.
W o l f m o t h e r - "Cosmic Egg" AC/DC and the Scorpions had a love child and they called it Wolfmother. This is a rock album: big
riffs and big sound, bro.
These rev iews are cou r t e sy of W T H S
m u s i c d i r ec to r s Paul Rice, Mar i a Krebs a n d A a r o n M a r t i n .
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N o r a h Jones - ' T h e Fail" This low-key album is a little less exciting than the singer/songwriter's previous albums. A good listen, but not the best album to get into her music with. Also, we have a nagging suspicion that
it's a concept album about dogs.
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New solo artist Del Marquis finalizes unique musical project Caitlin Seay G U E S T W R I T E R
If you're looking for an
exceptional musical experience, look no fu r the r than Scissor
Sisters' guitarist Del Marquis '
solo projects . His music is a unique blend of the light pop music Scissor Sisters' are known for with darker
under tones . Marquis crosses
the technologic-human border into rare territory. H o p e College
take note! Marquis ' unique style has already hit h o m e with many
and is slowly but surely rising in
popularity. Marquis has released four
EP-length instal lments since
going solo in 2008. First came "Hothouse," a four- track piece
in 2009. It was soon followed by "Character Assassination," which Dana Cooper, who worked
closely with Marquis on his solo project , descr ibed as "dark
and honest." "Letter to Society"
came next. David Medsker of esdmusic .
com finds it hard to ignore
Marquis ' th rowback to '80s-
style music "when the results
are this entertaining." Less than two m o n t h s ago, the
last instal lment was released. "Runaround" finishes the series
with unabashed vision. The buzz building a round this
unique project is giving Marquis
a whole new audience. Each piece in the series is
accompanied by a music video of the title single, with the
exception of "Runaround." Each video has a compell ing message that complement s Marquis '
style. The produc t ion style of these
releases harkens back to the vintage recording days of the
'80s in a way i^ot seen in today's music market . The instal lments
have had great reviews by Pop Matters , T ime O u t New York
and Deli Magazine. For Cooper , "The mos t
exciting thing about being a par t of his solo work is that we
get the chance to help an artist succeed o n his own te rms and
with a new way of dis t r ibut ing
music to his fans." These old-school p roduc t ion qualit ies
lend themselves to the deeply
powerful lyrics and tight groove
of Marquis ' music. Much of Marquis ' work is
an identity project . Whi le the much- loved Euro-pop band
Scissor Sisters has had great success with its first two albums,
it s eems that Marquis has found his o w n distinctive voice, one that is still relatively unknown, yet is receiving much critical acclaim. "Everybody, right now,
if they're smar t , kind of has to re-imagine the way their music
is perceived, the way it's bought and the way you disseminate it,"
says Marquis of his solo projects . This progressive musical series
is someth ing that anyone who likes technologic or hard-hi t t ing
music should check out . With the great success of his
solo work behind him, he is now back with the Scissor Sisters
who are hard at work on album n u m b e r three . As fans eagerly
await more of Marquis ' powerfu l
music, the buzz sur rounding his solo EP series is still gaining
m o m e n t u m . Anyone can find Marquis '
music and music videos on
iTunes or listen to them for free
at youtube.com. Del Marquis is definitely someone to watch in
the coming months .
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But don' t let that get you disap-pointed! Did you know that you can order a Thanksgiving dinner
f rom your local grocery stored Or you can go home with someone
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d i s s o l v e d . T i e c loves , a l lspice a n d c i n n a m o n in small cheese -
c lo th bag and p lace in p o t . C o v e r and s i m m e r f o r 2 h o u r s .
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Place half the apples in g reased 2 - q u a r t baking dish and cover
w i t h half the ca r ro t s . Mix b r o w n sugar, f l o u r and salt and
SJ sp r ink le half t he m i x t u r e over t he ca r ro t s . Repea t layers and
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home foe thf-ee 4ays anyways, and Christ-mas break is only three weeks away. You go
t o school at Hope, so you know that the
majority o f your friends live aroun4 here. Now's not the t ime t o be sheepish! N o t
when delicious foocj is at stake!
ASK AROUND! i f you're attending dinner at a friend's house, don' t forget t o offer t o bring something! Paper plates, silverware,
drinks or even a quick dish to pass is easy t o whip up and is worth it for a
good meal!
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8 T N T A N C H O R VOICES N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9
Musings on mutual
Emily West C o - E d i t o r - i n - C h k f
Midnight reflection on 'New Moon-
T o t h e shocK a n d awe of t h o s e w h o k n o w
m e well, I a t t e n d e d t h e m i d n i g h t s h o w i n g o f
"The TwilighC Saga: N e w M o o n , ' t h e n e w e s t
film of t h e "Twi l igh t* se r ies (If it teUs y o u
a n y t h i n g a b o u t h o w invo lved I a m , i J t e d t o
l o o k u p t h e t i t le to w r i t e t h i s c o l u m n . ) M y
m o t i v a t i o n fo r go ing w a s t o see s o m e o l d
f r i e n d s t h a t I h a v e n o t b e e n ab le t o c o n n e c t
w i t h recent ly . I have n o t r e a d a n y of t h e
nove l s a n d h a v e n o t s e e n t h e first film. I
was , however , m o r b i d l y c u r i o u s t o see w h a t
t h e h y p e w a s all a b o u t .
T h e s p e c t a c l e w a s f a sc ina t i ng . N i n e
o u t of e v e r y 10 p e r s o n s w e r e w h i t e gir ls
b e t w e e n t h e ages of 14 a n d 17. Luckily, I
h a d t h e t r e m e n d o u s e x p e r i e n c e of s i t t ing
b e h i n d a g r o u p of m i d d l e - a g e d w o m e n , all
w e a r i n g t h e m e d sh i r t s . O n e of t h e w o m e n
h a d beau t i f u l l y long , g ray hair. A t o n e p o i n t
b e f o r e t h e film began , she s t o o d u p a n d
le t a large c lo th p o s t e r c a s c a d e d o w n t o
reveal t h e l a rge face of a v a m p i r e , E d w a r d ,
I t h i n k . T h o s e a r o u n d h e r a p p l a u d e d a n d
m a d e a d m i r i n g s ighs . T h e e n e r g y w a s h igh .
M y i n t e r n a l c lock w a s s c r e a m i n g a t m e " G o
to b e d y o u fool!" b u t t h e bl issful sp i r i t of
t h e t h e a t e r e n t i c e d m e . 1 d id n o t have t h e
o p p o r t u n i t y t o s t u d y a b r o a d , so p e r h a p s
th is w a s a sma l l o u t l e t of m y f a sc ina t ion
w i t h t h e fo re ign .
Earlier, o n m y 3 0 - m i n u t e d r ive to t h e
G r a n d v i l l e mal l , 1 d e c i d e d t o t ake a d r i n k
of h u m b l e - j u i c e , r e b u k i n g m y fee l ings of
s u p e r i o r i t y t o t h i s t idal t r e n d . 1 e n t e r e d
t h e ma l l w i t h a n o p e n h e a r t , as o p e n as 1
c o u l d mus te r . T h e r e w e r e so m a n y peop le ,
so m a n y of t h e m w e r e w e a r i n g "Twi l ight"
sh i r t s . Several s h i r t s a n d p o s t e r s p r o u d l y
p r o c l a i m e d " T e a m E d w a r d " o r " T e a m Jake."
5£kfd iciibw w h a t t e a m I w a s on ,
m y ' " W h a t t < a m k r e w e o n ? " I Irfed" t o
p r e s e n t t h e q u e s t i o n in s u c h a w a y t h a t d id
n o t f e v e a l m y i g n o r a n c e .
"You haven ' t r e a d t h e b o o k s , h a v e you?"
I s h o o k m y head . "And y o u h a v e n ' t s e e n
t h e first film." S h e let t h e s t a t e m e n t ^hang,
k n o w i n g s h e w a s c o r r e c t .
" W e a r en ' t o n a team," s h e e x p l a i n e d t o
m e . She s e e m e d t o w a n t t o c o n v e y c o o l n e s s ,
d i f f e r en t i a t i ng h e r f r o m t h e t h o u s a n d s of
s w a r m i n g h i g h s c h o o l girls. I k n e w be t te r ,
however , b e c a u s e she h a d b e e n s t a n d i n g
in l ine s ince 6 :30 p .m. fo r t h e m i d n i g h t
s h o w i n g , d e s p i t e t h e f ac t t h a t s h e a l r e a d y
h a d a t i cke t g iven to h e r t h e n igh t b e f o r e
f o r h e r b i r thday .
I real ly e n j o y e d myself . T h e a u d i e n c e
c h e e r e d a n d c l a p p e d w h e n e v e r t h e y
w e r e p l e a s e d a n d / o r w h e n e v e r l ake w a s
sh i r t l ess . 1 fell a s l eep o n c e , on ly t o b e jo l t ed
a w a k e by t h e s c r e a m i n g girl n e x t to m e . 1
w a s i n t r i g u e d by t h e loyalty of t h e s e f a n s .
W h a t w a s it, exactly, t h a t d r e w t h o u s a n d s
of p e o p l e t o see t h i s film in t h i s t h e a t e r o n
th is n igh t? M y s e c r e t film-critic-self w a s
v e r y c o n f u s e d . T h e a c t i n g w a s terr ible; t h e
w r i t i n g w a s wor se . Still, t h e r e w a s s o m e t h i n g
p o w e r f u l e n o u g h to d r a w a large c r o w d ,
s o m e x - f a c t o r t h a t pu l l ed at t h e h e a r t s of
t h e s e t e e n a g e ( a n d older!) w o m e n . A s I
t r i e d t o fall a s l eep t h a t m o r n i n g , I w a s still
p o n d e r i n g : W h a t is it a b o u t "Twil ight?"
Emily welcomes any and all explanations of the "Twilight" phenomenon. PLease email her ([email protected]) with you insights.
Quote for thought Kate S c h r a m p f e r
Columni s t
Take time
A c o u p l e w e e k s ago, I s p e n t a n
h o u r o r m o r e j u s t s i t t i ng in t h e Kletz
hav ing c o f f e e w i t h a f r i e n d . W h e n I
t o ld a n o t h e r f r i e n d a b o u t it, h e d idn ' t
u n d e r s t a n d .
"Don ' t y o u have a n y h o m e w o r k t o
do?" h e a s k e d me , i n c r e d u l o u s . "Yes",
1 to ld h i m , 1 d id , b u t I h a d n ' t s e e n t h i s
f r i e n d m u c h at all t h r o u g h o u t t h e
semes te r , a n d w e h a d s o m e s e r i o u s
c a t c h i n g u p t o d o .
H e jus t s h r u g g e d . " O k " w a s all h e
said. But 1 c o u l d feel a bit of a n t i p a t h y
r ad i a t i ng f r o m h i m , as t h o u g h he
t h o u g h t 1t w a s u n f a i r t h a t I cou ld
s p e n d o v e r a n h o u r jus t s i t t ing
t h e r e ta lk ing . I d idn ' t k n o w w h a t t o
say. I w a s def in i te ly busy. I p r o b a b l y
w o u l d have g o t t e n m o r e d o n e , in t h e
sense he w a s t h i n k i n g a b o u t , if I h a d
b a r r i c a d e d myself in t h e l i b ra ry w i t h
m y l a p t o p a n d a big s tack of b o o k s
a n d a s s i g n m e n t s . But , I gues s it 's
a b o u t p r io r i t i z ing .
" W h e n you give s o m e o n e y o u r
t ime , y o u a re giving t h e m a p o r t i o n
of y o u r life t h a t you'll n e v e r get back .
Your t i m e is y o u r life. That ' s w h y t h e
g rea t e s t g i f t you c a n give s o m e o n e
is y o u r t i m e " (Rick W a r r e n , "The
P u r p o s e Dr iven Life"). W h e n I sa t
t h e r e in t h e Kletz w i t h m y f r i e n d ,
l icking w h i p p e d c r e a m f r o m m y
sk inny co f fee s t r a w a n d l i s t en ing
t o he r p o u r ou t h e r h e a r t to m e (as
I p o u r e d m i n e o u t to her ) , I wasn ' t
w a s t i n g p r e c i o u s t ime . N e i t h e r w a s
she . Sure , w e h a d o t h e r t h i n g s w e
cou ld have b e e n do ing . But if y o u r
t i m e is y o u r life, h o w cou ld w r i t i n g
a n essay o r finishing y o u r l a u n d r y be
as i m p o r t a n t as g iv ing y o u r life (or a
p i ece of it) t o a f r i e n d ?
Now, I 'm n o t saying w e s h o u l d all
jus t fo rge t a b o u t h o m e w o r k a n d go
h a n g o u t wi th f r i e n d s all day. T h a t
w o u l d be a w a s t e of y o u r life, b e c a u s e
e a c h of us h a s a h u g e s o m e t h i n g
e l se w e n e e d t o d o w i t h o u r lives:
a n elusive s o m e t h i n g cal led o u r
v o c a t i o n . In o r d e r fo r us t o figure o u t
w h a t it is a n d h o w t o d o it , w e have
t o l e a rn wh i l e w e ' r e h e r e at H o p e .
However , I d o t h i n k t h e r e l a t ionsh ips
w e f o r m r igh t n o w are as i m p o r t a n t
a n d m e a n i n g f u l as t h e o n e s we'll
m a k e in t h e f u t u r e . They s h a p e t h e
f u t u r e , b e c a u s e t h e y s h a p e t h e p e r s o n
w e a re b e c o m i n g .
It 's like t h e s t o ry in Luke 10:38-42,
w h e n Jesus is at h i s f r i ends ' house .
He ' s s i t t ing t h e r e t a lk ing w i t h Mary ,
whi le M a r t h a is r u s h i n g a r o u n d ,
ge t t i ng e v e r y t h i n g ready. Eventual ly,
M a r t h a ge t s m a d a n d g o e s ta t t l ing to
Jesus.
"Lord, d o n ' t you ca re tha t m y
sister h a s lef t m e to d o t h e work by
mysel f? Tell he r to he lp me!"
A n d w h a t d o e s Jesus say? H e tells
M a r t h a to qu i t w o r r y i n g a b o u t all
t h e t h i n g s s h e has to do . " M a r y has
c h o s e n w h a t is be t te r , a n d it will n o t
b e t a k e n away f r o m her." She's c h o s e n
t o give Jesus he r t ime , a p i ece of he r
life. By t a k i n g t h e t i m e t o sit a n d ta lk
w i t h a f r i end , she 's ge t t i ng so m u c h
in r e t u r n , it d o e s n ' t real ly m a t t e r t h a t
she 's n o t ge t t ing o t h e r t h i n g s d o n e .
T h o s e th ings , t h e o t h e r t h i n g s . . . t h e y
c a n wa i t .
Kate wants to thank you for giving her a piece of your life as you took the time to read this, and hopes you are having a beautiful day!
j P e t t m t a t h e C d i t a w
Alumni urges administration to invite speaker
To the Ed i to r s :
S ince 1971 ,1 have p r o u d l y o w n e d H o p e as m y a l m a mate r , b u t
no t recent ly . T h e H o p e I a m p r o u d of gave m e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y
to hea r Dick G r e g o r y s p e a k in D i m n e n t M e m o r i a l C h a p e l in m y
f r e s h m a n year. G r e g o r y t h e n w a s an i n f l a m m a t o r y f igure of t h e
civil r i gh t s m o v e m e n t , s p e a k i n g at a t i m e (1968) w h e n A m e r i c a
h a d a l ready s e e n m a n y of its c i t ies b u r n in p a r o x y s m s of racial
h a t r e d . T h e r e w a s n o q u e s t i o n t h a t G r e g o r y w o u l d (and he d id )
p r o n o u n c e h a r s h j u d g m e n t o n t h e m a j o r i t y c u l t u r e H o p e e m -
b o d i e d . Yet H o p e ' s l eade r s did no t d e n y G r e g o r y a f o r u m ; did
n o t p r e s u m e to p r o t e c t t h e c a m p u s f r o m the e x p e c t e d c o n t r o -
versy h is a d d r e s s w o u l d cause ; d id no t que l l at t h e p o t e n t i a l loss
of a l u m n i s u p p o r t .
D u s t i n L a n c e Black is a n a c c o m p l i s h e d s c r eenwr i t e r , d i r e c t o r
a n d p roduce r . H i s pub l i c s t a t e m e n t s o n t h e issue of gay a n d
lesb ian r i gh t s a re t e m p e r a t e , t h o u g h t f u l , a r t i cu la te , r e s p e c t f u l of
t h e o p p o s i t i o n a n d s o u n d in the legal a n d in te l lec tua l t r a d i t i o n s
of t h e civil r i gh t s a n d w o m e n ' s r i gh t s m o v e m e n t s . T h e col lege
admin i s t r a t i on ' s dec i s i on t o deny t h e Sexual i ty Round tab l e ' s re-
ques t to h o s t Black is p a t r o n i z i n g t o s t u d e n t s , c o n t r a r y t o H o p e ' s
M i s s i o n a n d Vis ion s t a t e m e n t s a n d e m b a r r a s s i n g to t h o s e of us
a l u m n i w h o r e m e m b e r H o p e as a p lace tha t o n c e h a d the gene r -
os i ty of sp i r i t a n d c o u r a g e to invi te Dick G r e g o r y t o s p e a k o n t h e
m o s t divisive issue of t h e day.
I u rge t h e college 's a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o recal l a n d fo l low th is
n o b l e e x a m p l e f r o m Hope ' s o w n h i s to ry a n d t o invite D u s t i n
L a n c e Black to a d d r e s s t h e c a m p u s w i t h o u t c o n d i t i o n s , jus t as
Dick G r e g o r y d id m o r e t h a n for ty yea r s ago.
W a y n e A. Vande r Byl, C la s s of 1971
W i l l i a m s o n , N Y
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Coffee + Drank = Normal Energy Levels?
From the inside out
You a re capable of control l ing your
own Circadian r h y t h m purely t h r o u g h
the p o w e r of delicious l iquids tha t
c o m e o u t of aesthetically pleasing
disposable containers!
It occu r r ed to m e recently that if
1 were to have complete ly deduc t ed
caffeine dr inks f r o m my daily
m o n e t a r y indulgences , f r o m the t ime
I ar r ived at Hope , I would probably
still have a round $250 in my measly
checking account . This wor r i e s m e a
bit . I can't be the mos t despera te
ca f f e ine -dependen t hool igan a r o u n d ,
but 1 c a n easily say I spend abou t
$20 a week purely on espresso
dr inks , which m u s t b e gulped d o w n
quickly in o rde r to avoid cool ing a n d
s u b s e q u e n t cold-coffee-s ludge- tas te .
Three-f i f ty : for 15 m i n u t e s of high
calorie s u m s , a week of b u r n t t ongue
and the men ta l cer ta in ty tha t "Now I
a m capable of ge t t ing t h r o u g h class
A N D wr i t ing th is 10-page paper due
t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g at eight!"
Now, I 'm ra ther biased, in tha t
I have never b e e n an energy d r ink
consumer . I a m a coffee drinker.
M o r e specifically, I a m a doub le - sho t -
e sp res so -who le -mi lk -ca ramel -whi t e -
c h o c o l a t e - w h i p p e d - c r e a m - o f - d e a t h -
drinker. It's amaz ing to walk a r o u n d
c a m p u s or even simply go to class
and watch t hose w h o have obviously
c o n s u m e d s o m e sor t of caffeine in
the pas t four h o u r s and t hose w h o
have not . There is, indubitably, a s tark
d i f ference in facial condi t ion . Recent
caf fe ine-dr inkers will be wide-eyed
and anxious . Their oppos i t e s will
e i ther look u n d e a d or comple te ly
no rma l .
Re tu rn ing to my beverage
con ta ine r theory: for all we know, the
t ravel-container belonging to the kid
next to you con ta ins chocola te
milk. Sir Hips te r wi th his yellow
Lemonjello 's m u g migh t have simply
p o u r e d caramel syrup in to his hot
cocoa to s imula te a lat te-color and
proper ly live u p to his t ight pants .
But of course , it doesn ' t m a t t e r
what 's IN the cup , so long as you're
car ry ing one a round , look complete ly
exhaus ted and are $4 poore r t han you
were half an hou r ago.
Anyway, I have n o r eason to say that
dr inking these th ings is a bad th ing or
that w e should b e charac te r ized by the
con t en t s of o u r "coffee" conta iners .
This is Amer ica : we n e e d energy to
keep up wi th ourselves. I just th ink
that , pe rhaps , we over indulge in
t h e m a n d will consequent ly have a
ha rder t ime paying off s t uden t loans.
Actually, th is isn't really the po in t of
m y rambl ings either. I just needed to
ramble . In any case, I just have to thank
heavens there isn't a S ta rbucks wi th in
reasonable walking dis tance. That
be ing said, I would r e c o m m e n d the
book "Starbucked" by Taylor Clark.
I say, go o u t and c o n t i n u e to buy
your $4 coffee dr inks . A n d if you
have t rouble sleeping, simply go o u t
and buy Drank: Ex t reme Relaxation
Beverage. It's purp le . W i t h all of t he se
innovative, excitingly t in ted l iquids
be ing sold for less t han $5 at your
local coffee shops , w h o needs drugs?
Kaili would like to reassure everyone that her column represents complete hypocrisy. She owns a yellow Lemonjello's mug and has been accused of filling it with latte-colored hot cocoa. On a side note, she would like you to visit www.drankbeverage. com. That is all.
Brennigan Gi lson Features Co-Editor
Are you scared of the dark?
I 'm sca red of the dark . Yep, I admi t it. The
o t h e r night , a circuit b reaker in my h o u s e
blew out , and my h o u s e m a t e and I had
to hold h a n d s just t o m a k e it downs ta i r s .
M o c k m e all you want , but I will still sleep
w i th a night l ight . It's not one of those d inky
ones that plugs i n t o the out le t by the floor
either. It's an a q u a r i u m light; it's legit.
M y family and s o m e f r iends went
c amp ing d o w n in Indiana over fall break.
O n the r ide there , a r o u n d 7 p.m., it w a s
already b e c o m i n g dark outs ide; that ' s what
Daylight Savings Time does, and 1 ha te it.
Don ' t get m e wrong , I apprec ia te the extra
hou r of sleep, b u t I 'm a s u m m e r girl. I live
for t hose n ights w h e n 1 can play beach
volleyball till 9 p.m. or go on a da te and still
ca tch the w a r m t h of the sun o n an evening
walk. I don ' t like c o m i n g h o m e f r o m work
at 5 p.m., a n d it's already get t ing dark.
Anyways, back to m y story. At 8 p .m.
on t h e r ide d o w n to Ind iana , I couldn ' t
help b u t look out the w i n d o w a n d th ink of
how scary it would b e to be lost o u t there ,
" there" be ing t h e midd l e of a cornfield.
That 's all tha t s u r r o u n d e d us: co rn fields,
wi th n o s treet- l ights o r s tore- l ights . If we
were lost o u t there , t h e dull sh ine f r o m the
m o o n a n d s tars would b e o u r only lights to
guide us. My po in t : da rkness can be scary. T h e
absence of light can skew you r pe rcep t ion
a n d ignite your imagina t ion . 1 t hough t for
qui te some t ime abou t what I would even
d o if I was s tuck in the darkness . Well, first,
I'd th ink abou t "Signs." (I k n o w M. Nigh t
Shyama lans mov ie didn ' t scare too m a n y
people, b u t it still scares me.)
becoming extremely pa rano id abou t all the
o the r u n k n o w n creatures , I'd s tar t praying,
that panic prayer t o G o d B E G G I N G for
n o t h i n g bad to happen . A n d you know
what? Soon, m y eyes would ad jus t to the
darkness . That 's jus t what h a p p e n s .
W h e n the light first d isappears , the
da rkness is enveloping, and o u r eyes s e e m
to have b e e n caked wi th a black pu t ty tha t
doesn ' t allow for t r u e sight . But a f t e r be ing
in the da rkness for so long, the darkness
isn't so dark . Ob jec t s begin to b e c o m e
clear. A n d the s i tuat ion isn't nearly as bad
as you once t hough t it to be. T h e m o o n and
s tars suddenly b e c o m e the pe r f ec t a m o u n t
of light to get you through. A n d you can
finally have s o m e peace. A n d if t h e s tars
and m o o n don' t c o m f o r t you, the c o m i n g
dawn p romises new light, br ight l ight to
complete ly e rase the fear of da rkness , of
the u n k n o w n .
As the semes te r comes to a close, work
seems to be piling up. A n d I find myself
fighting the o n c o m i n g darkness . I can
feel t h e pan ic s ta r t t o rise, b u t I 'm praying
to G o d for some light, s o m e speck of
i l luminat ion f r o m the heavens to d i rec t m e
h o m e . It's still kind of scary. But, I know, 1
believe, tha t the dawn is still coming . The
s u n will rise.
Surprisingly, Brennigan does like to star-gaze in complete darkness...as long as she's not by herself. And she has a flashlight.
Jlettvc t a t h e C d i t m # Parent upset at administration's decision to cancel speaker
To the Editors:
Af t e r reading the Nov. 4 issue of The Anchor , I felt
compel led to wri te . W h e n my daugh te r dec ided to a t t end Hope, I w a s
pleased. The school has an excellent academic repu-
ta t ion and provides an e n v i r o n m e n t that encourages
the g rowth of the spirit as well as the intellect. I m p o r -
tantly, H o p e College appea r s to be a place where in-
tellectual f r e e d o m prevails, where respec t fu l dialogue,
r ep resen t ing all po in ts of view, is not just tolerated, but
valued. The recen t decis ion by admin is t ra t ion to l imit
the discussion of gay, lesbian and t r ansgender issues
on c a m p u s seems at o d d s wi th this charac te r iza t ion of
c a m p u s discourse . I revisited "The v i r tues that m a r k conversa t ion at
Hope" as p u t for th by the President 's Office; "Humi l -
ity to listen; hospital i ty to welcome; pat ience to unde r -
s tand; courage to challenge; and hones ty to speak the
t r u t h in love." Perhaps w e n e e d to edi t a bit to br ing
these in line wi th c u r r e n t admin is t ra t ion a t t i tudes .
Hospital i ty to we lcome those we agree wi th? C o u r a g e
to challenge as long as it doesn ' t get everyone riled up?
Maybe add a sixth vir tue: Pro tec t the del icate sensibili-
ties of our s t uden t s and faculty; they bru ise easily.
In all ser iousness , w h a t a slap in the face to the s tu-
den t s and faculty of H o p e College to say they are not
ready to wrest le with th is difficult issue. H o p e College
has a respec ted and qualified faculty. The s tuden t s are
intelligent, mature , g r o u n d e d in their faith and are pre-
par ing to go out into the wor ld and m a k e a difference.
If the admin is t ra t ion truly feels that s t uden t s and fac-
ulty c a n n o t address th is issue, t hen everyth ing else is
mere lip service. In closing, let m e say that I a m also encouraged by
the Nov. 4, let ters to the edi tor f r o m a lums Joseph Tur-
bessi ('05), M a t t h e w Cook ('02) and Karis Rose G r a n -
berg-Michae l son ('09). Again f r o m the President 's
Off ice page: "Hope graduates are p repared to c o m m u -
nicate effectively, br idging the bounda r i e s that divide
h u m a n considerates." Clearly, based on their ar t icula te
and cons idered letters, H o p e College hit the mark with
these three young a lumni .
Regards,
Bob Bernard
Windsor , CA
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Student offers suggestions for The Anchor
To the Editors: I jo ined The Anchor early in
my first semester at Hope, and
my experiences as par t of the staff have been some of my mos t
memorab le o n this campus . I only gave up my national news
assistant edi tor spot last spring
because of t ime const ra in ts that classes were put t ing on
me. I always in tended to go
back. However, there have been changes to the way this paper
is m a d e that may have changed my mind. Mos t of the changes
are minor, things that can be
overlooked, like t he addi t ion of
color on a lmost all of the pages, co lumn wid ths not match ing o n
some of the pages, and amusing
headlines accompanying serious articles. These may be considered
advances to some, where my
view of a clean, crisp, black-
and-whi te paper could seem archaic. However, there is o n e
change that I canno t overlook,
someth ing that irks me to the core about this year's paper: the
addi t ion of anonymity.
I r emember , when I first
began writ ing, 1 was told by everyone o n the staff that
sources were no t allowed to be
anonymous . A newspaper is
a place for public knowledge, and anyone who is quo ted
should be n a m e d . Anonymi ty
should be saved for police tips, secret agents, and high-profi le
scandals. Is there any reason for s tudents c o m m e n t i n g o n
specific r o o m m a t e si tuations
should not be named? No, there is no valid reason. If you do not
want to be quoted for all of the c a m p u s to see, then you should
not be saying whatever you're saying. That has always been
the rule, and I don ' t see why it
should change now. This all may seem to be of little
consequence, bu t n a m e d sources
of quota t ions need to be n a m e d for ano the r reason: validity. I,
for one, have trouble believing
that s o m e o n e was truly quo ted as saying someth ing when they
are no t named . How can we, as
readers, know that the edi tors or the wri ters of the articles are
being t ru thful? W h a t if s o m e o n e
needed a quote on a certain side of an issue, and they couldn't
find anyone to say what they
wanted? W h a t if a writer was t ry ing to make a point , and could
no t find anyone to make it? That
is the quest ion at hand here . I w a n t to t rus t The Anchor, bu t
really, wha t could there possibly
be to hide? If we cont inue to
use anonymous quotes, I can guarantee, readers will be lost
along with the n e w s p a p e r s
validity. Noth ing o n this c a m p u s
is so controversial that people cannot stick to their opinions
and au thor them. W e need to go back to the
days where dozens of letters
to the edi tor poured in after
cer ta in opin iona ted co lumns
or articles. I want more people o n this c a m p u s to s tand up for
wha t they are saying, and to no t be afraid. That is, af ter all, wha t
journal i sm is all about .
A m a n d a Gernen tz ('11)
All God's children reaches out
Editma' ffietpatMe
Dear Amanada : First and foremost , thank you
for your letter. W e appreciate
bo th praise and cri t icism f rom
our readers . W e aim to serve the
H o p e c o m m u n i t y to t he best of our ability and rely on our read-
ers to hold us accountable.
Allow us to address your con-
cerns: The addit ion of color is some-
thing not likely to change as it
has received t r emendous sup-por t and in today's publication
world, full-color is s tandard .
The co lumn width and article title issues are definitely some-
thing we will consider when put-
t ing together fu tu r e issues, but acknowledge that there can be
differences in how some def ine
"serious." Now to the big issue: ano-
nymity. W e fully agree with
your s ta tement . A n o n y m o u s
sources make publicat ions unre-liable when repor t ing any fo rm
of news. We cannot ask readers to simply "trust us" w h e n we say
s tudent x said this and s tudent y said that . However, when piec-
ing together the part icular fea-
tures article in quest ion, the "an-
noying roommates" story in t he Nov. 11 issue, we left t he names
ou t for fear of embarrass ing stu-
dents . Con t r ibu to r s were telling
stories about o the r s tudents , no t themselves, and therefore, we
d e e m e d it appropr ia te to pro tec t
t he identi ty of the s tudents w h o did no t willfully submit their sto-
ries. Had cont r ibu tors been only
shar ing about their own actions,
we would have run names . Please t rust that for all arti-
cles about the H o p e c o m m u n i t y
or the global communi ty , we will include sources (unless, of
course, we receive in format ion
f rom police tips, secret agents, and high-profile scandals).
As this year ushered in an al-mos t all-new staff, we have been
excited to see a quality publica-
t ion each issue. W e sincerely
hope that you cont inue to be a par t of our reader communi ty .
Thank you again for voicing
your c o m m e n t s and concerns .
Karen Patterson
Emily West
Editors-in-Chief
• HOPE, from page 1
Children begin with Robins-Brown's obedience and God's
plan. Their vision is "to help s tudents live ou t the institution's
mission s ta tement by providing oppor tuni t ies for studeji ts to apply their knowledge, skills and
abilities as servant leaders in a
global setting." The cur rent pres idents of t he
organizat ion are Lindsey Allward ('11) and Rebecca Currey ('11).
Both have been working hard to set up oppor tun i t i es for
H o p e s tudents to get involved. A political science and senior seminar called " H u m a n Rights
and H u m a n Wrongs" connec ted
to the Nibakure Children's Village is expected to be offered
as a June term.
Images includes international fair • CUISINE, from page 1
before." The crab rangoon was a hit
with Justin Baker ('11). "Nine ou t
of ten," he said. "It was probably
abou t an orange chicken level. That 's h o w much I liked it."
Some s tudents did not find the
event appealing. "My f r iends left because they thought no th ing
looked good, and they didn ' t
even want to try it. I had the pork
and it was delicious," said Bruce Kraay ('10). "Poor decision, very
poor decision," he said, regarding
his fr iends ' choice. S tudents were generally
pleased with the event . "It's
great and out of the ord inary because we usually don ' t have
anything like this at Phelps," said
Cuellar.
Michigan shares $4 M award • Award, from page 4
in expanding green industr ies.
"These grants provide an
immedia te re turn, and they are par t of a larger green initiative
that will help lead to increased
job p lacements and p romote economic growth," said Labor
Secretary Solis on Nov. 18.
According to the United States
D e p a r t m e n t of Labor, 30 awards
were given, varying f rom a round $763,000 to $4 million,
in order to p romote labor
force deve lopment plans to use da ta that will have regional
and national impacts . This
can be accomplished th rough the efforts m a d e by various
workforces f rom different states
joining together as one.
Zombies rule « ZOMBIE , from page 1
their guard down. O n
Monday the game ended with an evacuation of uninfected
h u m a n s able to get to a point be tween the Science Center
and the Vanderplex within a 30-minu te period.
The title of Top Hunte r (of
humans ) was given to Nick
Leonard ('10), followed by
Sioned Sitkiewicz ('12). The Top Slayers (of zombies) were Skye
Edwards ('13), Aaron Mutschle ('12) and John Telfer ('12). Top
Healer went to Jenny Tremblay (11), followed by Tanya Paul
('12). Zombie game leader Trevor
Coeling (11) was surpr ised by
the game's tu rnou t . "The way the game took off honestly blew
all my expectat ions ou t of the
water," he said. H u m a n game leader Cristoff
Visscher (12 ) explained that he
wan ted to organize Zombieland to fill November with someth ing
that would appeal to H o p e
s tudents . He was p roud of h o w well the players followed the
honor -based rules and avoided allowing the game to interfere
with their classes. "There were so many things
that we learned f r o m the first
g a m e and we plan on taking all
these issues and rewri t ing an even bet ter Zombieland for the
future," said Visscher.
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N O V M E B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 9 SPORTS T H E A N C H O R 1 1
Hockey team off to a strong start James Nichols W E B M A S T E R
O p p o n e n t s of t h e H o p e
Col lege m e n s ice h o c k e y t e a m
have no t s t o o d m u c h of a c h a n c e
t h u s far t h i s s e a s o n .
A f t e r a w e e k e n d s w e e p of
N o r t h w o o d w i t h a 5 -2 v ic to ry
o n Fr iday a n d 4 - 1 v i c to ry o n
Saturday, t h e Flying D u t c h m e n
are n o w 10-1-0-1 , wi th t h e
f o u r t h n u m b e r ind ica t ing losses
in o v e r t i m e or s h o o t - o u t s .
Bre t t Kop insk i ( '11) got t h i n g s
rol l ing fo r t h e Flying D u t c h m e n
w i t h a goal ass i s ted by Jared
Lincoln ('13). Jus t in J o h n s t o n
( 1 3 ) w a s next to s t r ike w i t h
assists f r o m G r e g A f e n d o u l i s
( '13) a n d Wil l G u e r i n ('11).
Jake G r e e n ( 1 3 ) s c o r e d t h e
next t w o a n d final goals for
t h e Flying D u t c h m e n , t h e first
ass is ted by Nick Corn ice l l i ( 1 3 )
a n d t h e s e c o n d by L inco ln a n d
D a n Bolt ( 1 0 ) . Lincoln 's first
t w o p o i n t s of t h e s e a s o n c a m e in
Sa turday ' s g a m e . S e a n L a D o u c e
( 1 3 ) s t o p p e d 2 7 of 28 s h o t s in
goal to r e c o r d t h e win.
"The season has b e e n go ing
pre t ty wel l so far," said cap t a in
D a n Bolt . "We 've h a d u p s a n d
d o w n s already, b u t w e a r e
p lay ing well."
Playing well m a y b e t h e
u n d e r s U t e m e n t of t h e y^ar.
T h e Flying D u t c h m e n are off
t o o n e of t h e bes t s t a r t s in t e a m
his tory. In 12 games , t h e t e a m
h a s s c o r e d 6 8 goals, a n average
of 5.7 goals p e r g a m e . Kopinsk i
leads t h e t e a m in goals t h i s
s e a s o n w i t h 15.
"He's t h e fas tes t guy o n t h e ice,"
said C o a c h C h r i s Van T i m m e r e n
a b o u t Kopinski . A l m o s t t h r e e
q u a r t e r s of Kopinski ' s goals have
b e e n power -p l ay goals .
" M a t t S c h r a d e r has b e e n t h e
m o s t impress ive player t h u s far,"
sa id cap t a in Aus t in S o n n e v e l d t
( 1 0 ) . " H e is as g o o d as any o t h e r
f o r w a r d in t h e league. H e uses
h i s s ize to w i n ba t t l es in t h e
c o r n e r s a n d has excel lent st ick
h a n d l i n g a n d s h o o t i n g ability."
S c h r a d e r ( 1 0 ) is s e c o n d o n
t h e t e a m in goals wi th nine .
Right b e h i n d h i m is f r e s h m a n
c e n t e r C o u r t Fall wi th e ight
goals , f ou r of w h i c h have b e e n
g a m e w i n n e r s .
" W e a r e a y o u n g t e a m th is
year, wi th a b o u t half of t h e t e a m
b e i n g f r e shmen , " S o n n e v e l d t
said.
H a v i n g a y o u n g t e a m h a s
n o t b e e n a h i n d r a n c e th is
year, however . A l o n g w i t h Fall,
f r e s h m a n Jake G r e e n h a s also
s h o w n po ten t i a l th i s s e a s o n for
t h e Flying D u t c h m e n .
"Jake G r e e n h a s really S tepped
up h is play as a f r e s h m a n , " said
Van T i m m e r e n . Van T i m m e r e n
also w e n t o n to p ra i se Green ' s
play a longs ide of fens ive l eade r s
Kopinsk i a n d Schrader .
G r e e n a n d Fall a re no t t h e
on ly f r e s h m e n Van T i m m e r e n
a n d c a p t a i n s Bolt , S o n n e v e l d t
a n d S c h r a d e r have h igh h o p e s
fo r th is s eason . Just in Johns ton ,
A n t h o n y G a s p a r o t t o a n d Sean
L a D o u c e a re quickly b e c o m i n g
an in tegra l p a r t of t h e t e a m .
J o h n s t o n h a s 12 p o i n t s in 12
g a m e s th is s eason . Each goal
a n d e a c h assist c o u n t as
o n e po in t . L a D o u c e has
fou r s h u t o u t s in goal
a n d h a s a goa l s -aga ins t
average of less t h a n 1.8
th is s eason .
" O n de fense , A n t h o n y
G a s p a r o t t o has a l r eady s t e p p e d
up," said Sonneve ld t . "But he will
n e e d to c o n t i n u e t o do so."
D e f e n s e has b e e n a s t r o n g
po in t for t h e Flying D u t c h m e n
th is season : t h e t e a m has on ly
given u p 21 goals in 12 g a m e s .
Even t h o u g h g o a l t e n d i n g c a n
b e given c r e d i t fo r m o s t of th is ,
t h e d e f e n s e has also b e e n a big
r e a s o n fo r t h e smal l a m o u n t of
goals aga ins t .
"I have h igh h o p e s for o u r
c o r e d e f e n s e m e n to g ra sp o u r
s y s t e m s and be a s t r o n g back
s t o p as w e m o v e forward," said
Van T i m m e r e n .
C o r y G o w a n ( 1 2 ) , Will
G u e r i n a n d David Nowick i ( 1 2 )
have also b e e n a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t
of t h e t e a m th is s e a s o n . G o w a n
has a l ready s u r p a s s e d his po in t
to ta l of n i n e f r o m last year w i t h
11 th is year, o n six goals a n d five
ass is ts .
Bolt sees G u e r i n logging a lot
m o r e m i n u t e s at d e f e n s e as t h e
s e a s o n goes on . N o w i c k i is t h e
p r i m a r y goalie o n t h e t e a m a n d
h a s fou r s h u t o u t s th is s eason .
"I'll call ou t t h e goalies," said
Bolt . "They have b o t h have
h a d a g rea t s ta r t t o t h e
s e a s o n , a n d I e x p e c t
t h e m t o b e a
grea t asse t
t o t h e
t e a m
go ing in to s e c o n d semester ."
All t h r e e s en io r c a p t a i n s have
b e e n grea t a sse t s o n a n d off t h e
ice, a c c o r d i n g to Van T i m m e r e n .
S c h r a d e r and Sonneve ld t b o t h
play left w i n g a n d a re va luab le
p o i n t s c o r e r s for t h e of fense .
"Dan Bolt has also b e e n solid
for us," said S o n n e v e l d t . "He is
o n e of t h e bes t d e f e n s e m e n in t h e
league. H e is grea t at j u m p i n g up
in to t h e play a n d laying big hi ts .
H e is a ve ry physical player."
T h e n e x t o p p o n e n t fo r t h e
Flying D u t c h m e n is Ca lv in
Col lege . T h e first g a m e will be
o n Friday, D e c . 4, a t Calvin 's Jolly
Roger Rink a t 7 p . m . T h e s e c o n d
g a m e is o n Saturday, D e c . 5, at
8 p .m. at Hope ' s h o m e ice. T h e
Edge Ice A r e n a .
PHIC BY EMILY D A M M E R
Men's swim and dive undefeated in conference duals Bethany Str lpp S P O R T S E D I T O R
T h e m e n s s w i m m i n g a n d
d iv ing t e a m h a s a r e c e n t h i s to ry of
success at H o p e Col lege . H a v i n g
w o n t h e M I A A c h a m p i o n s h i p
in b o t h 2008 a n d 2009, t h e t e a m
h o p e s t o d e f e n d t h e i r t i t le aga in
th is s e a s o n . T h e i r c u r r e n t 3 - 0
r e c o r d in t h e M I A A has h e l p e d
bui ld t h e i r c o n f i d e n c e t o w a r d s
r e a c h i n g t h a t goal.
"1 t h i n k o u r t e a m h a s a v e r y
g o o d c h a n c e of r e p e a t i n g as
M I A A t e a m champions , " t r i -
c ap t a in Phil H e y b o e r ( 1 0 ) said.
" W e have b e e n w o r k i n g v e r y
h a r d th is year a n d a re really
s t a r t i ng to c o m e together ."
This season , t h e Flying
D u t c h m e n have t a k e n o n
Alb ion , Ol ive t a n d A l m a in dua l
m e e t s a n d d e f e a t e d all t h r ee ,
140-90, 162-117, a n d 103-
87, respect ively. W h i l e all t h e
c o n f e r e n c e m e e t s a r e i m p o r t a n t ,
t h e t e a m is pa r t i cu la r ly
look ing f o r w a r d t o t h e m e e t at
K a l a m a z o o Col lege o n Jan. 8.
K a l a m a z o o is a lso u n d e f e a t e d
in c o n f e r e n c e d u a l m e e t s th is
season , a n d a t last year ' s M I A A
C h a m p i o n s h i p m e e t , H o p e
d e f e a t e d K a l a m a z o o by just 28.5
66
p o i n t s .
"The K a l a m a z o o m e e t is,
obviously, impor t an t , " t r i -
c ap t a in M a t t Ray ( 1 0 ) said. " W e
b o t h w a n t t o b e a t e a c h o t h e r
real ly bad."
Even t h o u g h d u a l m e e t s a re
i m p o r t a n t t o t h e t e a m , t h e y have
n o ef fec t o n
w h o w a l k s
away at t h e
end of t h e
s e a s o n w i t h
t h e M I A A
ti t le . T h e
c o n f e r e n c e
c h a m p i o n is
d e t e r m i n e d "
en t i re ly by
t h e league m e e t . Because of
t h a t , t h e u p c o m i n g W h e a t o n
Invi ta t iona l o n D e c . 4 a n d 5 is
ve ry i m p o r t a n t t o t h e t e a m .
T h e t e a m face will s t r o n g
o p p o n e n t s f r o m W h e a t o n
College, W a s h i n g t o n Univers i ty
in St. Louis , t h e Univers i ty of
W i s c o n s i n - S t e v e n s Poin t a n d
t h e Univers i ty of W i s c o n s i n -
Mi lwaukee , b u t t h e f o r m a t of t h e
m e e t will be d i f f e ren t f r o m any
o t h e r m e e t they 've pa r t i c ipa t ed
i n th is s eason .
"The Invi te is t h e on ly p re l ims
We have been working very
hard this year and are really
starting to come together.
— P H I L HEYBOER ( ' 1 0 ) TRI-CAPTAIN
finals m e e t w e have b e f o r e t h e
M I A A (championsh ips ) , " t r i -
c ap t a in Ryan Nelis ( 1 0 ) said.
"The d i f f e rence in f o r m a t c a n
be really di f f icul t fo r s w i m m e r s
to ad ju s t to . At W h e a t o n ,
s w i m m e r s m a y have to s w i m in
f o u r sess ions , w h i c h is s imi la r t o
hav ing f o u r
— dua l m e e t s
in t w o days .
"It is a
p h y s i c a l l y
d r a i n i n g
m e e t , wh ich
he lps us
p r e p a r e for
M I A A s ,
w h i c h is
t h r e e full days of swimming ."
In t h e ques t fo r a r e p e a t
c o n f e r e n c e title, t h e Flying
D u t c h m e n have s e e n severa l
s w i m m e r s r i se t o t h e occas ion
to he lp t h e t e a m .
" S o p h o m o r e Pa t r ick Frayer
h a s s t e p p e d u p a n d filled in for
s o m e mis s ing s p o t s in t h e sp r in t
events," H e y b o e r said.
" F r e s h m a n AJ Baar has d o n e
ex t r eme ly well in his bu t te r f ly
events," sa id Nelis . "He has
b e c o m e a va luab le asse t in t h e
100 a n d 2 0 0 fly."
9 5
T h o u g h t h e d iv ing a s p e c t of
t h e s w i m m i n g a n d d iv ing t e a m is
o f t e n fo rgo t t en , all t h r e e c a p t a i n s
of t h e men 's t e a m ag ree t h a t t h i s
year Hope ' s lone m a l e diver, Ray
Gaskel l ( 1 3 ) , is well o n h is w a y
t o w a r d b r i n g i n g m o r e a t t e n t i o n
t o H o p e diving.
"Gaskell has s h o w n a lot of
p r o m i s e o n t h e d iv ing boards,"
Ray said. "He is c los ing in o n t h e
schoo l r ecord , a n d looks to e a r n
N C A A s t a n d a r d scores . If he
a t t a ins t h e s e scores , h e is eligible
for inv i ta t ion to nationals."
"(Gaskell) has d o n e grea t o n
b o t h t h e 1m a n d 3 m boards ,"
Nel is ag reed . "He has never d o v e
o n a 3 m before , bu t he has b e e n
d o i n g p h e n o m e n a l t h i s season."
If Gaskel l i n d e e d qual i f ies
for na t ionals , he will be t h e first
H o p e Col lege men ' s d iver t o d o
so s ince c u r r e n t d iv ing coach
Jim Mitchel l , w h o finished in
15th p lace in 1990 in o n e - m e t e r
d iv ing a n d in fifth p lace in 1989
in t h r e e - m e t e r d iv ing at t h e
N C A A m e e t .
W i t h t h e help of 2 2 r e t u r n i n g
l e t t e r w i n n e r s , in add i t i on t o
p r o m i s i n g n e w faces , t h e Flying
D u t c h m e n are in g o o d s h a p e to
d e f e n d the i r c o n f e r e n c e title.
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T H I S W E E K I N S P O R T S
Wednesday Dec. 2
Women 's Basketbal l H o p e vs. A q u i n a s 7 p . m .
Friday Dec. 4
Men's BasketballMiAA/cciw C h a l l e n g e a t H o p e
H o p e vs. W h e a t o n 8 p . m .
Saturday Dec. 5
Men's Basketbal l M I A A / C C I W C h a l l e n g e a t H o p e
H o p e vs. C a r t h a g e 3 p . m .
Hockey Hope vs. Calvin 8 : 3 0 p .m.
I N B R I E F
H O P E B A S K E T B A L L
S T A R T I N G S T R O N G
H o p e Col lege is living u p t o
its t i t le as a "basketbal l school."
Both men 's a n d w o m e n ' s t e a m s
have s t a r t e d the i r s ea sons un -
d e f e a t e d . T h e h o m e o p e n e r in
DeVos t o o k place o n Nov. 17 for
b o t h t e a m s .
T h e w o m e n o p e n e d t h e n ight
w i t h an 8 2 - 7 0 win over M a -
d o n n a . C a r r i e Sn ikkers ( 1 1 ) led
H o p e in s c o r i n g wi th 17 po in t s .
Erika B r u i n s m a ( 1 1 ) c h i p p e d in
11 p o i n t s . Phi lana G r e e n e ( 1 0 )
finished jus t shy of a d o u b l e -
d o u b l e w i t h n i n e p o i n t s a n d
n ine r e b o u n d s whi le Allie C e -
r o n e ( 1 2 ) d i s h e d ou t six 'assists.
T h e Flying D u t c h m e n p o s t e d
a 6 5 - 5 0 w i n o v e r Roches te r . Wil l
Bowser ( 1 1 ) led all s co re r s wi th
24 po in t s . David K r o m b e e n
( 1 2 ) set a DeVos F i e ldhouse re -
cord w i t h 10 assists . T h e Flying
D u t c h m e n ' s n e x t £att ie is Nov.
26 aga ins t C o r n e r s t o n e as a pa r t
of t h e Hal l of F a m e T o u r n a m e n t
at Calvin .
T h e Flying D u t c h m e n are 1-
0 a n d t h e Flying D u t c h a re 3-0.
T h e w o m e n are averaging 8 2
p o i n t s pe r g a m e a n d ho ld ing o p -
p o n e n t s to 51 o n average.
M I A A
P L A Y E R S O F T H E W E E K
Men ' s Basketbal l
Will Bowser ( 1 1 )
Forward
W o m e n ' s Basketbal l
Carr ie Snikkers ( 1 1 )
Center
H O P E F I R S T I N
C O M M I S S I O N E R ' S C U P
A f t e r t h e fall s p o r t s season ,
H o p e is c u r r e n t l y in first p lace in
t h e M I A A C o m m i s s i o n e r ' s C u p
s t and ings . Each year, t h e C o m -
miss ione r ' s C u p is a w a r d e d t o
t h e schoo l tha t h a s a c c u m u l a t e d
t h e m o s t p o i n t s in t h e 18 M I A A -
s p o n s o r e d spo r t s . Po in t s a re
a w a r d e d based off final s t a n d -
ings in c o n f e r e n c e play. H o p e
cu r r en t ly has 9 4 po in t s , t w o
a h e a d of Calv in wi th 92. H o p e
also leads t h e men ' s a l l - spor t s
s t a n d i n g s w i t h 45 po in t s . Calv in
leads t h e w o m e n w i t h 54 po in t s ,
a n d H o p e is s e c o n d in t h e w o m -
en's s t a n d i n g s wi th 4 9 po in t s .
1 2 T H E A N C H O R S P O R T S N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9
History-making season comes to a close
PHOTO BY ANN GREEN
FINAL FOUR— The volleyball team had a school record-setting run In the NCAA tournament tha t concluded In the Final Four.
Jake Bajema STAFF W R I T E R
After a tough loss in the
conference t o u r n a m e n t final against rival Calvin College that
guaran teed Calvin's place in the
N C A A tou rnamen t , the w o m e n of H o p e College's volleyball
t eam were eager to r edeem
their loss. They were granted
the chance when the N C A A selection commi t t ee granted
t h e m a bid to the t o u r n a m e n t .
Having built a 16-0 record in the M I A A and a 30-3 record overall,
the Flying t )u t ch were prepared
to c o m p e t e wi th t he best t eams
in t he nation. The journey began in Holland
as the Flying Dutch had the
oppor tun i ty to hos t the N C A A Great Lakes Regional at the
DeVos Fieldhouse. The w o m e n defeated Lakeland, Wis., in th ree
sets du r ing the first round . Calvin
also w o n in three sets dur ing the
first round , so a four th Hope-Calvin match was in store. This
was a ma tchup that all t he H o p e t eam m e m b e r s were looking
fo rward to after the upset in the
conference finals. "We learned a lot f r om (the
conference finals game) abou t
no t let t ing down for one second
and thinking it was going to be
easy," junior Traci Baker said. "We wan ted revenge and a
regional championship." This game had bragging
rights, revenge and a regional title all up for grabs.
" W h e n we play Calvin it's a game of heart , and to lose,
it tears you apart," senior
captain Teresa Borst said. "Knowing that if we lose we're done — we weren' t ready to
go ou t that way." The t eam did not go down
that way. H o p e was able to defeat Calvin in three sets
dur ing the regional semifinal. "We have never played as
well this season as we did that
game," senior Kristen Johnson said. "Everyone was focused."
Wi th the win, the t eam
set up a match with ano the r
familiar opponen t , Oh io Nor the rn , who had beaten
the Flying Dutch in three sets earlier in the season. The w o m e n
knew it would be a tough match
bu t were ready for the task
ahead. The match didn't s tar t well for
the Dutch, as they dropped the
first set 21-25 in f ront of more
than 2,400 fans. "I think we came ou t a little
t imid the first game," captain Andrea Helminiak ('10) said,
"but once we sett led d o w n and
played our game, we came ou t
o n top." The t eam came back s t rong in
the second set and won, 25-15, with many of the H o p e fai thful
o n their feet.
"One of the reasons I love
playing for H o p e so much is because of the support ive fans," Jacie Fiedler ('11) said. "Having
so many fans at our matches m a d e the env i ronment very
intense and fun to play in. I got goose bumps when the s tands
e rup ted after one of our super
long rallies." The third and four th sets
weren' t as easy bu t H o p e still emerged victorious and received
the title of regional champions . Leading the way in the regional
final was Helminiak with 59 service assists, setting up four
t eammates with more than ten
kills each. Wi th this g roup effort
the Flying Dutch won their ticket to the Elite Eight in Cleveland.
The Elite Eight appearance was the first in H o p e College
volleyball history. The t eam
needed to get past Tufts, Mass., if they wanted the season to
cont inue. The w o m e n were
ecstat ic about the oppor tun i ty
to be playing at nationals and kept their national title hopes
alive by beat ing Tuf ts in four
sets. Though H o p e was s t rong th roughout . Tuf ts did not go
down wi thout a fight. After taking the first two sets, the
Flying Du tch looked like they
were about to make it a shor t match, but Tuf ts batt led th rough
five ma tch point oppor tun i t i es
for H o p e and took the thi rd set, 31-29. H o p e rallied in t he four th set and won 25-18 and ea rned
the chance to play in the Final Four. The win was the 34th of
the season for the Flying Dutch, breaking the school record of 33
f rom 1998. The dream season
would continue. Just a win away f rom a shot
at a national title, the Flying
Dutch felt each point grow in
significance. Hope would face Wash ing ton University, St.
Louis, in the Final Four match. Washington had nine national
titles under their belt heading
into the 2009 season. The o p p o n e n t was another familiar one, as the Flying Dutch had
defeated the Bears o n their h o m e
floor early in the season. After d ropping the first set,
21-25, H o p e bounced back,
winning the next two sets, 25-22 and 25-15, respectively. The
m o m e n t u m cont inued into the four th set, as the Lady Dutch
led by as many as five points .
However, the Bears c ame back to win, 27-25. The fifth set didn't
fare well for the Dutch , as they
d ropped the final set of the season, 15-12. Leading the way
for the Dutch were Fiedler with
28 kills and Helminiak with 62
assists. The season ended with a
tough defeat, but the t eam made
meaningful accomplishments . They developed s t rong
f r iendships and gave the
H o p e communi ty a season's pe r fo rmance to be p roud of.
Seniors reflect on college volleyball career Daniel Owens STAFF W R I T E R
Fouryearsof joy,perseverance,
practice, f r iendships and success
have c o m e to an end for the t h ree seniors o n the Flying
Du tch volleyball team. Teresa
Borst, Andrea Helminiak and
Kristen Johnson make up one of t he mos t decora ted senior
classes in the history of H o p e
College volleyball. Three N C A A t o u r n a m e n t appearances , two
M I A A championsh ips and an
unpreceden ted run to the Final
Four this season only begin to tell the story of a journey that
began four years ago. "I really came to H o p e for
the volleyball program, and obviously I 'm glad its worked
ou t so well," Borst said. "The run
this year to nat ionals definitely
showed me that H o p e was the
right choice for college for me." The team's loss in the first
round of the N C A A Tournamen t
in 2008 m a d e this year's run to
the regional title all the more
special. "It was so exciting when we
w o n the N C A A Tournamen t
Regional o n our h o m e cour t and the fans rushed the court,"
Johnson said. "That was
definitely t he highlight of my
volleyball career because I had never had that happen to me. It
was an amazing moment ."
The team's success, however, did not c o m e wi thout hard work
and discipline. "We always had to keep
fighting th rough the ups and
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downs of each g a m e and the
season as a whole," said Johnson.
"This year our goals were to win the M I A A and then regionals,
and despite a few missteps, we
achieved bo th of them." Wi th a 16-0 record in MIAA
play dur ing the regular season,
the Flying Du tch coasted to the
conference title. Last weekend at DeVos Fieldhouse, the t eam
won their regional in d ramat ic
fashion, beat ing perennial powers Calvin and Oh io
N o r t h e r n along the way. "We achieved each of these
goals because we put for th our
best effort each and everyday,"
Helminiak said. "And it was great to see it pay off this year with our
r u n to national championships."
The seniors acknowledged coach Becky Schmid t played
an integral role in making their
exper ience playing college
volleyball so special. "I've never played for a coach
with more energy, excitement,
and en thus iasm for the spor t of volleyball than coach Schmidt,"
Johnson said. "We all really got to know her on a more personal
level as we grew up. Freshman
year she was just our coach, bu t now we view her as a great
friend." Helminiak agreed and is
confident the fr iendships forged
on the t eam will last a lifetime.
"I will definitely c o m e back and visit Coach Schmidt and
the team,"
H e l m i n i a k
s a i d . H e l m i n i a k ,
the reigning M I A A Player of
the Year and a Third
Team Ail-
A m e r i c a n ,
said her e x p e r i e n c e
p l a y i n g c o l l e g e v o l l e y b a l l
will be a
t r e m e n d o u s asset later
in life.
She said, "Senior year
I th ink we
all learned a lot about
l e a d e r s h i p .
As seniors, the girls o n
the t eam
looked to us to lead
them both on and off
the cour t . It was fun and challenging at t imes, and
I can definitely see how this
experience will help me down
the road." Wi th only three member s
on the t eam f rom the class of
'HOTO BY ANN VaREEN
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS- Senior volleyball players Andrea Helminiak, Teresa Borst, and Kr is ten Johnson pose w i th the regional champi-
onship trophy.
2010, the Flying Dutch lose only
a small number of players f rom this year's roster to graduat ion.
However, filling the gaps left by the talented trio of Borst,
Johnson and Helminiak will be a
challenge for coach Schmidt.