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J A N U A R Y 18. 2012 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN D E O " H O P E COLLEGE • H O L L A N D . M I C H I G A N

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Primary Coverage Profiles on each of the remain-ing Republican candidates.

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ARTS

Upcoming Albums Five records you should be look-ing forward to in 2012.

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SPORTS

Swim Team Swimming, diving teams pre-pare for MIAA Championships.

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Winter hits Holland with foot-plus of snow

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F I R S T S N O W — Thursday's snowstorm, wh ich cont inued late Into Saturday af ternoon, brought over a foo t of snow to the West M ich igan area. Shovel-laden students were spot ted scrap ing cars and lac ing up the i r snow boots.

, Accord ing to the Grand Rapids Press' onl ine cover-ff age of the s torm, the excess of snow was caused by

H what forecasters expla in as a mesolow. "The phe-nomenon creates an area of low pressure, which can s tagnate a part icular weather system," the webs i te reads. Mesolows can be intensi f ied In lake-shore areas, l ike Hol land.

Hope continues search for college's 12th president

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Chris Russ C o EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Hope's Presidential Search

C o m m i t t e e is cont inuing its search for the college's

12th president following Dr. James Bultman's re t i rement

a n n o u n c e m e n t last spring.

The commi t t ee nar rowed down a b road field of applicants

to two individuals in November .

Both candidates spoke to H o p e faculty m e m b e r s and to

the s tudent body in December

and fielded quest ions f rom both groups. After this series of

presentat ions , both candidates

removed themselves f rom

considerat ion. Since then, the commi t t ee

has renewed its efforts to seek out a candidate to replace

Bultman upon his re t i rement at the end of the academic year. The commi t t ee includes s tudent

representat ive Stephanie Skaff ('12), H o p e faculty commi t t ee

representat ives Chr is topher

Barney and Annie Dandavati , commi t t ee chair David Lowry

and search consul tant R.

Thomas Will iamson. "After the finalists d ropped

ou t the commi t t ee responded by realizing the search was no t

complete . W e still had a charge

f rom the Board of Trus tees that we needed to accomplish. As

sad as we were, the decision did no t make us any less engaged

in the process. W e responded

with an at t i tude that there was s o m e o n e else out there who will

be a bet ter fit for Hope College,"

Skaff said.

President James Bu l tman

According to Lowry, w h o

practices neurosurgery in Holland, the commit tee is

current ly in discussions with a n u m b e r of candidates and will

present the s tatus of the search to the Board of Trus tees on

Jan. 26-27. Lowry expressed

confidence in Hope 's ability to move forward with the

presidential search. "Hope College remains an

inst i tut ion with a compell ing

mission suppor t ed by a strategic plan upon which it is executing

exceedingly well, in great par t

because of its highly capable faculty and staff. Thus, the

mission itself, and the highly

relational na ture of t he H o p e communi ty all put Hope in the

posit ion of being able to at t ract highly qualified individuals

as candidates to be its twelf th

president," Lowry said. "I have no doub t Hope will

succeed in securing as its next president an individual with the

highest qualifications for the

position," Lowry said.

Commemorate civil rights this week ManrKelso G U E S T W R I T E R

"1 have a dream..." You mos t

likely know these powerfu l words the civil rights activist,

Mar t in Luther King Jr., proclaimed f rom the steps of the

Lincoln Memor ia l in 1963. But have you heard t he rest of the

speech? Do you know King's story

or the story of the civil rights

movement? Are you aware of how racial equality was advanced in our country and

who helped achieve this great

feat? This week, Jan. 16-21, is

Civil Rights Celebrat ion Week

at H o p e College. This is your

oppor tun i ty to learn about and honor the people and events that m a d e the progression of

civil r ights possible. The annual Mar t in Luther

King, Jr. Luncheon star ted off the week in M a a s Audi tor ium

on Tuesday. The event featured Dr.

Antwi Akom, a professor of envi ronmenta l sociology in

the Depa r tmen t of Afr ican Amer ican Studies at San

Francisco State University. His keynote address was titled " W h a t the Civil Rights

Movement Can Teach the Climate Justice Movement : Re-

Imagining Dr. King's Message for Today's Eco-Visionaries".

The Multicultural Student

Organizat ions and C a m p u s Ministr ies sponsored the Chapel

Service on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. It featured readings of

King's speeches. Also on Wednesday

morn ing was the Civil Rights Commemora t ive March which

began at the anchor located in f ront of Graves Hall and

concluded at M a r t h a Miller's first floor ro tunda. The march ,

honor s all people w h o have con t r ibu ted to social justice

and equality for people of all

backgrounds .

To conclude the week, the

Social Activities Commi t t ee will host the film "Better Life" on Friday and Saturday nights, Jan.

20 and 21. The film will run in Vanderwerf 102 at 8 p.m. and

10:30 p.m. bo th evenings. "Better Life" tells the story of

an immigrant father who desires

to give his son a bet ter life than he had, and together they learn that family is the center of the

Amer ican Dream. King once said, "An individual

has not s tar ted living until he can rise above the nar row confines

of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all of

humanity."

The historic Civil Rights

M o v e m e n t may have been someth ing of the 1900s bu t civil

rights is still an issue that mus t be addressed today; the fight is not over. We are not all equal,

nor all free, and there is no

bet ter way to improve this world

then to learn f rom the past . Take this week, as an

oppor tuni ty to c o m m e m o r a t e the people who star ted the movement and contemplate

how it cont inues to be applicable today. Let us cont inue to

make Mar t in Luther King, Jr.'s

promis ing dream a reality.

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Greene a strong advocate for students, diversity T H I S W E E K AT H O P E

Wednesday-Saturday Jan.18-21 Knickerbocker f i lm series -Restless" Knickerbocker 7:30 p.m.

Friday Jan. 20 Hypnotist Frederick Winters

Maas 8:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday Jan. 20 -21 SAC movie "Better Life" VanderWerf 102 8 p.m. and 10 :30

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O F F - C A M P U S STUDY

Attention anyone interested in studying abroad! The deadline to

apply for off-campus study for the

fall 2012 semester or the entire

academic year of 2012-2013 is Wednesday, Feb. 1. To pick up

an application or to ask a question

about off campus study, go to the

Fried International Center on the first floor of Martha Miller.

S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y LECTURE

On Monday, Jan. 23, at 3

p.m.. Dr. Luke Gascho of the

Merry Lea Environmental

Learning Center of Goshen College, will be giving a

presentation in Winants

Auditorium.

La'shawn Donelson G U E S T W R I T E R

As di rec tor of Hope 's Office

of Mult icul tural Education for the past eight, Vanessa

G r e e n e s p r imary role is to provide leadership and direct ion in the areas of diversity and

p rog ramming . But Greene is also

a s t rong advocate for s tudents . Greene is concerned about

s tudents ' cultural compe tence

but also focuses heavily on s tuden ts ' academic , personal ,

spiritual, professional and career

success. "I c ame to H o p e College

because I love working with

s tudents as they give life a

greater mean ing and purpose . Mos t s tudents are eager to grow

and learn and to be in a posit ion

to impact their development is a

privilege," Greene said. Greene is recognized as a

servant leader and has an open

door policy. She always pushes aside any task or projec t that she

is working on to serve s tudents

when they walk into her office. Israel M o o r e (14') says,

"Vanessa is a per fec t role model

for being a successful and classy

Afr ican Amer i can w o m a n . She is

kind, pass ionate abou t wha t she

does, intelligent and courteous." Lily Poon (12') says, "Vanessa

has encouraged m e th roughou t

my four years at H o p e to be a leader. She has provided me on

n u m e r o u s occas ions to step in

leadership posit ions with the office of mult icul tural educat ion

events. She has encouraged me to stay t rue to who I am

as an individual and not to compromise to fit in with the

majority." Greene serves on various

commi t t ees to assist in creat ing

an equitable, diverse, safe and inclusive c a m p u s communi ty .

Some commi t t ees include At Risk Commi t t ee , Mult icul tural

Affairs Commi t t ee , First

Genera t ion Student Commi t t ee , Wes t Michigan Presidents

C o m p a c t Commi t t ee , GLCA Commi t t ee on Insti tutional

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The goal of the of-fice is to break down

barriers and build bridges. Therefore,

we must create an environment where

we are willing to grow and learn to-

gether. — VANESSA GREENE

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C o m m i t m e n t to Educational

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Michigan Strategic Alliance. She also serves on national

organizat ions including the

Nat ional Associat ion for

Mult icul tural Education,

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Personnel . She is the pres ident

of the Grand Rapids A lumnae Chap te r of Delta Sigma Theta

sorority, a public service

organizat ion commi t t ed to

youth out reach and serving the

communi ty . G r e e n e s passion, dedication

and c o m m i t m e n t to diversity is

recognized by the growth and visibility of diversity on Hope 's

campus . Her influence has

touched many corners of Hope College which is evidenced

by the deve lopment of new

programs and initiatives.

She says collaboration is the key to progress and works

with n u m e r o u s d e p a r t m e n t s

including S tudent Development , Phelps Scholars, Internat ional Education, C a m p u s Ministr ies

and Academic Divisions. She a t t r ibutes OME's succes

Alf redo Gonzales , associate

provost and dean of internat ional

and mult icultural educat ion; Latoya Gates, assistant director;

Sara Frye, office coordinator ;

Paola Munoz , s tudent intern; and faculty suppor t and s tudent

leaders. "The goal of the office is to

break down barr iers and build

bridges. Therefore, we m u s t

create an env i ronment where

we are willing to grow and learn,

together," Greene said. "We mus t allow ourselves

to be challenged, as we all have a history and cul ture that has

fo rmed o u r beliefs, values and

at t i tudes and perspectives,"

Greene said,

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process as it to reflect and

see the world f rom a broader lens. This makes mult icul tural

educat ion a complex, but

largely to the leadership of exciting experience."

Hope student arrested

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Claire Call C A M P U S EDITOR

A H o p e College s tudent is

expected to face trial o n cr imi-

nal charges after he allegedly abducted and assaulted his for-

mer girlfriend, also

a H o p e College s tu-

dent , in an incident

that began on cam-

pus Dec. 5. Alexander Brock,

19, of Park Town-ship, has wi thdrawn

f rom Hope College

after being arraigned in Holland District

Cour t on Dec. 6. on

felony charges of un-lawful impr i sonment

and assault with intent to c o m -mit great bodily ha rm. O n Dec.

21 Brock waived his right to a probable cause hearing, and his

case is set to be heard in Grand

Haven this spring. Brock allegedly approached

his fo rmer gir lfr iend on East 14th Street a round 8 a.m. on

Dec. 5 and forced her into her car, according to a Dec. 7 repor t in The Holland Sentinel. In a

parking lot on the city's no r th

side, he allegedly then forced her into his car and drove to his par-

ents ' h o m e in Park Township. At his parents ' home . Brock

allegedly assaulted his fo rmer

gir lfr iend bu t was s topped by his father, according to The

Sentinel. The vict im was treated at

Hol land Hospital for medical

injuries and also received sup-

por t f r om the Hope College

staff, according to a s ta tement the college re-

leased Dec. 6 in-forming campus

of the incident .

Hope also m a d e the college's

counseling center available to any-

one in need. "This is a very

difficult fittte for

two Hop6 rCbll^ge families and their

fr iends. As a car-

ing community, please suppor t

them with your thoughts and prayers," the campus s ta tement

said. Brock's bond was set at

$100,000 and a condit ion of his

bond release is that he mus t stay away f rom Hope's campus . Brock had no prior cr iminal re-

cord. "It is a real t ragedy for bo th

individuals and I feel for them

as their lives have been so dra-matically affected. My prayers

are with each of them and their

families as they work to pu t their lives back together," said Richard

Frost, dean of s tudents .

Alexander B rock

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Republican presidential primary 2012 Five candidates continue to vie for their party's nomination

Cory Lakatos W O R L D C O - E D I T O R

The presidential p r imary for the state of Michigan is on Feb. 28

- have you decided w h o you're going to vote for? The Democra t ic Party is sure to nomina te cu r ren t President Barack O b a m a , but the

nominat ion for the Republican Party is still in quest ion. To help you get s tar ted on your search for your preferred candidate, here are shor t bios of the Repub-

lican contenders;

Mitt Romney Though Romney failed to

capture the Republican nomina -

tion in 2008, he began the cur-rent race as the f ron t runne r and

has cont inued to mainta in that

posit ion by winning the Iowa

caucuses. As a wealthy busi-nessman who headed a private

equity firm as well as the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics,

the fo rmer governor of Mas-

sachuset ts has relied o n his ex-

ecutive and business experience to win suppor t . O n Monday,

Jon Hun t sman d ropped ou t of the race and endorsed Romney.

Newt Gingrich Gingrich was the Speaker

of the House back in the '90s,

t hough he resigned f rom that posi t ion after four years when

the Republicans lost seats in

t he mid - t e rm elections. Since that t ime he has been vo-

cal in forwarding his conser-

vative views and criticizing Democra t s in books, films and

speeches. He holds a doctor-

ate in history and is cons idered one of the f ron t runne r s in the

primary, especially by those who are seeking a conserva-

tive alternative to Mi t t Romney.

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Rick Perry Perry is current ly the gover-

nor of Texas and has appealed

to a record of fiscal conserva-t ism and job creat ion. Though

His ent ry into the race was ap-

plauded by many conservatives and evangelicals, giving him

an early lead, poorly received

debate pe r fo rmances proved to be ma jo r setbacks. His cam-

paign adver t isement "Strong,"

which appealed to evangelical Chr is t ians and social conser-

vatives, was sharply crit icized by p r o p o n e n t s of gay rights.

RickSantorum Though someth ing of a

dark horse candidate wi th far less m o n e y than the f ron t run -

ners, San to rum narrowly lost to Mi t t Romney in the Iowa

caucuses. He practiced law be-

fore being elected to the House in 1990 and then the Senate

in 1994; he lost his reelection campaign in 2006. San torum

is known for his opposi t ion

to gay marr iage and abort ion and has therefore been favored

by many social conservatives.

Ron Paul Paul is un ique among his Re-

publican rivals; he opposes bo th

the war on d rugs and the Ameri -can military presence worldwide

and has called for the abolition of t he Federal Reserve and the

IRS. Enthusiastically suppor ted

by many libertarians, the Texas congressman and fo rmer ob-

stetrician is n o w managing his th i rd presidential bid. Currently,

he is nei ther a major threat to

the f ron t runne r s nor a candi-date wor thy of being ignored.

Iranian court sentences U.S. citizen to death Annellese Qoetz W O R L D C O - E D I T O R

A cour t in Tehran has sen-

tenced I ran ian-Amer ican Amir Mirza i Hekmat i to death. Ac-

cording to the BBC, Iran is

accusing h im of working for the CIA and "trying to im-

plicate Iran in terrorism." Hekmat i is of Iranian de-

scent bu t his family lives in Arizona. According to an in-

terview with the Associated

Press, his mother , Behnaz Hek-mati, insists that he had gone to

Iran to mee t his g randmothers . Hekmat i is a former U.S.

Mar ine . According to his fa-

ther, Ali Hekmati , a college professor in Flint, Amir Hek-

mati joined the Mar ines in 2001, serving as an Arabic translator.

The BBC repor ts , "Iran says that , as a fo rmer Marine,

Mr. Hekmat i received train-

ing at U.S. bases in Afghani-stan and Iraq before being

sent to Iran for his allege in-telligence-gathering mission."

State depa r tmen t spokes-

w o m a n Victoria Nuland refutes this accusation, saying: "Allega-t ions that Mr. Hekmat i either

worked for, or was sent to Iran by the CIA are simply untrue."

Nuland states that the U.S. and its allies are still t rying to conf i rm repor t s of Hekmati 's

death sentence. Nuland said that if the sentence is t rue, it is

s trongly c o n d e m n e d by the US.

W h a t is k n o w n is that on

Dec. 18, 2011, Hekmat i m a d e a confession that was broadcas t

on Iran's state television. In it.

ans, whose judicial and political

system place great impor tance o n confessions, this televised

s ta tement proves Hekmati 's

guilt . According to Iran's semi-

systems and act as a new source for the CIA, I had no intent ion

of unde rmin ing the country."

He was pu t on trial later in December , supposedly result ing

TO COURTESY OF THE

DEATH SENTENCE— Hekmati at his December trial by the Iran Revolutionary Court. He 19 accused of being a member of the CIA and attempting to Infiltrate Iranian Intel-ligence systems. The U.S. Is still trying to confirm Hekmati's execution.

he admi t ted to being involved with the CIA, which was t ry-

ing to infiltrate Iran's intelli-gence system. For many Irani-

official news agency, Fars, Hek-mati said: "I was deceived by the CI A... Although I was appointed

to break into Iran's intelligence

in the death sentence that has left many Amer icans reeling.

According to Nuland, "The

Iranian regime has a history of

falsely accusing people of being spies, of eliciting forced confes-

sion, and of holding innocent Amer icans for political reasons."

It is unclear h o w things will

proceed f rom here. Iranian-Amer ican relations have re-

cently been s trained by repor t s of increased nuclear activity in

Iran. It is predic ted that Hek-

mati will try to appeal the deci-sion wi th Iran's Supreme Cour t .

According to the BBC, "The

U.S. state d e p a r t m e n t said Swiss d ip lomats in Iran - w h o

handle Washington 's inter-ests because of an absence of

US-Iran diplomatic relations - were no t allowed to see Mr.

Hekmati before his trial." Bjiis has fu r the r incensed Amer i -

cans and increased the tension be tween Iran and the West .

This comes after the U.S. has moved to impose new sanc-

t ions on Iran's banking system and the European Union has

moved to impose an embargo

on Iran's oil exports . Tehran in-sists that the nuclear program it

is developing is for peaceful pur-poses, no t weaponry. W h e t h e r

or no t Iran goes through with the execution is expected to greatly affect U.S.-Iran relations.

According to the BBC, "Hekmati has 20 days to ap-peal against the sentence."

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Shh! Why this award season Is all about quiet films Elena Rivera S E N I O R STAFF W R I T E R

From "Slumdog Millionaire" to last year's winner "The King's

Speech," the Oscars celebrate the

best and brightest in film. This award season seems poised to

be the mos t interesting one

yet. Wi th no apparent f r o n t r u n -

ner and a slew of surpr is ing

nominat ions , including sum-mer hit "Bridesmaids," critics

and audiences alike are eagerly

anticipating the announce -m e n t of the Oscar nomina t ions

o n Jan. 24. Until then, here are

two profiles of Oscar hopefu ls

that have been garner ing ac-

claim since their debuts . George Clooney has been

a staple at awards shows since

his surprising t u rn in the Coen Brothers comedy "O Brother,

W h e r e Art Thou?" Since that

b reak th rough pe r fo rmance in 2000, Clooney has gone on to

write, direct and star in criti-

cally acclaimed films such as

"Good Night , and G o o d Luck," "Syrania," "Up In The Air," and

mos t recently "The

Descendants." All these films play off of

Clooney's kinetic stage pres-

ence, a combina t ion of James Bondian c h a r m and calming.

sarcastic wisdom except one. In "The Descendants," Cloo-

ney decidedly plays against the persona he has cult ivated on and

off-screen for decades. His char-

acter in the film, harr ied father

typical Oscar movie: There are

no rousing speeches, no one is playing a cancer pat ient or a historical figure and mos t of

the movie is f ramed in beauti-

ful location shots of Hawaii, no t

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FATHER AND DAUGHTER R E C O N N E C T - Matt King (Clooney) and rebel l ious daughter Alexandra (Shallene Woodley) a t tempt to rebui ld their fami ly .

of two Mat t King, says and does

the w r o n g things constantly. He is void of the bravado and wit

that Clooney effortlessly exudes

bu t filled with reality, more so

than any other character he has embod ied in his career.

"The Descendants" is not a

Wor ld War II batdefields or the Victorian English countryside.

There is a quie tness to "The

Descendants" that makes it s tand ou t over o ther nominees .

It is a movie that says a lot wi th

a little: the dialogue in the film is affecting and well wri t ten, but

the per formances , especially f rom Clooney, elevate the mate-

rial into magical territory.

In essence, "The Descen-dants" is about o n e family's trag-

edy, and one father 's journey to self-discovery. The

unders ta ted perfor-

mances cap tu re so well the sor row of

loss, the joy of family and the power of for-

giveness. Clooney as Mat t

King, wearing Hawai-

ian shirts , yelling at his teenage daugh-

ter's boyfr iend, cry-

ing over his dying wife, has found a role

where his human i ty

and hear t are mos t on

display. Whi le "The De-

scendants" is get t ing

plenty of acclaim for its l ingering m o m e n t s

of silence, another

film takes that con-

cept to an entirely

new level. "The Artist," a film f rom

French director Michel Ha-

zanavicius, tells the story of a silent film star in the golden age

of Hollywood w h o falls in love

with a budding dancer, and the ups and downs of his career as

the movie industry changes. It s eems strange that in 2011,

the mos t talked about film would

be a throwback to the 1930s that features no famous actors

and no audible dialogue, bu t "The Artist 's" t imeless plot and

spectacular lead Jean Dujardin

has m a d e it one of the sure-f ire nominees c o m e Oscar season.

The even more surpr is ing th ing abou t the film is that it is

playing well no t only wi th crit-ics b u t with popular audiences,

t ranscending age barriers and

filling theaters across the coun-try. There is someth ing incred-

ibly charming about a movie

filled with song and dance that also conveys hear tbreak and bit-

terness. The earnest vaudevillian

spirit tha t "The Art is t" has is not

necessarily as moving as "The

Descendants," but it doesn ' t

need to be. Both films take ad-vantage of silence to create sin-

gular m o m e n t s that touch au-

diences well af ter they have left

the theater. This quiet film t rend is a wel-

c o m e depar tu re f rom the b o m -

bast of big-budget blockbusters ,

and hopefully will t ranslate into well-deserved Oscar nomina -

t ions for bo th films and their

stars. This Oscar season, mum's the word.

Five anticipated albums you should listen to in 2012 Chris Russ C O - E D I T O R H N - C H I E F

S o m e beaut iful music was

released in 2011. From the bombas t ic h ip -hop of Jay-Z

and Kanye West 's "Watch the

Throne," to the intricate and lay-

ered work of James Blake on his self-titled album, there was a lot

of amazing music to absorb over

the past 12 m o n t h s . H ip -hop had one of its best

years since the late '90s, as fans

watched the ascension of Big

K.R.I.T., Kendrick Lamar and

Childish G a m b i n o while at the same t ime receiving great al-

b u m s f rom established art ists

like The Roots, Drake and C o m -

m o n . The worlds of rock and pop

weren' t qui te so exciting, but

there were still a few bright spots. Bon Iver somehow m a n -

aged to get himself nomina ted

for four G r a m m y awards, T V on the Radio pu t ou t a record that

was largely critically ignored but nonetheless significant and The

Horrible Crowes pu t ou t an al-

b u m that was a master fu l piece

of pure rock music. Even the increasingly soul-

less genre of p o p music was kept alive by a few great tracks f rom

Adele and Beyonce. So even

though I haven't c o m e close to properly absorbing all tha t 2011

had to offer, here are five proj-

ects set to be released in the coming year that I already can't

wait to hear. Of all of the a lbums sched-

uled to be released in 2012,

there is one that wi thout hesi-

ta t ion will result in me wait-ing outs ide of t he local Holland

record store on the m o r n i n g of

its release. Craig Finn's "Clear

Hear t Full Eyes" is slated to hit

s tore shelves Jan. 24. The record is Finn's first solo effort .

Finn has worked as t he f ront-

m a n for The Hold Steady since 2004 and over that t ime he has

scra tched ou t five a lbums full

of amazing lyrics. "Clear Hear t

Full Eyes" should give him even more of an oppor tun i ty to prove

himself as the best wri ter in rock

and roll. The Shins did as m u c h as any

band to def ine what indie-rock was in t he 21st century. And

the presence of their songs in a

McDonald ' s commercia l , on the soundt rack of "Garden State,"

and elsewhere helped to famil-

iarize the general public with indie music. They may n o w have

an a lmost entirely different line-up but on March 20, they'll have

a chance to re-establish t h e m -

selves with their record "Port of

Morrow." Big K.R.I.T. hasn't qui te made

it big yet, bu t after his mixtape

"The Return of 4Eva" was re-

leased in early 2011, any hip-hop head wor th his salt quickly

became well aware of the classi-

cally minded rapper f rom Mis-

sissippi. The power of that mixtape

catapul ted Big K.R.I.T. to col-laborat ions with rap supers tars

T.I. and Ludacris a m o n g others .

B L A C K * 5T

NIU HILJ •

Big K.R.I.T.

His first official a lbum "Live

f rom the Underground" is pur-por ted to be released in the

coming year, and as an appetizer, K.R.I.T. will be releasing the f ree

mixtape "4Eva & a Day" on Feb.

20. It seems like Mos Def (who

has now changed his n a m e to Yasiin Bey) and Talib Kweli have

been talking about a sequel to

their a lbum "Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star" since it was

released in 1998. But this year,

Kanye West and Jay-Z

a sequel might finally be hap-

pening. The d u o have released two tracks, "Fix Up," and "You

Already Knew," p roduced by Madl ib and his b ro the r O h N o

respectively. Both tracks show that the d u o haven't lost a single

step. Finally, I can't wait to see

what Kanye West and Jay-Z are

going to do in 2012. Remarkably,

since 1996, every year has seen one of these rap t i tans release an

a lbum either on their own or as

a duo. And if Jay-Z is to be believed,

the coming year will see a col-laborative a lbum f rom Kanye's

record label, solo a lbums f rom

both Jay-Z and West , and a se-quel to "Watch The Throne."

I doubt that all of these will

be a reality, but even if one or two c o m e out , they will likely

make 2012 another great year

for music.

T H E A N C H O R 5 i

!

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMANDA P o n s

A t t e n d a c x r v u & r t

Big names like Nickelback, Death Cab for Cutie and Hot Chelle Rae are among the bands slated to take the stage in West Michi-

gan this winter and spring. Although it may be a bit more expensive than seeing a movie,

a live performance and the atmosphere at a concert is something

that cannot be replicated in a dark theater. Here's a list of concerts coming to a city near you:

Matt Nathanson Nickelback

The Intersection Friday, March 9,1 p.m. $17/$20

The Black Keys VonAndel Arena Sunday, March 18,7:30 p.m. $29.50-$49.50

Needtobreathe w/ Ben Rector

The Intersection Monday, March 26,7 p.m. $22/$25

VanAndel Arena Thursday, April 12,6 p.m.

$49.50-$85

Death Cab for Cutie Calvin College

Saturday, April 14,TBA $TBD

Hot Chelle Rae The Intersection

Wednesday, April 25,6 p.m. $15/$ 18

A s y c r u y t & p b & c k . i * A v f i t e w t n r i d ,

o f ( X M u i t w A X K , j r t w u t w h w I t i t

f o s & t f o o t o f - f k e

I C h r W L f . H c r c a r t y o w e w g g e t f i o y y ^ o f

Go ice skating

ftWi i c

LAYOUT BY ' V J

A U E S A R I B K N S

& UMOSCY WOLF W F R *

Hit the slopes Make the most of the wlntery winds that have re-

cently blanketed Michigan with a fresh coat of snow by planning a day (or weekend) tr ip to the ski slopes. Popular destinations among West Michlganders In-clude Bittersweet Ski Resort located in Ostego, Pando Winter Sports Park In Rockford, Boyne Mountain In Boyne Falls, and Crystal Mountain InThompsonville.

For those who are will-ing to bundle up and brave the cold, Rosa Parks Circle, located at the center of Monroe Avenue and Pearl Str-eet in the heart of Downtown Grand Rapids, offers $1 ice skat-ing with skate rentals (Picture I.D. required). Hours of operation vary, but weekend hours run

f rom 12 p.m. -10 p.m. Not a fan of the cold? For

those not wanting to make the 40-minute trek to GR, the Edge Ice Arena of Holland opens its ice to the public for lim-ited hours each day. Admis-sion is $5, skate rental $2, and hours are posted at www.edgeicearena.com.

• • • • • • • • • I PHOTO COURTESY OF AMANDA POTTS

A i t W i w w t e r i t x s j c s

1. Have your picture taken wi th the Abominable Snowman.

\ v o V t o S V e V V

4. Adopt a penguin . 3 . V e a I

5. Build and live in an igloo in President Bultman's backyard.

6 Cross country ski in the Go seal watching off ^ 6 - C r Pine Grove. ialce Mich igan C o a s t

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8. G o ice fishing in the center of Lake Macatawa.

9- L l c k a nagp0]e 10. Tebow on top of a snow plow.

6 T H E A N C H O R VOICES J A N U A R Y 1 8 . 2 0 1 2

Dr. Cliff Huxtable Christopher Russ

C o Editor-in-Chief

It is now the last semes te r of m y senior

year. But I'll t ry n o t to wr i te o n e of those

looking-back-on-i t -a l l c o l u m n s d u r i n g

my final semes te r a t The Anchor . So in-

stead, for th is week 's co lumn , I 'm going

to wr i t e a b o u t one of m y f ict ional he roes .

Dr. Heathcliff Hux tab le of "The Cosby

Show."

I didn ' t w a t c h a ton of T V as a kid, and

ne i ther d id the rest of my family, but 1

dist inct ly r e m e m b e r si t t ing on the c o u c h

toge ther and wa tch ing t h e Huxtab les o n

Nick at Nite . I t hough t t h e show w a s hi-

la r ious then , a n d af ter receiving two sea-

sons of the show o n D V D for C h r i s t m a s ,

I can c o n f i r m tha t m y initial reac t ion

to the s h o w is still very accura te . A n d I

th ink the re is m o r e to the s h o w t h a n I

p icked u p on the first t i m e a round .

S o m e d a y w h e n I b e c o m e a father , t h e

first guy I'll call w h e n I have ques t i ons

a b o u t h o w to act as a g o o d f a the r will b e

m y o w n dad. I'll t r y as ha rd as I c a n to

r e m e m b e r the lessons h e t augh t m e a n d

I'll t r y to pass t h e m on to m y kids. But

af ter fist consu l t ing wi th h im for advice,

might also re -wa tch a few ep isodes of

Cosby S h o w " as supp lemen ta l m a -

terial. Dr. Huxtab le always k n e w h o w to

ca lm d o w n Rudy and h e always knew h o w

to keep T h e o s ant ics f r o m get t ing o u t of

h a n d . 1 know it probably helps a lot w h e n

s o m e o n e is wr i t ing the scr ipt t o m a k e you

look cool , b u t I'll still p robably end u p

t ry ing a few of his p a r e n t i n g t echn iques

over the years.

Besides be ing p resen ted as a great fa-

ther, Bill Cosby s role on the s h o w def ies

the sad a rche type tha t a m o d e r n s i tcom

fa ther has become . Sure h e likes hoagies ,

a n d sure M r s . Hux tab le ran the s h o w oc -

casionally, b u t Cliff w a s still very m u c h

an au thor i ty f igure to b e r eckoned w i th in

his househo ld . He is far f r o m being o n e

of the i n c o m p e t e n t , i r responsible or lazy

c o u c h po ta toes tha t have p o p u l a t e d pop-

ular s i t coms over the pas t decade . H e is

o f t en s h o w n get t ing h o m e very late af ter

difficult nights at his job as a successful

d o c t o r at the local hospi ta l .

T h e show also has an inna te whole -

s o m e n e s s tha t is hardly exis tent o n tele-

vision today, and it m a n a g e s to d o this

w i thou t being b o r i n g or d u m b e d down .

I love a smar t , acerbic, pop -cu l t u r e refer-

enc ing s h o w like "Seinfeld" or u 3 0 Rock"

as m u c h as the next guy, b u t those shows

jus t don ' t m a k e m e feel as h a p p y as "The

Cosby Show" does .

In a cu l tu re that cons tan t ly c l amors

for a r e t u r n to t h e va lues tha t o u r c o u n -

t ry w a s bui l t on, I th ink schedu l ing m o r e

"Cosby S h o w " r e - r u n s w o u l d be a nice

first s tep.

Learning from each season

Learning practical skills What they don't teach E r i n ~

you in college

W h e n I was in high school, I worked at

a h a r d w a r e s to re for over two years. W h i l e

this less- than-exci t ing a t t e m p t for m e to

save m o n e y a n d gain responsibil i ty was n o t m y d r e a m job, I learned s o m e essential

skills tha t I have u n d o u b t e d l y carr ied wi th m e . I learned, for example , h o w to as-

semble basic p r o d u c t s w i th s imple tools, c o u n t a n d ba lance cash ( some th ing t h a t

will also p rove useful in m y exci t ing f u t u r e ca reer as an accoun tan t ) , and in terac t

and deal wi th the occasionally un reasonab le person . There a re m a n y ways to gain

these ap t i tudes , but m y recen t real izat ion has been tha t as a college senior , m a n y

of m y f r i ends and myself, bo th at H o p e and o t h e r schools, lack some very essential

skills t o thr ive on o u r own. Whi le I acknowledge tha t I a m also a m e m b e r of th is group , as I a m in n o way

p repa red to cook a g o u r m e t mea l (and by g o u r m e t I m e a n any th ing tha t doesn ' t

c o m e in a package wi th a ca t chy n a m e a n d an ima ted ins t ruc t ions) or c h a n g e a tire,

I have been surpr i sed by s o m e skills tha t m a n y of m y peers are lacking. O n e of m y

fr iends, a p r e - m e d s tuden t w h o can d o any type of chemica l reac t ion e q u a t i o n (or

wha tever t hey do) has n o idea h o w to get anywhere w i thou t t h e help of Google

M a p s and his smar t p h o n e . Smar t p h o n e apps pose an entirely new set of c ra f t s t h a t we a re also appa ren t -

ly incapable of do ing on our own. Whi le I don ' t personal ly own a smar t phone ,

scroll ing t h r o u g h t h e App le app s tore , I have learned tha t we n o w also apparen t ly

need apps to find res taurants , i n f o r m us of the wea the r outs ide o u r window, a n d of

course, keep us e n t e r t a i n e d d u r i n g any split s econd of b o r e d o m by fl inging angry

b i rds or flicking pigs. A n o t h e r f r iend of mine b r o u g h t a car to school for t h e first

t ime our j un io r year and asked m e to go wi th he r to the gas s ta t ion, because she h a d

never even p u m p e d gas.

W i t h t h e emphas i s t h a t o u r educa t iona l system, especially fo r those going o n t o

h igher educa t ion , places pure ly o n intellectual ability, it s eems t h a t m a n y college

s tuden t s have b e c o m e a new breed of intel lectuals wi th n o pract ica l skills. Whi le

our pa ren t s were busy peel ing o u r o ranges and dr iv ing us to SAT prep classes, we

fo rgo t to ask h o w to take care of ourselves in the event tha t we may eventual ly w a n t

to live on o u r own, p u r c h a s e and ma in t a in a car, etc.

Kate Schrampfer Columnist

I live in a house with three other girls,

and once flip flop season ended, the shoe

rack by our front door started to fill up,

and the fact that we now have snow has

done nothing to make our collection get

any smaller.

We have four pairs of winter boots sit-

ting in a row right now, some with clumps

of snow still clinging damply to the sides.

Stuck in between them are rain boots and

dress boots, left over from last week when

we had such unusually warm weather and

no snow.

The closer you get to the actual shoe

rack, the smaller the footwear gets. Tall

boots are replaced by Converse and

Toms, and running shoes squat beside

dainty little flats.

A couple pairs o f sandals huddle to-

gether next to the rainbow of flip-flops

crammed onto one shelf, wait ing for

spring and summer to come back once

more. Personally, I 'm quite content to have

the snow boots out for a while. We haven ' t

gotten much yet, for one thing. But even

if we had, I 'd still be fine. I love snow,

and F m convinced that Holland gels the

prettiest lake-effect snow ever. So as far

as I 'm concerned, the snow is welcome.

Not all of m y housemates agree, how-

ever: one in particular hates the cold and

snow, and the sight of those swirling

flakes is far from welcome. She 'd love

it if it could be spring and summer all

year, and flip flops and sandals never

needed to be shoved into a comer of the

shoe rack to make room for big, fuzzy

boots.

It 's not that I dislike summer. On

the contrary, I love it. I love laying on a

beach in the sun, and the smell of burg-

ers on the grill, and the splash of fireworks

in the sky on Independence Day.

But I also love how muted the world is

during a heavy snowfall , and the rush of

sledding down a steep hill, and stepping

outside on a sparkling, cold moming .

And that 's not all. I 'm a huge fan of

grey fall skies and flaring autumn leaves,

and there is nothing quite like the smell of

spring or the sights of the first brave little

crocus. I 'm indecisive. I don ' t know which

season I love most. But the absolute best

part about the seasons is the way they

change, and the variety they give us.

We use the metaphor of changing sea-

sons for all kinds of things. We say we

are in a particular season of life, or the

heart, or our faith, and we don ' t always

like where we are. Sometimes we do,

of course, but regardless of our opinion,

things still change, because "The seasons

and all their changes are in us" (Henry

David Thoreau). We have flip-flop sea-

sons, and snow boot seasons, and every-

thing in between.

And we need things that way. What

would w e do without the wisdom of those

seasons, lined up in our minds like my

housemates ' collection o f shoes in our en-

tryway? Those shoe-seasons remind us of

where we have been, and help to point us

in the direction we want to go.

W h e n talking to f r iends, I have realized tha t I a m m o r e impressed by a peer

knowing h o w to sew o n a b u t t o n t han be ing able to wr i te a 20 page pape r a b o u t

global politics. Gradua t ing will be qui te a shock w h e n w e realize tha t t he re isn ' t

actually a d e p a r t m e n t k n o w n as t h e "Physical Plant" t h a t magically appea r s every

t ime a toilet clogs in the real wor ld . I don ' t w a n t to seem whiny a n d d i sappo in ted

w i th m y educa t iona l years, a n d I don ' t th ink the re is really any one pe r son to b lame

(parents , schools or us), 1 jus t th ink that t he re w a s a ra ther large hole in the cur -

r i cu lum for m a n y of m y peers and myself. M o s t of us, however , as college s tudents ,

will p robably have n o choice b u t to learn the ha rd way.

A few m o n t h s ago, one of m y H o p e f r iends and I were looking at pho tos of one

of m y h igh school f r i ends w i th he r boyfr iend. "Are they going to get mar r ied?" h e

asked. Surpr ised by the ques t ion , I s tumbled , "Uh, I don ' t th ink so. . ." I said, t ry ing

to get a hold of how to explain it. "People f r o m m y high school , they don ' t really get

marr ied ," I replied awkwardly. W h i l e I d idn ' t m e a n to imply tha t everybody w h o

g radua tes f r o m m y h igh school is d o o m e d to a life of s inglehood, it w a s m y complex

way of saying t h a t t o m y h igh school f r iends, the idea of ge t t ing m a r r i e d wi th in t h e

next few years is n o t even on their radar . N o t to my surprise, m y f r iend a n d he r

boyf r i end b roke u p abou t a m o n t h af ter tha t conversa t ion .

C o m i n g f r o m a relatively liberal t o w n in Nor thwes t Indiana , I w a s surpr ised to

learn abou t this idea of "ring by spr ing" w h e n I first c ame to Hope . I w a s c o n f u s e d

by the idea, but it was never s o m e t h i n g I t hough t a b o u t unt i l I actually not iced

people get t ing engaged a n d real ized it actually h a p p e n e d . Before I go on, however , I

would like to say tha t I have m a n y engaged fr iends, all of w h o m I a m very happy for .

N e x t year I will b e moving to a new city by myself t o s ta r t a new job, and I

cou ldn ' t be m o r e excited. I 'm exci ted to find a place on m y own for the first t ime.

I 'm excited to r ide m y bike a lone a n d find my own new favori te places. I 'm excited

to s imply see w h e r e life takes me. M a y b e I 'm a loner, or maybe I 'm just not afraid

to be alone, but I love do ing th ings by myself. I love the idea of es tabl ishing m y own

life and seeing w h e r e s o m e o n e else fits in to it, r a ther t h a n fac tor ing s o m e o n e else in

whi le crea t ing tha t new life. For the first t ime, I will be comple te ly i n d e p e n d e n t of m y paren ts , and I 'm not

in a rush to be accoun tab le to s o m e o n e else again. Whi le I 'm sure m y perspect ive

could c h a n g e any t ime if I d id m e e t s o m e o n e I saw myself wi th , unti l t hen , I 'm n o t

a f ra id to be alone. So to those w h o don ' t have tha t r ing by spring, en joy your inde-

pendence , and don ' t b e afraid to c rea te a new adventure , even if you ' re alone.

A n c h o r 2 0 1 2 S P R I N G S E M E S T E R S T A F F

Chr i s Russ EDUOR-IN-CHIEF A n n e i i e s e G o e t z WORLD NUN CO-EDITOR J a m e s R o g e r s ASST. SPORTS EDITOR I r m a C r u z Con EDITOR A n n M a r i e P a p a r e l h PHOTOCRATHY EDITOR

Cai t l in Klask EDITOR-IN-CHIEF L indsey Wolf ARTS CO-EDITOR Becca H a w k i n s VOICES EDITOR B r o o k e M c D o n a l d Con EDITOR E lena Rivera SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Cla i re Call CAMFUS NEHS EDITOR Aleesa R i b b e n s FF-AWRES EDITOR M a r i e t t a J o n e s ADS MANAGER L a u r e n Bull Con EDITOR S h u b h a m S a p k o t a SUFFYVRITER

C o r y Laka tos WORID NEHS CO-EDITOR B e t h a n y S t r i p p SPORTS EDITOR M i k e C o n n e l l y BUSINESS MANAGER Ka thy N a t h a n STAFF ADHSOR Ashley Fraley Suff WRITER

J A N U A R Y 18, 2 0 1 2 VOICES T H I ; A N C H O R 7

Find your lampstand Sharon Hecker

Columnis t

' 'Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its

stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine

before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

Matthew 5:15-16 When I studied abroad in Argentina for two semesters, I saw things that I did not

expect nor particularly want to see. I saw a huddle of tattered blankets perched be-

side embers dying in a tin can. I saw men, women and children rummaging through

garbage bins, looking for dinner. I saw the ones who had thrown dinner away. I saw

kids juggl ing for coins and fathers walking in slants, asking for money for their kids

but really for their booze. I saw hunger; 1 saw excess. I saw eyes that looked at the

world and said, "I can never be a part of that.

And one day, 1 went for a run and saw a little girl with no shoes. She was sitting on

a ci^rb, hunched over her kneecaps so that strings of hair trailed down to her calves.

L saw this in a glance. I even thought about stopping. I kept running. And what I

discovered as my feet moved forward, leaving the little girl behind me, was that I

wasn ' t moving anywhere. My thoughts were dragging their toes at the curb where

that little girl sat. The only thing two things I could do were to keep running or turn back. One was

unthinkable, the other unacceptable. I poked myself with the question stamped all

over the lyrics in my ear buds: which would Jesus choose? I took a f ew more rebel-

lious steps, and then I did what I knew I had to as an ambassador of God ' s love: I

turned back. »

As it turns out, the little girl did have shoes. They looked about two sizes too

small, but trash bins aren ' t mini-malls. I felt stupid. I was very nervous. I felt stupid.

And I d idn ' t have a clue what to say.

So I settled for "hola ."

"Ho la . . . . " she replied.

Her name was Melina. Once our smiles became a little less guarded, she remedied

my problem of not knowing what to say.

"You speak Engleeesh?"

I nodded. That may have been m y mistake. She demonstrated her ability to count

to 10 in English, and then she asked me how high I can count. Oh, I don ' t know.

Probably I could count to a billion, if 1 felt like it. Oops. So that was my mistake.

"Hac^lo!" Do it, she commanded, unabashed.

And while I didn ' t quite make it to one billion, we did spend a lot of t ime count-

ing. In fact, we just plain spent a lot of t ime together. Af te r I found out she liked to

read, I resolved to get her a .new book before we parted. Something that wasn ' t a

hand-me-down or a trash bin treasure. Something that she got to pick out herself.

That day, I spent hours with Melina. We walked through Buenos Aires on a mis-

sion to find a bookstore. I bought her and her cousins lunch. She picked out a beauti-

fully illustrated book of bedtime stories. We parted, and I knew I had done what was

pleasing to the Lord. But I d idn ' t leave smiling; I left sobbing. It hurt to love strong

and help so little.

In Mat thew 5:15-16, Jesus explains the importance of letting our light shine. H o w

do we do that? H o w do we let our light shine? Is it about singing on-key in church?

About leaving the fattest wad on the collection plate? Is it about doing devotionals

every morning before class?

And here ' s a question. H o w do we spend ourselves? H o w do we spend our

thoughts, our time, our money, our love and our energy? Do we save our love for the

people we know, the people that love us back? Do we spare t ime from our commit-

ments to take God ' s work out of the church and put it into action? And how many

opportunities do we pitter-patter past without ever giving them that crucial second

thought? These questions tell us where our light is. When I was in Argentina, I tried to pitter

past an opportunity to reflect God ' s love toward someone who needed it. But I didn' t .

As a Christian, I couldn ' t . So I turned back. I spent my energy, my time, my thoughts

and my love on a little girl named Melina, and instead of hiding beneath a bowl,

G o d ' s love shone through me on a lamp stand. And who knows if she will read that

picture book or remember that hot lunch, but at least my light was shining. Because

that 's what it 's meant to do.

Hitting the books : Editor's book choices 2012 Becca Hawkins

Voices Editor

There 's nothing I love more than cozying up with a

cup of Tazo Passion tea, my Snuggie (yes, my Snug-

gie), and a good book . . .over Christmas Break. As

soon as I get back to school, I ironically leave the

books behind. I just don ' t have time for reading.

However, that all changes this semester. While I

have a lighter load of classes this semester, I have a

heavier load of reading — at least one novel per week.

So, I must change my ways, and thus encourage

you to join me.

Here 's my collection of books I love and books I

can ' t wait to read:

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

"The Glen Rock Book of the Dead" by Marion Winik

"Our Schools Suck" by Gaston Alonso

"The Perks of Being a Wallf lower" by Stephen Chbosky "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Philosophy of Andy Warhol" by Andy Warhol

"I Feel Bad about my N e c k " by Nora Ephron

Letter to the Editor : Follow up to Reflections on Christian Faith D r . Timothy Pennings

Professor of Mathematics It was wi th delight tha t I read Dr.

Kim Hawtrey ' s excellent let ter (Nov.

23) listing o u t reasons for believing

tha t the resur rec t ion of Jesus his-

torically occu r r ed — and that Jesus

is t hen the Chris t . This is t h e kind of

let ter tha t should be peppe r ing The

Ancho r . The value of such a let ter lay

in provoking responses . 1 will give a

brief one — I hope o the r s join the conversa t ion as well.

The w o r d i n g of Dr. Hawtrey 's conc lud ing pa rag raph should be no ted . Af te r

listing out seven reasons for believing in t h e resur rec t ion involving historical evi-

dence and personal exper ience, he conc ludes tha t it is entirely reasonable to ac-

cept the resur rec t ion as actual fact. I cer ta inly agree . ol /qq^ jh f a c t , t h o u g h n o t overly famil iar wi th the o the r ma jo r wor ld religions, I

wbilld guess that similar a r g u m e n t s could be m a d e for it being reasonable to ac-

cept t h e m as be ing t r u e as well.

Indeed , any religion that is obviously false ( just like bad music) does n o t last

too long. Anyth ing tha t has s tood the test of t ime a n d scrut iny likely has provided

sufficient reason for one to believe it t o be t rue .

Moreover , it t hen follows tha t is also reasonable to n o t believe in any of the

ma jo r wor ld religions. For if each religion has its s incere and devoted believers

— at least some of w h o m are intelligent, reasonable people, and s ince the var ious

religions disagree on substant ial mat ters , t hen it fol lows tha t m a n y sincere, de-

voted , intelligent, reasonable people have c o m e to the w r o n g conclus ion — they

believe s o m e t h i n g that is f a l se . ' x Could I be such a person?" seems an appropr i a t e

ques t ion to ask. I personally believe in the possibility of intell igent ext ra- ter res t r ia l life, b u t if

anyone c a m e to me with an accoun t of having had con tac t wi th an alien life f o rm ,

I would n o t readily believe them. Why? Because I k n o w h o w easily people are

fooled — and tha t o the r s w a n t to fool me. Just not ice the lack of any Room 13 in

mote l s or Floor 13 in hotels to see h o w readily people believe th ings wi th n o basis.

In believing in the holy sc r ip tures of any religion, one m u s t initially place one 's

faith n o t in the deity, b u t in the scores of people — witnesses, wri ters , copiers ,

ed i tors — people one has never m e t — w h o are provid ing the story. Only w h e n

one has first believed t hem, can o n e t hen cons ider w h e t h e r to believe in the God

to w h o m they claim to b e witness. So this raises several ques t ions : H o w does one de t e rmine w h e t h e r to believe

these c la ims of o the r people - especially s ince they c o m e wi th widely dif ferent

accounts? Should one 's own personal exper ience be fac tored in — even t h o u g h

followers of o the r religions also have val idat ing personal experiences?

Finally, w h a t does it m e a n to 'believe"? Does it m e a n just to accept what one is

conv inced of, or does it m e a n to accept as t rue w h a t one is n o t entirely convinced

of? O r is it less abou t being convinced and m o r e about pu t t ing one ' s life on the

line — living in such a way that one would n o t o therwise live? I invite o thers to

take the ba ton f r o m here.

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8 T H E A N C H O R SPORTS J A N U A R Y 1 8 , 2 0 1 2

T H I S W E E K I N S P O R T S

Wednesday Jan. 18

Women's basketball vs. Trine a t 5 : 3 0 p .m.

Men's basketball

vs. Calvin at 8 p.m.

Friday Jan. 20 Swimming

vs. Grand Val ley S ta te at 5 p .m.

Saturday Jan. 2 1

Women's basketball

vs. A lb ion a t 3 p . m .

Men's basketball vs. Olivet a t 7 :30 p.m.

Hockey vs. Ket ter ing a t Edge Ice Arena a t 8 : 4 5

p .m.

I N B R I E F

FLY ING D U T C H E S C A P E AT

A D R I A N

The women ' s basketball t e a m

went to Adr ian on Saturday and

c a m e o u t v ic tor ious , 59-56. A

Bulldog lead of 22-15 w i th five

minu te s r emain ing in the first

s tanza w a s cu t to one by the half

(29-28). The second half con-

sisted of back -and - fo r th play,

wi th ne i ther t e a m leading by

more t han four po in t s . A j u m p e r

nailed by Allie C e r o n e ( 1 2 ) at the

1:36 m a r k put H o p e up 58-54,

which lead to the 59-56 win.

The Flying D u t c h were led

by Rebekah Llorens ('15), w h o

scored 13 po in t s and g rabbed

six boards off the bench .

H o p e improved to 6-1 in the

M1AA and 13-2 overall. They will

hos t Tr ine on W e d n e s d a y at De-

Vos at 5:30 p .m.

H O P E P L A Y E R S IN

H A N S E N S E N I O R B O W L

Two senior H o p e football

players, Alex D o m a n a n d Josh

Droppers , will par t ip ica te in the

H a n s e n Senior Bowl on Jan. 18

at the Virginia Beach Spor t sp lex

in Virginia Beach, Va. Former ly

k n o w n as t h e Aztec Bowl, it is

an allstar g a m e for players in all

levels be low N C A A Division 1

FCS. H o p e last sent players to

this g a m e in the late 1990s and

early 2000s.

Bunn makes comeback on court, in classroom I Katherine Magulre

G U E S T W R I T E R

M o u t h set in de te rmina t ion ,

Peter Bunn ('12) led the H o p e

College men ' s basketbal l t eam

r u n n i n g the length of the c o u r t

fou r t imes in 22 s econds d u r i n g

a recen t practice.

"As far as I 'm conce rned , he's

back," David K r o m b e e n ('12),

t eam co-capta in , said.

Bunn w a s in ju red in early

fall of 2009 af ter c rash ing his

BMX bike whi le d o i n g s tun t s

in his backyard . H e sat out

last basketball season to focus

o n improv ing his heal th and

academics .

"It w a s so frustrat ing," Bunn

said. "I just w a n t e d to play

basketball."

N o w Bunn is back on t h e

c o u r t a n d con t inu ing to improve

there and in the c lass room.

In 2008, Bunn t r ans fe r r ed

to H o p e College f r o m Oak land

Universi ty as a s o p h o m o r e a n d

s ta r ted for Hope ' s t eam. In his

first year, he he lped the t eam win

the con fe rence c h a m p i o n s h i p

and w a s n a m e d first t e a m all-

region and a l l -conference.

"He is a compe t i t o r for sure,"

Logan Neil ('12), t e a m co-

capta in , said. " W e would always

t ry to m a t c h u p wi th each o the r

just because we w a n t e d the

challenge." However , the accident p u t

Bunn's successful basketbal l

career on hold.

"I felt out of shape af ter

r u n n i n g at prac t ice and my

focus, m y a t ten t ion , my shor t -

t e r m m e m o r y w a s n o t there,"

Bunn said.

Bunn s t ruggled academical ly

as well. He didn ' t know what

w a s h a p p e n i n g b u t h e k n e w

s o m e t h i n g w a s w r o n g .

"I would just s ta re at t h e

c o m p u t e r screen," Bunn said.

"Some days I would feel like I

could wr i te so I would t ry to

write. Then I would look back at

it a n d the w o r d s a n d sen tences

were all scrambled."

Af te r talking to f r i ends and

family abou t his s y m p t o m s ,

Bunn suspec ted a concuss ion

and specialists later c o n f i r m e d

it.

T o m Davelaar, the team's

assistant coach of 30 years, has

been wa tch ing Bunn's recovery

closely.

"Each day h e is ge t t ing a little

bit better," Davelaar said. "We

are happy to have h im back."

Bunn, an English major, is

also improv ing in the c lass room.

His g rades are better , b u t it is a

s low process .

"1 have to t ry to get a B w h e n

I never really t r ied before," Bunn

said. "I am just t ry ing to improve

t h e m and b e pat ient as well."

For head coach M a t t Neil,

physical a n d men ta l heal th is

first and fo remos t .

"I would like for h im to feel

tha t he was very successful in

the c lass room first and on the

basketbal l cour t second," Neil

said. Bunn's has apprec ia ted

Hope ' s suppor t ive c o m m u n i t y

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D R I V E — Pete Bunn ( '12) became the 3 4 t h Hope player to

score 1 , 0 0 0 career po in ts aga ins t Kalamazoo on Jan. 14 .

d u r i n g his recovery.

"1 would just like to say

t hanks to D e a n Jon Huisken a n d

Registrar Carol De Jong, C o a c h

Neil and C o a c h Glenn Van

Wieren , and all my professors

w h o helped m e t h r o u g h this,"

Bunn said. "They advoca ted and

m a d e a c c o m m o d a t i o n s . I really

appreciate what they did."

Always the compet i to r , Bunn

has big plans for his last season.

"I h o p e to have my best

season yet," Bunn said.

"He is s ta r t ing to play like

the Pete he used to b e and that is

one heck of a player," K r o m b e e n

said.

Swim teams prepare for MIAA championships Bethany Stripp S P O R T S EDITOR

W i t h two m e e t s left before

the M I A A c h a m p i o n s h i p s , the

men's and women ' s s w i m m i n g

and diving t e a m s are work ing to

finish the season s t rong.

Last year w a s the first t ime

since 2007 tha t the men's t eam

did n o t walk away f r o m the league

m e e t as M I A A champions , and

co-cap ta in Patr ick Frayer ('12)

says the t e a m h o p e s to change

tha t this year.

"Our goal is t o win the M I A A

c h a m p i o n s h i p in February,"

Frayer said. "It will be difficult

and right now it looks like

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The men's t eam is cur ren t ly

2 -3 in dual mee t s , having

defea ted Car thage and Albion

early in the season and falling to

Olivet, Calvin a n d Kalamazoo.

The t e a m c la imed first in a field

of four in the I l l inois-Michigan

Q u a d hos ted by W h e a t o n

College, t o p p i n g Lake Forest,

W h e a t o n a n d rival Kalamazoo.

"Any t ime we swim Ka lamazoo

is i m p o r t a n t because for the last

several years they have b e e n

o u r biggest compe t i t i on at the

confe rence m e e t at the end

of the year," men's co-cap ta in

Aaron Ri t t enhouse ('12) said.

Hope 's m e n c la imed six

first place spots at the m e e t

with A n d r e w Rose ('12), Nick

H a z e k a m p ('13) a n d Jeff Shade

('12) tak ing first in o n e event

Sarah Sohn

each. The 400 medley relay t eam

of Hazekamp , Geoff L u d e m a

('13), Brian Yount ('12) a n d

Frayer ('12) t o p p e d Kalamazoo's

t e a m in the same event by

nearly two seconds . Frayer also

f in ished first in the 100- and 50-

yard freestyle. His win in the 50

was the th i rd such win for h im

this season. "[Frayer] is o u r bes t spr inter

and is vital to o u r t eam a n d our

relays," R i t t enhouse said. "He

has improved personal ly and

really s t epped u p for t h e t eam

bo th in his individual events

a n d on any relay tha t we put h im

on . He knows w h e n it's t ime to

race and h e never fails to p u t his

g a m e face on and get u p for big

races." The women ' s t e a m ho lds a 4 - 2

record so far this season.In the

I l l inois-Michigan Q u a d on Jan.

14, the w o m e n also h a d a chance

to swim against Kalamazoo,

w h o they defea ted by n ine

po in t s in their first mee t ing o n

Jan. 8 and w h o team co-cap ta in

Chelsea Wiese ('12) expec t s to

be Hope 's biggest compe t i t ion

for second or third place at the

M I A A championsh ip meet .

Kalamazoo topped the Flying

D u t c h by 16.5 po in t s in the m e e t

af ter H o p e beat the H o r n e t s by

11 po in t s on Jan. 6. Co-qapta ins

Libby West ra te ('13) and

Sohn ('12) bo th finisl

var ious events , wi th

tak ing the top spot in

a n d 100-yard freestyles

S o h n winn ing the 500 freestyle.

Wiese po in t ed to Wes t r a t e and

Sohn as two s w i m m e r s whose

ef for ts have part icular ly s tood

o u t this season. "Libby West ra te and Sarah

Sohn bo th have always been the

anchor s to the team," Wiese said.

"This year Erin Hos tad ('13) has

also really s t epped up. We lost a

big senior class and she's filled in

the gaps in different events and

d o n e really well."

T h e men's and women 's

t eams will wrap up their regular

h o m e season on Jan. 20 when

they host G r a n d Valley State in

the Dow.