mchor April, 2000

yWe are not perverts

H o p e C o l l e g e • H o l l a n d , M i c h i g a n • A s t u d e n t - r u n n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n • S e r v i n g t h e H o p e C o l l e g e C o m m u n i t y f o r I I 3 y e a r s

Prospective found with concealed weapon J U L I E G R E E N C A R R I E A R M O L D

c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r s

For i h c s e c o n d l i m e in l o u r

years, a student was d i scovered on

c a m p u s with a l oaded w e a p o n .

Nathan E u g e n e Power . 18, was

a prospect ive s tudent on T h u r s d a y /

April 6. Tha t morn ing C o o k Hall

residents discovered he was in pos-

sess ion of a h a n d g u n .

Publ ic Sa fe ty was contacted , and

P o w e r w a s a r res ted on the s cene

wi thout incident . He was b rought

to the Hol land Pol ice D e p a r t m e n t ,

where he was charged wi th car ry-

ing a concea led w e a p o n and being

a minor in posses s ion of a lcohol .

If convicted. Power could face up

to five yea r s in pr ison on the con-

cealed w e a p o n charge . He was re-

leased on a $2 ,500 bond on the con-

di t ion that he would not re turn to

H o p e Co l l ege property.

" I ' m glad students contacted their

s u p e r v i s o r . " sa id Greg M a y b u r y ,

Di rec tor of Opera t ions .

"O the rwi se , we would not have

k n o w n about it. H e ' s a person we

d o n ' t want to c o m e back on c a m -

pus .

Cour t records s h o w that P o w e r is

currently undergoing counse l ing for

genera l menta l heal th p rob lems .

"I t is j u s t a r e m i n d e r that e v e n

though H o p e Co l l ege s e e m s a very

s a f e a n d s e c u r e e n v i r o n m e n t , it

cou ld happen to us , " said Richard

Frost , Dean of S tuden t s .

Four years ago Public Safe ly con-

f i sca ted a r i f le found in the back

seat of a s tudent 's vehicle . Maybury

said that any s tudent found on cam-

pus wi th a gun would have it con-

f i s c a t e d by P u b l i c S a f e t y . T h e y

would thejr go ' th rough the school ' s

judic ia l p rocess .

H o w e v e r , the s c h o o l ' s p o l i c y

d o e s not apply to a person outs ide

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Congress Releases student pol l results • Most student expressed concerned with the condition of the Dow. especially the weight room

J U L I E G R E E N c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r s

The n u m b e r one compla in t o f the

Sludent C o n g r e s s poll , w h i c h was

taken in February, was the condi -

tion of the weight r o o m faci l i t ies in

the Dow.

The poll , w h i c h was done ove r

e -mai l wi th the he lp of the Frost

Center , resulted in 1.067 usab le slu-

dent responses . It covered ar-

eas l ike the D o w Cente r .

l a u n d r y f a c i l i t y ,

P h o n e H o p e , c a b l e

t e l e v i s i o n ,

K n o w H o p e , t he

K l e t z . a n d

Phe lps and C o o k

cafe ter ias .

" A lot the t ime

s tudents have con-

c e r n s a n d d o n ' t tel l #

S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s , " sa id

Student C o n g r e s s Pres iden t L o u i s

C a n f i e l d . " W e t h o u g h t f a c i l i t i e s

would be a good p lace to start be-

c a u s e it w a s b r o u g h t u p in pas t

yea r s . "

Accord ing to the survey, ove r 6 4

percent of s tuden t s use the facil i-

ties in the D o w C e n t e r once a week

or more , and ove r 4 4 percent use

the weight r o o m o n c e a w e e k or

more . H o w e v e r , over 59 percent of

s tudents sa id they we re d issa t i s f ied

wi th the weight r oom, mos t o f t en

c i t ing o v e r c r o w d i n g as the p rob lem

w h e n a n s w e r i n g the o p e n - e n d e d

c o m m e n t sec t ion of the survey.

S tudent C o n g r e s s r e c o m m e n d a -

t ions inc lude e x p a n d i n g it s ize and

purchas ing n e w equ ipmen t . A fur-

ther r e c o m m e n d a t i o n was to o p e n

the weight r o o m in Kol len to stu-

den t s , at least temporar i ly ,

to reduce o v e r c r o w d i n g ,

e s p e c i a l l y d u r i n g

H e a l t h D y n a m i c

c lass per iods .

M e m b e r s o f

C o n g r e s s coordi -

na ted the t h e m e

of the poll .

" A Task Fo rce

w a s in c h a r g e of

c a r r y i n g ou t t he sur -

vey," Canf ie ld said. It was

the Task Fo rce w h i c h p i cked the

Topic of the ques t ions .

T h e o the r area the poll indicated

t he D o w w a s l a c k i n g w a s in its

a e r o b i c m a c h i n e s . In r e s p o n s e .

C o n g r e s s p r o p o s e d to m a k e o n e of

the d a n c e r o o m s in the D o w into an

ae rob ic f i tness area w h e n the new

d a n c e bu i ld ing is opened .

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Anchor photo b y J u l i e G r e e n

M U R D E R O U S D A N C I N G : The Village Idiots perform the YMCA for the audience at the Murder Mystery Dinner on Saturday, April 8. Each person played a role, and at the end of the nighty everyone got to take a guess at 'whodunit'.

Women's Issues works to end sweatshop labor A N D R E W L O X Z spot l ight e d i t o r

A g r o u p of w o m e n sit at tables

b e h i n d c h i c k e n w i r e , s e w i n g

c lo thes .

A few male a r m e d guards patrol

the a rea , and the w o m e n are not

a l lowed to go to the b a t h r o o m o r

breathe f resh a i r wi thout pe rmis -

s ion.

M a n y peop le assoc ia te these im-

ages wi th fo re ign na t ions , bu t on

Wednesday , Apri l 5, th is v is ion of a

h u m a n r i g h t s v i o l a t i o n c a m e to

H o p e C o l l e g e t h r o u g h a m o c k

s w e a t s h o p crea ted by the W o m e n ' s

I ssues Organ iza t ion ( W I O ) .

T h e W I O hopes that their d e m -

ons t ra t ion will p r o m p t H o p e to j o i n

a g r o u p cal led the W o r k e r ' s R igh ts

C o n s o r t i u m ( W R C ) , s o t h a t t he

produc ts in the Hope -Geneva book-

s tore are not s e w n by s w e a t s h o p

labor. T h e Uni ted Sta tes G o v e r n -

men t has a mon i to r i ng sys tem to

inves t iga te the or ig ins of mater ia l s

s e w n f o r d o m e s t i c c o n s u m p t i o n ,

but those f indings are not disclosed.

T h e W R C would provide the names

and locat ions of the factor ies where

c lo thes are m a d e , a s well as condi

more >^ IO on 3

VanderProv co-founder joins Second City M A T T C O O K in te rmiss ion e d i t o r

The c o m e d y improv t roupe . Sec-

ond City, has p roduced m a n y stars,

inc lud ing Sa turday Nigh tL ive cast

members , s i tcom actors , a n d c o m -

edy writers .

Second City will soon w e l c o m e

another into its ranks : Kara Burk

COO).

"Th i s is o n e p lace T v e wanted to

work eve r sin e I can r e m e m b e r

go ing to it f o r the first t ime, and I

c a n ' t be l ieve as a g radua te I ' m go-

ing to be able to do th is ," Burk said.

" I t ' s comple t e ly h u m b l i n g in this

we i rd sort of surreal way . "

S e c o n d C i t y is an i m p r o v i s a -

t ional c o m e d y theater t roupe origi-

nal ly based in C h i c a g o that has ex-

p a n d e d to inc lude Toranto , Detroi t

a n d t o u r i n g g r o u p s .

B u r k h a s b e e n a c -

cepted into the tour ing

g r o u p f r o m S e c o n d

Ci ty Detroi t .

" I ' m an unders tudy

for the tour ing group ,

so it 's the lowest of the

low. But i t ' s O . K . I

d o n ' t m i n d . " B u r k

said. K . B U R K

B u r k . a theater a n d re-

l igion d o u b l e ma jo r , h a d

a d m i r e d i m p r o v f o r a

l o n g t i m e , e s p e c i a l l y

f r o m wa tch ing the Bri t -

ish v e r s i o n o f " W h o s e

Line is it A n y w a y ? " But,

s h e h a d n e v e r d o n e it

h e r s e l f u n t i l l as t f a l l ,

w h e n s h e c o f o u n d e d

V a n d e r p r o v , H o p e ' s

i m p r o v t roupe .

/ T w a s t h i n k i n g ' w h a t m a k e s

them able to d o t h a t ? ' " Burk said.

"1 can have a script in f ron t of m e

and m a k e a cha rac t e r ou t of that,

but wha t does it feel l ike to m a k e a

charac te r out of the b lue?"

A c c o r d i n g to Burk . her decis ion

to a u d i t i o n f o r S e c o n d Ci ty w a s

• ' comple te ly r a n d o m . " A f r i end of more BURK on 5

A n c h o r @ H o p e . E d u

( 6 1 6 ) 3 9 5 - 7 8 7 7

Student starts own painting business

S p o t l i g h t , page 3.

Saxophonist plays in Performance Series I n t e r m i s s i o n , page 5.

Roles of Catholic students examined Rel ig ion , page 6.

Lacross, best record yet, 5-1 S p o r t s , page 8.

C a m p u s Beat ^ A n c h o r Apr i l I 2, 2000

campus briefs I nves t i ga t i on c o n t i n u e s f o r sexua l assaul t

Speaker re lates w i t h h u m o r Holland Pol ice D e p a r t m e n t ' s in-

v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o a s e x u a l a s sau l t

compla in t filed by a f o r m e r H o p e

Co l l ege s o p h o m o r e is o n g o i n g .

" W e a r e st i l l w o r k i n g on t he

c a s e . " sa id p o l i c e c a p t a i n P a u l

He ineman . " A s for w h e n it is go-

ing to be wrapped lip. 1 d o n ' t even

want to guess . "

T h e assau l t w a s f i led wi th the

depar tmen t on Nov. 2 for a s exua l

assault thai a l legedly took p lace at

an Oct . 9 party.

A d m i n i s t r a t i o n d e n i e s

Hope Col lege adminis t ra t ion said

that pos te rs h u n g a r o u n d c a m p u s

c l a i m i n g t h a t t h e c o l l e g e h a s

d ropped its cur rent a lcohol pol icy

are false.

The poster , w h i c h ci tes a G r a n d

R a p i d s P res s a r t i c l e that q u o t e s

President James Bu l tman and D e a n

of S tudents R ichard Frost , is be ing

removed f r o m c a m p u s by the main-

tenance staff .

T h e pos t e r s ta ted that the ru le

w o u l d b e o f f i c i a l l y c o m m e n c e d

d u r i n g a g a t h e r i n g at B u l t m a n ' s

res idence on M o n d a y . M a y I. The

poster a l so c o n t a i n s the sen t imen t

that the s tudent ' s s t ruggle for a lco-

hol has f inal ly c o m e to e n d and a

thank you for the l i f t ing of " th is op-

press ive b u r d e n on o u r w e e k e n d

T h e s tudent c l a ims that the party

i nvo lved severa l f ra te rn i ty m e m -

bers . and that she was raped once

a n d f o r c e d to p e r f o r m o ra l s e x

twice .

Dean of S tudents Richard Frost

had no c o m m e n t on the co l l ege ' s

i nvo lvemen t wi th its o w n invest i -

ga t ion .

' T o a c k n o w l e d g e one way or the

o ther way would be to acknowledge

that the even t took place one \vay

or ano the r way . " Frost said.

a l c o h o l po l icy r u m o r s

l i ves" is c red i ted to a m e m b e r of a

Greek organ iza t ion .

"C lea r ly i t ' s a j o k e . " Frost said.

" T h e co l lege is not going to c h a n g e

its pos i t ion . "

A n a d v i s o r y w a s p o s t e d on

K n o w H o p e to i n fo rm s tudents that

the pos te rs are false , and to prevent

s tudents f r o m be l iev ing the pos te rs

and br inging a lcohol into c a m p u s

faci l i t ies .

" A s long as no one pe rce ives it

a s b e i n g real , t h e r e ' s n o t h i n g to

wor ry abou t . " said Louis C a n f i e i d

( ' 0 1 ) . S tuden t C o n g r e s s Pres ident .

Frost is c o n c e r n e d abou t the ad-

minis t ra t ive s t a f f ' s n a m e s be ing at-

tached to s t a t emen t s in the poster.

" T h e use of a p e r s o n ' s n a m e is

s o m e t h i n g se r ious , " Frost said.

EIG celebrates Earth Day 2000 CARRIE A R N O L D c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

T h e Env i ronmen ta l Issues G r o u p

(EIG) is lending a hand to the planet

on April 15 with the ce lebra t ion of

their annual Ear th J am.

Ear th J am. w h i c h is he ld f r o m

noon to 6 p . m . in c e l e b r a t i o n of

Earth Day. is a live event where stu-

dents can spend t ime outs ide , lis-

tening to bands , and learning how

to he lp the e n v i r o n m e n t . U n l i k e

most years , the even t h a s

been relocated f r o m the

P i n e G r o v e to t h e

grassy area b e t w e e n

Phelps and Lubbe r s

due to senior recit-

als in D i m n e n t

Chape l .

T h i s y e a r ' s

event will fea ture

the s tudent bands

W h i t e Vinyl . T h e

E p i s o d e . U r b a n

Ste l la r . G i n o S c a r e .

and Isaac and Nate Tr ip

( ' 0 2 ) . I n - b e t w e e n s e t s ,

m e m b e r s of EIG will speak on cur -

rent e n v i r o n m e n t a l issues. Tab les

will also be set up with env i ronmen-

tal in format ion .

" W e ' r e d o i n g this to c e l e b r a t e

Ear th Day and to c rea te a w a r e n e s s

about the Ear th and the p r o b l e m s

it's f ac ing . " sa id EIG co-pres iden t

Kris McMi l l en ( ' 02 ) . " W e ' r e focus-

ing on e d u c a t i n g p e o p l e a b o u t

things they can d o to he lp . "

Earth J a m is in tended to educa te

H o p e s t u d e n t s a b o u t the s i m p l e

things t h e y c a n d o to c lean up the

env i ronmen t . M c M i l l e n hopes that

the i n fo rma t ion p resen ted will en-

c o u r a g e s t u d e n t s to t a k e a c t i o n

a g a i n s t the m a n y e n v i r o n m e n t a l

p r o b l e m s that the planet is fac ing .

" P e o p l e h a v e to s tep up to the

plate and take s o m e a c t i o n , " s h e

said. "They need to real ize that they

c a n i n d i v i d u a l l y d o s o m e t h i n g .

Peop le think ' W h a t can I d o ? ' but

if we all have this a t t i tude, no th ing

will get d o n e . "

Bes ides Ear th J a m . EIG has a l so

been increas ing the scope of their

recyc l ing p rog ram that began this

semester . E IG is in the p rocess of

a d d i n g P h e l p s and

Van Vleck Hal ls

to the res idence

h a l l s o n t h e

South side of

c a m p u s .

T h e y are

h o p i n g to

inc lude the

entire c a m -

pus by next

fall .

" I t ' s really

g o i n g g r e a t ,

and t h e y ' r e do-

ing a g rea t j o b , "

M c M i l l e n s a i d . " W i t h o u t t h a t ,

t he re ' s n o recyc l ing p r o g r a m . "

Each year , E IG o r g a n i z e s th is

even t , w h i c h involves hund reds of

phone ca l l s as well as the reserva-

t ion of a s t age and s o u n d equ ip -

ment .

T h e g rounds crew must be con-

tacted for the tables, and the of f i -

cial Ear th Jam banne r has to be ap-

proved by the adminis t ra t ion .

" I t ' s jus t a lot of firsts." McMil len

said. " I t ' s m y first year as president ,

m y first Ear th J am. I t ' s a lot of trial

and error. Nex t year I ' l l k n o w bet-

ter. I t 's all been a big learning ex-

pe r i ence . "

JULIE GREEN c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

An orda ined minis ter , a Nick-At -

Nite host , a therapis t and a c o m e -

d ian : the 2 0 0 0 S tuden t C o n g r e s s

speaker . Will Mil ler , imp lemen ted

all his past careers in o n e speech on

Tuesday.

" W e a r e n o t h e a r i n g e n o u g h

abou t the more p r o f o u n d p r o b l e m s

of popula r cu l tu re , " Mi l l e r said.

In his speech , "Liv ing and Pros-

per ing as a Co l l ege S tudent in the

M o d e r n Pop Cu l tu re . " Mi l l e r used

h u m o r and p sycho the rapy exper i -

ences to expla in why society today

is m o r e e m o t i o n a l l y i m b a l a n c e d

than in the past.

" I n c r e a s i n g l y in the A m e r i c a n

cul ture , peop le are l iv ing out life in

perpe tua l d i scon ten t , " Mil ler said.

" W e k n o w wha t m a k e s life m e a n -

ingfu l . but life m a k e s us focus on

t h e m o r e t a n g i b l e ( m a t e r i a l )

th ings ."

Mi l l e r is a popu la r cu l ture ana-

lyst. In his speech he ou t l ined a few

th ings that have m a d e cur ren t cul-

ture the way it is.

Trying to be a control f r eak is one

p rob lem, he said. It makes soc ie ty

have anx ie ty or d e p r e s s i o n p rob -

lems.

" E n d u r i n g it he re and d ispe l l ing

it t h e r e . . . i n c r e a s i n g l y p e o p l e a r e

t a k i n g a n g e r ou t on s t r a n g e r s . "

Mil ler said.

A n o t h e r p rob lem is peop le w h o

at tach t h e m s e l v e s too tightly to one

person , exclus ively .

" W e s o will ingly and easily hinge

off ( f r o m people) . T o o f e w of us,

w h e n w e l a n d , r e m e m b e r to

rehinge ," Mil ler said. "I w o u l d urge

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Anchor pfooXo by Ju l i e G r e e n C O M X R O L F R E A K : Student Congress speaker

Will Miller shares his insight on popular culture with the audience. One problem, he said, is people who believe they can control everything.

you not to fall in to this popu la r cu l -

ture act of i so la t ion ."

To s t o p th i s f r o m h a p p e n i n g .

Mil ler told s tudents to connec t to

m a n y p e o p l e , b o t h t h o s e a r o u n d

y o u , a n d t h o s e n o t in y o u r a g e

g r o u p , w h o c a n m e n t o r y o u a n d

teach you , h e said.

" E v e r y o n e is suscept ib le to iso-

lation. Isolat ion is e n e m y n u m b e r

o n e . " Mi l l e r said.

T h o u g h the va r i ous n u m b e r of

p r o f e s s i o n s he has he ld may have

he lped h i m in his cu r ren t occupa -

tion, Mi l l e r sa id g iven the c h a n c e

to d o it over , he w o u l d have p icked

o n e c a r e e r t r ack a n d s t uck to it.

H o w e v e r , tha t is i n d e p e n d e n t in

each case .

" M o r e s o r ight now than ever , it

is s o m e t h i n g you c a n de f ine as you

go , " Mi l l e r said.

If this d o e s n ' t work , another pos-

sibility is to t empora r i ly m a k e one

of the racquetbal l r o o m s the fitness

area, wi th added stair s teppers , e x -

erc ise b ikes , and s o m e t readmi l l s .

O t h e r c o m p l a i n t s f r o m s tuden t s

inc luded the pr ice of laundry, the

poor m a i n t e n a n c e of the mach ines ,

the pr ice of P h o n e H o p e , the pr ice

of cable television and the low num-

ber of c h a n n e l s wi th cable .

K n o w H o p e , on the o the r hand ,

rece ived less cr i t ic ism on the sur-

vey. O v e r 6 3 pe rcen t of s tuden t s

check it once a day or more , wi th

87 percent of s tudents sat isf ied with

G U N from I

of the co l l ege c o m m u n i t y . W h i l e

s t uden t s are he ld r e s p o n s i b l e f o r

their gues ts , no of f ic ia l pol icy is in

p l ace for o ther visi tors .

" W h e n w e have peop le c o m i n g

f r o m all over , we have no way of

con t ro l l ing their b e h a v i o r , " Fros t

said.

T h e on ly m e a n s the co l lege has

to prevent such s i tua t ions f r o m re-

occur r ing is to p rosecu te v io la tors

under its " n o t respass ing" policy. In

such cases , the co l lege w o r k s with

the Hol land Pol ice and the cour t s .

O n e excep t ion to the " n o g u n "

pol icy is for hunt ing r i f les , which

mus t b e c h e c k e d in at the Publ ic

S a f e t y o f f i ce , a l t h o u g h M a y b u r y

said this, does not occur o f t en .

"The co l lege has an ongo ing con-

versat ion of the safe ty of the co l -

lege ," Frost said. " T h e even t of last

week r e in fo rces our need for those

conve r sa t ions . "

it. T h e only cr i t ic ism it took was for

the fact that it cou ld not be accessed

by s t u d e n t s in o f f - c a m p u s s t u d y

p r o g r a m s .

T h o u g h the on ly survey ques t ion

a s k e d w h i c h a f f e c t e d the D e w i t t

Cen te r concerned the Kletz, Student

C o n g r e s s had m a n y r e c o m m e n d a -

t ions for c h a n g e s to Dewit t .

O n e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s to re-

m o v e t he v i d e o g a m e s f r o m the

Kletz and rep lace them wi th lounge

furni ture, including couches , chairs ,

a big screen te lev is ion , and s o m e

tables .

O t h e r sugges t ions inc luded find-

ing al ternat ive activit ies for students

to do , l ike o r g a n i z e d ski t r ips, t r ips

to spor t ing even t s , and p e r h a p s a

d i s coun t pass a n d shut t le serv ices

to the S ta r T h e a t e r a r ranged by the

S o c i a l A c t i v i t i e s C o m m i t t e e , to

c u r b u n d e r a g e d r ink ing .

T h e poll was sent to eve ry stu-

dent w h o has a c a m p u s e -mai l . On

Wednesday , April 12, Congress will

pass ou t the i r r e su l t s and r e c o m -

m e n d a t i o n s .

" [ T h e y will go] to the pres ident

a n d p e o p l e w h o have s o m e inf lu-

ence ove r the areas (pol led) , like the

d i rec tor of the D o w , " Canf ie id said.

In response to community reaction to blackface floats in

Douglas' Mardi Gras parade

The Alliance for Cul tura l and Ethnic H a r m o n y

will h o s t a s h o w i n g a n d d i s c u s s i o n of t h e

a w a r d - w i n n i n g d o c u m e n t a r y

"Ethnic Not ions: Black People in Whi te Minds"

. . .a history of stereotyping in feature films, cartoons,

popular songs, household items, and children's rhymes

from 1820 to the civil rights era. "

7 p . m . Friday, Apr i l 14

D a v e n p o r t Co l l ege

W a v e r l y a n d 2 4 t h S t r e e t

H o l l a n d . M i c h i g a n

Apr i l I 2, 2000 / / ^ A n c h o r Spot l ight

Student starts own summer job A N D R E W LOXZ: spotlight editor

While o the r s tudents will spend

their summers work ing at gas sta-

t i o n s . a s s e m b l y l i n e s , a n d

te lemarket ing firms. Rusty Blondin

("02) will be running his o w n busi-

ness.

B l o n d i n . w h o h a s w o r k e d in

pa in t i ng the pas t f i ve s u m m e r s ,

started a f ranch i se of C o l o r w o r k s

in the Holland area for his s u m m e r N job. C o l o r w o r k s is an es tabl ished

painting c o m p a n y thai Blondin has

connec ted with to both earn m o n e y

and gain e x p e r i e n c e m a n a g i n g a

small business. Blondin was trained

in a day - long sess ion on h o w to

m a n a g e a C o l o r w o r k s f ranch i se in

the Holland area.

"I cove r Hol land . Zee land , and

South Haven ." Blondin said. " A n y -

where within 5 0 miles of Hol land

is my terri tory."

A s t h e b u s i n e s s m a n a g e r ,

Blondin has a number of dut ies that

he needs to fulf i l l , f r o m hir ing the

crew to keeping the bus iness ' finan-

cial account ing .

" M y m a i n responsibi l i ty is mar-

keting the bus iness , " Blondin said.

"I do thai through fl iers and busi-

ness cards . Eve ryone I meet I v iew

as a potential cus tomer . "

Adve r t i s i ng and p r o m o t i n g his

business* services are only part of

W I O from I

Blond in ' s j ob . He is a lso respon-

sible for pe r fo rming es t imates for

the pa in t ing j o b s that his c rew will

under take .

" I ' v e b e e n t r a ined to e x a m i n e

d a m a g e to the wood , the condi t ion

of the wood , whe the r I need paint

or slain or clear s tain," Blondin said.

Blondin is in charge of a p roduc-

tion manage r and a paint ing crew,

some of which are H o p e s tudents .

M a n a g i n g a paint ing c o m p a n y is

not s imply .i me thod f o r Blondin to

earn m o n e y

" I ' m a lso gett ing business in iem-

ship credi t , " Blondin said. "But it 's

lough. I w o k e up at .7:45 this morn -

ing to d o an es t imate . Right now,

I ' m j u g g l i n g school , work , a seri-

ous g i r l f r i end , and be ing a Bible

s tudy leader. I t ' s a tough job . bul

I ' m learning a lot ."

B l o n d i n . a b u s i n e s s m a j o r at

Hope , apprec ia tes the exper i ence

running his o w n business is g iving

h i m in addi t ion to his c l a s swork .

" I ' v e taken bus ines s c lasses at

Hope, bul I ' m learning a lot more

w i t h t h i s h a n d s - o n l e a r n i n g , "

B l o n d i n sa id . " T h e repe t i t ion of

es t imates is real ly dr iv ing my un-

ders tanding of what is go ing o n . "

Blondin feels that his hands-on

learning is prepar ing him for a ca-

reer in o w n i n g his own business .

Opera t ing a Co lo rworks f ranch i se

is just a short- term situation for him.

COLLEGIATE Anchor p h o t o b y J e n B o d i n e

T H E M I C H A E L A N G E L O O F E X T E R I O R S I D I N G : Rusty

Blondin ('02) poses in front of his business signs.

"I want to own my own bus iness and par t - t ime s tudent .

when I ' m older." Blondin said. " I ' m

not talking about m a k i n g money. I

j u s t like the concep t and the th ings

you d o to m a k e the money. I love

to scuba dive, and I 'd love to own a

d ive shop ."

But for right now, Blondin is con-

tent wi th being a part- t ime manage r

" I R u n n i n g m y o w n b u s i n e s s ]

m a k e s m e apprec ia te co l l ege and

not be ing out in the real wor ld , "

Blondin said.

Blondin men t ioned that there is

the possibi l i ty that H o p e might be

cont rac t ing h im to d o some paint-

ing on co l l ege facil i t ies.

" S o m e of the bu i ld ings could use

a face- l i f t , " Blondin said.

B lond in ' s c r e w begins work on

M a y 15th and will work through

Augus t 20th.

S t u d e n t s in teres ted in work ing

for B lond in ' s Co lo rworks firm over

the s u m m e r should contact h i m at

395 -6506 or (800) 477 -1001 x294.

lions within those factor ies .

" A s s ludents , the s w e a t s h o p is-

sue affects us direct ly ." said El iza-

beth Sturrus ( ' 03 ) . o n e of the W I O

m e m b e r s who organ ized the event .

"We hope lo jo in enough univers i -

ties in this consor t ium lo improve

ihe cond i t ions of swea tshops . One

voice may not m a k e a d i f fe rence ,

bul this c o m b i n e d e f for t can have

great e f fec t s . "

W h i l e the goal is lo e l i m i n a t e

sweatshops , W R C m e m b e r groups

still buy f rom ques t ionable p roduc-

tion facili t ies.

"We wouldn ' t r emove ourse lves

f rom buying clothes m a d e in sweat -

shop^," Sturrus said, "Bul we would

be creat ing better condi t ions within

the fac tor ies . "

T h e goal of W R C is lo r e f o r m

s w e a t s h o p s wi thou t dr iv ing them

out of bus iness , a solut ion lhal ac-

t ively improves w a g e s and condi-

t ions for workers ra ther than e l imi-

nat ing their only source of income.

If ihe books to re swi tched , pur-

chas ing through the W R C would

require H o p e Col lege to pay $ 1,000

each year.

Sturrus fee ls that is a small price

lo pay lo improve the quali ty of l ife

for d i sadvantaged w o m e n and chil-

dren.

" $ 1 , 0 0 0 w o u l d only cos t e ach

student at H o p e 33 cents , " S tur rus

said.

At the sweatshop, W I O circulated

a petition a m o n g observers to get

ihe admin i s t r a t i on to j o i n W R C .

Hope , Mich igan Tech, and Michi -

gan Slate Univers i ty are the three

m a j o r c o l l e g e s in M i c h i g a n that

h a v e not agreed to par t ic ipa te in

W R C .

"Right now, there is so much in

the e c o n o m y that we d o n ' t h a v e

control o f , " Sturrus said. "Bu l I can

d o s o m e t h i n g abou t what I wea r

and whe re I purchase it. I t ' s a re-

sponsibi l i ty of individuals to k n o w

what they are cont r ibut ing m o n e y

to ."

S tur rus w a s p leased with the re-

ac t ions of s tuden t s w h o c a m e to

obse rve the m o c k sweatshop , read

the o r g a n i z a t i o n ' s l i t e ra ture , and

s igned the peti t ion.

"1 l iked the s tudent response to

what h a p p e n e d , " S tur rus said, ' i t

g ives me a little more hope for this

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Sending a strict message The absurd na ture of v iolence in schools took a bizarre

twist recently as a p rospec t ive s tudent was arrested for

carrying a concea led gun o n t o c a m p u s dur ing a visit.

Hope .Col lege s tuden t s a r e o f t en w a r n e d about the

unpredictable nature of violence in the Holland, but rarely

does the issue c o m e into such clear focus on c a m p u s .

Luckily. Hope s tudents turned the prospec t ive student

into author i t ies . Publ ic Safe ty and area o f f i ce r s ac ted

quickly, potent ia l ly aver t ing a violent s i tuat ion, sending

a message that g u n s will not be tolerated at Hope .

T h e s e Hope s tudents , Hope of f ic ia l s and the Hol land

Police Depar tment should be c o m m e n d e d fo r taking swift

action. The re is no reason that a prospect ive student needs

to br ing a w e a p o n to c a m p u s . S tudents w h o may want to

hunt can have a gun on c a m p u s , but those w e a p o n s must

be turned into Publ ic Safe ty of f icers .

With the cons tant state of turmoil at H o p e , it w o u l d n ' t

be a stretch of the imag ina t ion to h a v e a c razed and

enraged individual taking pot shots. And the very concept

of an individual w h o feels they have nothing to lose, a la

C o l u m b i n e o r J o n e s b o r o , is f r i g h t e n i n g a r o u n d the

country.

F e a r s ex i s t f r o m the rea l i ty that is H o l l a n d . F i re

b o m b i n g s happened last s u m m e r and gangs do exist in

the area. W h a t shou ldn ' t be ove r looked is the fact that

violence can happen at Hope . Hope is subject to the s a m e

realit ies that the outs ide wor ld is. Living in the co l lege

bubb le can s o m e t i m e s distort that.

T h e col lege has set in place a swi f t and ef fec t ive policy

that e l iminates some of this fear. Second A m e n d m e n t

rights as ide, a weapon has no th ing to d o with a liberal

arts educat ion and the very p resence of g u n s on c a m p u s

would comple t e ly c h a n g e an a tmosphe re of safety that

s tudents should be able to fee l .

N o one should deny that v iolence, personal and sexual ,

takes place even at Hope . But the c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y

should feel safe k n o w i n g that guns will not be tolerated

at Hope . And tha t ' s a good start in p revent ing t ragic

s i tuat ions.

No one k n o w s w h y that p rospec t ive student felt the

need to br ing a gun on to c a m p u s . But it wou ld have only

taken one pull of the t r igger to f ind out.

your p r o i c e .

Freshman asks Hope to "open your doors 99

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To the Editor:

I 'd like to start out by congratu-

lating H o p e Col lege on its latest

ach ievement of being named to the

p res t ig ious l ist of " Q u e s t i o n a b l e

Schools for Gay, Lesbian and Bi-

sexual Students to Attend." What an

honor, or at least that 's what Dean

Richard Frost ' s c o m m e n t s regard-

ing the mat te r would lead me to

be l i eve , that i t ' s an h o n o r to be

named to that list, that it 's an honor

to exc lude certain s tudents .

Now, I d idn ' t g row up in the Re-

formed Church but based on what

Frost said it sounds to me like the

Refo rmed Church he knows is in-

c r e d i b l y e x c l u s i v e a n d v a l u e s

judgement much more than love. To

say that, " w e can love the individu-

als and provide them with Christian

hospitali ty but not condone the be-

havior ," is, to say the least, upset-

ting. W h a t hospitality can you pro-

vide fo r someone w h o you won ' t

a c c e p t a s a p e r s o n w i t h e q u a l

rights? T h e Christ ianity that I was

raised to believe in accepts every-

one as equal , and more important ly

the Christ ianity I k n o w loves un-

condit ionally.

Nearly every Sunday for 16 years

of my life I went to church , and

every Sunday I hea rd a d i f f e r e n t

message , but wha t ' s so ironic is the

fact that, a l though the message was

never the same in content , it w a s

a lways the same in pr inciple , the

gu id ing pr inciple of love. A s the

weeks wen t by each m e s s a g e re-

placed the other and I went on liv-

ing my life. And a l though today I

don ' t regularly attend church I can

still r e m e m b e r the message that I

f ind to be the t rues t of al l , l ove

breeds love-and hate breeds hate.

T h e lesson of love in which Chris-

tian doors need to be open the wid-

est to.

All I can ask of . ins t i tu t ions l ike

Hope is that they d o n ' t corrupt the

innately good message of Christ ian-

ity with personal bias and indoctri-

n a t e d bel iefs that are nothing more

than an addit ion of the human race 's

rel igious opinions . R e m e m b e r that

acceptance of loving choices , be-

havior , gene t ic d i spos i t ion , or in

general , sexual orientation is part of

our duty as humans to live a loving

life. N o w I ' m lef t to plead with the

inst i tut ion. O p e n your doors to re-

ligious people eve rywhere that be-

have in a loving manner , regardless

of sexual orientat ion.

O v e r t ime Chr i s t ' s m e s s a g e of

love has b e e n i n t e r p r e t e d in so

many d i f fe ren t lessons and s tory 's

that I th ink it has b e c o m e nearly

imposs ib le for any one person or

any one book to have all of the an-

swers and rules to live by. To say

that you w o n ' t condone "a behav-

io r" that m a y be based in love is to

u n d e r m i n e the bas ic pr inc ip le of

Christ ianity.

S a r a h S t u r t e v a n t ( ' 03 )

Hope College needs to decide who they want to be To the Editor:

T ime is running out. Only a f ew

more weeks and the Class of 2000

will no longer roam this campus .

Therefore , it would not surprise any

of you if I said I could care less

about the direction of Hope Col lege

in the future. I am, however , very

interested in where this col lege is

heading and the steps being taken

to get there. A s a result, I have a

chal lenge for the administrat ion for

the 2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1 s c h o o l year . T h e

chal lenge is decide w h o you are.

Let 's f ace the fact that Hope is

suffer ing f r o m an identity crisis. If

you can ' t tell, look at the press this

school has received in the last three

y e a r s . We are b a t t l i n g o v e r o u r

faiths, our openness and our image.

At the same time, it is as if we are

trying to hide our feel ings f r o m the

o u t s i d e c o m m u n i t y . T h e r e is no

s t rength to es tabl ish who w e are,

and the fai lure to do so has made

for s o m e very d i f f icu l t t imes fo r

current and new students. Year af-

ter year , s tuden t s c o m e to H o p e

under the impress ion that this is a

"good. Christ ian school ." However ,

I would find it hard to bel ieve that

the exper iences of the co l lege stu-

dents here match what we were ex -

pecting when we dec ided to at tend.

But the s tudents keep c o m i n g in,

and the result is still the s a m e con-

flict.

W h o we a r e is s o m e t h i n g w e

should be proud of , and someth ing

we should have no trouble open ing

up about . Tha t image is what w e

should m a k e clear, and that is wha t

wil l d r i v e p e o p l e to a t t end t h i s

s c h o o l . I f i n d m y s e l f , t h o u g h ,

a shamed about my school because

of the way that Hope conduc t s it-

self in the face of this identity cri-

sis.

This lack of an image is not only

hurt ing our school ' s reputa t ion, but

it is a f fec t ing the academic and ex-

tracurr icular l ife at Hope as well .

S A C is cri t icized for gambl ing at

ca s ino night and fpr s o m e of the

entertainment they bring to the cam-

pus. T h e Anchor gets it for br ing-

ing to light issues that may other-

wise get swept away. Depar tments

are put on the burner for trying to

t e a c h m u l t i p l e p e r s p e c t i v e s and

give us a sense of the people and

the v i e w s in the wor ld a round us.

The-ar t s s truggle over what is ap-

p ropr i a t e to p e r f o r m o r p roduce ,

m o s t of the t ime o v e r s h a d o w i n g

creativi ty f r o m the artists. But h o w

can anyone honest ly m a k e any al-

l e g a t i o n s a g a i n s t a n y o f t h e s e

g roups w h e n there is nothing for us

to f o l l o w and abide by?

So this summer , w h y not search

your souls and find out w h o you

really are, and what you are ready

to s t and f o r as p e o p l e and as a

school . Af te r all, this is the school

you have to l ive with. Then once

you have an opinion, why not share

that with everyone else . Until you

do let us k n o w wha t kind of school

H o p e really is, expect those a lumni

donations (which come f rom people

l ike m e ) to r ema in at an al l - t ime

low.

D a v e F l e m i n g ( '00)

SAC choice for Talent Jam emcee disappointing Dear Editor,

1 am wri t ing in response to the

Talent J am that w a s held Friday,

M a r c h 31 , at the K n i c k e r b o c k e r

Theatre; specifically, in response to

c o m e d i a n R i c h R a m i r e z w h o

served as emcee fo r the evening. I

was disappointed that col lege fund-

ing would serve to bring in "enter-

t a i n m e n t " l ike R a m i r e z , w h o s e

sources of c o m e d i c content w e r e

s t inging cul tura l s t e reo types and

sexual humor. I found the jokes of

the evening especially frustrat ing in

l ight of all of the e f fo r t recent ly

m a d e in increasing the value of di-

versi ty and in the e l imina t ion of

such stereotypes. It s eems painful ly

se l f -defeat ing, Hope , to champion

diversity and its s t rengths one day,

and to pay a comed ian to belittle it

the next.

On the o the r hand , I a p p l a u d ,

a m o n g the other acts, the s tand-up

comedy routine of Drew McCul l ey

( ' 00 ) (deservedly the winner of the

contes t ) w h o m a d e the c rowd roar

without regressing, like Ramirez, to

ch i ldhood jee rs of racial and gen-

der d i f ference . T h a n k s for showing

h im up. Drew. Hope can ' t af ford to

take so many s teps backwards , es-

pecial ly in the cou r se of a s ingle

evening.

K y l a M o o r e , ( ' 01 )

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G r a m m y winning jazz musician in GPS — — — f n r . r n m p m n R r n w n . a n d d r u m m e r as g iv ing a c l in ic for H o p e ' s jazz E m e r s o n said.

MATT" C O O K in te rmiss ion e d i t o r

Q u a d r u p l e G r a m m y n o m i n a t e d

music ians d o n ' t c o m e to the Hope

Co l l ege c a m p u s everyday , but the

Great P e r f o r m a n c e Ser ies will fea-

ture one in the last conce r t of the

season. Tenor s a x o p h o n i s t J o e U o v a n o

wi l l p e r f o r m w i t h h i s t r io at t he

Knickerbocker T h e a t r e on Friday at

8 p.m. " H i s credent ia ls a lmos t speak for

themse lves , " said De rek E m e r s o n .

H o p e C o l l e g e a r t s c o o r d i n a t o r .

" H e ' s one of the top j a z z s a x o p h o n e

players out there today ."

With ove r 30 years expe r i ence in

the j a zz wor ld . L o v a n o has explored

a variety of d i f f e ren t e n s e m b l e for -

mats , has recorded a n u m b e r of ac-

c l a i m e d a l b u m s , a n d h a s

w o r k e d w i t h s o m e o f t he

best k n o w n art ists in mod-

e m j azz inc lud ing Elvin

Jones , J o h n Scof ie ld ,

a n d J o s h u a

R e d m a n . t 4 H e ' s r e a l l y a

d i v e r s e a r t i s t , "

E m e r s o n s a i d .

" H e ' s a lways try-

ing new things. He

d i d n ' t f ind a n iche

and jus t st ick with

it ."

L o v a n o is cur -

rently tour ing with

C a m e r o n B r o w n , a n d d r u m m e r

Idris M u h a m m a d . L o v a n o ' s mus ic

g ives these mus i c i ans a

chance to be fea tured .

" M y mus ic g ives all

of the mus ic ians a lot

of f r e edom," Lovano

s a i d . " W h e n

y o u p l a y

f o r a f ee l -

^ ing a n d try

y * ' to be expres -

sive and impro-

v i s e w i t h y o u r

w i s d o m a n d

k n o w l e d g e , th ings

^ A n c T o r p h o t o c o u r t e s y W l , 1 h a P P e n f a s l -P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s In addi t ion to his

concert , L o v a n o will

l iejazz world . L o v a n o has explored a t r io c o n s i s t i n g of h i m . bas s i s t b e speak ing to an IDS class , as well a l ; B n a v e u C C u v u i a i a u o . . . 6 ,

New publ icat ion addresses evangelical v iewpoint — J u . ; K w >mth R r a n d k a m n does not see " T h e Mill- a d d r e s s is the ro le of fai th in a I

as g iv ing a c l in ic for H o p e ' s j a z z

s tudents .

T h e t ime for the c l in ic has not

been f ina l ized .

E m e r s o n feels that it is impor tan t

to incorpora te j a zz into the Grea t

P e r f o r m a n c e Ser ies b e c a u s e it is a

fo rm of music that is not of ten heard

in its top f o r m in this area .

" W h a t w e ' r e trying to d o is o f f e r

to H o p e s tuden t s s o m e mus ic they

w o u l d n ' t typical ly hear , " E m e r s o n

said.

Th i s is the end of this year ' s Grea t

P e r f o r m a n c e Ser ies , and E m e r s o n

is p leased wi th h o w the year wen t ,

b e c a u s e e v e r y g r o u p l ived up to

their p romise .

" I t ' s been successful in that all the

a c t s h a v e b e e n o u t s t a n d i n g , "

E m e r s o n said.

N e x t y e a r ' s Grea t P e r f o r m a n c e

Ser ies will f ea tu re seven acts in-

stead of s ix, and a mixture of d i f -

ferent types of p e r f o r m a n c e .

" W e h a v e a c o u p l e of u n u s u a l

th ings p l a n n e d , " E m e r s o n said.

T h i s i n c l u d e s t h e Q u a r t e t t o

Gela to , a Canad i an classical music

quar te t that is k n o w n for p laying

m u s i c f r o m di f fe ren t genres . Also,

a b lues g r o u p will p e r f o r m in the

G r e a t P e r f o r m a n c e Ser ies for the

f i rs t t ime. They are cal led Sapphi re

and the Uppi ty B l u e s w o m e n .

T icke t s for F r i d a y ' s concer t are

a v a i l a b l e at t he t i c k e t o f f i c e in

DeWit t , as well as at the door. They

cos t $12 .50 for adul ts , $10 .50 for

seniors , and $6 .50 for s tudents .

M A T T C O O K i n te rmiss ion e d i t o r

Manila fo lders full of newsle t te rs

taped to the wal l have b e c o m e a

r e g u l a r f e a t u r e on c a m p u s . T h e

newest publ icat ion to be dis t r ibuted

a m o n g the Hope c o m m u n i t y is " In-

k l ings ." " I n k l i n g s , " w h i c h d e r i v e s i ts

name f r o m a g r o u p C.S . L e w i s was

once a m e m b e r of whi le he was in

col lege, is meant to b e a per iodical

publ ica t ion ref lec t ing the evange l i -

cal Chris t ian voice on c a m p u s , ac-

cord ing to ed i tor John B r a n d k a m p

( 01). . " I t ' s real ly surpr i s ing to m e that ,

in terms of writ ten publ icat ions, that

the re is n o f o r m a l l y e v a n g e l i c a l

n e w s l e t t e r o r j o u r n a l b e i n g p u t

fo r th , e i t h e r o f f i c i a l l y o r u n o f f i -

cially," B r a n d k a m p said.

B r a n d k a m p recent ly c rea ted the

first issue ol " Ink l ings" h imse l f and

d is t r ibuted it a r o u n d c a m p u s . He

plans on br inging o ther wr i te rs into

the pro jec t and be ing able to pub-

lish it monthly .

B r a n d k a m p is very ca re fu l in the

w o r d s he uses, and h e p u r p o s e l y

chose the word " e v a n g e l i c a l " for

the miss ion of his newslet ter , ra ther

than "conse rva t ive . "

"I d o n ' t l ike the word ' conse rva -

t ive ' on ly b e c a u s e it conno te s so-

cial and poli t ical t e rms a long with

t h e o l o g i c a l , " B r a n d k a m p said. "I

a m a theologica l conserva t ive , bu t

poli t ical ly and social ly that d o e s n ' t

a lways equate to be ing conservat ive

theo log ica l ly . "

A c c o r d i n g to B r a n d k a m p , t he

• d e f i n i t i o n of e v a n g e l i c a l i s m in

Chr is t iani ty is a focus on the cen-

trali ty of the role of Chr is t , and us-

i ng t he B i b l e a s a l e n s t h r o u g h

which to interpret the world .

" T h e one u n m o v a b l e part in wha t

I wan t ' I nk l ings ' to be about , is that

it looks to one s tandard , which is

the sc r ip tu re . " B r a n d k a m p said.

B r a n d k a m p w a s inspired to c r e -

ate " I n k l i n g s " par t ly by his o w n

Up and Coming

• Senior A r t Show

DePree Gallery

events f o t this week. . .

1 p.m.

• Five student directed

one-act plays D e W i t t Studio Theater

^ 1 P m- ^ S P m-

• jazz Chamber Ensembles • "Grimes Against Nature"

Whichers Auditor ium Dr. Ghris Kilmartin Original solo piece

Knickerbocker Theatre

>TV\ S p.m. I l l K v

• Student Ghoreographed

Dance Goncert

Knickerbocker Theater

7 p.m.

• Visiting Wr i te rs Series

Luis Rodriquez and Susan

Atefat Peckham

Dimnent Ghapel

10 p.m.- >2 a.m. 1 P-m

• Noah Compromise

Live interview and perfor-

mance

89.9WTHS

• Jazz Ensemble

Backstreet Bistro

13 W 7th St.

search for truth.

" A s I ' v e got ten older, I ' v e go t -

ten to the point where I ' v e real ized

that if I bel ieve some th ing , I have

to have a reason for why I be l ieve

that , and it has to have a solid foun-

d a t i o n r e s t i n g u n d e r n e a t h , "

B r a n d k a m p said.

O n e of his goa l s for " Ink l ings" is

to be able to expla in to o ther evan -

gelical Christ ians what they believe.

" I ' m not really interested in try-

ing to conv ince s o m e b o d y w h o has

a l ready set their feet in concre te , "

B r a n d k a m p said. " B u t there are a

lot of peop le on c a m p u s w h o are

g rowing into w h o they are, and are

wan t ing to find out w h a t it is that

they be l ieve and why they be l ieve

it ."

T h e idea to publ ish a newsle t te r

had been in B r a n d k a m p ' s h e a d for

a whi le , but he was fu r the r inf lu-

enced w h e n " T h e Mi l l s tone ," a part

o n - l i n e , pa r t p r i n t e d n e w s l e t t e r

which B r a n d k a m p cal ls "qu i te lib-

e r a l " , a p p e a r e d o n c a m p u s .

BURK from I

B r a n d k a m p does not see " T h e Mill-

s t one" as compe t i t ion , but as par t

of a d ia logue .

"I l ike the idea of hav ing these

d i f f e r en t v i e w p o i n t s p resen ted s o

that peop le a ren ' t al-

l o w e d to j u s t g o

a l o n g in the i r p re -

s u p p o s e d w o m b

t h i n k i n g ' I ' m f i n e

b e c a u s e I ' m f i n e '

j u s t b e c a u s e , "

B r a n d k a m p said.

S o m e o f t he is-

s u e s B r a n d k a m p

plans to touch on in

the d i a logue are is-

s u e s h e f ee l s h a v e

been conf ron t ing the c a m p u s for the

past few years , including p lura l i sm.

" T h e m o r e plural is t ic w e ' r e be-

c o m i n g , the more d i f f icul t it is to

have any sense of wha t a n y t h i n g

m e a n s because w e no longer have

a founda t iona l concep t to be able

to bui ld upon , " B r a n d k a m p said.

A n o t h e r i s s u e " I n k l i n g s " w i l l

Brandkamp

address is the role of fai th in a lib-

eral arts educa t ion .

"I th ink s o m e t i m e s in a liberal

arts e n v i r o n m e n t , we tend to orga-

n ize th ings acco rd ing to wha t we

can ca lcula te and ca tego-

r ize a n d put into a b o x , "

B r a n d k a m p sa id . " A n d

f a i t h k i n d of g e t s l e f t

ou t . "

S o far , B r a n d k a m p is

p leased with the c a m p u s '

r e a c t i o n to " I n k l i n g s , "

and he has a l ready been

a p p r o a c h e d by s e v e r a l

s t u d e n t s i n t e r e s t e d in

wri t ing for h im. He hopes

to h a v e one m o r e i s sue

out this semester , and then to release

" I n k l i n g s " m o n t h l y s t a r t ing nex t

fall . He h o p e s " I n k l i n g s " will be a

construct ive addition to the comirm-

nity.

" I d o n ' t w a n t to s h e d h e a t , "

B r a n d k a m p said. "I wan t it to be

s o m e t h i n g that b r ings m o r e light

into the d ia logue . "

he rs f r o m h o m e was audi t ioning to

take c lasses wi th the t roupe .

O f t e n S e c o n d City hires ac tors

that g o th rough a ser ies of t ra ining

c l a s s e s t h e y o f f e r . B u r k t h o u g h t

abou t audi t ioning f o r these c lasses

jus t to give her someth ing to d o if

she was not ab le to f ind a j o b a f t e r

g radua t ion .

But, the aud i t ion took place dur-

ing S p r i n g B r e a k w h e n she w a s

away. So Burk dec ided to audi t ion

for the t roupe itself the next week .

All she was required to br ing was

a pho tograph and her r e sume .

"I d i d n ' t have to have anyth ing

prepared , where for the o ther stuff

I was aud i t ion ing for. 1 had to have

th ings p repa red , " Burk said. "I just

k n e w I had to go and improv it ."

The f irs t audi t ion took p lace in

"Detroit. Burk was in a g r o u p of six

p e o p l e w h o we re a sked to g o on

s tage and then directed in a series

of improvisa t ional games des igned

to d isp lay their range. Mos t of the

o ther people in the aud i t ion were

older than Burk , and had taken the

Second City classes.

" W h e n I first wen t in 1 was to-

tally in t imidated, and then once I

s tarted mee t ing them I was jus t re-

ally comfor t ab le act ing with t hem."

Burk said.

The audit ion lasted for 30 min -

utes, and as she left. Burk wasn ' t

sure what to think about it. T h e next

day she got a call asking her to c o m e

back for the second round of audi-

t ions . She was surpr ised .

"I d i d n ' t think I had a c h a n c e at

all, but at the s a m e t ime it was so

c o m f o r t a b l e and it felt so right, that

it s eems like m a y b e this is supposed

to h a p p e n . " Burk said.

T h e c a l l b a c k a l s o i n v o l v e d

improv, as well as r ead ing f r o m a

script and s inging. T h a t night , Burk

f o u n d out that she was in.

" I t ' s real ly a qu ick p rocess w h e n

I think b a c k , " Burk said. "Wi th in

that a m o u n t of t ime. I knew. It was

kind of s t r ange . "

Burk credi t s her e x p e r i e n c e s at

Hope in the theater depa r tmen t and

with Vanderp rov for he lp ing pre-

pare her for Second City, despite the

fact that it is a smal l co l lege and not

an act ing conserva tory .

" I ' m surpr ised so m a n y peop le in

the theater depar tment have j o b s af-

ter g radua t ion in so m a n y aspects

of i t ," Burk said. "Yet. we all c a m e

f r o m a smal l school that s e e m s to

have l i m i t e d op t ions . But w e ' v e

received good t ra in ing and w e ' v e

a l so r ece ived f r e e d o m to p u r s u e

other aspec t s of it."

For Burk . the reason she is d r a w n

to theater c a n be s u m m e d up in a

story told to her by T o m Key. an

ac to r w h o v i s i t ed H o p e . Key, a

Christ ian actor, was s t ruggl ing with

wha t Burk cal ls "ques t ionab le ma-

terial" in a play he w a s in. He tells

the story of be ing a p p r o a c h e d af ter

a p e r f o r m a n c e by a w o m a n w h o

told h i m she h a d cance r and for two

hours he m a d e her forget her can-

cer and f ind joy in her life.

"I think that j oy and truth are the

r e a s o n s I d o theater ," Burk said.

Burk a l so d r a w s on he r fai th in

he r ac t ing .

" I t ' s been a hard batt le because

I ' m a person of fa i th and I ' m a per-

son of art, and peop le a lways ques-

tion how my failh c a n fit into my

ar t ," Burk said. "But . I think if I was

not a Chr is t ian , I cou ldn ' t b e an ac-

tor because I have to have a c o m -

plete solid k n o w l e d g e of w h o I am

and w h o G o d is in re lat ion to me,

and w h o e v e r y o n e e lse in the world

is ." Burk d o e s not k n o w wha t will

c o m e ahead in her life b e y o n d Sec-

o n d City, and she is hesi tant to set

goals b e c a u s e she has learned that

they can be reached .

" S e c o n d City was this big d ream,

and I have a p i ece of that , and it 's

l ike ' O K . so w h a t ' s n e x t ? " ' Burk

said. ' She does , however , hope to re-

u n i t e w i t h t h e p e o p l e s h e h a s

w o r k e d with at Hope. " O n e day. I wan t to start a the-

ater with some f r iends f r o m Hope . "

Burk said. " B e c a u s e all of us are

j u s t so dist inct and there ' s so many

g i f t ed p e o p l e at H o p e that I don t

think we we re all put he re wi thout

a r ea son . "

R e l i g i o n the A n c h o r A p r i l I 2 , 2 0 0 0

R A N D O M S A M P L I N G S

Jane Bast

The same team My h o m e l o w n has two large,

re l igious, p r iva te h igh schools .

O n e is Proles lanl . (he o ther is

Cathol ic .

T h e r ivalry be tween the t w o

schools . Chr i s t i an High a n d

Cathol ic Cent ra l , is s o s t rong,

basketbal l p layers are f r equen t

v ic t ims of pre and p o s t g a m e

violence. A Cathol ic seminary .

St. Joseph , is the batt le g round

for a l coho l - induced rumbles . I t 's

sort of like a less cha rged ,

nonracial vers ion of West Side

Story.

Al though s te reo types run

rampant th rough the o p p o s i n g

ha l lways . Chr is t ian High and

Cathol ic Cent ra l are bas ica l ly

identical schools . Both are

most ly Caucas ian , most ly

wealthy, mos t ly conse rva t ive .

S tuden t s f r o m both schoo l s

share the s a m e ne ighbo rhoods ,

the s a m e c lo th ing labels and

work toge ther at the s a m e after-

school j o b s .

And the mos t o b v i o u s

s imilar i ty o f t e n e s c a p e s bo th

high schools . T h e y ' r e bo th

Chr is t ian .

But .ii basketbal l g a m e s ,

referees can cut the tens ion with

a knife. The scoreboard a l w a y s

reads "Chr i s t i an vs. Ca tho l i c . "

At Hope , the s co reboa rd

doesn ' t p roc la im a d iv id ing line

be tween the two fac t ions .

Instead, s tudents d o it subt ly

with their o w n ignorance .

M i s i n f o r m e d Protes tant

s tudents w h o d a m n Ca tho l i c s to

Hell because . " C a t h o l i c s a r e n ' t

Chr is t rans ." a ren ' t evi l ; t h e y ' r e

just ignorant and biased. T h e i r

ignorance c o m e s partly, f r o m the

l anguage Chr i s t i ans u s e to

descr ibe t h e m s e l v e s .

If you ask a Pro tes tan t s tudent

what he r rel igion is, c h a n c e s are

she won ' t reply. "Wel l . 1 was

raised Nor th A m e r i c a n Free

Bible C h u r c h , but now I ' m a

cha r i smat i c Pen tecos ta l . " She

will call herself a Chr i s t ian . Ask

a Cathol ic s tudent the s a m e

liiestion. and c h a n c e s are . that

tudent will say, " I ' m Ca tho l i c . "

W h y ' Because unl ike

I ' lo ies tanl ism. Ca tho l i c i sm

mains uni ted and it is by far

ihe largest fo rm of Chris t iani ty .

Il doesn ' t need exp lana t ion .

Protestant fac t ions are o f t en

so regional , that ou t s ide of y o u r

h o m e t o w n , and cer ta in ly ou ts ide

of the Uni ted States, f e w peop le

k n o w wha t they are. W h e n ' s the

last t ime you saw a North

A m e r i c a n Free Bible C h u r c h in

B o t s w a n a ?

Protes tants are so d iv ided .

they have to appea l to the least

c o m m o n d e n o m i n a t o r in order

to be unde r s tood .

And w h e n Protes tants call

t hemse lves Chr i s t ians , s o m e

c o n f u s e that to m e a n Protes tants

are the on ly Chr i s t i ans . I t 's

ignorance and it 's not expec tab le

for the Chr is t ian Church .

1 think back to my h o m e t o w n .

H o w r id iculous our schools

must look to the non-Chr i s t i an

c o m m u n i t y . W h a t a w o n d e r f u l

m e s s a g e w e mus t send about the

t r a n s f o r m i n g love of Chris t each

t ime w e j u m p each o ther in the

pa rk ing lots ou t s ide of baske t -

ball games .

Pro tes tants and Catho l ics

o f t e n forget that w e ' r e on the

s a m e team. We worsh ip the

s a m e G o d . the s a m e Son and the

s a m e Holy Spirit , but for s o m e

reason w e ' r e hel l -bent on

m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g each other.

1 real ize his tory has set a

pret ty d i sgus t ing p receden t for

C h u r c h - w i d e reconci l ia t ion , but

there is still hope . Right now.

P o p e John Paul II is set t ing a

w o r l d w i d e e x a m p l e of Chr is t ian

humil i ty .

A s he bravely begs the wor ld

for fo rg iveness for the mora l

e r rors of the Ca tho l i c Church ,

all Chr i s t ians , Ca tho l i c or not,

should learn f r o m his example .

We should m a k e this a t ime of

c h u r c h - w i d e pen i t ence and

reconci l ia t ion.

Af te r all, w e ' r e p lay ing on the

s a m e t eam. No t eam c a n be

e f f ec t ive until il learns to love

across the d i f f e r e n c e s of its

p layers . T h i s means rea f f i rming

the reali ty of ou r s imilar i t ies and

educa t ing each o ther about our

d i f f e rences .

N o w is the season of Lent, the

C h u r c h ' s t ime of repentance and

in t rospect ion . If m e m b e r s of the

C h u r c h take Lent seriously and

genuine ly seek forgiveness , w e

c a n all jo in h a n d s together in the

j o y of Chr i s t ' s Eas te r resurrec-

t ion. Af te r all, w e ' r e on the same

l e a r n .

rienclly Service!

L i s t e n t o ll ie H a z a r d C o .

All S t a r s

M o n d a y s 2 - 4 p . m . o n 8 9 - 9

W T H S

Let Andi rew and Jane service all your needs. 11

Being Catholic at Hope ^ Catholic students

fight misconceptions

and stereotypes while

learning more about

their own faith.

JANE BAST r e l i g i o n e d i t o r

Catho l i c i sm is the oldest f o r m of

Chris t iani ty , but that doesn ' t m a k e

it any easier for s o m e Hope Col lege

s tudents .

Ca tho l i c s tuden t s still c o n f r o n t

c a m p u s - w i d e i g n o r a n c e w h e n rt

c o m e s to their re l ig ious faith.

" T h e r e ' s a certain level of igno-

r a n c e on H o p e ' s c a m p u s , " s a i d

U n i o n of C a t h o l i c S t u d e n t s c o -

President Todd D y e ( ' 01 ) . " T h e r e ' s

so many kids w h o haven ' t been ex-

posed to Ca tho l i c i sm , and d u e to

their lack of exposure , they view it

as s t range ."

Th i s lack of e x p e r i e n c e s o m e -

t imes man i f e s t s itself in the fo rm of

s t e r e o t y p e s a n d m i s c o n c e p t i o n s

about Ca tho l ics and the be l i e f s of

the Cathol ic C h u r c h .

" W h e n 1

tell peop le

I ' m f r o m a

f a m i l y o f

e ight , they

a u t o m a t i -

c a l l y s ay ,

' O h , y o u

m u s t b e

C a t h o -

l i c , ' " s a id

Louis Wil -

l iams ( ' 0 1 ) . "I a m Ca tho l i c , but my

m o m w o u l d h a v e h a d e igh t k ids

even if we were Buddhis t s . S h e jus t

loves kids ."

Non-Catho l ic s tudents of ten mis-

cons t rue the Ca tho l i c venera t ion of

Mary , the mo the r of Chris t and the

venera t ion of the Saints .

" I ' v e def in i t e ly h a d peop le say,

' O h . y o u w o r s h i p M a r y , ' " s a id

C o o k H a l l R e s i d e n t D i r e c t o r

M o n i c a Marce l i s . " T h a t ' s a h u g e

m i s c o n c e p t i o n . It d o e s n ' t b o t h e r

me , but I find it d i s tu rb ing that stu-

den t s c h o o s e to be l ieve it because

that 's what they 've been told before ,

instead of ask ing ques t ions . "

U C S c o - P r e s i d e n t M a r y j a n e

M u r p h y ( ' 0 1 ) has a l so heard these

misconcep t ions .

" S o m e s tudents say w e w o r s h i p

Mary, or the Pope , " Murphy , said.

Anchor graphic b y C h a d S a m p s o n

I think the most common

misconception is Catholics

aren't Christians.. .One still

hears that. — D r . Steven H e m e n w a y

Engl ish Professor

"They think w e pray to b e a d s . "

S o m e s tudents e v e n mis t ake C a -

tho l i c i sm as a non-Chr i s t i an rel i-

g ion.

"I think the mos t c o m m o n mis -

c o n c e p t i o n is C a t h o l i c s a r e n ' t

Chr i s t i ans , " said Engl ish p ro fe s so r

S tephen H e m e n w a y . " I t ' s very easy

to expla in

to s o m e -

o n e t h e

o r ig ins of

P r o l e s -

tan t i sm as

a b r a n c h

off of C a -

tho l i c i sm.

B u t o n e

still hea r s

tha t . "

C a t h o l i c s d o n ' t w o r s h i p Mary ,

the S a i n t s or t he P o p e . I n s t e a d ,

M a r y and the Saints are s h o w n spe-

cial honor , cal led venera t ion . S o m e

m o r e t r a d i t i o n a l C a t h o l i c s m a y

choose to pray to Mary or to a Saint ,

but in doing so, they are p ray ing to

Chris t .

" I t ' s not worsh ip , " Marce l i s said.

" Y o u ' r e p ray ing to Chris t , but you

ask the Saint or Mary to in te rcede

on y o u r b e h a l f . T h e r e a s o n t h e

Sa in ts are so honored are b e c a u s e

they, l ike us, are h u m a n s . A lot of

Sa in ts were w a y w a r d be fo re they

f o u n d C h r i s t . T h e y s e r v e a s e x -

a m p l e s . "

Ca tho l ics do not pray to the ro-

sary, a s t rand of b e a d s connec t ed to

a cross . T h e rosa ry se rves as a de-

vot ional and can be used as a f o r m

of spiritual d isc ipl ine . T h e beads on

P R A Y E R S

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wor ld c h u r c h .

H o p e C h u r c h ( R C A )

Third R e f o r m e d

S t . F ranc i s d e Sa les C a t h o l i c

W e s t e r n T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y

t h e r o s a r y r e p r e s e n t t y p e s o f

p rayers , l ike the Glory Be, O u r Fa-

ther or Hail Mary.

N o n - C a t h o l i c s tudents may a l so

mis s the s i g n i f i c a n c e of C a t h o l i c

t rad i t ions and pract ices dur ing the

s eason of Lent .

"I w a s exc i ted that w e gave ashes

in C h a p e l on A s h Wednesday , but I

d o n ' t t h ink the s i g n i f i c a n c e w a s

fu l ly e x p l a i n e d , " Marce l i s said. "1

think s o m e s tudents lef t that expe -

r ience not k n o w i n g any th ing m o r e

than be fo re .

M a r c e l i s i s q u i c k to a d d t h a t

a shes are s ign i f i can t f o r all Chr i s -

t ians, not j u s t Ca tho l ics . T h e a shes

r ep re sen t the unc lean l ines s of sin

and the need for redempt ion , as well

as s y m b o l i z e a pe r son ' s repentance .

" A t m y chu rch the a shes c o m e

f r o m the p a l m f r o n d s f r o m Pa lm

S u n d a y o f t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r , "

Marce l i s said.

S t u d e n t s may a l s o be u n a w a r e

why s o m e Ca tho l i c s c h o o s e to eat

fish on Fr idays rather than red meat

or poultry.

" I t ' s in r ecogn i t ion that this is a

s ea son of sac r i f i ce , " Marce l i s said.

T h e s a m e p r i n c i p l e g u i d e s w h y

s o m e C a t h o l i c s c h o o s e to g i v e

s o m e t h i n g u p for Len t , a pract ice

Pro tes tan t s a l so p e r f o r m .

Marce l i s fee l s that m u c h of the

i gno rance c a n be e l imina ted if stu-

den t s ask q u e s t i o n s w h e n they are

c o n f u s e d abou t a belief or tradit ion.

"I haven ' t exper ienced a lot of cu-

riosity f r o m students , which is s o m e

what d i sappo in t ing . " Marce l i s said,

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what d isuppoini ing ," Marce l i s said.

' T d ralhcr s tudenls ask ques l ions . "

U C S has laken a role in answer-

ing q u e s t i o n s by e d u c a t i n g bo th

Cathol ic and non-Ca lho l i c s tudenls

abou t C a t h o l i c i s m a n d C a t h o l i c

pract ices.

" W e try to e d u c a t e m e m b e r s so

that when r o o m m a t e s or f r i ends ask

them tough ques t ions , they k n o w

enough to a n s w e r . " Dye said.

T h e g roup , which mee ts at 9 p.m.

on W e d n e s d a y n i g h t s in t h e

Pres ident ' s R o o m in G r a v e s Hall ,

we l comes all s tudents regard less of

their church b a c k g r o u n d .

U C S has a l so b rought Father Bill

Duncan o f O u r Lady of the L a k e

p a r i s h , o n e o f t w o C a t h o l i c

c h u r c h e s in H o l l a n d , to c o n d u c t

ques t ion and a n s w e r s e s s ions on

campus .

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Jul ie . Sara , and A.J.I It was on ly a

f e w y e a r s a g o w h e n t he " g o o d t imes" s tar ted. Look ing f o r w a r d to

the t ime capsu les ! — F r o m a f e l low

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you do s l eep a lot. -A

J a n e - 1 h a v e n ' t had a talk l ike that

in a whi le . Thanks . -A

Him? He ' s dead now.

P raye r g r o u p w h i c h m e e t s in the

b a s e m e n t of Peale Sc ience center

eve ry T u e s d a y at 9 p .m.

" W e usual ly [have ques t ion and

answer sess ions] in S e p t e m b e r or

Oc tobe r , " M u r p h y said. " W e gel a

lot of n o n - C a t h o l i c s tuden t s with

s o m e real ly in teres t ing and lough

ques t ions and Father Bill D u n c a n

exp la ins the Cathol ic pe r spec t ive . "

Wi l l i ams be l i eves that educa t ion

is essent ial to cor rec t ing misunder -

s tand ings b e t w e e n Protes tants and

Catho l ics .

' i th ink peop le a ren ' t educa ted

e n o u g h on the issue to m a k e a de-

crsion " Wil l iams said. " T h e y m a k e

a decis ion based on wha t t h e y ' v e

h e a r d , no t w h a t t h e y know. You

h a v e to e d u c a t e y o u r s e l f a b o u t

s o m e t h i n g b e f o r e y o u m a k e a

j u d g e m e n t on i t . "

Hemenway , w h o teaches a course

in C a t h o l i c F i c t i o n , h o p e s t h a t

K a t i e V e l c r o - 1 h o p e y o u d o n ' t

m ind me being so fo rward , but 1 do

k n o w that you are a foxy lady. And y o u a l so soak in the ba th tub until

you turn into a wr ink led grape .

Ju ly is the wors t m o n t h for mak ing

i n v e s t m e n t s ; f o l l o w e d by J u n e , December . May, January , S e p t e m -

ber , M a r c h . A u g u s t , N o v e m b e r , A p r i l , O c t o b e r , a n d F e b r u a r y .

P u d d i n ' h e a d W i l s o n ' s C a l e n d a r

B r e n n a n a n d C u r t - W o r m s th is

w e e k e n d ? Genera l C h a o s is tak ing

y o u r pal t ry forces out.

N e w D o m i n i o n Tank Police are rad.

T h e on ly sort of person w h o is that

sort of person canno t b e the s o n of

person w h o sorts out pe r sons

courses l ike his will be a posi t ive

c o n t r i b u t i o n to the c a m p u s - w i d e

d i a logue abou t re l igion on H o p e ' s

c a m p u s .

"I thought that [a Cathol ic Fic-

tion class) w o u l d be a cha l lenge for

intel lectual and spiritual r easons , "

H e m e n w a y said. "I thought it would

be an interesting way to view some-

th ing c o m m o n . I th ink mos t s tu-

dents real ize exposu re to o ther be-

liefs is hea l thy ."

And whi le Cathol ic s tudents may

e x p e r i e n c e P r o t e s t a n t m i s u n d e r -

s tanding of their fai th, s tudents l ike

Wi l l i ams have no p rob lem part ici-

pa t ing in H o p e ' s Chape l services .

" F o r me . Chape l is a worsh ip ser-

vice m o r e for the pu rpose of wor-

s h i p i n g G o d than i n c r e a s i n g m y

k n o w l e d g e of m y Cathol ic fa i th ,"

Wil l iams said. "Chapel songs apply

w h e t h e r y o u ' r e Cathol ic or Protes-

tant . "

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Lacrosse stands at 5-1 A M D R E W K L E C Z E K

sports editor

With a new c rop of y o u n g ta lenl .

ihc Hope Co l l ege Lac ros se C l u b is

oil lo a 5 -1 record , its best slart in a

decade .

T h e c h a n g e is a h u g e o n e a c c o r d -

ing lo ass is tant coach M u r l e Greer .

" T w o yea r s a g o they we re a de-

f e a t e d l e a m , " G r e e r s a id . T h e y

never won a g a m e . "

The tu rna round has been caused

par t ly by t he last t w o r e c r u i t i n g

c lasses .

' T h i s yea r we have a lot of talent

in the f r e s h m a n c lass and the ta lenl

f r o m last yea r g r e w a lot." said Lee

W e b b ( ' 02 ) .

C l u b p re s iden t Na te J o o s ( ' 0 2 )

noted that i t 's d i f f i cu l t lo tell what

kind of skill the team w ill have when

a new c lass c o m e s in.

" E a c h year we get a coup le of sur-

prises out of high school . " Joos said.

" T h i s y e a r ' s b e e n an e x c e p t i o n a l

year. (The f r e s h m e n ' s ) p e r f o r m a n c e

has been excep t iona l as far as goa l s

and assis ts and even t eam leader-

sh ip . "

Th i s y e a r ' s c lass inc ludes a n u m -

ber of p layers that c o m p e t e d in h igh

s choo l or on c l u b t e a m s p r io r lo

H o p e . A l s o , t h e r e ' s an i n c r e a s e d

c o m m i t m e n t , to the t e a m ove r the

previous years .

" T h o s e f r e s h m a n and new play-

ers that h a v e n ' t p layed be fo re are

showing a lot of d e d i c a t i o n , " W e b b

said. " T h e y ' r e s h o w i n g up lo prac-

tices, and learning how to play the

g a m e instead of wa tch ing it be ing

p layed ."

Webb looked to the t e a m ' s 12-11

victory at Alb ion on April 5 , as ev i -

dence of the t e a m ' s progress .

" W e w e r e p l a y i n g e s s e n t i a l l y

i ronman (most of the g a m e ) - wi th

f o u r o r f i v e s u b s . " W e b b s a i d .

" H o l d i n g our o w n against that t eam

with that smal l of a t eam is impres-

sive. T h e y are by far one of the besl

t eams we play."

Four p layers that have he lped an-

cho r the t eam this year have been

Matt V a n w e y ( 03 ) , S i eve Engel

( ' 0 1 ) , Pal Kearney ( 0 3 ) and Chr i s

S i z e m o r e ( ' 0 2 ) .

S i z e m o r e , an a t t a c k e r , s c o r e d

nine goals in H o p e ' s 13-11 victory

ove r Southern Il l inois and has been

an i n t i m i d a t i n g p r e s e n c e on o f -

f ense .

H e ' s o n e of the best p layers I ' v e

eve r s e e n , " said head coach M a r k

N e e l e . " I ' v e h a d c o a c h e s f r o m

o the r t e a m ' s c o m e u p to me and

teall m e they wish he was on their

t e a m . "

In H o p e ' s lone loss of the sea-

son lo Wabash Col lege , S i z e m o r e

was d o u b l e t e a m e d and his d a m -

age was l imi ted lo two goals .

Accord ing to Neele , w h e n t e a m s

f o c u s on S i z e m o r e they have to

worry abou t l i nemale Kearney .

" H e picks up the s lack for us a

lot," N e e l e said. " I ' v e never seen a

t andem of a l l a ckmen like t h e m . "

C o m p l e m e n t i n g the scor ing d u o

is Vanderwey on de fense and Engel

in-goal . Vanderwey h a d n ' l played

lacrosse pr ior to this season.

" E v e r y g a m e he i m p r e s s e s us

more and more , " N e e l e said. " H e ' s

j u s t incred ib le . "

E n g l e has a l so i m p r e s s e d Neele ,

w h o cal led him one of the big di f -

fe rence make r s of the season.

" H e ' s j u s t b e c o m i n g a m a z i n g .

H e ' s the best goal ie w e ' v e had in

nine yea r s , " N e e l e said. "I think

w e ' d have two m o r e losses if we

had a n y o n e e lse in cage . "

Engel will be in cage tonight as

Hope p lays Ferris Slate Univers i ty

at 6 p .m.

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Hol land B r e w i n g C o m p a n y , th is

w e e k e n d with their first g a m e Sat-

u r d a y at 10 a . m . a g a i n s t Fe r r i s .

T h e i r next two g a m e s will be at I

p .m. versus Ket te r ing Univers i ty

and at 3 p.m. versus Eastern Michi -

gan Universi ty. T h e t ou rnamen t fi-

nal will be at 5 p .m.

G r o t e n h u i s seek ing success A M D R E W K L E C Z E K

sports editor

Afte r two years of shar ing the

spot l ight . Kim Gro tenhu i s is s tep-

ping up as H o p e ' s p remier pitcher.

T h e p i t che r ' s dr ive lo per fec t ion

i s w h a t i m p r e s s e s c o a c h K a r l a

Wollers the most .

" S h e c a m e into Hope with obv i -

o u s p i t c h i n g ab i l i t i e s a n d s h e ' s

s tr ived each yea r to improve her

sk i l l s , " Wol te rs said. " S h e ' s no t

conten t to be as g o o d as she was

the yea r b e f o r e . "

It 's also a quality that Gro tenhuis

not ices in herself .

" I ' m k ind of a p e r f e c t i o n i s t , "

G r o t e n h u i s said. "I a lways see that

I can improve on someth ing . I try

to look at it in a pos i t ive manner ,

that I ' m t ry ing to improve mysel f

as a p layer . "

E v i d e n c e of t h e t w o - s p o r t

a t h l e t e ' s ( G r o t e n h u i s a l s o p l ays

vo l leyba l l ) uny ie ld ing ded ica t ion

can be seen in he r f a i t h fu lnes s to

her workou t r eg ime .

T h e work ing out is pay ing o f f ,

a s G r o t e n h u i s h a d h e r f a s t b a l l

c locked at 63 mph. To put that in

perspec t ive , that is equal to a base-

K. Grotenhuis

ball p i t cher t h r o w i n g a 9 0 m p h

fastball , accord-

ing lo Wolters .

" S h e has the

m o s t s p e e d of

a n y p i t c h e r

w e ' v e e v e r

h a d , " W o l l e r s

s a id . " S h e h a s

several d i f ferent

pi lches , includ-

ing what we call

a d r o p - c u r v e ,

change -up , and

a rise bal l .

" S h e has a lot of speed , but she ' s

ab le to loca te her p i lches a s well

and because of that she ' s a very e f -

fec t ive pi tcher ," Wol the r s said.

H e r speed and skill h a v e he lped

G r o t e n h u i s lo a 1.58 E R A . H o w -

ever , G r o t e n h u i s s ends the credi t

for her success r ight back lo the

rest of the team.

" I ' v e r e a l l y h a d d e f e n s e , "

G r o l e n h u i s a i d . " T h e r e ' s e i g h t

p e o p l e b e h i n d m e , if i h e y p l a y

lough, i t ' s hard for runners lo gel

on bases . "

A n o t h e r o n e o f G r o t e n h u i s '

s t rengths is her abil i ty to r ecove r

f r o m p o o r out ings . An e x a m p l e of

this resil ience is last week ' s double-

heade r with Albion . In the

first g a m e . Gro tenhu i s had

a poor showing and left in

the s e c o n d innn ing . But ,

she r ebounded dur ing the

n ight g a m e .

W o l t e r s n o l e d t h a t

G r o t e n h u i s p i tched oui of

a j a m in that game . With a

runne r on third against the

s t r e n g t h o f i h e l i n e u p ,

G r o t e n h u i s m a d e s o m e

cruc ia l p lays lo keep Hope

in the g a m e , accord ing lo

Wollers .

Gro t enhu i s , w h o cons ide r s her-

self a leader , doesn ' t s ingle herself

out .

"I think all of the uppe rc l a s smen

a r e o r s h o u l d b e ( l e a d e r s ) , "

G r o t e n h u i s s a id . " T h e r e ' s a lot

m o r e on the t eam as wel l . "

A f t e r g radua t ion Gro t enhu i s , a

s econda ry educa t ion major , would

l ike lo leach and poss ib ly .coach .

"I d o n ' l k n o w if I wan t to j u m p

at it r ight away ," G r o t e n h u i s said.

"If the oppor tuni ty comes up. I may

not pass it up. Il depends on how I

feel at the l i m e . "

H o p e p lays Calv in April 15.

Men's Tennis Battling for second

in the M I A A behind Kalamazoo P A U L L O O D E E M

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t eam is on track to f inish second in

ihe Mich igan Intercol legia le Ath-

l e t i c A s s o c i a t i o n a f t e r b e a t i n g

Calv in on Tuesday a n d fal l ing lo

K a l a m a z o o on April 4.

A f t e r t he l o s s to K a l a m a z o o ,

H o p e ' s M I A A c o n f e r e n c e record

s t ands at 2-1, lied with A l m a w h o

they have a l ready de fea ted .

T h e m a t c h agains t K a l a m a z o o

may have been the m a t c h that de-

c i d e d the M I A A r e g u l a r s e a s o n

championsh ip . H o p e is also m o v e d

a h e a d of C a l v i n in t he l e a g u e

rankings with an 8-1 victory.

" W e played our besl match of the

y e a r a g a i n s t K a l a m a z o o , " sa id

head coach Steve Gorno. "We were

compet i t ive in every match, and w e

had the oppor tun i ty to win at our

n u m b e r five s ing le s and n u m b e r

t w o a n d t h r e e d o u b l e s . B o t h of

which lost l i e -breakers in the sec-

ond set ."

Even with the loss, the F ly ing

D u t c h m e n a r e l o o k i n g to m e e t

K a l a m a z o o in the c o n f e r e n c e tour-

nament . To earn a shot lo c o m p e t e

at the nat ional t ou rnamen t , H o p e

will need lo finish the season strong

and have a good s h o w i n g aga ins l

K a l a m a z o o al the M I A A tourna-

ment .

" W e are ranked n u m b e r 10 in ihe

region, the lop seven t e a m s f r o m

the region qua l i fy for the nat ional

l o u r n a m e n l . W e are a p rove rb ia l

bubb le t eam," G o r n o said. " A s a

t eam w e need lo win the rest of ou r

m a t c h e s i m p r e s s i v e l y a n d w e ' r e

go ing lo have lo win i w o f l ights

f r o m K a l a m a z o o and that will be

probably wha t will b e w h a t ' s re-

qu i red lo ca tch (the j u d g e ' s ) e y e . "

W i t h the w i n a g a i n s t C a l v i n .

H o p e is fighting its w a y toward the

t o u r n a m e n t . C a l v i n ' s one victory

c a m e as its n u m b e r four seed, Ben

Knoes te r de fea t ed Chad Bol l inger

( ' 0 0 ) . 6 - 1 , 3 - 6 , 6 -2 .

T h e w i n b r o u g h t t he F l y i n g

D u t c h m e n ' s overa l l record lo 15-

5.

T h e w i n c o m e s a f t e r a G r e a t

Lakes C o l l e g e T o u r n a m e n t where

the Flying D u t c h m e n finished fifth

af te r losing lo Denison , 4 -1 . in their

first ma tch . T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n

ra l l ied lo w i n t he s e c o n d m a t c h

a g a i n s t A l b i o n , 4 - 1 . T h e m a t c h

could be a preview to the iwo teams

Apri l 19 match .

T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n will start

their ques t for the nat ional lourna-

men l with a match at h o m e aga ins l

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