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What's Cookin ^ With Centennial Park Apartments gone, Cook packs in more students while relieving the mealtime rush. LAURA MIHAILOFF cam pus beat: editor A f t e r nearly a year of c o n s t r u c t i o n , the C o o k Resid e n c e Hall is c o m p l e t e . ' T h e s c h o o l ' s getting larger; so we m u s t m a t c h s o m e of that need " said D e r e k E m e r s o n . Director of H o u s i n g . Last fall, t h e school d e c i d e d t o d o a w a y with C e n t e n nial Park A p a r t m e n t s d u e to c o m p r o m i s e d quality of living quarters. W h i l e Centennial Park only hous ed 100 stud e n t s , the n e w r e s i d e n c e hall will a c c o m m o d a t e u p t o 184 u p p e r c l a s s m e n . C o o k dining services will b e available to all C o o k resid e n t s a n d u p p e r c l a s s m e n living o f f - c a m p u s a n d h a v i n g prior p e r m i s s i o n , a c c o r d i n g to C o o k R e s i d e n t Director Ellen Awad. A c c o r d i n g to A w a d , the Hall c u r r e n t l y a c c o m m o d a t e s 103 w o m e n and 7 6 m e n , m o s t o f w h o m are j u n i o r s . " T h e n u m b e r of u p p e r c l a s s m e n p r o b a b l y has a lot to d o with last y e a r ' s r o o m d r a w and the large n u m b e r of students r e q u e s t i n g a p a r t m e n t s and c o t t a g e s , " A w a d said. "It o f f e r s the o n e t y p e of h o u s i n g that m o s t s c h o o l s d o — s u i t e , " E m e r s o n said. " N o w w e ' r e o f f e r i n g that option, as w e l l , " E m e r s o n said. " W e thought it w o u l d attract u p p e r c l a s s m e n , and it d i d , " h e said. " A lot of [dormitories] h a v e to play catch-up, b u t building C o o k g a v e u s the c h a n c e t o take a d v a n t a g e of the situation a n d m a k e t h e s e c h a n g e s right f r o m the start," E m e r s o n said. T h e b e n e f i t s of living in C o o k i n c l u d e a c o m p u t e r lab, a study r o o m , c a b l e availability in all r o o m s , and an exercise r o o m . ' T h e C o o k R e s i d e n c e Hall will p r o v i d e high quality a c c o m m o d a t i o n s for H o p e students d u r i n g the school y e a r a n d u s e f u l h o u s i n g f o r the H a w o r t h C e n t e r d u r i n g the summer months and Tulip Time," Hope College President J o h n J a c o b s o n said during the State of the C o l lege A d d r e s s . In addition t o a d d e d a n d i m p r o v e d h o u s i n g , the a d j a cent C o o k D i n i n g Hall will a c c o m m o d a t e 3 5 0 to 4 0 0 students during peak mealtimes, according to Lucy J a o n g e k r i j g , D i r e c t o r o f C a t e r i n g a n d the Servery. T h i s will relieve s o m e of t h e stress placed o n P h e l p s d i n i n g staff and a l l o w f o r m o r e c o m f o r t a b l e seating, J a c o b s o n said. L u n c h will b e served M o n d a y t h r o u g h Friday f r o m 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and d i n n e r will b e served M o n d a y t h r o u g h T h u r s d a y b e t w e e n 5 p.m. and 6 : 3 0 p.m. " A s the R D in Kollen last y e a r a n d n o w the R D in C o o k , I ' m hearing students c o m m e n t o n h o w much larger the r o o m s a r e , " A w a d said. T h e d o o r l e s s c l o s e t s h a v e raised s o m e e y e b r o w s b u t the cost d i f f e r e n c e w o u l d b e c l o s e to $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 , and d i d n ' t seem a necessary investment. "Overall, the s t u d e n t s ' response is very positive," A w a d said.
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Buckhout treks into freshman year MOELLE WOOD spotlight editor E v e r y o n e needs to get to school s o m e h o w . S o m e of us arrive by car, others c o m e by plane, b u t Ben B u c k h o u t ( ' 0 1 ) c h o s e a r o u t e less traveled. H e a n d his father, D o n , b i k e d f r o m St. Paul, M i n n e s o t a to H o l l a n d , M i c h i g a n . T h e plan t o b i k e t o college b e g a n as an idea last spring. As the plans of t h e trip b e c a m e m o r e a n d m o r e detailed, Ben b e c a m e m o r e excited a b o u t t h e trip. " W e w e r e j u s t talking a b o u t it and d e c i d e d t o d o it. It s o u n d e d like a great i d e a , " B e n said. So father a n d son p a c k e d up their bikes with c a m p i n g gear and h e a d e d east o n Friday, A u g . 15, for the j o u r n e y to H o p e . T h e y biked t h r o u g h W i s c o n s i n , took the ferry across L a k e M i c h i g a n , and f o l l o w e d the coast to Holland. O n t h e way, they slept at state p a r k s , one hotel, and e v e n in a c o u n t y f a i r g r o u n d . T h e b i k e ride g a v e t h e m a c h a n c e to s p e n d t i m e together b e f o r e B e n started college. " W e ' r e pretty c l o s e already, b u t w e d i d get to k n o w e a c h o t h e r better on t h e trip," B e n said. "It w a s an adventure." T h e r e w e r e a f e w pitfalls o n the trek t o H o p e . B e n ' s b i k e g o t a flat tire, a ferry they w e r e p l a n n i n g to take in M u s k e g o n w a s n ' t r u n n i n g , and they d i d n ' t a l w a y s k n o w exactly w h e r e they w e r e going. But e v e n these h a r d s h i p s p r o v e d t o be highlights o n their j o u r n e y . D o n recalled the t i m e they w e r e lost in L u d i n g t o n . "I w a s looking around and I realized that I d i d n ' t k n o w w h e r e to g o f r o m h e r e , " h e said. " S o I p r a y e d and told
Campus mourns loss of classmate blessed with the gift of being a scholar of p e o p l e and personalities. "Pete k n e w p e o p l e , " said A n d y Sill ( ' 9 8 ) . H e w o u l d a l w a y s take t i m e out to spend t i m e with a W h i l e m o s t H o p e students w e r e b e c o m f r i e n d or o f f e r insightful a d v i c e to a n y ing a c c l i m a t e d to a s u m m e r of w o r k and vacation, Peter W a r b u r t o n ( ' 9 8 ) took his one who needed him. " P e t e had the great talent of b e i n g a o w n life. F o r m a n y , P e t e ' s d e a t h r e m o v e d the e x c i t e m e n t of a s u m m e r a w a y f r o m g o o d l i s t e n e r , " s a i d f r a t e r n i t y b r o t h e r Ryan Spangler ('98). " H e was a very the c l a s s r o o m and f o r c e d those w h o k n e w him to reflect u p o n his m e m o r y . genuine person." T h e hearts and prayers of those affected T h r e e m o n t h s later, e m o t i o n s are re— — — — — — b y his loss go out to his f a m kindled as h i s f r i e n d s return ily in the h o p e s that they are to find a void in their lives in s o m e w a y c o n s o l e d by the at H o p e C o l l e g e . Visions of k n o w l e d g e that P e t e w a s a P e t e s m i l i n g and l a u g h i n g positive influence in so many are r e m o v e d f r o m their m i n d lives. T h o s e w h o k n e w P e t e only by the reality that his w e r e e x t r e m e l y f o r t u n a t e to f r i e n d s are u n a b l e t o h a v e h a v e b e e n blessed b y his talsimilar experiences with ents and love a n d will a l w a y s h i m in the f u t u r e . c h e r i s h their t i m e spent to" T h e hard part about gether. P e t e ' s death is that w e c a n ' t Friends are c o m f o r t e d b y s h a r e n e w m e m o r i e s . " said C h r i s P o t t e r ( ' 9 8 ) a c l o s e p - W a r b u r t o n p i c t u r e s a n d m e m o r i e s of f r i e n d t o Pete. T h i s fact, h o w e v e r , only P e t e w h i c h remind t h e m that h e will alstrengthens the m e m o r i e s of P e t e and so- w a y s r e m a i n an i m p o r t a n t part of their lives. Pete has b u r n e d a p e r m a n e n t place lidifies his i m p o r t a n c e within the lives of hp tnnrhpH in fho hparK nf rnnnflpQQ «;hiHpnK at Hnnp
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B L O O D , SWEAT", A N D GEARS: Ben Buckhout ('01) and his father Don arrive on campus after a 400-mile bicycle journey. He arrived on campus Thursday, Aug. 20.
G o d that we n e e d e d his help. Just then, w e saw a w o m a n on a b i k e c o m i n g t o w a r d us. S h e w a s f r o m M i n n e a p o l i s a n d s h e h a d j u s t b i k e d t h r o u g h M i c h i g a n and w a s heading h o m e t h e w a y we h a d c o m e . S h e g a v e us all her M i c h i g a n m a p s and sent us in the right direction. T h e r e were other m o m e n t s like that t o o — t i m e s that let us k n o w G o d is there a n d h e ' s real. It's really p o w e r f u l . " Six d a y s a n d over 4 0 0 m i l e s a f t e r l e a v i n g M i n n e s o t a , they e n d e d their b i k i n g trip in f r o n t of the A d m i s s i o n s building, with o r a n g e a n d b l u e s t r e a m e r s for a f i ni s h line. Ben h u g g e d his m o m a n d the f a m i l y p o s e d in f r o n t of a w e l c o m e sign to be p h o t o g r a p h e d f o r posterity. T h e y w e r e s u r p r i s e d to b e greeted b y the local press. "I j u s t thought w e ' d get into the c o l l e g e and that would be it," B e n said. M o m and 16-year-old b r o t h e r Joel o p t e d to m a k e the trip b y van so that B e n ' s b e l o n g i n g s w o u l d m e e t him at c o l l e g e on T h u r s d a y A u g . 21. Joel m a d e an o r a n g e a n d b l u e H o p e C o l l e g e sign f o r the b a c k of his b r o t h e r ' s bike. "I w a s n ' t really w o r r i e d a b o u t t h e m , " said m o m , Carol B u c k h o u t , a b o u t h e r h u s b a n d and son, " b u t I did m a k e t h e m take a cellular p h o n e . " S p o r t i n g an u n t a n n e d strip along his c h e e k f r o m the bike h e l m e t s t r a p a n d s c r a p e s f r o m a fall o f f the bike, Ben s e e m e d h a p p y to f i n a l l y b e at H o p e . T u e s d a y , Ben starts his life as a f r e s h m a n in D u r f e e . He is interested in studying electrical engineering or c o m puter s c i e n c e in his t i m e at H o p e C o l l e g e . So d o e s this m e a n h e will w a n t to m a k e the trip back h o m e for fall b r e a k ? "Yeah, right," h e said, with a smile.
Jacobson has high hopes for new year LAURA MIHAILOFF cam pus be at editor Hope College President, John J a c o b s o n , w e l c o m e d n e w and returning s t u d e n t s , staff, a n d f a c u l t y d u r i n g the State of the C o l l e g e A d d r e s s last T h u r s day, A u g u s t 21, 1997. In his s p e e c h , J a c o b s o n also p l e d g e d a vision statement, a n n o u n c i n g his immediate future goals for the college. H o p e ' s vision will strive for national reco g n i t i o n as an u n d e r g r a d u a t e liberal arts college, f o s t e r i n g Christian unity, while rooted in the R e f o r m e d tradition; c o m m i t m e n t to learning; an attitude of caring; a shared respect and strong relationship with the immediate c o m m u n i t y ; and a strong financial base. ' T h e 1996-97 year w a s a g o o d one for the c o l l e g e financially," J a c o b s o n said. T h e e n d o w m e n t rose to $ 8 4 . 3 million a s of J u n e 3 0 — a n i n c r e a s e of $ 1 2 m i l l i o n — a n d the c o l l e g e r e c e i v e d $ 1 2 . 7 million in gifts, w h i c h d o e s not i n c l u d e f a c u l t y - g e n e r a t e d grants and contracts
get and $ 1 . 9 million will g o to the r e d u c tion of d e b t o w e d to the e n d o w m e n t . In o t h e r w o r d s , the H o p e C o l l e g e budget is b a l a n c e d with a f e w dollars to spare. To add to the g r o w t h , three m a j o r capital p r o j e c t s b e g a n d u r i n g the 1 9 9 6 - 9 7 school year: the H a w o r t h C o n f e r e n c e and Learning Center, the Cook Residence Hall, and the e x p a n s i o n a n d r e n o v a t i o n of the D e W i t t T h e a t r e are n o w c o m p l e t e . T h e H a w o r t h C o n f e r e n c e and Learning C e n t e r o p e n e d its d o o r s last A p r i l a n d "will g e n e r a t e auxiliary r e v e n u e for the college, b e n e f i t the H o l l a n d c o m m u n i t y and f u r t h e r strengthen the ties b e t w e e n H o p e and H o l l a n d , " J a c o b s o n said. C o o k R e s i d e n c e Hall will p l a c e the c r u m b l i n g C e n t e n n i a l Park a p a r t m e n t s and h e l p P h e l p s f e e d the rush at m e a l times. T h e D e W i t t T h e a t r e e x p a n s i o n has improved the a p p e a r a n c e and c o m f o r t of the auditorium. Also, the e a s e and s a f e t y of property c o n s t r u c t i o n has b e e n i m p r o v e d with a d d e d b a c k s t a g e s p a c e ; finally, bec a u s e c o n s t r u c t i o n will n o w take place
UNTYING THE KNOX: Orientation Assistants Tyler Jans en ('00) and David Flemming COO) play "Human Knot" with their freshmen during Orientation Weekend. Other games the OA. ys played with their freshmen were "Skin the snake," "Bump tag," and "TShirt."
IS "THAT A FUN NOODLE BETWEEN YOUR LEGS OR...?: A group of O.A. ys enjoy one of the many games played in the Pine Grove on Friday night. Some of the games played were a down to the wire hulahoop contest, and a limbo competition.
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of 2001 Takes Next Step B a e r , L o i s T v e r b e r g , and n e w h i s t o r y p r o f e s s o r Dr. J a m e s
m e n w e r e let into the D o w g y m n a s i u m . F r e s h m e n ran t h r o u g h
Kennedy. A f t e r s e t t l i n g i n t o the d o r m s ,
t h e d o o r s to b e m e t by a s c r e a m -
the n e w s t u d e n t s w e r e p i c k e d
Assistants, and f e l l o w class-
u p by their O A ' s and i n t r o d u c e d
m a t e s u r g i n g t h e m on t o the e n d
t o c o l l e g e l i f e w i t h ice b r e a k e r
of the line to j o i n in g r e e t i n g all
g a m e s like " s k i n the s n a k e " and
the rtew s t u d e n t s .
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bump tag." " T h e y ' r e nice, but I think
i n g t u n n e l of O A ' s , R e s i d e n t
Then the screaming mob was led
by
entertainer
Karen
t h e y ' r e k i n d of w e i r d , " s a i d Joy
K o l b e r g t h r o u g h a variety of e n -
Wilkins ( ' 0 1 ) , referring to her
e r g y - c h a r g e d activities that only
OA's Josh Brugger ('00) and
t h o s e a t t e n d i n g c o u l d a t t e m p t to
Matt Mahaffey ('00). T h i s year's o r i e n t a t i o n t h e m e
explain. " M y b a c k still h u r t s f r o m car-
was "Take the Next Step," and
r y i n g that o n e girl w h i l e d o i n g
the c a m p u s w a s d e c o r a t e d w i t h
that o n e thing," said A n d r e w
s h o e s a n d f e e t in a c c o r d a n c e
L o t z ( ' 0 1 ) a f t e r the e v e n t . A f t e r P l a y f a i r , f r e s h m e n split
with the theme. The usual informative and en-
u p t o g o to o f f - c a m p u s parlies,
t e r t a i n i n g o r i e n t a t i o n activities
the second a n n u a l F e l l o w s h i p of
like O r i e n t a t i o n E x t r a v a g a n z a ,
C h r i s t i a n S t u d e n t s party, or j u s t
p i c n i c in the P i n e G r o v e , a n d
b a c k t o t h e i r r e s i d e n c e h a l l s to
s e m i n a r s w e r e f o l l o w e d u p by
get s o m e sleep.
S a t u r d a y n i g h t ' s P l a y f a i r in the
T u e s d a y , c l a s s e s started a n d
Dow. This year's Orientation cul-
T h e l i g h t - h e a r t e d w e e k e n d of
minated with Playfair, an event
g a m e s w a s q u i c k l y r e p l a c e d by
that O A ' s d u t i f u l l y k e e p secret
roommates and studying.
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the r e a l w o r k of c o l l e g e b e g a n .
T h e f r e s h m e n h a v e b e e n ori-
All t h e y s a i d w a s t o b r i n g
ented, a n d they n o w j o i n the rest
tennis shoes, but I don't have
of t h e H o p e C o l l e g e s t u d e n t
any w i t h m e , " W i l k i n s said. " I
b o d y in g a i n i n g t h e i r t w e n t y -
heard s o m e other people saying
thousand-dollar-a-year educa-
that it s o u n d e d like s o m e w e i r d
tion. " I ' m not really excited or
initiation." At P l a y f a i r , the O A ' s lined u p
DANCIIM' IIM X M E DARK: Beth Artman ('00) and Sara Jantovsky ('00) dance to the music of Rick Kelly at the Orientation Extravanga held Friday, Aug. 22 in the Pine Grove.
w o r r i e d , j u s t a little n e r v o u s
t o c l a p , c h a n t , a n d yell, w h i l e
about
Chemistry,"
a w a i t i n g t h e m o m e n t the f r e s h -
Katherine Rabe ('01).
said
P U T Y O U R BAGK I M T O IX: Orientation Assitant Crystal Wright ('98) helps a freshman move into his residence hall on Friday, Aug. 22.
H o p e ' s Lost Boys... 2001 d o m i n a t e d by f e m a l e s
HANG LOOSE: Playfair entertainer Karen Kolberg takes a breather along with OA, Luke Smith COO). Kolberg entertained the freshmen with different games, cheers, and skits.
Information provided
Women
courtesy of the Admission Office
A l l p h o t o s t a k e n by N i c o l e D e C h e l b o r total: 725first year students
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•Average High School GPA: 3.6 •Average Class Rank: 81st percentile •National Merit Finalists: 22 •ACT range of middle 50%: 23-29 (up from 22-28) •Record Number of applicants: 1901 (as opposed to 1770 and 1799 in last two years) •Number accepted: 725 •Acceptance rate: 38% Number of African American and Hispanic Students: 24 (up from 16 last year) •23 different states and many foreign countries
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O u t with the old... "Capiain E n f u e g o " is dead. Not literally, of course. The artist formerly known as "Captain Enfuego." a.k.a. Glyn Williams, has simply moved to the top of the Anchor hierarchy as Editor-in-Chief. No longer will you hear his "witty" discussion on various hot sports issues. Instead this year's sports editing will be done by yours truly, Michael Zuidema. As a sophomore, I feel like the new-kid-on-the-block as far as editors are concerned, and I really don't know what I am doing yet. The computer will remain a mystery and this column writing thing takes some getting used to. The thing that really kept me tossing at night was thinking of a title to rival the fabled "Captain Enfuego." Ideas ran through my head like rain into a paper cup. 1 thought of the intellectual, "Indepth discussion in the feats of athletes and the consequences thus taken." I tossed around the brash, "The way things better get done," and the benign, " Z ' s comer." The witty "Colonel Zippy" didn't appeal to me either. I decided that rather than attempt something bright, I wouldn't really call it anything. That way I can sleep at night.
fifteen years, and third in the last four. Hope topped rival Calvin College by 15 points, 161-146. The Flying Dutch topped the previous record of 152 points by capturing seven M I A A titles, and no team finished lower than fourth. At the same time, 97 Hope students were named to the M I A A Academic Honor Roll, while a record 494 students total from the conference were named. Five Hope teams were also honored for academic achievement. This proves once again that the difference between the classroom and the athletic field is a small one. Schools like Texas Tech should take a look at this before they allow their star running back to have a 0.00 CPA.
Grades-n-stuff
At last spring's track and field championships the M I A A recognized Joe Cooper as an honorary referee for his long service. Cooper has served the M I A A for over 4 0 years. Ok. Way to go. Coops, I guess.
During the 1996-97 school year the Flying Dutch captured their Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association leading twentieth All-Sports Award. This was also the thirteenth in
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Rivalry C o n t i n u e d Calvin was able to top Hope in one sports aspect. T h e Knights managed to average 2,821 home basketball attendees, while Hope could only muster a 2,323 average. Mind you, the schools were the leading home game drawers in all of Division III land. And why is this the leading rivalry in small college basketball? Will the rivalry ever cease to grow?
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D u e to last y e a r ' s library flood, thousands of reference materials were damaged in the basement of the library, but according to David Jensen, at the VanWylen Library, 10.000 c e n s u s d o c u m e n t s h a v e been replaced electronically. "The academic program of Hope College is indeed excellent." the president said. This is the first year several general education courses will be offered and by 1998 Hope will have completely switched from the old core curriculum to the new general education curriculum. T h e most closely watched figures. however, are those of enrollment. Between 1991 and 1995 there was a substantial increase in the number of full-time students. While higher enrollment indicates increased popularity of the school, some fear that bloating the size of Hope may take away from its small school charm. With this in mind, an enrollment cap of 3,000
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J O I N STUDENT CONGRESS! was established last year. ' T h i s fall I expect enrollment to means two-thirds of the j o b has been completed and by next summer, the goal will have been reached one year ahead of schedule. Jacobson also mentioned incorporating some elements of mixed media into some classrooms as an additional learning resource. This idea is currently still in the research and deliberation stage. T h e president assured this does not mean television screens will replace professors. "Entering its 136th year, Hope College is in excellent condition," President Jacobson said. He believes the college has a clear understanding of its mission and a vision for its future. He closed his speech by saying, "Under G o d ' s providential care we can look forward to a rewarding year and challenges that will be worthy of the talent and education that we bring to our work."
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