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APRIL 18 2012 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN DEO" HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND. MICHIGAN

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Furnished artistry This week's profiled artist Katy Cutshall flaunts her finesse for fine furniture.

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FEATURES

Bidding adieu Graduating Anchor staff members give advice and share post-grad plans.

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SPORTS

Roiling out the orange carpet The second annual HOPEYs celebrated Hope athletic accom-plishments, honoring both individuals and teams.

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Sustainable Hope sponsors Earth Week

PHOTO BY CLAIRE CALL

C R E A T I V E R E P U R P O S I N G - Hope s tudents par t ic ipate In one of the f i rs t Earth Week events and learn how to make recycled paper f lowers at local Hol-

land store, Treehugger's.

Mary Kelso GUEST WRITER

How lucky we are, as Hope College

s tudents , to have Lake Michigan at our doors tep—to be able feel the sand

between our toes, watch the swans in Lake Macatawa, feel the cons tant

cool breeze on our face, cl imb a dune overlooking the shining water of the

lake, feel the sunshine on our backs—all

within a few minu tes of our home. Welcome to Earth Week (April 16 -

20), a week that celebrates God's creation,

reminds us of our duty to preserve it and provides in format ion on creat ing a

sustainable fu tu re for Holland and the

world. Monday was filled with repurpos ing

and upcyclying workshops at two d o w n t o w n shops: Treehuggers and

Karla's Place. Monday night , a screening of the

d o c u m e n t a r y "The Last Mounta in"

was shown in the Fr ied-Hemenway

Audi tor ium. Af te rward , a panel discussion regarding moun ta in top removal coal mining was led by m e m b e r s of the Kentucky Immers ion Trip group.

As you probably noticed, all dining

halls as well as the Kletz held a vegetarian

lunch on Tuesday. To go along with this topic of food,

Kate Davelaar and Jeff Roessing ( f rom

8th Day Farm) will be giving a talk about eat ing sustainably. This will be held

Wednesday in Mar tha Miller 238 at 4 p.m. Green Coffeehouse will take place in

the Kletz/Cool Beans that evening, which

includes live music and oppor tuni t ies to visit boo ths f rom local green businesses

and non-prof i t s . Bring your own m u g and check out the expo to receive free

coffee! A screening of the film "Fresh,"

which d o c u m e n t s a grassroots effort to

advocate for more sustainable food, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in Science

Cente r 1000. Following, a panel discussion will be

led by the Detroi t Immers ion Trip group.

To end the week. Earth Jam, a celebration of the Earth as well as a concert , will be

held in t he Pine Grove. It will take place Friday, April 20 f rom 3 to 5 p.m. and the

SEE EARTH, PAGE 10

Recognizing, responding to student mental health issues

Campus installs new security camera system

Lindsey Wolf ARTS CO-EDITOR

As flip-flop weather

approaches and tulips begin popping up a round campus ,

soaking up the sun in the

Pine Grove sounds a lot more appealing than retreat ing to

Van Wylen for an all-day study

session. Unfortunately, t he end of the school year is of ten the

mos t hect ic and mos t stressful

t ime for s tudents . This t ime of year of ten

results in late-night c ramming , studying, poo r eat ing habits and lack of sleep: all of which

take their toll on the s tudent body. You might very well find

yourself feeling s t ressed-out and

overwhelmed. Anxiety, stress and

depression are no strangers to

college campuses . According to MSNBC, mental health issues

among college s tudents have become more c o m m o n over

the last decade. But measur ing the increase in mental health

issues is difficult and cannot be explained by just one factor.

Kristen Gray, director of

counseling and psychological

services, explains some t rends

she has seen at Hope. "We think more s tudents

who - have struggled with

menta l health issues are

coming to college as opposed to staying h o m e and at tending

a c o m m u n i t y college or taking t ime off f r om their education,"

Gray said. "We also think that

there are some things going on within our cul ture and coun t ry

that may be cont r ibut ing to the

stress and therefore the mental health of college s tudents . For

example, college s tudents today were in e lementary school when

9 /11 happened. As s tudents , you all have very little m e m o r y of

living in a count ry that has not been on some kind of terrorist alert, or a count ry that is not at

war." In addit ion to cultural

factors, mental health issues

can also be a t t r ibuted to increased unemploymen t rates

in a competi t ive job market . Students are concerned about finding good-paying jobs after

graduat ion. "This sense of job scarcity

can increase the sense that

s tudents have to be even more

competi t ive in order to get the kind of job they really w a n t and

so they need to push themselves to be perfect," Gray said. "You

can see that this can b e c o m e a t ime of high stress, and high

stress can con t r ibu te to menta l

heal th issues." According to Gray, a s tudent

experiencing difficulty with stress, anxiety or depression can

do a few things to feel better. "I know that I risk sounding

like a heal th dy professor,

but gett ing enough sleep and exercising are two of the best

things anyone can do," Gray said. "And by enough sleep,' I mean

more than seven hours a night and closer to eight or nine hours

is best. The interesting th ing about sleep is that it assists with

concent ra t ion and memory . And maybe I'm ou t of line, bu t these

seem like good things to have dur ing the end of the semester. I really encourage s tudents to

try to get some studying done dur ing the day and to actually

sleep at night." As well as enough sleep every

night, s tudents should get active

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Chris Russ CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF

H o p e College has begun

the process of installing a new

system of security cameras

across campus . Cameras have been present

in the library for years, and

a little over two years ago,

cameras were added to moni tor M a r t h a Miller and the parking

lot adjacent to Kollen Hall. N o w previously existing

cameras have been replaced with more m o d e r n equ ipment

that opera tes together on the

same network. "It's a sort of official pilot

p rogram; the college decided that

they're going to move forward with a video-surveil lance type

system to moni tor entryways and maybe some key interior

locations," Chad Wolters d i rec tor of C a m p u s Safety said.

C a m p u s Safety, C a m p u s Life and member s of the school's

adminis t ra t ion decided to pursue this plan both ou t of necessity and also because it

offers technological advantages

over their old systems. The system at the library

s tar ted to experience technical

ma l func t ions a couple of years ago, render ing it basically

unusable, so a replacement system was sought out. Wolters

said the new system will provide

a n u m b e r of advantages. "As technology and sof tware

improvements have advanced, it's a lot easier to go back and

look at tapes. And they're not even tapes, it's all digital. It's way

more efficient; the old systems were VHS tapes and you had

to watch the whole thing to see what happened. (The new

cameras) just enhance the other security measures that are on

campus," Wolters said. This system of in terconnected

digital cameras will also provide

the ability to actively moni tor any taped location as a live video

feed, but this will not be the

pr imary use of the technology. "We will have the ability to

mon i to r a location bu t it will

not be moni to red 24/7. That would require extra staff. It will

be more of ten used to go back into archives and use it as a tool

to de te rmine why this alarm when off, or why an incident

happened."

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T H I S W E E K AT H O P E

Thursday April 19 Student Body Tribute to Presi-dent and Mrs. Bultman DeVos Fieldhouse 7 p.m.

Friday Earth Jam

Pine Grove 3 : 3 0 p .m.

April 20

Friday-Saturday April 20 -21 Theatre Department performs "Ring Around the Moon" DeWit t Theatre 8 p.m.

Monday-Tuesday April 23-24 Student Dance Concert

Knickerbocker Theatre 8 p.m.

I N B R I E F

HUJ S H O W S KONY 2 0 1 2

On Tuesday. April 24. Hope

United for Justice is sponsoring

an "Invisible Children" screening of the Kony 2012 video that has

recently dominated social media.

The screening will take place in Winants Auditorium. Graves

Hall, at 8 p.m. This screening

is an opportunity to learn more about the Kony 2012 campaign,

purchase a Kony 2012 action

kit, or ask questions of Richard

Olunya. a Ugandan and a staff member of Invisible Children.

Exam week policies may be surprising Eva Sagastume S T A F F W R I T E R

Many first year and even second year college s tudents

struggle w i th .keep ing up their

grades, simply because they do not know where they stand.

Students may be unaware of their academic progress until

the middle of the semester when

our grades are posted on our KnowHopePlus account .

It is faculty policy that professors provide a first exam

for s tudents to be able to track

their progress within the first m o n t h of the semester. The

intent ions of this policy are

for first and even second year s tudents to be aware of their

s t rengths and weaknesses in a

college level course. This then gives them the oppor tun i ty to

ask quest ions on where they

scored weak and study where

they scored strong. And, unless some other fo rm

of assessing s tudent progress is

appropriate , each course will

also end with a final exam. However, many are unaware

of the rules a round final exams.

The first, the final week of regular class sessions should

be kept f ree of tests and te rm

papers whenever possible. This is a crucial rule that affects

s tudents more than they may be

aware of. If there is a research paper, p r o j e c t o r report due the week before final exams, it

can distract the s tudent f rom

studying for the cumulat ive conten t of the course and instead

focus on doing well on only a

por t ion of wha t they've learned mos t recently that semester.

Now, f rom the arguing case

of a s tudent , we would also

prefer to receive ass ignments back at least a few days before

our final exam to know not only

how we're en ter ing the final bu t also have the graded ass ignment

back so it too can be a study tool. Second, course finals have

been assigned a specific two

hour t ime per iod and specific date at the beginning of each

semester. All faculty m e m b e r s

are required to hold final exams

at the scheduled time. Many s tudents are unaware

of these policies and cannot

therefore use them to their benefit . A final exam is a

review of all your hard work

and learning th roughou t the semester, not a week of to r tu re

in which one grows to loathe

their prof.

Women of color recognized

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R E C O G N I T I O N O F H O P E S E N I O R S - Graduating wom-en of color, inc luding Yessenia Agulrre, were honored on Wednesday. Apri l 1 1 by the Office of Mul t icu l tura l Education.

Student mental health tips

• COUNSELING, f r o m page 1

to help deal with mental health

issues. "As for exercise, moving your

body every day for more than

30 minutes can be enormous ly

helpful with both anxiety and depression," Gray said. "I'm not

saying we all need to be out there

runn ing four miles a day, but I am saying that we need to find a

way to be healthy that we enjoy

- try walking, or riding a bike, or head to the Dow to swim, or put

on some music and make your

whole cot tage or cluster dance

with you for half an hour. ' Gray encourages s tudents

to watch for changes in their f r iends. If a fr iend is suddenly

always t ired or always too busy, there are a few ways to take

action. "If a fr iend has changed in

some negative way, it's really OK to ment ion your concern to

them in a quiet and respectful way," Gray said. "Somet imes

knowing that someone cares can be a fabulous first s tep to getting

better. W e also suggest that if you spend t ime listening to a fr iend

on three different occasions and

nothing has changed, it might be

time to suggest that they talk to someone with more knowledge

and experience than you, their

friend." The on -campus counsel ing

center, located in DeWitt ,

offers a variety of resources for

s tudents . "Counseling and

Psychological Services can offer

individual counseling sessions,

relaxation time, Hear tMath (a computer ized relaxation

program) and group sessions on

coping with stress and anxiety," Gray said. "All of these services

are free to H o p e students." "And, don't forget the other

places on campus that are here to provide suppor t as

well: Health Center, C a m p u s

Ministr ies, Academic Suppor t Center and Office of Career

Services - the list can go on and on. The impor tant thing is to

reach out to someone who can

be of assistance."

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N. Korean rocket launch Shubham Sapkota W O R L D C O - E D I T O R

Nor th Korea is once again creat ing a huge controversy in the internat ional communi ty

regard ingnuc learweapons and missiles with its unsuccessful launch of a rocket Friday.

Only a few weeks ago, Kim Jong-un

made a s ta tement saying that the nat ion

is ready to disarm, and now news f rom Pyongyang suggest that Nor th Korea is ready to launch rockets and satellites

like the one which failed Friday. This has

caused a stir in the internat ional c o m m u n i -

ty once again, and all at-

tent ion has been shif ted to the Korean peninsula.

Since t he Nor th Ko-rean authori t ies an-

nounced the launch,

several Asian nations, including South Korea, have warned their air-

lines to avoid the N o r t h

Korean area. South Korea and the United

States argued with Nor th

Korea in an a t tempt to convince the count ry

to cancel the launch, which technically vio-

lates the Uni ted Nat ions

Security Counci l reso-lution prohibit ing N o r t h

testing ballistic missile

with the launch. Japan and South Korea even stated that they would shoot down the

rocket if any threat comes to their territory. Though being at tacked by interna-

tional cri t icism. Nor th Korean author i -ties have resisted and explained that this

is no t a cover for their missile program. Pyongyang has cont inued to explain

that this is merely a par t of its peace-ful development of a space program.

Friday's launch marked the 100th an-niversary of the birth of the nation's

first c o m m u n i s t leader, Kim Il-sung. In light of these recent deve lopments

PHOTO COURTESY OF C N N . C O M

R O C K E T ON T H E L A U N C H P A D - The North Korean

rocket was launched on Friday.

Korea f rom

technology.

N o r t h Korea has rarely taken Securi ty

Counci l resolut ions into considerat ion be-

fore acting and has cont inuously violated every treaty and resolution regarding nu-

clear proliferation and missiles. The Uni ted

States and its allies have labeled this plan a provocative act and have agreed upon ap-propria te act ions if Nor th Korea cont inues to disregard all warnings and goes ahead

in Nor th Korea, authori t ies in the Uni ted States have said that it will be very dif-

ficult to follow th rough with the food aid

deal they m a d e in February. This launch-ing could bring severe h a r m to the re-

lationship be tween N o r t h Korea and the West , which had shown signs of im-

provement in the last several weeks. Though the launch was a failure; this

recent opposi t ion to the pressure f rom the

Wes t pu t s Nor th Korea in a t ough spot.

P ERSPECTIVES

Afghans control raids Megan Stevens STAFF W R I T E R

O n Sunday, officials f rom the

United States and Afghanis tan met in Kabul to sign a deal in which the

American military handed over au-thori ty of Afghan "night raids." This

comes after the M a r c h 9 meet ing be-tween the two countr ies , at which

t ime a s ix-month timeline was cre-ated to assist in giving Afghans control over their own detent ion operat ions .

The raids, dur ing which t roops f rom

both countr ies enter Afghan homes without warning, are only part of the

n u m e r o u s special opera t ions missions h a n d e d over to t he Afghan mili tary in

the deal. The hope, the N e w York Times

repor ts , is that hand ing over special op-erat ions will speed up the wi thdrawal of Amer ican t roops f rom Afghanis tan.

The cur rent wi thdrawal date is set

for 2014. "This is an impor tan t step in s t rengthening the sovereignty of Af-

ghanistan," Abdul Rahim Wardak , the

Afghan minis ter of defense, told repor t -ers after signing the agreement . U.S.

representat ive Gen. John Allen agreed. "This is a l andmark day in

(the) rule of the law," he said. Until last year, the Uni ted States was

hesi tant to give up control of the raids,

but recent diplomatic crises and the pending withdrawal deadline led to the

April 8 deal. A m o n g these crises was the r u m o r of a U.S. indic tment of Mah-

m o o d Karzai, the b ro the r of Afghan

President Hamid Karzai, on charges of tax evasion. Karzai denied the charges.

In the past year there have been

a round 2,200 night raids, many of them effectively led by Afghan t roops , on various Afghan h o m e s and resi-

dential areas. About 1.5 percent of the

raids resulted in civilian casualties. The Afghan populat ion has resent-

ed the raids, and the government has

wanted control over the raids, for a long time, repor ted BBC cor respondent Bilal

Sarwary. According to the new deal, the Afghan government will decide

w h o part ic ipates in special operat ions missions, and American t roops will not

be allowed to quest ion detainees with-ou t permiss ion. In the cu r ren t situa-

tion, the American t roops are not only able to quest ion detainees but can also

hold them indefinitely wi thout a trial. Al though the balance of power is

shift ing, an unidentif ied official told the New York Times that the American

government will still pay an expected $4.1 billion for the Afghan military. The

new agreement also requires the Unit-

ed States to plan on a 10-year involve-m e n t in Afghanis tan, du r ing which they

will assist with economic development and educat ion, a m o n g other things.

Officials f rom both sides hope

to have the agreement in place be-fore the May 20 meet ing of NATO.

The meet ing is expected to appoint the same obligation to countr ies cur-

rently allied with the United States. Officials have said that kind of lever-

age permission to quest ion detainees

will no t be difficult to come by. Al-though the authori ty of many special

operat ions raids have now been handed to Afghanis tan, the deal only per ta ins

to raids in which homes are entered. Pentagon defense secretary George

Little says the move is seen as ''a sign

of progress in the transit ion pro-cess, and as a key indicator of the en-

hanced capabilities of Afghan forces."

Arab Spring; Then and now Chris Russ C O - E D I T O R IN C H I E F

W e love t rends in America; the latest

fashion t rends ( f rom bel l -bot toms to jeg-

gings), the t rendiest new genre of music ( f rom the British Invasion to Dubstep) ,

and cool new websites ( f rom Myspace to Pinterest) . In all of these cases, once

we've consumed the t r end to our satis-

faction, we totally dismiss it and move on to the next fashion or band or website

(not too many people are upda t ing their Myspace accounts or spinning disco re-

cords in their d o r m rooms these days). This t rend-obsessed culture is also

fed by a media cycle that yearns to manufac tu re storylines and p romote

t rendy people and events. In spor ts we have Tim Tebow as a recent ex-

ample, and anyt ime a scandal breaks, it's no t hard to see t he manipu la -

t ion of t ragedy-as-enter ta inment . Sixteen m o n t h s ago today, the first

protes ts of wha t would b e c o m e the

"Arab Spring" broke ou t in Tunisia. This first revolt sparks protes ts (and in some

cases revolutions) in m o r e than 16 other countr ies and inspired the Occupy Wall

Street movemen t in the Uni ted States. For a while, these events were top of

mind for many Amer icans because the news media pushed the story, it was billed like a Hollywood movie; thou-

sands rallied to overcome injustice, many were killed by oppressive regimes, super-

villain dic ta tors were ousted and ven-geance was sought against them, power

to t he people and democracy for all!

But w h e n this d r ama took longer than three acts to play out , the media largely

d ropped coverage and the Amer ican peo-

ple largely s topped caring, bu t that doesn't mean that impor t an t things s topped hap-

pening. There are protests , government

ing a round the world because whe the r

we choose to pay a t tent ion or not , these events will eventually impact America . So below I've provided a s u m m a r y of

wha t happened or is current ly happen-

ing in each Arab Spring-involved nat ion. T u n i s i a : President Zine El Abidine

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A R A B S P R I N G C O N T I N U E S — People pro test ing In the s t reets of Yemen a t

the t ime the upr is ing began last year.

killings, h u m a n rights violations, d e m o -

cratic elections and social changes hap-pening right now. In this increasing global society, it is more impor t an t than ever to

have an unders tanding of wha t is happen-

Ben Ali and the rest of the government

was over thrown. Islamic par ty Ennahda saw major victories in democra t ic elec-tions, death toll exceeded 200 citizens

Egypt: Tahrir Square protes ts sparked

a revolution that resulted in the oust ing

of Hosni Mubarak , w h o is currently on

trial for killing protesters (more than 800 died in the conflict), the Musl im Broth-

e r h o o d has gained a s trong foothold since the government was over thrown

and have done well in early elections. Y e m e n : Gove rnmen t was over-

th rown in violent conflicts that killed

approximately 2,000 people, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi elected

and inaugurated as new president . Libya: The vast majori ty of Arab

Spring casualties happened here (more than 30,000 deaths), N A T O became

involved, and M u a m m a r Gaddafi

was removed f rom power and even-tually killed. The war has ended but the government has yet to stabilize.

Syria: Thousands died in protes ts

and violent clashes be tween revo-

lutionaries and government forces, some political pr isoners have been re-

leased and some officials have s tepped down, bu t the government is still in

power and the conflict is ongoing. E l sewhere : Varying degrees of social

change has resulted f rom conflicts in

Lebanon, Jordan, Lebanon, O m a n , Saudi Arabia (where w o m e n will now be able to vote and hold office in 2015), Iraq, Bahrain,

Kuwait and elsewhere. However, many of these countr ies are experiencing ongoing

governmental oppression and almost all of them have seen some protester deaths.

4 THE ANCHOR WORLD APRIL 18. 2 0 1 2

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

Apr i l 15

1865: President Lincoln dies nine hours after be-ing shot in the head.

Apr i l 16

1917: After a decade of exile, Vladimir Lenin re-tu rns to Petrograd to lead the Russian Revolution.

1943: Albert H o f f m a n discovers the hallucino-genic proper t ies of LSD after accidentally ingest-ing it in Basel, Switzer-land.

Apr i l 17

1941: In the midst of World War II, Yugoslavia signs an armistice with Nazi Ge rmany af ter 11 days of fighting, dur ing which 200 G e r m a n s sol-diers were killed.

Apr i l 18

1521: At the Diet of Worms , Mart in Luther defies the Roman Catho-lic Church by refusing to recant his writings, which touched off the Protes tant Reformation.

1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake, at about 8.0 on the Richter scale, hits the West Coast at 5:13 a.m., killing hun-dreds .

Apr i l 19

1775: The Battle of Lex-ington marks the begin-ning of the Amer ican Revolution.

1861: The first blood of the Amer ican Civil War is spilled when Massa-chuse t t s t roops heading for Washington, D.C. are at tacked by a secessionist m o b in Baltimore.

A p r i l 2 0

1841: Edgar Allen Poe publishes "The Murde r s in the Rue Morgue," which is generally con-sidered to be the first detective story.

1902: Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolate rad ium.

A p r i l 2 1

7 5 3 B.C.: The traditional date of the founding of Rome by the twins Ro-mulus and Remus.

1918: Manf red von Rich-thofen, the G e r m a n fly-ing ace famously known as the Red Baron, is killed by allied fire over France.

Source: history.com

Santorum drops out of race Mitt Romney virtually guaranteed to receive Republican presidential nomination Cory Lakatos W O R L D C O - E D I T O R

Ever since President Barack O b a m a defeated Senator John

McCain in the 2008 presidential election, Amer icans have specu-

lated about w h o would challenge him for the nation's highest

executive office in 2012. After

mon ths of p r imary elect ions and caucuses, there is finally

an answer to their quest ion. Over the last few mon ths ,

the Republican field nar rowed

until only Mit t Romney and Rick San to rum remained in

the runn ing . O n April 10,

San torum surpr ised observers by suspending his campaign,

effectively hand ing the par-

ty's nomina t ion to Romney. Despi te this fact, Santo-

rum's speech was devoid of any sort o f , e n d o r s e m e n t for

Romney's campaign. In fact ,

San torum took on a defiant

tone: "We m a d e a decision to get into this race at our

has been ridiculed by liberals. Several factors played into

Santorum's sudden depar ture f rom the p r imary race. Romney

has been in the lead for weeks, and it had been widely assumed

that he would eventually earn the nominat ion . Romney's delegate

lead would have been very diffi-

Bella. San to rum recently took

a break f rom campaigning for a few days to care for her. It seems

his responsibility as a fa ther was par t of what led him to con-

clude that he should no t con-t inue to pursue the presidency.

The Romney campaign re-

sponded to the announce-

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R E P U B L I C A N N O M I N E E - Now tha t Rick Santorum has dropped out of t he race, M i t t Romney Is sure to be nominated

kitchen table, against all the a s Republ ican Party 's pres ident ia l candidate. odds , and we made a deci-sion over the weekend that

while this presidential race is

over for me, and we will sus-pend our campaign effective

today, we are no t done fighting."

San to rum had been con-sidered a conservative alter-

native to the more mode ra t e

Romney by some Republican

voters . O n the other hand , he

cult for San to rum to s u r m o u n t .

In addit ion, San to rum had

been campaigning in Pennsylva-nia, his h o m e state, at the t ime

his campaign was suspended .

Polls indicated it was likely he would lose the p r imary election.

Ano the r factor was the ill-

ness of Santorum's daughter .

ment by congratula t ing Santo-r u m for his effor t and calling

him a "worthy compet i to r"

and an " impor tan t voice in our party and in the nation."

Reince Priebus, cha i rman

of the Republican Nat ional Convent ion, expressed simi-

lar sent iments . "Today, Sena-

tor San torum has made a com-mendable decision," he said. "He

has decided to pu t his country, par ty and desire to defeat Presi-

den t O b a m a ahead of any per-sonal ambit ion. I applaud his

decision and congratulate him on the campaign he has run."

The response of O b a m a

campaign manager Jim Mes-sina focused more on Romney

than San torum himself. "It's no surpr ise that Mitt Romney fi-

nally was able to grind down his o p p o n e n t s under an ava-

lanche of negative ads," he said. "But nei ther he nor his special

interest allies will be able to

buy the presidency wi th their negative attacks." Messina main-

ta ined that Amer icans will like

and t rust Romney less and less as the election draws nearer.

The attack ads men t ioned by Messina were Romney's re-

sponse to the success of Newt

Gingrich and San torum in the

South Carolina and Iowa pri-maries, respectively. Prior to

these defeats, Romney's ads focused primarily on O b a m a ,

as if to assume the two would

be facing off in the election. N o w that the Republican

nominee for the 2012 presi-

dential election has finally been de te rmined , it only remains to

be seen how he will fair against

President O b a m a in November .

Shaky peace agreement in Syria Michael Kroneman S T A F F W R I T E R

For the last 13 months , over

9,000 people have been killed

in Syria due to conflicts be-tween Syrian President Bashar

Assad's regime and civilian p ro -

testors, according to

the Uni ted Nations. Now, the U.N. has

c o m e up with a po-

tential peace solu-

t ion that calls for a cease-fire be tween

protes tors and Syr-

ian gove rnmen t of-ficials, in hopes that

o rde r will be rein-

stated wi thin Syria. Whi le many would

love to be opt imist ic

abou t the effective-

ness of t he plan, mos t people are no t holding

tfieir breath. Wor ld leaders such as French

President Nicolas Sar-

kozy have stated that

they ques t ion Assad's sincerity, the Kuwait

N e w s Agency repor ts . Fox N e w s simi-

larly repor t s that the W h i t e House's reservat ions

s tem f rom Assad's spotty track

record regarding peace agree-ment , with Jay Carney, a Whi te

House spokesman, telling re-por te r s that Assad's "[peace]

promises have proven so fre-quently in the past to be empty."

Conce rns about the plan's

success c ame to a head o n April 9, when shots were fired into the

ne ighbor ing count ry of Turkey,

a Lebanese c a m e r a m a n was shot near the Lebanese border, and

abou t 100 individuals were killed

in the Syrian province of Hama .

two countr ies , and Turkey's P r ime Minis ter Recep Tayylp

Erdogan is pressur ing Assad,

his fo rmer ally, to set up a "buf-

fer zone" wi thin Syria to pre-vent April 9's incident with

Turkey f rom happening again.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

F L E E I N G V I O L E N C E — A group of Syrian refugess f lees across the border Into ne ighbor ing Turkey In March. More than a thousand Syrians have fled, and Turkey Is cons ider ing es tab l ish ing a buf fer zone a long Its border.

While Lebanon was angry at Syria for wha t happened

to one of their citizens, Tur-

key was "furious," the BBC re-por ts , over t he fact that the

violence was crossing over the border and into their country.

Political tensions have al-ready been high be tween the

W h e n the ceasefire dead-

line finally arrived, last Thurs-day morn ing . Fox News re-

por ted that the a tmosphere was calm, and that there

were no repor t s of violence. Al though they were relieved

about the early results of the

peace plan, many Syrians were

still no t fully convinced that the government would h o n o r

their agreement with the U.N. It

seemed too good to be t rue that Assad and his regime would s top

fighting with protestors so sud-

denly after 13 m o n t h s of conflict . Unfortunately, last Friday,

pro tes tors arrived at var ious

venues dur ing the day, only to be greeted by government

security officials who either

fired shots in the air to scare off activists, or, in severe cas-

es, kill them. Af te r the chaos ended, 13 protes tors had

died dur ing the day's events.

Despi te this sad report , some see these results as

"bet ter- than-expec ted," ac-

cording to BBC News. Many feared that the con-

flict be tween protes tors and the government would es-

calate due to an increased

n u m b e r of protes tors and government officials.

Because uncertainty re-mains as to whether or no t

Syria's problems are getting

better, the U N is going to keep a close eye o n the coun-

try, calling for the removal of

soldiers and weapons f rom cities across Syria and request ing hu-

mani tar ian aid for the Syrians. For the t ime being, the

world has to wait and see if the si tuation will improve and

if Syria can re tu rn to peace.

APRIL 18, 2 0 1 2 A R T S THE ANCHOR 5

Hope artist profile: Katy Cutshall designs furniture Sam Hlrt A R T S C O - E D I T O R

W h a t a r e you p r e s e n t i n g at

y o u r u p c o m i n g gal lery?

My work rides the line

between art and design. So,

mostly it's furni ture . There are some textiles, some prints, some

books of drawings, bu t most ly furni ture . The big stuff will be

furni ture .

W h y f u r n i t u r e ?

I've always really been drawn

to furni ture . Ever since I was

a little kid I can r e m e m b e r paint ing my desks and rebuilding

things and carrying my h a m m e r

around. The interesting thing is, as I've gotten older, I've realized

there is this discrepancy be tween

art and design; this divide. My work is really quest ioning why

that is—why are we drawing hard and fast lines? And I think

fu rn i tu re is a good mediator for that because it's someth ing that

we * interact with every single

day. But there are also different

types of furni ture . There is mass -p roduced stuff that we're

sitting on in the library, but there is also really Highly thought -out ,

conceptual fu rn i tu re that rides the line more towards art. So I

just want to be exploring those

two veins of thought .

H o w d o e s you r p roce s s w o r k ?

I get obsessive abou t

materials, so it always s tar ts with

a material . Last semester I fell in love with this wood called curly

maple, and 1 became obsessed with it and it tu rned into a big

project building a dining set.

This semester it's been cement . I b e c a m e obsessed with cement .

It's like adult mud-p ies . You get

to play with it and get filthy, bu t it t u rn s into this really gorgeous

s t ructure . So, I always start

materially and then try to find as many ways to manipula te that

material . I draw it ou t 70,000 t imes until it becomes what I

want it to be?

P l a n s wi th f u r n i t u r e a f t e r

H o p e ?

I th ink I'm going to go to grad school for industrial

design. There is a school ou t in California that I'm looking at.. .

the Academy of Art—it's in San

Francisco.

W h o a re you i n f l u e n c e d by?

I'm really influenced by Tyler

Hayes. He is a designer ou t of N e w York and now he ships out

of Philadelphia. I interned for

h im last semester. He is a major influence because he integrates

metal and wood in really

interesting ways. He has these big, old bronze dressers . 1 mean .

who can afford bronze dressers? He's making these ridiculously

expensive pieces that people are just obsessed with and I think

that 's cool. The opening is Thursday

f rom 5-8 p.m. at Versendaal

Garage Gallery on Eighth Street between Columbia and

College. Cutshall 's work will be accompanied by music f rom Stationery Travelers and Laura

Hobson.

PHOTO BY KIAN HASHEMI-RAD

G A L L E R Y O P E N I N G — Katy Cutshal l , p ic tured le f t , has a gal lery open ing Thursday a t 5 p.m. at Versendaal Garage Gal-

lery.

PHOTO BY CHRIS COX

Major label money: The gift and the curse message f rom the authors of

each a lbum. For the sake of compar i son ,

the highest selling rap record of 2011 was Lil W a y n e s "Tha

Car te r 111." Over the album's 15 tracks, 13 guest pe r fo rmances

are sque-e zed in Large la-

bels try

to pro-mote al-b u m s by

a t t a c h i n g as many

f a m o u s

people as

p o s s i b l e to a proj-ect. Basi-

cally, the^ commercial ly minded rap that

domina ted m u c h of t he 2000s used the same marke t ing strat-

records are no t handpicked egy as "Ocean's^Thirteen."

P* ^ " ^ e s ; this lack of guest However, as the record in-

was at one point s tandard dust ry cont inues to crumble ,

sal ted in coherent pieces more artists are be ing fof^e'd k that allowed the listener to p romote themselves, largely

jive a clear and consis tent through the release of free mix

Chris Russ C O - E D I T O R IN C H I E F

Nas ' "lUmatic," Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell," and the Beastie

Boys' "Licensed to 111" are wide-y considered to be three of the

greatest and biggest h ip -hop al-

bums of all t ime. "Licensed to 111" has sold over

1 million copies to date, and Raising Hell" has moved over 3

million copies. "Illmatic" is also

a p la t inum record and is one of the m o s t influential h ip-hop re-

ever. But a young rap fan reaching

back in t ime for classics would hardly recognize the fo rmat of

the a lbums when they are c o m -pared to con tempora ry releas-es. Of fi\e: th ree a lbums above,

there is only a single guest verse recorded (courtesy of A Z on

' th i rd track). These

tapes. Wi thou t the backing of a major label, or o f ten wi thout

the suppor t of any label at all, these tapes are m a d e and re-

leased with a very l imited bud-

get. These underg round don ' t have the means

m i s i i r

Ludacris thousands of dollars

for a one -minu te verse. Because of this envi ronment , individual

art ists have again emerged on a lbums that are clearly built a roun^ fme i r voice and their vi-

sion. But there's still a problem:

some of these talented rappers

will still eventually make their

way to the diminished rosters of a major label. And those art ists

will f ind their voices diluted by a host ofXsuperstar producers

P a p e r s and B.o.B.'s " B . o . B .

P r e s e n t s : The Ad-

v e n t u r e s of Bob-by Ray"

b o t h saw

greatly i n c r e a s e d

^ m o u n t

of singing by the twi

rappers . Their no rma l sounds

were sof tened and given a pop-music sheen, which Served to alienate a large por t ion of their

original fan bases. Washington , D.C. rapper

Wale released his debut a lbum after a str ing of commercial ly

heralded mix tapes garnered

him some at tent ion. The debu t ironically n a m e d "Attention:

Deficit" contains 12 featured pe r fo rmances by other art ists

over the course of 14 songs, no t to ment ion 10 different produc-

ers. Many if no t all of the songs

o n the a lbum are really good,

and some of them are great , but when listened to f ront- to-back the record is sonically incon-

sistent and doesn't build any kind of coherence. W h e n this happens , an artist is no longer

making songs with their fr iends;

they're paying other f a m o u s people to rap or sing for them.

This year is supposed to see major label releases by three

of my favorite rappers: Kend-

rick Lamer, CurrenSy and Big K.R.I.T. Hopefully these three

are able to avoid the typical pit-falls and stick to the vibe that a t t rac ted their fans in the first

place.

6 THE

t h e 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 e

Cai t l i n K lask C O - E D I T O R IN CHIEF

I 'm Caitlin, and I am from

southeast Michigan in a town called Pinckney. I ' m a communi-

cation major and a writing minor.

As soon as 1 graduate. I ' l l be head-ing to Washington, D.C. to hang

out with my sister and see Spiri-

tualized. and then I 'm going back home to work and save up money

for the fall. But after that. I will be

attending Michigan State Univer-

sity for a one-year journalism Mas-ters program. I don't really want to

think any further than that.

I ' l l miss Hope. I really liked my radio show at WTHS, shopping

at Meijer when everything' else

was closed, walking downtown at

night, the way Lemonjello 's can both calm you down and pick you

up. working in the ticket office,

studying in Lubbers and hanging out with Scott, getting piercings

with friends the day 1 turned 18,

witnessing my first hockey game, watching every Knick movie,

walking to Mass at St. Francis, road trips to Chicago, Opus meet-

ings in the loft, anticipating the

weather getting warmer and the trees blooming and the sun setting

later, watching the lake freeze and

thaw, serious sorority bonding time

and spending Mondays in the An-

chor office of course. At Hope. I learned to be an adult

without forgetting how to be a kid. I don't care about being the most

independent or professional person

I ' l l ever be at this point, but I also probably won ' t continue staying

up until 3 a.m. in grad school just

watching Twin Peaks. I don't want to wear a suit and I don ' t want to

wear flip-flops anymore. Maybe 1

shouldn't dye my hair pink again

for a while, but I ' l l always appreci-ate the value of gummy worms and

slurpees. and I can thank my col-

lege degree for that.

Chris Russ C O - E D I T O R IN C H I E F

H o m e t o w n :

Milan, Mich.

M a j o r : Communica t ion

F u t u r e p lans :

Staying in Holland and working for a local mar-

ket ing company

Favor i t e m e m o r y : DJ-ing on W T H S and

mee t ing a bunch of cool peopl

M o s t va luab le t h i n g l e a r n e d s

Visit these es tabl ishments

Good Time Doughnuts . T

Sam Hirt A R T S EDITOR

H o m e t o w n :

Greencast le , Ind.

M a j o r : English

F u t u r e p lans : Moving in wi th my sister and

f r iends in Greencas t le and working on film/writing proj-

ects.

Favor i t e m e m o r y : I 'm no t telling you.

M o s t va luab le t h i n g l e a r n e d

a t H o p e : Even if you dislike everything

an adminis t ra t ion /board of

t rus tees does , you can still en-

joy college.

m Llndsey Wolf A R T S EDITOR

H o m e t o w n :

Park Ridge, III.

M a j o r : English

F u t u r e p lans :

Teaching English overseas

Favor i t e m e m o r y : Ge t t ing yelled at by elderly season ticket holders while working at Hope-Calvin games (happened every year).

M o s t v a l u a b l e t h i n g l e a r n e d at H o p e :

I learned about my purpose in life: to serve God and

others .

\

APRII 18, 2 0 1 2 7

torial staff seniors prepare to bid Hope goodbye

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m

^ o p e : lv: The Full Circle, The Biscuit and

I

Cory Lakatos W O R L D EDITOR

H o m e t o w n : Howell, Mich.

M a j o r : English and History

F u t u r e p lans : I am taking a year off and then doing a mas ters in Eng-lish Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Favor i t e m e m o r y : This is terribly cliche, but I value all the memor ies I have of spending t ime with my fr iends. 1 have a lot

of great Quiddi tch and Geek Life momor ies . I also r e m e m b e r fondly the best of the discussions I've been

involved in in English and History Classes.

M o s t va luab le t h i n g l e a r n e d at H o p e : Trus t God and surrender all of your efforts to Him —

there 's no one better to rely on.

Lauren Bull C O P Y EDITOR

H o m e t o w n :

Dallas, Texas

M a j o r : Creative Wri t ing and

Women's Studies

F u t u r e p l a n s :

Watch my bro th-er compe te in the

swimming Olympic

Trials in (une, rafting

in the Grand Canyon

over the 4 th of luly and driving up the West Coas t in )uly! In Au-

gust, I'll s tar t graduate school at Texas State University, where

I'll be working on my MFA in poetry.

Favor i t e m e m o r y : Meet ing my roommate , Emma, my first year here, rooming to-

Bethany St r lpp S P O R T S EDITOR

H o m e t o w n : Richland, Mich.

M a j o r : English

F u t u r e p l a n s : Start ing in July, I'll be the Onl ine Editor and Copy Editor for "Chi-

cago Athlete Magazine."

Favor i t e m e m o r y : There's no way I could choose one m e m o r y as my absolute favorite,

bu t I'd say ou t of all t he things I've d o n e at Hope, being a pa r t of

Nykerk has the greatest m e m o -

ries, f r om winning f reshman year

to being a par t of the exec board for two years and having the op-

por tuni ty to watch everything

come together.

M o s t va luab le t h i n g l e a r n e d a t

H o p e : The m o s t impor t an t les-

son I learned f rom someone else: "Life, is about relat ionships.

The final analysis is about rela-

tionships." Former men ' s head basketball coach Glenn Van

Wie ren said that to me w h e n I in-terviewed h im for his re t i rement

article in April 2010, and no th-ing has influenced my t ime at

H o p e m o r e t h a n that s ta tement . Want to know more? You'll have

to read my co lumn in next week's

Anchor . The mos t impor tan t lesson

I learned for myself: "If you re-

ally care about someone , you'll be hones t with them." I consider

this to be the corollary to what Van Wieren told me. I learned

this working at She rman Lake

YMCA C a m p in Augusta , Michi-gan, where I spent two of t he best

s u m m e r s of my life. You can't

build a solid relationship a round dishonesty. It's no t always an easy

or f u n principle to live by, bu t I can truly say it's had a huge influ-

ence in de te rmin ing the quality of

my relat ionships.

s

8 T"EAXC"0'—VOICES APRIL 18, 2 0 1 2

Old-fashioned education Christopher Russ Co-Editor-in-Chief

I love throwback baseball uni-

forms, M o t o w n music, Jimmy Stewart movies and gigantic scary libraries.

This love of all things o ld- fashioned

was a big par t of the reason I was so a t t racted to H o p e College when I

visited. The people were friendly, the

buildings weren ' t too m o d e r n looking

and m o s t of all, the school e m p h a -sized the liberal arts , a classic style of

learning tha t sought to fo rm comple te

s tudents w h o would be educa ted in

all disciplines, no t jus t in their chosen

field. 1 s t a r t ed ou t at H o p e as a biology

s tudent . I wan ted to eventually be an

ichthyologist or a mar ine biologist.

But after less than a year and half, I

realized that all of the technical writ-

ing and lab t ime was driving me crazy

,and my non-sc ience electives re-minded me how m u c h 1 missed wri t -

ing and public speaking. At this point ,

I was able to easily switch over to the

communica t ion depa r tmen t , start

wri t ing for The A n c h o r and DJing for

W T H S .

So in a lot of ways, a liberal ar ts ed-

ucat ion he lped m e find a major, and as a result , a career that 1 love and find

rewarding. At a bigger school with

fewer elective requ i rements , 1 might

have been harder pressed to find a

major that fit me.

But th roughou t my senior year, I'm also s tar t ing to see a lot of t he

downs ides to this type of educat ion.

I'm ready to move on and s tar t focus-

ing on my career. But I don ' t have as much t ime to develop the skill sets

that I'll be using to suppor t myself

and my family, because I have to do

homework for classes that are gen-

ed. r equ i rements . I'm ready to move

on with my life, bu t for a quar te r of my higher learning, a liberal a r t s style

educat ion is holding me back. I've re-

alized that if I could design a college, the first two years would be a lot like

Hope , bu t after that college might

more resemble an apprent iceship.

In fact, the more I've thought abou t

it, the idea of a liberal ar ts college like

H o p e is in many ways a m o d e r n in-vention. Sure it's good to be a well-

r o u n d e d person, bu t t he idea that ev-eryone should know h o w to do some

of everything is a m u c h more m o d e r n

ideal. In many ways, it seems m o r e

o ld- fashioned to learn a single t rade, and then b e c o m e an exper t in it. I

k n o w I would rather live in a society

where each m e m b e r recognized their

skill, and were able to pursue that skill

to serve o thers and fulfill a necessary

role, as opposed to a society where ev-eryone was marginally accomplished

in a lot of different fields.

The 'we' of Hunger Games

Invisible Children

Kate Schrampfer Columnist

Thursday night of spring break found

m e scarf ing d o w n my d inner because I

was convinced I would have to ba tde the

c rowds of people that 1 just knew would be mobb ing the movie theaters . It was

open ing night of "The Hunger Games,"

and I was pret ty sure t he lines would be close to w h a t they were for the premiere

of the last Har ry Potter movie.

As a result -of my eagerness, my fiance(who had allowed himself to be

dragged along) and I ended up killing an hour in a d e p a r t m e n t store, then watching

several episodes of "Chuck" on his tablet . . .

all before they even let us into the theater. As we sat th rough the previews in a

thea ter that was finally full, I t r ied to sti-

fle my re sen tmen t toward a wor ld where

good d r ama was unapprec ia ted . A few

days later, I f ound ou t that opening week-

end for "The Hunger Games" brought in $155 million in sales, behind only "Har ry

Pot ter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" (at

$169 million) and "The Dark Knight "(at

$158 million). That, of course, m a d e m e

feel better , as I did that Thursday night

when , dur ing a preview for the second half of "Breaking Dawn," the guy beh ind

me cussed u p o n seeing Kirsten Stewart 's

new look: "Dang it, Edward! Bella used to

be hot!" The rest of my bi t te rness vanished

w h e n the movie Started, however, and I was drawn into the characters and plot I knew so well. By the t ime Prim's n a m e was

drawn dur ing the Reaping, I was fighting

back tears . There's someth ing seriously cool abou t

a s tory that does that: makes you care

about people that don ' t actually exist. Their s i tuations are completely m a d e

up, and, in the case of "The Hunger

Games," pret ty ho r rendous . I have hea rd mult iple people complain, say-

ing things like " W h y would I read a book

or watch a movie about a bunch of kids

who are forced to kill each other?" And I guess w h e n you pu t it like that , it makes

us readers seem no bet ter than President

Snow, or the Gamemakers , or the Capitol

res idents . But I th ink m o s t of us would agree

that we are no t addic ted to "The Hunger

Games" because it is a bloody story of

gladiator fights be tween kids. We'd tell you we love the books, and the movie, be-

cause of the characters . The plot is t he au-thor 's tool: it snags our at tent ion by chis-

eling ou t blank characters into passionate

heroines like Katniss; into pure, steadfast

"Prince Charmings" like Peeta; and into

sweet, innocent d reamers like Rue. It is in characters like these, who respond the

way they do to their si tuations, that we see

our own s t rengths and weaknesses . We'd

like to th ink that if we were in such a situ-

ation, we'd respond like Katniss or Peeta,

no t Cato. A n d it is because they embody so

m u c h of wha t we want to be ourselves

that we suddenly find ourselves holding our breaths , hoping against hope that

they succeed. The s tory of "The Hunger

Games" may be violent, bu t it m u s t be

in order to show the other ex t remes of mercy, love, and loyalty as strongly as it does. In the juxtaposi t ion of such severe

evil wi th even more severe goodness, it is

the goodness that stays with us, as Katniss

herself admits : "Kind people have a way of working their way inside m e and root ing

Rachel Mazzaro Columnist As many of you have probably no-

ticed, Kony 2012 has exploded over

social media ne tworks like Facebook

and Twitter, pho to - sha r ing applica-t ion Ins tagram, and in the blogo-

sphere, called t he fas tes t -spreading

viral video in history. Over 100 million people a r o u n d the world have watched the film, "Kony 2012," which has been followed with a lot of suppor t bu t also some criti-

cism. Kony 2012 is a campaign that was launched by a non-pro f i t organizat ion called

Invisible Chi ldren in ef for ts to spread awareness abou t Joseph Kony, the leader of a rebel a rmy called the Lord's Resistance Army. The LRA is current ly active in the

Democra t ic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Centra l Afr ican Republic. The

LRA consists of child soldiers who have been abducted f rom their h o m e s and are

forced to c o m m i t atrocities. Joseph Kony's tactics were—and remain—bruta l . He of ten forces children to kill

their parents or siblings wi th mache tes or b lunt tools. He has abducted girls to be sex

slaves for his officers. He bra inwashes and indoct r ina tes t he chi ldren with his lies and

manipula tes them with his claim of spiritual powers . This is a m a n w h o feels he has

power because no one knows w h o he is or wha t he is doing. The goal of t he Kony 2012

campaign is to make Joseph Kony famous , not to celebrate him, but to raise suppor t for his arrest and set a p receden t for internat ional justice. The hope of the campaign

is that if people know abou t the c r imes Kony has been commi t t i ng for 26 years, they

will uni te to s top h im. Along with any campaign , film or movemen t , people are going to ask quest ions .

O n c e the film was released it was me t with some debate about how to best help these

communi t i e s w h o are being affected by LRA attacks. There have been cri t icisms of IC as well; however, many are based on ou tda ted sources, false "facts" and mis informa-

tion. Invisible Chi ldren addresses all of these cri t icisms and quest ions on their web-

site. Many have crit icized IC for falsely p romot ing that the LRA is current ly active in Uganda. Invisible Chi ldren has clearly s ta ted that the LRA is no t in Uganda anymore .

bu t in su r round ing areas their violent attacks remain serious. Some have also ques-

t ioned whether or no t Afr icans suppor t IC's cause. Of course, one c a n n o t fo rm a general opinion for a whole cont inent . Invisible Chil-

dren has found that many Ugandans welcome the film's message of s topping Joseph Kony, but some do take offense at h o w the message was delivered. They are well aware

that not everyone is going to agree with their tactics bu t have received a lot of suppor t

f r om civil leaders in CAR, DRC and South Sudan. A video of their opinions can be

found on the IC website. So far m u c h talk has been a round IC's cu r ren t campaign, bu t their work goes way

beyond this campaign. They current ly have p rograms in D R C and CAR as well as in

N o r t h e r n Uganda where the war began. In areas that are current ly threatened by LRA

violence, IC p rograms are geared towards civilian protect ion, encouraging defect ions

and rehabili tat ion of fo rmer LRA abductees . They are able to achieve this th rough their Early Warn ing HF Radio Ne twork and

FM radio, the LRA Crisis Tracker, defect ion flyers for cu r ren t LRA soldiers, and the

rehabil i tat ion center, which is in the process of being built . The radio towers are con-

nect ing communi t i e s to one ano the r th rough twice-daily security and humani ta r i an

repor t ing and provides advance warn ing for LRA attacks. The p rog rams in no r the rn Uganda are focused on providing access to quality

educat ion and improving the livelihood of a post-confl ict communi ty . They are able

to achieve this th rough Schools for Schools, the Legacy Scholarship Program, and Mend . Schools for Schools works to cons t ruc t and renovate school s t ruc tures while

also building teacher capacity and developing curr icu lum. The Legacy Scholarship

Program provides mer i t -based scholarships and m e n t o r i n g to motivated and talented secondary and university s tudents f rom no r the rn Uganda w h o were affected by the

conflict . M e n d is a social en terpr ise geared toward facilitating financial independence

and deve lopment for w o m e n formerly abducted by the LRA. It is also impor t an t to no te that over 95 percent of IC's leadership and staff on the g round are Ugandans on

the fo re f ron t of p rogram design and implementa t ion .

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Civic engagement isn't a choice, it's a necessity

The bright lights in the television studio made my eyes hurt. I tapped my fingers against the microphone my hands gripped, my body slightly swaying back and forth as I stood in the back of the bleachers, trying to rehearse what I was about to say. I'm prob-ably the youngest person in the room by 10 years; everyone else in their business suits looks accomplished, successful, very Washingtonian. The journalist points to me and I'm on. I'm able to ask U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), former secretary of educa-tion, anything about education policy. Me, an intern, a 21-year-old college student from

Michigan. The girl who left Hope College in December for a semester in Washington, D.C.

would have never asked for that microphone. That girl would have been too afraid to hold someone of such power accountable in such a public way, to stand up and refute

his argument with the tough questions. I've spent the last four months in the most politically charged town in this country.

Upon arriving, 1 needed to decide quickly what my position on healthcare was, how 1

felt about the church in the public square, and what I thought about Israeli-US relations. Before this time, no one had ever forced me to thinking about these things. Sure, I voted, I tried to keep up on the news. But I always let it slip, thinking that politics was only for

those "poli-sci" people, that 1 was powerless. I was wrong. If there's one thing I'm taking away from this semester, it's that civic engagement is

imperative. While you might not realize it, constituents have a great deal of power over their leaders. We elect them. You can ask my friends who have worked in legislative of-fices and answer the phones every day, politicians care about what the folks back home

are thinking. If they don't, then they're not getting reelected. We have such great power in this country. We can speak our ideas freely and elect our

leaders. We can ban together and evoke change. Change, whatever that may look like to you, can only happen if everyone participates, if everyone gets involved.

Too often, Hope College students are apathetic about domestic issues. Sure, we all cry out against international injustices such as human trafficking, the LRA, Darfur. It's easy to be outspoken about those things that are clearly morally wrong. However, on domes-tic issues such as energy policy, education or healthcare, we get nervous. Things aren't so

clear anymore. What's the right answer? The college years are the formative. Now's the time to figure out who you are and

what you stand for. Now's the time to engage in these arguments and discussions. If you're not engaged, if you're not changing your mind, forming and reforming your opin-ions, then you're not doing your part. You're letting other people make decisions for you.

You're giving up your power to speak your mind. We are at a time in history where the US has some serious decisions to make. Do you

really want to be on the sidelines? Do you really want to be disengaged with these poli-cies that will ultimately affect you for the rest of your life?

My challenge to you, Hope College, is to make civic engagement a priority. Read up on the news, have discussions with your friends, and spend a few minutes thinking about your values, your opinions, your views. Most importantly, know why you feel the way

you do. And remember, ultimately you have the power to create change. Madalyn is wrapping up an internship with the Department of Education. She loves

DC, but misses Hope and ain't wait to be back next semester!

Sharon Hecker Columnist

Only 9,850 to go - It is the MIAA Track Jamboree.

Warm drops of water sprinkle down. A man with a gun calls, "Runners, take your mark," and my turquoise racing flats toe the line. 1 forget the "good lucks" of moments ago, ones I

had whispered to the girls flanking me. Their jerseys are not orange and blue. My eyes pinpoint the gun aimed at the clouds, grasped in the outstretched arm of the starter. I have a side cramp the size of Mars. My legs feel like jelly in Ziploc bags...

BANG! Sixteen girls throw themselves forward. The pace is quick. Ponytails whip, elbows

jab, spikes fling out at calves and shins as each girl pushes close to the inside lane. We bump. We stride. We pump our arms through 150 meters of track.

Only 9,850 to go. But my stride is smooth, my feet glide above the grittiness. A turquoise size eight

surges from the left, then the right, then the left, then the right. Mine. A rhythm settles in my body. My side feels amazingly non-crampy.

I have found my way into fourth place and I am gaining. Rain is spattering against my body. Soon my ponytail is slick and wet, and my spandex jersey sticks to my belly. My name is being yelled. "Go Sharon!" I am going. I am going, going, going.

I am a runner. And you know what? This is probably the kind of story that you should only tell

if, after all that, you take first place. I did not take first place. I did take second, but I am telling this story for a different reason. Running a 10k takes something that not everybody has. I think it must be brain

damage. Maybe a death wish...? Just kidding, (...sort of.)

Kony controversy • JUMP, from page 8

Despite the controversy around the Kony 2012 campaign, it is important to recog-nize that LC.'s organization proves one person can truly make a difference and every-one's individual voice counts. It provides people with tangible ways to fight for social justice and has encouraged many to learn more about what is going on in the global community. It is our duty as humans to spread awareness of inhumane conditions

everywhere in the world. 1 have been waiting for the day that everyone is aware of the atrocities that have

What running a 10k actually takes is heart. To me that word means courage and hard work. Trust and devotion. And, most importantly, the desire to give it your all.

Is faith so different? Philippians 3:14 says this: "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which

God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Whoa! Is that the Bible endorsing lOkers?) It is the map key for our journey of faith. It is the big red, double-circled dot say-

ing, "You are here." It is saying you are here at this moment , but press on. You must keep moving forward, moving toward the goal; there is a prize. It shows us where

we want to go. A runner knows what his or her prize is. Or maybe that depends on the runner.

For me, the prize isn't the podium. It isn't a medal slung around my neck or my name in print on a website. It is the running. It is the act of running. The simplicity and fulfillment of a purpose. The working hard. And, when all goes well, the pleasure of

watching my times drop. Of improvement, accomplishment.

Isn't that what faith is? As a runner, racing gives me purpose. As a Christian, it is Christ who gives me

purpose. He gives me a training schedule. He tells me to work hard. He tells me to persevere. He tells me to trust, and if I do all these things, he tells me that I will

improve. That's what those 9,850 meters to go are for. Maybe the Bible doesn't actually endorse runners. But it does endorse the men-

tality. So even if you hate running, be a runner. Press on toward the goal to win the

prize. Be a runner, and run toward Christ. Congratulations to the men and women of Hope College Track and Field for being

2012 Jamboree champs!

been committed by Joseph Kony, and •! have never been more impressed with IC's efforts. I have never before had to defend the efforts of IC, but it remains clear to me that my voice counts more than ever right now. This organization is more than just the Kony 2012 campaign; they are waking up the youth of our generation to take action

against injustice around the world. In the words of Jason Russell, the co-founder of the organization, "The better world that we want is coming; it's just waiting for us to stop

at nothing." For those of you who want to get involved or still have some questions about the or-

ganization, I encourage you to come to the Kony 2012 screening on April 24th at 8p.m

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music while a t tendees enjoy

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week to a t tend a few Earth Week

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get some coffee dur ing Green Coffeehouse. Grab your f r iends

on Friday a f te rnoon and relax in

the pine grove dur ing Earth Jam.

Each one of us is responsible to take care of this beaut iful

planet so that when we c o m e back to Holland years f rom

now, we will find the d u n e s as

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Hope will continue to expand new security camera system • SECURITY, f r o m page 1

Current ly the system is

limited to 12 cameras at the library, four in Mar tha Miller,

one in the C a m p u s Safety offices and one in the parking lot of

Kollen. They are all recording and are func t ioning fully, and

the digitized system allows new cameras to be added to this

network with relative ease. "We probably won't be adding

any cameras until at least the

end of the summer . We're going to expand it, bu t we're going to

proceed with caut ion to make sure we're doing it the right way

with the proper policies; how

it's going to be used how it's not

going to be used, who's going to be able to view it, who can't and

things like that," Wolters said. Although a system for

reviewing and obtaining footage isn't officially in place for the

new system, Wolters said that any type of investigation would

most likely come th rough C a m p u s Safety. The depa r tmen t

would help in an investigation to

analyze archive data and footage. In addit ion, once the system

is established, there are plans for an application process that

would allow depa r tmen t s to request a camera if they felt a

location could benefi t f r om its

presence.

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LAYOUT BY B E T H A N Y S T R I P P A N D C H R I S R U S S THE SECOND ANNUAL P H O T O S BY B E T H A N Y S T R I P P

Newcomer of the Year

•ELEBRTmUN OF HOP Best Record-Breaking

Performance

Jenna Grasmeyer ("15) Joel Rletsema ( '13)

Best Breakthrough Team

Footbal l

Male Athlete of Exceptional Performance the Year ' n a n Individual Event

David Krombeen ( '12) Sherl McCormack ("14)

Outstanding Team

Men's Basketbal l

Exceptional Game

GEATHLLTICS

Best Breakthrough Athlete

Best Clutch Performance

Shawn Jackson ( '14) Nate Snuggerud ( '13)

MIAA Championship Performance

Men's Basketbal l

Role Player of the Year

Female Athlete of the Year

Nate K ing ( '12) Greer Bratschle ("13)

Karen Page Courage Award

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

Thursday April 19 Men's Golf hosts NCAA Qualifier a t 1 p.m. at

Wuskowhan Players Club

Friday April 20 Men's Golf hosts NCAA Qualifier at 9 a.m. at

WusK(5Vvhan Players Club

Baseball •• vs. A lb ion at 2 p.m.

Saturday April 2 1 Women's Tennis vs. Coe at 1 0 a.m.

vs. Grand Valley State, t i m e tba

Monday April 23 Softball vs. Davenport a t 3 :30 p.m.

Tuesday April 24 Women's Tennis ys. Calvin at 4 p.m.

Men's Lacrosse vs. Calvin at 7 p.m..

I N B R I E F

T R A C K T E A M S T A K E M I A A J A M B O R E E

The men's and women's track

t eams claimed first place at the MIAA Jamboree on April 14. The men's team began

their defense of their MIAA

title with a convincing win, tal-lying 898 poin ts compared to

second-place Calvin's 784 and

third-place Albion's 693.5. The Du tchmen claimed first place

in five events . The women's mee t c ame down to the last

event , where Hope's w o m e n

outscored Calvin's in the discus 31-13 to c o m e f rom behind and

take first place in the mee t with 910.5 points . Sarah Venlet ('13)

was the Dutch's lone first place

finisher in the meet , taking the 100- and 400-meter hurdles.

M I A A PLAYERS OF T H E W E E K

Baseball Phtl Haywood ( '14)

Pitcher

Track and Field

Sarah Venlet

Hurdles

M I X E D T E N N I S RESULTS

The women's tennis team

cont inued their MIAA

dominance over the weekend, sweeping Trine 9-0. The Dutch

are now 5-0 in conference play with three MIAA duals re-maining before the MIAA tour-

namen t . The women have three h o m e games over the course of

the next seven days. H i e men's tennis team had

three losses over the weekend, narrowly losing to Ohio Wes-leyan 5-4 and falling to DePauw

9-0 and Wabash 5-2.

Men's Soccer Eric Dawson ( '14)

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Flying Dutch rumbled by Thunder, stay positive

P H O T O COURTESY OF H O P E P R

P R O D U C T I O N — Co-captaln Stephanie Faber ( '12) Is batting .352 with 3 1 hits and leads the team with eight stolen bases.

James Rogers A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S E D I T O R

The Softball team dropped two roads games to Trine on Saturday,

falling to 3-5 in the MIAA. Trine (23-5) currently leads

the MIAA with a 5-1 conference

record. Coming off a thrilling 9-7.

11-inning victory over Saint

Mary 's on Wednesday, the Flying Dutch were looking to carry

that momentum into Saturday's

double dip with the Thunder. "With that [win], it definitely

gave the team momentum and

confidence that we could win the close games and that we could

compete with the better teams

in our league." outfielder Laura Tjepkema ( '13) said.

However. Trine's bats boomed

in both games, halting Hope 's

momentum. The Thunder cranked out

nine runs in the opener and then followed that performance by

scoring 15 in the second game. In the first of two. Trine's Andi

Gasco limited the Dutch to just two hits in six innings. Gasco

is one of the top pitchers in the MIAA. boasting a 14-2 record.

The Thunder struck early,

scoring five runs in the second to put Hope in a deep hole going

into the top of the third.

The Dutch's lone run came in the top of the fourth when

Tjepkema doubled home Montana Bredeweg ( '15), who pinch ran for E m m a Page ( '14)

after Page walked. Trine drove home two more

runs in both the fourth and the

sixth en route to a 9-1 win over

the Dutch.

"Trine definitely is a great team, and we knew that going

into the games." Tjepkema said. "The first game we couldn't string

things together and we gave a few extra outs, which ended up really

hurting us." Tjepkema and Brooke

Nienhuis ( '12) were credited with

a hit apiece for the Dutch in the

opener.

"After that game, we talked about how being the aggressors

in a game can allow us to settle in both offensively and defensively,

as well as that we simply needed

to make the routine plays," Tjepkema said.

Hope was more aggressive in

the later game and kept it close until Trine's bats erupted for nine

runs in the top of the seventh.

Similar to the opening game, the Thunder broke out for five

runs in the second inning.

The Dutch tallied one run in

the second with an RBI double off the bat of Kristin Higgs ( '13) that scored Jess Kohlhoff ( '13).

The Dutch cut the Trine lead to 6-4 after a three-run fourth

inning. Peyton Wells ( '15) hit an

RBI double that scored Tjepkema.

Later in the inning Kendall Vassar ( '15) dropped down a sacrifice

bunt that sent home Amber Born ( '14).

A Rachel Cooper ( '15)

single paved the way for the

Dutch's third run of the inning,

as it advanced base runners and allowed Nienhuis to drive home

Kohlhoff on a fielder's choice.

The score remained 6-4 heading into the last inning,

the time in which the Thunder

exploded for nine runs.

The nine-run seventh sealed the victory for Trine, as they

completed the Saturday sweep of

the Dutch with a 15-4 drubbing. Hope's four runs came off of

nine hits. Higgs and Page led the

way for the Dutch, each with two

hits. Playing seven strong innings,

making routine plays and not giving extra outs were all stated

by Hope's head coach Mary

Vande Hoef after the loss.

Adjustments were made but the outcome wasn't what the

Dutch desired. "Some things to improve upon

include stringing hits together,

limiting our defensive errors, and simply executing better both

offensively and defensively,"

Tjepkema said. The Dutch hadn't been swept

by Trine in conference play since

2009. Hope dropped to 3-5 in the

MIAA and 11-15 overall.

The Dutch battled Adrian on the road on Tuesday, making

four of its last five opponents

the current top four teams in the MIAA (Trine, Alma, Saint

Mary's, Adrian).

Hope will travel to Calvin on Thursday to take on the Knights.

"Although there are always things that a team can improve,"

Tjepkema said, "we are still

confident and excited to continue league play this week against

some good teams."

HOTO COURTESY OF H O P E

D E L I V E R I N G — Olivia Vaclk ('15) has won four games and leads the Flying Dutch In strikeouts with 32 .

Men's golf wins first NCAA qualifier, women take Millikin Invite Bethany Stripp S P O R T S E D I T O R

The men's and women's golf

t eams both recorded first place

finishes over the weekend, with

the m e n taking the first of th ree N C A A qualifiers at Trine and

the w o m e n winning a weather-

shor tened Millikin Invitational

in Illinois. The men's golf team has had

mixed results since re tu rn ing f rom its spring break tr ip to

Florida.

On April 10, the m e n finished first out of nine t eams compe t ing

in the Trine Invitational. All of

Hope 's golfers ended the 18-hole round below 80, with co-

capta ins Nick Campbel l ('12) and Andy T h o m s o n ('12) tying

for third, each shoot ing 74. The next day, the D u t c h m e n

compe ted in the 36-hole

Furni ture City Classic and came in four th ou t of five teams. Ben Lanting ('12) led the team,

shoot ing an 82 and a 78 for a combined total of 160.

Trine hosted the first N C A A

qualifying t o u r n a m e n t on April 14 that Hope won by seven

strokes with a total score of 284.

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of Hope 's best golf pe r fo rmances as a team and individual level at

the t o u r n a m e n t . H o p e bested their previous

best M I A A round score by four strokes, surpass ing the 288

record that has

s tood since

2006. C a m p b e l l

also set an

i n d i v i d u a l

record for

Hope, taking

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65. C a m p b e l l

bea t the

previous best M I A A - r o u n d

score by a H o p e golfer by two strokes, breaking

Ryan Shedd's 2003 record that has only been ma tched once

since then in 2005. "Winning the t o u r n a m e n t at

Trine early last week was great

for our confidence going into

the qualifying round yesterday," Campbel l said. "I th ink we were

really able to build on that , especially since Trine usually

plays very well at their h o m e

course."

66 Come Thursday and Friday, 1 think we need to keep focused

on the task at hand. We've built a small lead, but that's all

it is. NICK CAMPBELL

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The m e n will hos t the final

two rounds of the N C A A

qualifier this weekend at the Wuskowhan Players Club.

The first 18-hoIe round will

take place Friday at 1 p.m. and the final qual i fying 18-hole

round will happen

on Saturday at 9

a.m. " C o m e

Thursday and Friday, 1 th ink

we need to keep

focused on the task at hand,"

Campbel l said. "We've build a

small lead, bu t

that 's all it is. "As long as we

don't get ahead of ourselves and stay'

aggressive, I think we'll be fine." The women's golf team has

won its past two invitationals.

On April 7, the w o m e n topped host Adrian, Alma, Trine and Rochester at the Adrian

Invitational. The Dutch shot 349 for the

tou rnament , and co-captain Emily Atsma ('12) claimed

medalist honor s wi th 84 strokes. Last weekend, the Dutch

traveled to Illinois for the two-

day Millikin Invitational.

H o p e held a na r row lead after

the first day of play, finishing the round with o n e less s troke

than Indiana Tech. Char lo t te

Park ('13) led the Dutch with 84

strokes. A second 18-hole round

was scheduled to take place on Saturday, bu t poor wea ther

condi t ions cancelled the day's

event. Because of that , the scores f rom Friday were used

to de te rmine the invi tat ionals

champion and Hope took the

title. The w o m e n hosted the first

round of their N C A A qualifying

t o u r n a m e n t s on April 17 and

will con t inue their a t tempt to make the t o u r n a m e n t on April

27 and 28 at Olivet.