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Alliance seeks t o p r o m o t e cultural harmony CARRIE ARNOLD cam pus beat editor
What began as a series of discussions on race in the home of English professor Kim Douglas and her husband, David, started to encompass the Holland community and beyond. They expanded their group. The Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony, to the local community, with initial turnouts of 80 people.
"These were some people in Holland who wanted to see things change," Douglas said. "There were also some people who had experienced the effects of racism firsthand." This past March, however, the Alliance was faced with a local issue they felt needed to be addressed. In the Douglas Mardi Gras parade, two floats were built that portrayed white children dressed in blackface paint. Two Hope professors expressed distress over the use of blackface and the racism it represented.
While Kim Douglas commented that the intent of the parade organizers wasn't to be overtly racist, she also criticized the lack of apologies and the general slowness of their response. "We need more white people to be the ones to initiate racial healing," Douglas said. In order to bring an understanding to the Holland community about the offensiveness of blackface, the Alliance showed the film "Ethnic Notions" last Friday at Davenport College.
Douglas said that the film showed a clear picture of the historical use of blackface and the racist overtones it still carries for the African-American community. "It's horrifying how it was used to perpetuate [both] the view of blacks and slavery, and how [blacks] are still enslaved," Douglas said. "It appears that the individuals didn't s e e m to understand the historical use of blackface, and didn't understand how offensive it was." more ALLIANCE on 2
Budgets released ^Student Congress allocates the student activity fee for the 2000-2001 academic year PAUL. LOODEEN production editor
This past week, the Student Congress Appropriations C o m m i t t e e released the budgets for the next academic year. Every year, the committee, which consists of six Student Congress r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s and the S t u d e n t Congress Comptroller, allocates the $90 student activity fee. Budgets came out later this year than last year because of personal c o n f l i c t s that kept C o m p t r o l l e r Kelly Morrison ('01) from presenting them to the full Congress the week after Spring Break. Because of the delay, there will be only one more Congress meeting for organizations to make their appeals for more funds. However. Morrison does not foresee many unhappy organizations. "I don't anticipate any appeals," said Morrison. "I think that everything is pretty reasonable."
This comes after rumors that one of the athletic organizations was attempting to 'double-dip' by submitting the same budget to both the Appropriations Committee and to the Dow Center. " W h a t h a p p e n e d was that the club was not aware of the Appropriations Committee funding at first and thought they didn't have any Dow Funding." Morrison said. "But when they b e c a m e a w a r e of the funding they received through the Dow, they retracted their budget from the Appropriations Committee. It was just a lack of communication that when I talked with the president of the organization, he was honest and open about what happened, and we cleared everything up." Morrison believed that this year's budgeting process went much smoother, due in large part to increased communication with student organizations.
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B R E A D A M D JAM: The band Irving Skellar performs at Earth Jam 2000 in the Pine Grove on Saturday, April 16. The event featured several student hands, including Gino Scare and White Vinyl Various members of the Environmental Issues Group (EIG) spoke in between sets about small things Hope students could do to improve the environment.
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The second annual Women's Issues Organization (WIO) brunch began with fruit and muffins and ended with three new Women of the Year. Three women- a faculty member.
a staff member, and a s t u d e n t - w e r e recognized with the Outstanding Woman of the Year award on Tuesday, April 18. The faculty member is Linda Dove, the staff member is W i l m a Hart, and the student is Christine Trinh ('00). "It encourages me that I am making a difference and that people are
encouraging me to do that," Trinh said. Trinh is going to graduate school next year for Civil Rights Law. This year. 45 students, 34 faculty m e m b e r s and 29 staff m e m b e r s w e r e n o m i n a t e d , m a k i n g it 108 women nominated all together for more WOMEN on 2
Student sets stage for theater Building the city of Jerusalem is all in a semester's work for Katie Drop ('00). Drop has spent the greater part of this spring as the set designer for the theater department's production of "Nathan the Wise." Usually the set design is done by a theater professor, but Drop was given the op-
portunity to be in charge for the show. "I set d e s i g n e d t w o s t u d e n t shows, and the next step was to set design one for the main s t a g e , " Drop said. "Only one other student has designed the set since I've been at Hope." "Nathan the Wise" was a large project f o r Drop to tackle. S h e worked closely with the director of the show, as well as the costume and
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lighting design staff, to generate scenery and space on stage that were appropriate for the show. "I came up with a general idea, but it changed a lot through the process," Drop said. "I made at least 10 or so rough sketches of different ideas I had. Two or three were developed a lot, and combined a lot of e l e m e n t s f r o m t h e o t h e r sketches." more DESIGN on 2
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C A S A celebrates learning JULIE GREEN campusbeat editor
This year's theme, "Discovering Nature: The Write Idea," will be Children dived into cake and free r e p l a c e d with a n e w o n e w h e n books while watching a live bird CASA's summer program begins. K i m b e r l y J a c o b s e n ( ' 0 3 ) has show wuh ihcir parents and tutors on T u e s d a y . A p r i l 18. al t h e spent the year with her student, A n d y Children's After School AchieveGonzales, a ment (CASA third grader, p r o g r a m ' s end and has disof y e a r b a n covered his quet. favorite i t ' s been thing to do another real is play Gogood year." Fish. said Bob " I t ' s B o e r s m a, been a reP rogram Dially posirector of tive expeC A S A . / A n c h o r g r a p h i c b y rience," "(This] spring Leanne VanDuinen Jacobsen we got enough s a i d . tutors thai we had one "Andy is really focused on learnon one." T h e program currently has 97 ing which makes it really f u n . " C A S A doesn't involve just tutors active children and has had about and their students, however, as the 150 tutors through the year. "It's always in need of more qual- parents and teachers are involved ity people willing to donate their too. Anita Gaytan has seen the imlime and work with kids." Boersma provement her son, Francisco Salisaid.
nas, has made in the last year in CASA. "Working with a tutor he doesn't know helps him get his work done," Gaylan said. "And he enjoys doing his homework with his tutors." CASA board member Sandy Foster sees the results in her classroom. "I got involved because I am a teacher at Longfellow [Elementary School] and I see what wonderful things it [does]," Foster said. The children put a lot of time into the program as well as the tutors.. "The C A S A kids — there's a lot of commitment on their part. They pretty consistently have their homework done," Foster said. "And a lot of them build relationships with their tutor." C A S A is currently looking for tutors for next year. "We really like people making the c o m m i t m e n t now," B o e r s m a said. In the fall, the program usually has a more difficult time finding tutors than in the spring. "People aren't as sure of their schedules, and there are conflicts, like Pull," Boersma said.
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After the preliminary sketches. Drop had to build a scale model of the set and get it approved by the director. The play takes place in Jerusalem. which gave Drop the challenge of bringing a historic locale to life on stage. The Jerusalem that Drop produced is both a part of Jerusalem. but also transcends the specific locale. "We were looking for a dreamlike quality, a fantasy world." Drop said. "I tried to e n c o m p a s s all times." Similarly, the furniture, props, and costumes utilized in the perform a n c e span all times. T h e play lakes place around the Crusades, but the play speaks about religion and accepting religions in other ways. This theme of religious under-
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standing and tolerance is one that Drop and the production staff felt was beyond simple replication of a specific time period. "We wanted to show that this [issue] is modern, as well as a fact through the ages." Drop said. Inclusion of religious imagery and themes within the set itself was an important part of Drop's creative process. "I did a lot of research on the time period." Drop said. "I read about Judaism. Islam, and Christianity of the time period." Religious iconography was not the only part of Drop's preparation for designing the show's set. She also examined other sets for inspiration. "I also looked at books of other set designs and artwork to get an idea of how I wanted to arrange the
space on stage," Drop said. "[I was looking for] something that sparks my interest and makes me think of something else that relates to the play." One interesting feature of the set is the inclusion of enormous palm trees in the middle of the stage. This presents an interesting d y n a m i c during the parts of the play that w e r e originally set indoors, but Drop felt that the meaning of the play was suitable for a more interpretive set design. "We really got rid of the interior/ e x t e r i o r d e f i n i t i o n of the play," Drop said. "You can tell just by looking at the set because the interior scenes will be a little abstract. The set is based on this idea of whimsy and fantasy, a dreamlike. Utopian world. It's not realistic."
Kristova's 'Stabat Mater' to Interpret Venus Figurines." Selmer, an Art major, wrote the paper for an art class to examine the use of the Venus Figurines, which were carved more than 30,000 years ago. " I ' m always interested in the figures of the body." Selmer said. Entering the paper in the contest, however, was an afterthought. "I saw things up around campus the day of [the due date], I made a photo copy and entered it," Selmer said. Andrea Douglass ('01) won second place with her paper 'But What Will I Do with Such Knowledge: a
Feminist's Look at Race and Gender Privilege." Douglass wrote her paper for a Psychology of Women class. Two people, Sally Smits ( ' 0 1 ) and Aaron Keck ('00) tied for third place. The brunch was a success, said Katie Paarlberg ('02), a member of WIO. "We had a lot more people than we expected," Paarlberg said. W I O had planned on 32 attending, but turned out 76, forcing Creative Dining Services to adjust the day of the brunch. "They didn't even complain about it," Paarlberg said.
writing classes, "Building Bridges." and "Creative Writing: Memoirs." "Everyone was appalled by our history, that we are not learning ihis in school," Douglas said. Douglas is personally trying to change what history is taught by speaking at her daughter's secondgrade class.
"One mistake after another is being fed to our children," she said. "We need i n d i v i d u a l s w h o will make the effort in school and in the workplace to commit to everyone that we need to relearn history." The next meeting of the Alliance will be held on May 12 at the Holland Museum.
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" I ' m honored and I ' m humbled," said Wilma Hart, who works in the business office with Dean of Students Richard Frost, Student Activities Director Diana Breclaw and Dir e c t o r of M u l t i c u l t u r a l L i f e D. Wesley Poythress. "I work for three very busy, active people so I have a lot of contact (with the students)," Hart said. "I love working with the students." Hart has been at Hope College since August. During the brunch, the winners of the Gender Issues paper contest were also announced. Erin Selmer ('00) won first place for her paper " F e m i n i n e Links: Using Julia
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R A N D O M SAMPLINGS Jane Bast
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A O L makes m e L O L Sonic people, the type of people who dwell in caves wilh iheir 12 dozen cats, have never used A O L I n s i a n l Messenger. For these people, 1 have transcribed the following A O L conversation, as found on a Dykstra Hall computer. Enjoy.
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Nsync4ever: Yeah, I know. :) :):):):)
Susie-Q14: And then I was like, &*3@sjo*. you know? Nsync4ever: So yeah. Totally uh-huh. Do you think these shorts make me look all celluliteish and crap?
Siisie-Q14: Serious? Where were u?
Susic-Q14: Um. just a sec, let me get up and go look.
Nsync4ever: At the SAC movie. It was so random. He was like siting behind me and I was like -
Susie-Q14: NO!!! You look super-yum. I love the chartreuse stripes. Seriously, I think everyone should wear J Crew.
S i i s i e - Q I 4 : Wail, what was he wearing?
Nsync4ever: Oh I know. Sometimes when I see those ugly girls who come down here to do their homework -
Susie-Q14: Ooooo! I like boys who wear Abercrombie and Filch. Nsync4ever: So, I like asked him if he totally digged his 'rents. He was like. OK, maybe, I guess. Susie-Q14: LOL. G-friend, you are so crazy-silly. Nsync4ever: So then I like said, the current political situation in Russia reminds me of the instability of my stomach alter a meal at Phelps. Do you agree? And he was like, huh? Susie-Q14: Seriously ?
Susie-Q14: Homework! How sad. I feel so, ugh for them, ya know? Nsync4ever: Oh, so yeah. But anyway, I just wanna like, take them and show them how to shop, you know? Like, be their fashion person or whatever. Susie-Q14: You would be so good at that! Seriously! You are so good at puttin' on clothes. Nsync4ever: Yeah, I think it's like, my spiritual calling or whatever. Just to help people who are like, ugly and stuff. Susie-Q14: OK, this chick like just asked me to get off the computer cuz she has to do homework and crap.
Nsync4ever: Yeah. I was so totally bummed.
Nsync4ever: What a skank! Is she ugly?
Susie-Q14: Hey, I was like working on this paper
, Susie-Q14: Um, yes! So I was like, well g-friend, what does it look like I'm doing here, huh?
Nsync4ever: Paper? Oh. those suck.
Nsync4ever: Oooo!
Susie-Q14: Yeah, totally. So it s like on the mating pattern of tree frogs. I'm supposed to be doing like research and crap, but then I was like, whatever! It's
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Nsync4ever: G-friend, I totally met the hottest boy this weekend. He was so yum.
Nsync4ever: Like, an Abercrombie shirt and those super-fly cargo pants. Super cutie.
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Susie-Q14: OK, she's like glaring at me now. I'll ttyl, K ? Nite. Nsync4ever: K. LUL. 'Nile.
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America On Line's (AOL) Instant Messenger system has given Dykstra Hall residents a* new reason to procrastinate. The free computer program allows members to send each other messages, without a wail, while those members are on-line. It has taken ihe residence hall by storm. "I can keep track of all my friends from home on here," said Dykstra resident Miriam King ( 4 03). "It's cheaper than using the phone." Keeping in touch with friends and family is a prime motivation for using the Instant Messenger (IM) program. Students can use the computers in the Dykstra computer lab to send m e s s a g e s without spending any money on a phone bill or tying up a phone line. However, messenging can easily become addictive. "If you have a lot of buddies online, you don't want to break the conversation so it's easy to get tied up," King said. "I always have it on when I'm typing a paper. It can get distracting." Meredilh Oosla ('03) only uses AOL Instant Messenger to talk to friends and family from home. Even so, when she starts she finds it difficult to stop. "Once I get on, it's hard to get off," Oosla said. "Il lakes up sleep lime. I usually get on when it's late and then I never get off." Students who don't use Instant Messenger have seen its addictive
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T I M E KEEPS O M X I C K I M ' : Dykstra resident Rachel Bottema COS) uses Instant Messenger while working in the Dykstra computer lab. effects. Alyson Payne ('03), who doesn't use the program, has noticed its pull on her friends. "I find they kind of get sucked into it," Payne said. "When I try to talk to my friends who are IM-ing, it's like trying to pull them away from the TV. I think it can hinder people from making other friends." Instant Messenger can also keep students from their homework. Occasionally, Dykstra residents can tie up c o m p u t e r s that would otherwise be used for work. This can cause conflict between students. "If you're doing IM and somebody wants to work on a paper, they get mad," King said. "It's understandable, but sometimes you just have to talk to somebody." Katie Veldman ('03) is bothered by students who tie up computers with Instant Messenger when the computer lab is full or busy. "It's annoying when you c o m e d o w n h e r e to type a p a p e r and someone's using the Instant Messenger and that's all they're doing," Veldman said. "You can't gel your
work done." Payne at limes finds messenging annoying even when the computer lab isn't full. Payne said the noise generated by students who use IM can be distracting for those attempting to do homework. "I hate it when people laugh very loud at something while they're IMing," Payne said. "They get up and tell their friends and then leave their c o m p u t e r w h i l e I need it to d o work." Although Veldman is bothered by students who lie up lab computers wilh Instant Messenger, she is too shy to ask them to give her the computer. Instead, she hopes an unspoken policy can be implemented to help students like her who use the computers for work purposes. "I think if there is someone waiting for a computer and you're using Instant Messenger and that's all, out of common courtesy, it's polite to gel off the computer," Veldman said. "If you're IM-ing and typing a paper, that's OK. But you need to be sensitive to other people."
O n - l i n e friendships risky JANE BAST" infocus editor
Dykstra resident Abby Vollmer ( 4 0 3 ) d i d n ' t m e e t her " s p e c i a l friend" Mike on-line, bui Instant Messenger sure helped. Vollmer mel Mike through a high school friend at a party, but since she attends Hope and Mike attends the University of Michigan, keeping in touch would be hard without AOL's Instant Messenger Program. "Ann Arbor isn't that far away," Vollmer said. "But it's far enough that I can't see him everyday." Vollmer got Mike's screen name from her friend and they proceeded to send messages to each other on a day-lo-day basis. "Wilh Instant M e s s e n g e r , it's easier to keep in touch," Vollmer said. Vollmer has even used Instant Messenger to coordinate real-life meetings wilh Mike. Since Ann Arbor is on the other side of the slate, A O L can save a long distance phone call. "We've been able to gel together a couple times." Vollmer said. "IMing keeps us close."
Other Dykslra residents have used ihe program to meet friends on-line. Occasionally, these on-line friendships can be more than the resident bargained for. Meg Frey ( ' 0 3 ) was recently harassed by a man she mel on-line. "I didn't go looking for him, he just found me somehow," Frey said. " S o m e t i m e s if I ' m b o r e d and there's absolutely nothing to do, I'll talk back lo people who randomly IM me." Frey's friend claimed to live in Tennessee and attend VanderBill University. His chats began harmlessly, but then became increasingly strange. "We talked about school and the-
ater," Frey said. "He seemed nice, but then he got really weird. He kept asking me to meet him. Finally I blocked him out." But not before the man had senl Frey several pictures of himself online. " H e was so nasty," Frey said. " H e ' d lied a lot a b o u t h o w he looked." Frey doesn't think messenging with strangers is dangerous, as long as you protect yourself. "It's not dangerous if you don't tell them your name," Frey said. "But don't tell them your real name or where you live. Slick lo screen names. Otherwise it's really easy to find out where people live by using ihe Inlernel."
W h a t D o You Think? S h o u l d r e s i d e n c e hall c o m p u t e r l a b s h a v e an Instant Messenger policy? W r i t e t h e A n c h o r with your c o m m e n t s , or send t h e m via e-mail. E - m a i l the A n c h o r at anclior@hope.edu
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SAC directors defend intentions of organization Reacting w i t h sensitivity T h e issue of cultural sensitivity, raised by the recent u s e o f b l a c k f a c e p a i n t in a D o u g l a s M a r d i G r a s p a r a d e , is o n e t h a t o f t e n g e t s m i s t r e a t e d b y t h e c o m m u n i t y a t large. A c o m m o n r e a c t i o n to c u l t u r a l s e n s i t i v i t y is a b a c k l a s h , a denial that any offensive action took place. T h e Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic H a r m o n y presented a video depicting the w a y s racist overtones are continually enacted. Sadly, not e n o u g h H o p e C o l l e g e students probably got to see the video. T h i s i s s a d b e c a u s e s t u d e n t s , e s p e c i a l l y at H o p e , n e e d to s e e t h e w a y that o t h e r c u l t u r e s a n d r a c e s a r e d e p i c t e d in s o c i e t y . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , b e c a u s e m a n y s t u d e n t s a r e n o t s y m p a t h e t i c t o o t h e r c u l t u r e s f e e l i n g s , t h e r e a c t i o n is similar to the w a y D o u g l a s parade organizers reacted. T w o H o p e professors expressed concern o v e r the use o f b l a c k f a c e a n d t h e r a c i s m it r e p r e s e n t e d . R a t h e r t h a n o f f e r a p o l o g i e s o r a c k n o w l e d g e a n y h a r m , m a n y in t h e community countered with a "well, we didn't mean to" response. F e w in t h e H o p e c o m m u n i t y p r o b a b l y i n t e n d t o m a k e r a c i s t s t a t e m e n t s . M o s t p e o p l e w i l l s a y t h a t s e n s i t i v i t y is a d e s i r e d trait w h e n d e a l i n g w i t h d i f f e r e n t p e o p l e . But it's h a r d to j u s t i f y the lack of r e s p o n s i b l e a c t i o n w h e n actual offense takes place. O f f e n s e s take place on a daily basis. T e a m nicknames, like the Indians and R e d s k i n s , are far f r o m b e i n g c h a n g e d . A d e b a t e rages o v e r the m e a n i n g of the C o n f e d e r a t e F l a g t h a t f l i e s in S o u t h C a r o l i n a . W h i l e n o o n e i n t e n t i o n a l l y w a n t s to o f f e n d d i f f e r e n t cultural groups, f e w are also willing to c h a n g e current o f f e n s i v e m e s s a g e s . E v e n at H o p e , s t u d e n t s are resistant to c h a n g i n g t h e o f f e n s i v e n a t u r e that e x i s t s o n c a m p u s . H o m o s e x u a l s are routinely, and often publicly, ridiculed and c o n d e m n e d . W o m e n ' s studies issues are treated as "anti-men" sentiments. Rarely d o individuals o n the c a m p u s c o n s i d e r the possible w a y s that they c a n o f f e n d cultural g r o u p s . I n s t e a d o f r e a c t i n g in a c o n f r o n t a t i o n a l n a t u r e , t h e s e individuals need to c o n s i d e r h o w they will feel w h e n the tables are turned.
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To the Editor: We are writing in response to the editorials regarding the recent concerns of comedians brought to Hope College. We would like to apologize for any member of the Hope community that has been hurt and/ or offended by the words and actions of these comedians. This is not the view or standard that the Social Activities C o m m i t t e e w i s h e s to measure itself against. This material was not in accordance with our mission statement or the mission of the college, which we strive to uphold to the best of our ability. We select these performers at conferences, where we only see bits of their shows. From what we viewed at that time and our professional standards, all the comedians we bring to campus are accept-
able for this institution. Furthermore, we brief the entertainers before the show that this is a Christian college. We instruct them not to use obscene or inappropriate language, comments, or gestures using material that is not "G-rated " In the instances of All College Sing and Talent Jam, we also informed the comedians that families and small children would be in the audience. As a result, there are some agencies we will not do business with in the future because of this unprofessionalism. Planning entertainment for a diverse college campus is difficult. We attempt to provide the students with a variety of activities that would appeal to a broad cross-section of campus. It is obvious that we will not please everyone all the time, but we do so to the best of our
abilities. We are proud of what we do, and are always open to concerns and constructive criticism. But we would ask that this be directed to our committee. Please feel free to contact us at sacjester@hope.edu. In addition, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you, the Hope community, for making our j o b worthwhile. Our efforts would be in vain without you and your support. We find satisfaction in seeing our work come to fruitation on the happy faces of Hope students. Once again, we are sorry for the content of these past comedians. S A C will continue to strive to uphold Hope's mission of Christian excellence. Kristyn Sundstedt ('01) Laura Evans ('01) S A C Co-directors
Pray for God to guide us in His way, not ours To the Editor: W h a t is l o v e ? A c c o r d i n g to Webster's Dictionary love is: "1) to be fond of, desire; 2) a deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment or devotion to a person or persons; 3) a feeling of brotherhood and good will toward other people; 4) a strong liking for or interest in something; 5) G o d ' s benevolent concern for mankind; 6) to delight in; take pleasure in." Nowhere in this description does it say that to dislike a part of something means that you therefore cannot love that thing. Why do I bring this up? Because of continued articles stating that if one does not accept the whole person (who they are, how they act, how they speak, what they eat, how they live, etc.), they therefore do not show Christian love. We then go so far as to slate that God loves everyone without rules, expectations, and limitations, which I interpret to mean "anything goes and God still loves me". While it is true that God loves me no matter what, it does not mean God accepts everything I do. Instead, if we truly love God we will discontinue those behaviors that He, in His word, has deemed harmful/sinful. We have four c h i l d r e n , all of whom are loved. However, while we love each of them for who and what they are, we will not condone nor respect wrongful behaviors. We have a son who lies almost continually (it's almost a lifestyle for him) and we in no way will ever accept that behavior. Does that mean we don't love him? No way. We love him fully but that does not mean that we will condone wrongful be-
havior. He was in so much trouble in school he was, in fact, expelled. We in no way ever tolerated his inappropriate behaviors and he was repeatedly held accountable for his choices and s u f f e r e d the c o n s e quences of those choices. Does that mean we d o n ' t love him? Absolutely not. In fact because of our love for our children we set rules and boundaries for them and expect them to hold to these guidelines for th e ir w e l l - b e i n g . But they a l s o know, while we do not condone or accept certain behaviors we love them, just as their heavenly Father loves them. God has set boundaries in his Word. He has, out of a love we'll never completely understand, set rules and standards for us not to punish us but to protect us. Unfortunately, we live in a world where we want all standards of living and lifestyles accepted and if anyone dares announce the fact they don't approve or agree we are then labeled as judgmental and non-loving. That is not true, unfair and it's time we stopped. Many times we interpret scripture to suit our needs and declare it to" be what God meant. As children of God, we don't want to believe this God of love could set boundaries or r u l e s , e s p e c i a l l y w h e n these boundaries and rules deviate from our wants or lifestyle choices. So we reinterpret the rules tofitour beliefs instead of coordinating our lifestyles to fit G o d ' s rules. I believe we must all love one another but when we, on either side, begin to make judgments against one another, we are wrong. I ' m curious, why is it that because one might not agree with all the "lib-
eral" views one is labeled "conservative", wrong and unloving, yet w h e n the liberal d o e s the same thing, the liberal feels correct in doing so (or vice versa)? This wonderful world we live in is made of lots of colors, shapes, sizes and viewpoints. If we all agreed with one another it'd be a perfect world, but would lack the uniqueness it now has because of our differences. We cannot force our viewpoints on one another nor should we try. We can only try to explain our viewpoints, resources we used to develop these beliefs, etc. Thai's what I desire to happen on Hope's campus, and this world as a whole. L e t ' s stop degrading one another with accusations and assumptions. Let's accept each other's viewpoints as different but okay. Let's look past the negative and focus on the positive. Let's love each other but with that love allow differences. Let's not cast judgment on one another. Let's leave that up to God. We will each be held accountable for our lives, our thoughts, and our actions, etc. Let's make sure we have Biblical backing for our views and let it go at that. Pray for one another in love for God to guide us in His way, not ours. Through this we m i g h t begin to unify, not in thought but in love and caring for one another. There's a Sesame Street book called "We're Different, W e ' r e the Same." Maybe it's time we all took time to read it and realize our commonalties and not just our differences. Maybe it's time we prayfully seek God's will not our own. Maybe then we'll truly know love. Pamela Valkema
SAC should be applauded for positive performances To the Editor: In the past two issues of the Anchor, there have been letters regarding the emcee for Talent Jam. It seems that much of the blame for the off-color jokes that were told have fallen on members of the Social Activities Committee. Perhaps some people on this campus can't understand that the comedian is an individual and he writes his own routine. Granted, S A C did bring him to this campus, but one must
understand that a great deal of effort is put forth in order to have good acts. Members of S A C go to conferences where they pick and choose, but at these conferences, the performers/comedians are on their best behavior. When they come to this campus, they are not obligated to perform the same act. They are individuals, and I think that many people here have difficulty understanding that. Also, for many people who take offense at performers whose humor
differs from their own, where are you during their positive performances? Last Friday, I went to an a capella group in the Kletz and no one was there. How about a few weeks earlier when Matt West was here? Where were you then? Instead of coming down on S A C for acts that they have no real control over, we should applaud them for giving us quality entertainment the majority of the time. Nate Tripp ('02)
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your Senior looks to clear up misconceptions To the Editor: For p e o p l e w h o h a v e been thoughtfully considering the current anti-sweatshop campaign on campus, s o m e basic e c o n o m i c s questions come to mind right away, and I would like to take this opportunity to address them. T h e first thing to address is the idea that workers will lose their jobs because of c o m p a n i e s that abandon factories covered by a Code of Conduct. If we were advocating a boycott against a specific company or a certain factory location, this would be an issue. In fact, it is not an issue because United Students Against Sweatshops ( U S A S ) and the W o r k e r R i g h t s C o n s o r t i u m ( W R C ) are taking an industry-wide approach, not aiming narrowly at individual businesses or factories. No matter where a company manufactures its product, it must adhere to the same code. Thus, "cutting and running," or deserting factory locations to avoid higher labor standards, does not work - besides, the W R C has provisions for punishing companies for tactics such as these.
O u r approach is to use the leverage of university contracts (worth billions total) to "raise the bar" industry-wide. We are forcing all companies who make collegiate apparel to have the same (or very similar) standards. This means competition should remain the same, but with better conditions for all workers. T h o u g h the collegiate industry is only a small part of the whole apparel industry, our efforts will have a rippling effect in the following ways. First, the national anti-sweatshop m o v e m e n t is getting tons of media attention and building a large c o n s u m e r p o w e r base. Secondly, the actual sweatshops make many lines of clothing under one roof. If workers making Champion University of M i c h i g a n sweatshirts can only work certain hours, can't be exposed to toxic chemicals, can't be sexually harassed, all the factory workers in that factory will (ideally) benefit from those same conditions. T h e second concern, that higher labor standards means higher costs, is not necessarily true. S o m e things (ending sexual harassment and corporal p u n i s h m e n t , f o r e x a m p l e )
about sweatshop issue tory workers make less than subsistence wages under terrible working conditions. As m e m b e r s of an educational institution affiliated with the R C A . do we believe it is okay to exploit workers for higher profit margins? I d o n ' t believe that the wholesale or retail prices have to be raised. If the already more-thanadequate corporate salaries or benefits were reduced, even slightly, the company could make up'for the slight increase in production costs. Some would argue that the most effective ways to improve wages and working conditions are to increase the skills workers bring to their jobs (rewarded in higher pay), increase the market for their output, and increase competition f o r their labor. In reality, these j o b s h a v e been absolutely de-skilled. C o m p a nies have broken the process d o w n into one m i n d - n u m b i n g task that kids could (and do) perform, and which is most efficient in assemblyline fashion. T h e r e are no skills to learn in s w e a t s h o p s . In addition, made in a sweatshop. Even so. this issue raises ques- these clothes are already made in tions in my mind about the eco- f r e e trade zones. T h e r e is w h a t ' s nomic salary and benefits when fac- called a "race to the b o t t o m " — w h o
shouldn't cost anything at all. But even things like a living wage aren't that expensive because the wages are already so low. According to the National Labor Committee, for instance. the total labor cost of making a particular Yale University Tshirt added up to $0.03. just twotenths of o n e percent of the retail price ($14.99) of the shirt. If the woman from El Salvador who made the shirt was paid a living wage. 11 cents, the labor cost would still only be seven-tenths of 1 percent of the retail price. Although these kinds of f i g u r e s d o n o t . in my o p i n i o n amount to much, some would argue that an extra dollar in production costs is significant - even for an $ 8 0 or $90 pair of shoes. However. a national survey by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland reported that 7 6 percent of people surveyed said they would be willing to pay $5 more for an article of clothing they could be sure was not
Sophomore will spend final years building up Hope, rather than putting To the Editor: I love Hope College. In my two years at Hope, I have fallen in love with this place. I love the campus, I love the students, and I love everyone who works for Hope. Going to Hope has been a very positive influence in my life, and I thank God that He gave m e the opportunity to come here. I know that Hope isn't perfect, but neither am 1.1 love H o p e f o r its
faults because if it were perfect, it would be really hard to go here. Every college has some problems, but it's something that we all have to deal with. If Hope had so many problems that it made m e hate the place, I w o u l d n ' t be g o i n g here. W h e n people f r o m h o m e ask m e h o w college is going, I always tell them that it couldn't be better. Hope is an excellent school, and I would never say anything to put it down. I love the fact that Hope is a lib-
eral arts college with a Christian e m p h a s i s . T h e students h a v e the freedom to express their faith here at Hope. T h e Christian message is a b o u t love, loving e v e r y o n e f o r what they are. The "controversies" get started because we are all young and often we take what people say out of context. Many times we try to be good Christians, and we study what is right and wrong according to the Bible. W h e n we see someone doing wrong, we tend to j u d g e
can pay lower and lower wages, so that all the others think they have to do the same so they can stay competitive. It's precisely competition without rules protecting labor rights that drives work to the worst working conditions. Besides, all these clothes are already going to the industrial nations. T h e workers can't even afford the clothes they make. And the owners of the companies are almost always American, which means profits don't stay in the countries. I believe in the power of students as both c o n s u m e r s and citizens of the w o r l d to m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e . There is a long and honorable history of student pressure and civil disobedience effecting positive c h a n g e (Civil Rights M o v e m e n t . W o m e n ' s Suffrage, Antiapartheid, etc.), including the fact that Nike raised workers' wages even a small amount in Indonesia in response to activism in 1999.
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them without realizing that w e do wrong ourselves. Sometimes we forget that being a Christian m e a n s we love everyone, even those w h o don't love us. Love is the foundation of a good Christian and when we start to j u d g e w e forget that. If we all truly loved one another controversies would not get started. I love H o p e f o r e v e r y t h i n g it does. I now realize that I am halfway through my college experience and I just wish I could stay at H o p e
forever. I ' m looking forward to going out into "real world", but I know that when I get there I ' m going to miss this place an a w f u l lot. For now I ' m just going to enjoy my last two years here at Hope, and instead of putting Hope d o w n . I will do my best to build it up.
Chris VanderHyde ('02)
Senior points out validity in studying things from a liberal and Christian perspective To the Editor: Reading D a v e F l e m i n g ' s ( ' 0 0 ) commentary in the last edition of The Anchor got m e to start thinking about this question of 'identity' at Hope. Something occurred to m e that I found quite odd — m a y b e to nobody else in the world, but hey. it wouldn't be the first lime — and it has several levels so I'll break it down: 1. A majority of students c o m e to Hope because it's a historically well respected "Christian Liberal A r t s " School, in the R C A tradition, in a small town overflowing with those wonderful wooden-shoe clad individuals. At least I assume they do. If they don't c o m e to Hope f o r that reason, they have no right to be surp r i s e d a n d u p s e t at w h a t t h e y find...it's not like Holland hides it. 2. Before you j u m p the gun on me let me say that the problem isn't with the above mentioned people. Most of them get over the initial Tulip' shock and either transfer to another school, try to work within the system, or deal with the environment as best they can. I have an amazing a m o u n t of respect for a person w h o . despite f u n d a m e n t a l d i f f e r e n c e s with H o p e ' s mission
and administration (on various issues), still goes out and obtains a quality education f r o m a great faculty, which Hope does have, without crying about it. 3. In actuality, it's the people who d o c o m e to H o p e f o r the a b o v e (No. 1) reason that are causing problems. T h e y d o n ' t let teachers do their jobs. Strange irony, h u h ? Let me explain. I am a biology and religion major, which oftentimes is taken as s a c r i l e g i o u s by e a c h r e s p e c t i v e g r o u p and thus makes m e a sort of paradox. T h e advantage of this oftm i s u n d e r s t o o d perspective, h o w ever, is that I get to see many sides of things. T h r o u g h my time here, I have gained the following insight: a large n u m b e r of the students at Hope who come here for a 'Christian Liberal Arts' education don't k n o w what that means. From my experience, many students equate 'Christian Liberal Arts' to something more resembling a Bible College. Sorry, but that's not what Hope is all about. At a Bible College, the goal is to teach everything f r o m a Christian point of view and prepare you, in o n e w a y o r another, f o r Christian ministry: Study scripture, look at the world and its respective
have recently learned. When I came here, I never f o r a minute assumed my biology teacher w a s going to teach BIO 132: "The Origins of Life A c c o r d i n g to Scripture." If there were such a class I would laugh at it and look for another that w o u l d fulfill the s a m e requirement. Not because I am not a Christian -I am - but because that wouldn't be bene f i c i a l to my s t u d y of s c i e n c e . Galileo, one of the greatest scientists to ever live, and a Christian I might add, said, "The Bible teaches one how to go to heaven, not h o w the heavens go." Put simply, science is the study of the natural world, religion is the study of the spiritual world, psychology is the study of the mental world, etc. S o m e t i m e s they do overlap, but teaching the study of the natural world with the tools to study the spiritual world is not good science. T h e 'Christian', in t h a t ' C h r i s t i a n L i b e r a l A r t s ' moniker we like to throw around so m u c h , is w h y w e h a v e B e n Patterson. Delores Nasrallah, Paul classes t o o ? " Boersma. Dwight Beal. and a great M y p o i n t is, t h a t it is H o p e 'voluntary' chapel program. But if College's job is to give us a Liberal all the teachers in every department (meaning varied) Arts education. had to f o r m u l a t e their classes to That is why we have our lovely, yet only allow a Christian perspective always a n n o y i n g core system all in them, they would be ill-preparmust follow, or not graduate as I
problems, maybe learn some Greek, etc. (I am not saying anything bad about Bible Colleges; I think they can be very instructive and important, I am simply stating the differences in agendas.) Liberal Arts education is based on the idea of exposing the student to a little bit of everything - not a little bit of everything they already believe. T h e r e ' s the rub. I ' v e had kids in my philosophy class complain about how "reading Nietzsche doesn't help me in my Christian walk," and students in biology complain that "they should teach creationism as a scientific hypothesis instead of evolution, because this is a Christian school." I even had a heated debate d u r i n g the N C A A Finals with a close friend of m i n e who was mad that H o p e offers a class on "The evolution of the Dinosaur," as he called it, because dinosaurs aren't in the Bible. "Neither are computers," I wanted to say, "so should we stop t e a c h i n g c o m p u t e r - s c i e n c e
ing all their students f o r the real world. 'Islam f r o m a Christian perspective?' Please, you might as well take 'Black History' taught by the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. It w o u l d be just as accurate. Being able to understand something, even if you don't necessarily believe it's the ultimate truth, is vital in living in this world. I know ' w e are not of this world, but in this world', but that's the point: we are in it. In und e r s t a n d i n g t h o s e you d i s a g r e e with, you can see where they are coming from, and therefore better represent your own perspective. If you want to see the world how it i d e a l l y s h o u l d b e , h o w G o d wanted it to be, how it once was and how I know one day it will be again, then study your Bible—I k n o w I am. But if you want to see the world as it is now, right now, and want to put yourself in a position to be an i n f o r m e d tool God uses to fix it prepared f o r e v e r y t h i n g it could throw at you - then you have to allow for the fact that e v e r y o n e doesn't already agree with you.
Tyler Jansen ('00)
Earth Jam declared success by organizers To the Editor: T h i s past w e e k e n d Earth J a m went extremely well. Environmental Issues Group would like to thank
the many people who helped make it a success. First, w e would like to thank the many bands that played f o r free. We would also like to give special thanks to the Physical Plant
for lending us a stage and for c o m ing on Saturday to set it up. We would also like to thank Tim Heneveld and the rest of the sound people. Furthermore, we would like
to thank Diana Breclaw. Richard Frost and everyone in the Student D e v e l o p m e n t office, w h o helped keep Earth Jam in Pine Grove. Lastly, we would like to thank the
p e o p l e w h o c a m e out to see the bands and give their support. We hope to see you next year. Dave Willeumier ('01)
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Translation: Male I have a good friend w h o is having a liiile trouble in her romantic life. She sits around moping about g u y s w h o d o n ' t call her when they say lhai they will, and her ex-boyfriend w h o just called her and wants to reslarl their relationship. Bui she is noi alone. This problem seems lo have infected a number of people on this campus. Il is an epidemic: Hope is filled with w o m e n w h o have difficulty understanding the opposite sex. I ll be the first lo admit: men are a trifle difficult to understand. Women need to step inside the male mind, lo try and view things f r o m the male perspective. Through painstaking research. I have compiled the beginnings of a translation guide f o r H o p e ' s female population. T h i s is a short list of whai guys are really saying lo you. I'll call y o u later - He wants you lo call him. G u y s are not the macho, lake charge people you think they are. If he says ' T i l call you later." he'll be overjoyed if you call him first and invite him out lo c o f f e e or something. Trust m e on this one. I had a good time tonight The high point of the evening was the trip to restroom, because of those heat-changing ads in the urinals that advertised for New Holland Beer when he peed on them. T h a t ' s an interesting haircut - You probably belter re-evaluate the frizzy p e r m with oversized bangs. Love - He may never say this word to you. but he does love you. He's saying ihis word
when he looks into your eyes, or passes you the napkins at lunch without you having to ask. You're not fat - You think that y o u ' r e fat, but he really doesn't. Believe him for once. Or maybe he really does mean that you need lo cul d o w n on ihe Ho-Hos. Let's w a t c h T V tonight Lei's watch T V tonighl. You're nice - T h e bearded lady from the circus has a belter shoi at a second dale than you do. Your outfit looks nice - It's the 86lh lime y o u ' v e tried il on. Let's j u s l go lo the parly. W h y are you asking m e a n y w a y ? I d o n ' t know if salmon and lime green match. Sarah M c L a c h l a n is okay I need to find a girlfriend who likes L i m p Bizkit. W h e n I look into y o u r eyes, I see a million stars and a million distant moons, all singing the music of the spheres, d r a w i n g m e toward your soul - You're pretty. I'll dress u p for y o u r sister's w e d d i n g - I'll wear the Dukes of Hazzard T-shirt that d o e s n ' t have the ketchup slain on the front. You m a k e m e happy - You make him happy. You don't know h o w important you are lo his life, but this is the best you m a y ever gel. Enjoy it for what it is. These are just a few of the important translations lo help women understand men. It's not much, bui it's a start. I hope this has helped you Hope ladies. I understand if you want to talk about il more. Give me a call. I ' m sure you have a great personality.
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Louis Canfield ( ' O l ) for president There are t w o main reasons w h y I have decided to run for Student Congress President for a second year. I have e n j o y e d the work; the president has to put in long hours and attend meetings, and I do not mind doing so. T h e president has lo have a good relationship with both student and administrators in order to accomplish anything. T h i s year, part of my time has been spent building up those relationships, and I am in a good position lo advance the interests of students. This year, we decided to address some of the most c o m m o n complaints of all students. I am confident that you will see changes next year, including refurbished lounge areas in the DeWitt Center and a trial debit card laundry system in at least one of the residence halls. I do noi have enough space lo describe everything thai Congress has done for ihe student body this year, but you can gel more information by visiting our web site at htlp://www.hope.edu/studenl/congress. If you would like this record lo continue. I urge you lo vole for me for president, and Paul Bush for vice presideni in next Monday and Tuesday's election.
Paul Bush ('01) for vice president For the past two years I have served on Student Congress as Durfee Hall Representative. Vice Presideni, and Junior Class Representative. During this time I have gained valuable experience and learned how Congress should and should not be run. T h e m a n y boards and committees I have served on have allowed m e to work fairly and openly with a variety of people, and f o r m valuable relationships wilh faculty, administrators and students. These relationships are important to gelling the students' opinions and concerns across when il is needed. M y opponent. Rob Bradford, has not attended a single Congress meeting in those two years - yet he wants to lead it next year. This causes me to question his motives f o r running and understanding what is involved with the position. we have seen Congress do some tremendous things under the leadership of Louis Canfield, and we ihe groundwork for an even better year next year. I would like the opportunity to continue serving student body as I have in the past and see our work through lo completion. Please vote f o r Canfield dent and myself for vice presideni and ensure that our strong c a m p u s student leadership continues.
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C a r l Daniel ('01) for senior class rep. Carl Daniel is a junior at Hope, and a graduate of Pequannock Township High School. In his time at Hope, he has been active in many college activities, including Pull. Nykerk. Chapel Choir. Student Congress, one mainstage play, and occasionally Frisbee golf. His o f f - c a m p u s activities include crew chief on a volunteer a m b u l a n c e squad, church choir member, and Private First Class in the Marine Corps. He feels that his experiences as part of many different activities have exposed him to a great variety of H o p e ' s students. T h u s he will be able to represent the senior class well.
C h r i s t y B r a d f o r d ('03) for soph, class rep. I am running for 2003 Class Representative f o r Student Congress. I was one of the Dykstra Hall representatives ihis year and really enjoyed serving on Congress. I feel that I both learned a lot and represented the girls in my residence hall well. I would be honored lo be given the job of representing the thoughts and opinions of the Class of 2 0 0 3 on nexl y e a r ' s Student Congress.
Tracy H a v e m a n ('03) for soph, class rep. Hi. my name is Tracy Haveman. I grew up and graduated from Zeeland High School. and currently I am a freshman living in Gilmore Hall. I am interested in b e c o m i n g a class representative for the Class of 2003 because I feel thai there are many needs that should be addressed so Hope can b e c o m e a better college for all of us. I believe that I have irails thai will enable m e to best represent my class in Student Congress. I am an oui going and friendly person, so people will feel comfortable getting to k n o w m e and voicing iheir concerns and issues, which will allow me lo better represent my class. Also, I am organized (just ask my roommate) and responsible, two traits that are needed for the position in Student Congress. I have many goals to improve Hope College, s o m e of which include improving things around the c a m p u s and others that emphasize student involvement around campus. If I am elected into Student Congress, I know I have the drive to fully represent my class and create improvements for Hope. And if you have any concerns that I should know about, please e-mail me at tracy.haveman@hope.edu.
Jim Plasman ('OS) for soph, class rep. After spending a semester on campus, talking with people and getting a feel for issues, I have c o m e lo ihe conclusion that there is way too much division between our faculty, administration and students. I ' m not just talking about big issues, such as the best way lo hold a chapel service or whether or not Hope College is a good place f o r homosexuals lo attend school, but ralher on smaller issues, such as where Frisbee golf should be banned. What I'll do as class representative is what I've been doing my whole life: get people lo put aside petty differences and actually c o m e to a conclusion about what is best for everyone and then figure out ihe best way to achieve it. As William Inge once said. "It takes only one to make a quarrel. Il is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion." In summary, what I ' m saying is that petty fighting is poiniless; let's focus on what w e agree on instead of our differences. It's in the best interests of
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Chad Sampson (*03) for soph, class rep. For the past year. I have enjoyed serving as the representative for Durfee Hall on Student Congress. During this time Student Congress has accomplished many things, which include changing dining time at Phelps on Sunday and releasing the survey that was done over e-mail. Some things that I hope for Congress to accomplish next year are dealing with ihe c a m p u s diversity issues and communicating more with the students and administration. At the same lime however I d o n ' t want ignore some of the smaller issues. I hope that Congress will check into laundry, PhoneHope and cable prices. Currently I am on a c o m m i t t e e which is going look into Ihe possibility of creating a debil system on our ID cards for things such laundry or vending machines. I have participated in a number o( activities, including ' 0 3 Pull. Nykerk song moral. Inquiring Minds, Aikido Club, the A n c h o r and the Milestone. So remember to vole C h a d Sampson for sophomore represenlalive.
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BUDGETS from I T h e b u d g e t s met little resistance in the S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s m e e t i n g to m a k e t h e m o f f i c i a l , w h e r e the v o t e was u n a n i m o u s by the 26 of 32 Student C o n g r e s s m e m b e r s p r e s e n t . Debate over the p r e l i m i n a r y f u n d ing n u m b e r s lasted a p p r o x i m a t e l y 15 minutes. "It w a s very Calm." said J u n i o r
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c o m e out of this r e m a i n i n g A d - H o c budget f r o m this year. S o m e of the organizations seeing big increases in their budgets f r o m
Budget Information for 2000-2001 Academic Year , , , Request 'OO-'Ol Granted '00- 01 Percent of Budget Granted 99- 00 Percent Change Organization 1.63% 83,000 36.71% 5 85.185 90,800 $ S SAC. $ 9 44% 30,454 14.49% $ 33,628 35.294 Milestone -65.11% 21,877 5.71% $ 13,250 13.250 $ Appropriations s 20,877 3.25% 21,579 9.30% $ 28.345 "• S WTHS 8.24% 6 04% $ 12,851 14,006 16,671 S Student Congress s -8.67% 4.70% S 11,855 10,909 11,023 $ Anchor 9,715 097% 4,23% s 9,810 10.800 $ s Opus -27.22% 6.343 2.15% s 4,986 10.431 $ Black Coalition 6,364 1.65% 2 79% $ 6,471 6.651 s Nykerk s 5,100 5.52% 2.33% s 5,398 32.175 $ $ Hockey Team 3.742 18.21% 1.97% $ 4,575 $ 6,305 $ H.A.P.A. 2,167 -0.65% 0.93% s 2,153 $ 3.575 $ F.C.S. 59.01% $ 1,712 4.177 1.80% 5.477 s $ H.S.O 1.176 4 16% * 0.53% $ 1,227 1,407 s $ Women's Issues 1,065 10.13% 0.51% $ 1,185 $ 1,185 Environmental Issues $ . • • 1.056 0.00% $ s Lacrosse Team $ 0.10% 1,012 0.44% 1,013 1,023 $ $ 04 Pull -6 12% 954 $ 0.39% 899 $ 1,139 $ 03 Pull -0.40% 745 $ 0.32% 742 1,382 s UC.S. 44.39% 734 0.57% $ 1,320 1,320 s Habitat for Humanity s -1.54% 660 0.28% 650 685 $ Hope Democrats s 48.62% 577 0.48% 1,123 s 1,171 s Hope Republicans s 36.51% 360 567 0.24% 572 $ Partners in Promise s 51.18% 310 0.27% $ 635 635 $ RISE s 2.695 0.00% s s A I.M 100.00% 1.25% 2.895 5,020 s Sailing Club s 100 00% 484 0.21% s 1.634 s s Ultimate Club 100.00% 750 0 32% 750 $ Sacred Dance s 100.00% 0.49% 1,146 $ Dance Marathon s m 6,000 0 00% Capital Requests $ 8.208
pletely. However, Congress members do not see this as a controversy on the
d o u b l e , the R I S E budget d o u b l e d , and H o p e R e p u b l i c a n s b u d g e t also
horizon. "It w e n t really well," said Vice P r e s i d e n t M a t t S c o g i n ( ' 0 1 ) . "1
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tee distributed the m o n e y fairly and there w e r e n o c o n t r o v e r s i e s . "
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mean and what they were doing there in that basement," Garland said. "You can never know what their intentions are." Garland papier-mached the letters in the shape of a mattress, because of the sense of comfort people draw from mattresses. O t h e r w o r k s , s u c h as K a r i Schneider's (*00) "Turning Pages," have a message. "It's dealing with how materialistic t h i n g s a r e in s o c i e t y as a whole," Schneider said. "Turning Pages," is a sculpture of a hand turning pages made out of un-fired clay. Because un-fired clay eventually deteriorates into a pile of dust, the work symbolizes how people spend too much time on things that don't matter. " T h e piece is not a permanent object," Schneider said. To both artists, the material they choose is very important to them. Garland created another work in the exhibit from unrecycled materials from the company she works for. "It really bothered me, that they threw away tons of stuff without
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B U T IS I X ART?: Matt Morgan's ('00) "Small Bags" is on display in the DePree Gallery. It contains dead fish. recycling it," Garland said. Schneider's interest is in clay. "It's such a natural material to work in." Schneider ^aid. "It's a seductive material." All the artists on d i s p l a y are drawn to art, and this has led them to dedicate their life to it. " I ' v e always felt compelled to create. It's kind of a therapy for me, sort of a purging of memories and dreams and exorcising d e m o n s , " m ^
Garland said. "It's just a way of connecting to other people, trying to communicate my life and experiences with them." Schneider likes the way an gives a different perspective. " T h e r e ' s all this beauty in nature," Schneider said. "It's a way to bring people's attention to objects." The DePree Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday except Sundays, when it opens at 1 p.m. mm m .
Because that role is so imponant, Robins brought in Michael Page, an outside actor. Page has worked at Hope several limes before with the Hope Summer Repenory Theater, and as a sabbatical replacement professor last year. "It really needs a strong central figure at its c o r e , " R o b i n s said. "Having a professional actor has made it easier for me to approach." Robins also feels that it has been valuable for the student aciors to work with Page. Almost every actor gets a scene with Page. According to Robins, the play was challenging to the aciors because, although the language is understandable, it is written in more formal syntax than ihey might be
used to. She feels that they have risen to the challenge. "They are one of the most eccentric casts I've worked with, and that's appropriate for the characters in this play," Robins said. "They have strong comic impulses." Robins encourages students to come see the play, and the theater in general, because it's not TV. "It's a live- unusual in our world of virtual- event with breathing, s w e a t i n g a c t o r s , and b r e a t h i n g , sweating technicians, and a breathing, sweating audience," Robins said Tickets cost $7 for adults and $4 f o r senior citizens and students. They are available at the DeWitt Ticket Office.
Nathan the W i s e " tackles issues of diversity
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Questions of diversity have been facing Hope in all different areas. Now the theater department hopes to enter the dialogue with the production. "Nathan the Wise." "Given some of the more recent struggles the college has had with its religious identity and h o w it m a n i f e s t that identity, this play might add to the conversation." said director Daina Robins, associate professor of theater. "Nathan the Wise," will be performed Wednesday through Saturday. April 26-29. in the DeWitt Main Theater. All p e r f o r m a n c e s will be at 8 p.m.. except on Thurs-
day when it will show al 9 p.m. The play is a translation of a 1779 play by the German playwright and philosopher Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Controversial for its time, and later b a n n e d by t h e N a z i s , among other groups, the play confronts the issue of tolerance. It lakes place in Jerusalem during the Crusades. where Jewish. Christian, and Islamic traditions meet. "Lessing's vision is lhal dream of peaceful loving coexistence. Ulopia as that may be." Robins said. "That c o e x i s t e n c e d e e m s all to have a right to exist." According to Robins, one of the ways "Nathan the Wise" addresses these issues is through humor. "It involves classic comic misun-
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derstandings and resolutions," Robins said. "Within the comedy there are serious questions raised about religious and cultural tolerance." Robins feels lhal this is a good way to deal with issues openly. " O n e way towards moving towards openness is not taking yourself too seriously," Robins said. "Our self-seriousness leads to not taking others seriously enough." " N a t h a n the Wise," isn't only about making a statement. "I would like it to challenge (the audience's) thoughts and engage their hearts," Robins said. " I ' m not interested in strictly inlellectual or strictly emotional theater." The play revolves around the title character, Nathan, a Jewish man.
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After flining with a major change in formal and combining two issues logelher. Opus, Hope's literary and an magazine, is finally close to being released. A c c o r d i n g to O p u s editor-inchief Craig T o m m o l a ( ' 0 0 ) , ihis year's final issue of Opus will come out near the beginning of e x a m week. They had previously planned to release Opus on audio CD. but the editors decided to release it in the usual print format, because they did not receive enough submissions for the musical portion of the CD. "I thought it was a really good idea, and I was looking forward to it, but we didn't have enough time as was necessary." Tommola said. "If people responded, we would have been able to pull it off." Tommola thinks music students may not have been well informed about the submission process. "They d i d n ' t understand what was going on," Tommola said. "I was actually asked by a music student what Opus really was." Because the C D was going to use
the budgets of both issues meant to be released this semester, the next issue will be twice as long as usual. The extra money went toward improvements such as a plastic binding instead of staples, and color for the cover and an pages. "This is going to be a very aesthetically pleasing Opus," Tommola said. A c c o r d i n g to T o m m o l a , t h e Opus staff worked hard to make the design interesting and to have the issue stand out from the previous ones. "We spent more lime with the details," Tommola said. "The very small ones." Each page has a different type setting that matches the work on that page. "Every time you flip a page, it's going to be a new look. It'll be more fun," Tommola said. The amount of writing in Opus far outnumbers the amount of art. Tommola found this disappointing. "It's got a lot of great work in it," Tommola said. "I just wish I'd seen more of the other ans than just writing." Despite the fact that he never got lo realize his idea of an Opus CD,
Tommola is pleased with how this issue lumed out. "It's definitely a step up from the last issue, so it's not really sacrificing anything," Tommola said. "I just wanted to do what we really wanted to do."