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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 n i n d e p e n d e n t 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 P y e a r s

check it out.

Soccer Team smells a n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n -sh ip . S p o r t s , page I I .

W h o t SAC does with the b u c k s you shell out. O p i n i o n , page 4.

Poetry with Native Ameri-can sou l . I n t e r m i s s i o n , page 8.

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PR Director hits the big time in A t l a n t a . S p o t l i g h t , page 6.

F P 2 T O Z 3

L P E D 4 p E c r D 5 e d r c z p 6

7 8 9 10 11

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Hope's vision checks up 20/20 o n t h e f u t u r e . C a m p u s b e a t , page 2.

New core survives close faculty vote NOELLE WOOD

staff reporter

It 's finally here. After three years of investigation, proposals, commit-tees, and votes, the new general edu-cation core curriculum has been de-termined for Hope. The core re-mained virtually the same for over 20 years, with only minor changes. Hope faculty agreed that it was in need of a make-over.

"I am enthusiastic about the gen-eral education curriculum that we approved on April 25 and excited about the opportunity that it will give all of us to continue the con-versat ion about our educa t iona l goals and how to achieve academic exce l l ence , " said Provost Jacob Nyenhuis in his August 22 address to the faculty.

"With the new general education curriculum we are rightly shifting our focus away from simple cover-age of material to the active engage-ment of our students in their own learning."

According to Dr. Charles Green, chair of the Committee to Restruc-ture the Core Curriculum, the cur-rent core has its strengths. It encom-passes a broad range of subjects and allows students to experience every-thing from philosophy, to science, to health education. So will the new core. However, changes in the man-ner that these classes will be pre-sented have been made.

To promote connections between courses, four-credit survey courses will be taken to lay the foundation of a par t icular discipl ine. These courses will be followed by two-

credit, half-semester, topic courses. All of the departments on cam-

pus will be slowly changing from the three-credit class norm to four credits. This will enable the aver-age student class load to be four four-credit classes, adding up to 16 credits per semester.

Anyone who has tried to get a combination of three-credit classes to achieve the 16 necessary each se-mester in order to graduate on time can apprec ia t e this . Also , f ou r classes per semester will be more manageable than five or six.

The Committee To Restructure the Core Curriculum first met in July of 1994. They studied national trends in curricula changes at other colleges and attended conventions about general education to gain ideas on how to change Hope ' s core.

They drafted a proposal in De-cember 1995, and, after open meet-ings with facul ty and s tudents , changes were made and the pro-posal was submitted to the Aca-demic Affairs Board.

In April, the faculty voted be-tween the Modified Proposal, sub-mitted to the Academic Af fa i r s Board by the committee, and the Status Quo, which is the current core. The Modified Proposal won by a scant 84 to 73.

Starting in the Fall of 1997, First Year Seminar pilot courses will be-gin.

"These seminars will be designed to help freshmen make the transi-tion into college," said Dr. Green. They will be modeled after the se-

more CORE on I O

Anchor photo by Josh Neucks

SPEECHLESS: Nathan Walker, 2 1/2, stops to stare at the American Legion Band at Community Day last Saturday.

Festivities uni te Hope and commun i t y

C u r r i c u l u m Keys • First Year Seminar—2 credits • M a t h and Natural Sciences—10 credits total

N o n - m a j o r s wil l t a k e a f o u r - h o u r in te rd i sc ip l inary S c i e n c e c o u r s e p lus a c o m b i n a t i o n of 2 a n d 4 -c red i t c o u r s e s in M a t h a n d /or S c i e n c e

• Second Language 1. If t es ted in to 201 o r 2 0 2 , e i ther t ake o n e s emes t e r

of that l a n g u a g e o r 101 of a third l a n g u a g e . 2 . If n o p r e v i o u s l a n g u a g e , lake 101 and 102 3. R e q u i r e m e n t w a i v e d if t es ted into fifth semes te r . • R e l i g i o n — 2 c red i t (1 /2 s e m e s t e r ) B a s i c S tud ies ,

p lus 4 - c r ed i t c o u r s e • S o c i a l S c i e n c e s — 4 cred i t s in o n e d i sc ip l ine g r o u p

a n d 2 c red i t s in t he o t h e r G r o u p 1: P s y c h o l o g y . C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , o r S o c i o l o g y G r o u p 2: E c o n o m i c s o r Pol i t ica l S c i e n c e

• A r t s — 4 cred i t s theory a n d 2 c red i t s app l i ed

GLYM WILLIAMS

sports editor

It couldn't have been more pic-turesque if it were copied directly from a Norman Rockwell painting.

There were senior citizens who all knew each other. There were a couple of guys off in the corner tossing the old pigskin. Kids were feeding the baked beans to the fam-ily dog and begging to go visit the ice cream lady.

There were even Phelps workers dressed as clowns giving balloons to the kids. The Holland American Legion band was playing the crowd wi th t u n e s l ike " G o d B l e s s America."

It was the 31st annual Commu-nity Day and it took place last Sat-urday, Sept. 7 in the Pine Grove.

"I like it better this year than in the past," said Ben Lasky ( '99). "I like having it in the Pine Grove in-stead of Windmill Island. The cam-pus is a better setting. It's real pic-turesque with the chapel and the seminary."

The d a y ' s even t s were high-lighted by a proclamation of appre-ciation read by City Councilman Craig Rich, directed toward Presi-dent John Jacobson.

"I honestly can ' t think of a bet-ter place to have a college than right h e r e in the h e a r t of H o l l a n d , Mich. ," said Jacobson, who also received a t-shirt from the stand-in mayor. Mayor A1 McGeehen was out of town on business.

Although it may have seemed like members of the communi ty outnumbered students, in actuality only about 600 students usually eat lunch at Phelps on Saturdays.

"I don ' t mind that there are not as many students here as there are o ld- t imers ," said Hazel Lawson ( '00). t4I mean, they are supporters of the school and some of them probably went here. If the students chose to pass this up and go to the Bell then that is too bad for them."

F a m i l i a r f a c e s were spo t t ed w o r k i n g at t he p i c n i c , as the Centurian fraternity was asked to

more P ICNIC on IO

Crowds leave standing room only in chapel DAN CWIK and

CARRIE "TENMANX

staff reporter and

campusbeat editor

Every Monday, Wednesday, and F r i d a y m o r n i n g th i s s e m e s t e r , record numbers have f locked to Dimnent for the morning chapel service. Attendance is at an all-time high, with an estimated 1200-1300 people leaving standing room only for late-comers.

They are accompanied by the rock beat of the Chapel Worship Team, including bongo drums, drum set, bass, electric, and acoustic gui-tars, synthesizer, and yes, even a saxophone.

"It is the work of God's Spirit and the spiritual hunger of the students that causes these huge mass atten-dances at Chapel services," said Ben Patterson, Dean of the Chapel. He also cites prayer, preaching of the Gospel, and the friendly relation-

ships of the Chaplain's Office with the student body as factors in the growth of the chapel program.

Hope faculty and staff give var-ied reasons for their attendance.

"Worship is an important part of my faith, and that is why I go to c h a p e l , " said Se th Kape r -Da le ( '97).

"I am a fairly regular Chapel attender," said President Jacobson in an April faculty meeting. "I en-joy being there because the atmo-sphere is exciting and upbeat. It is not subdued, but it is worshipful."

The Chapel program began its rapid g r o w t h a f t e r the cur rent Keppel House staff came on board in 1994 and changed the format from a more traditional style.

When he was hired as the Dean of the Chapel, Patterson spoke with many students about what they would like to see in chapel. He dis-covered that they wanted to hear messages that related to issues that

they faced in their student lives. They also favored singing and hear-ing more upbeat music.

But there are some students at Hope who do not appreciate the more charismatic worship style.

"I p r e fe r a more in te l lec tua l method for approaching Christ ," said Peter Ganeff ( '97).

Regardless of such criticism, the chapel program has continued to grow and en joys the support of Hope's administration.

"In the last two years the Chapel p r o g r a m has a t t r ac t ed a g rea t amount of participation and inter-est," said Jacobson in faculty meet-ing last spring.

"It has become visible and. in-deed, it is often audible; and it has had, I believe, a very positive in-fluence on the spiritual life of many students, faculty and staff, as well as upon people in the community and in the church who are touched by it."

Cops drop in on FCS bash HEIDI HUEBNER

staff reporter

This past Sa turday night , a Hawaiian-theme parly put on by Fellowship of Christian students was interrupted by the Holland police.

A Hope gradua te vis i t ing a neighboring house called the po-lice to complain of the noise level at Visscher and Van Zyl cottages.

"The police had known since we stained setting up (for the luau) that it was going to be a little noisy, but that it was a no-alco-hol party, a Christian party." said James Palmer (*98). FCS Presi-dent. "They had been driving by all night, and they were fine with it [the noise]."

Bui the Holland Police had to step in when the complaint was

m o r e FCS on 2

^Anchor September 11,1 996

Hope focuses on future Campus Beat

campus briefs Cottage evacuated for carbon monoxide

DeGraaf Col lage w a s evacua ied

al 11 p.m. lasl Wednesday night a f -

ter a c a r b o n m o n o x i d e d e t e c t o r

sounded in the house. T h e residents

sal outs ide the house until 1 a .m. ,

and then spent the night in the lobby

of Gi lmore Hall.

Al though they re turnded to their

cot tage the fo l lowing day, DeGraa f

residents are still unsure about the

cause of the a la rm.

* W e have got ten several d i f fer -

ent answers . " said Susan DeHaan

( ' 98 ) . DeGraaf resident .

"Af te r talking with an engineer ,

we have de termined that the sensor

packs can be act ivated by hot, hu-

m i d c o n d i t i o n s , " s a i d J e r r y

G u n n i c k . Di rec to r of Heal th and

Fire Safely. " W e feel that this m a y

have been what caused the alarm to

act ivate at DeGraa f . "

The detectors are approximate ly

one year old.

Only about 20% of the cot tages

are equ ipped with carbon monox-

ide d e t e c t o r s , w h i c h a r e b e i n g

gradual ly installed in the remaining

col lages.

Publ ic Safe ly currently seeking

addi t ional f u n d s to purchase a por-

table C O detec tor to de te rmine im-

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

a larm is false.

History prof seriously injured in fall Last S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n . H o p e

professor of history Albert Bell sus-

tained serious injuries in a fall at his

Holland home .

Bell was painting his house when

his extension ladder apparent ly col-

lapsed and he fell to the g round .

He was airl if ted lo Bul le rwor th

Hospital in Grand Rapids, where he

was d iagnosed with internal in ju-

ries and a broken pelvis . H e w a s

F C S f r o m I

made . They asked ihe parly orga-

nizers to move the parly inside the

t w o h o u s e s w h e r e , a c c o r d i n g to

Palmer, the luau con t inued .

Despite the interruption, the party

was successful in the eyes of the

FCS leadership, wilh over 150 stu-

dents in a t tendance .

"I was proud, it went well. People

are looking fo r stuff to do. We see

a unique ministry lo revive the cam-

pus," Pa lmer said.

The a lcohol - f ree par ly w a s orga-

nized as an al ternat ive option to the

typical weekend parties off campus .

"This is an al ternative to week-

end a c t i v i t i e s a n d a c h a n c e fo r

C h r i s t i a n s to f e l l o w s h i p , " s a id

Kevin DeYoung, an FCS leader.

Th i s year marked the second an-

nual luau hosted by the group .

"A par ly ' s a parly, bui a par ty

with a theme is coo l , " said Cathy

Stedman, who helped set up for ihe

evenl .

T h e luau spirit was found in the

admit ted to the critical surgical care

unit. A l though the internal injuries

are apparent ly healing, it has not yet

been de termined if the broken pel-

vis will require surgery.

Bell will not be returning lo Hope

for at least 5 -6 weeks . In the mean-

t ime, Professor C o h e n will be sub-

sti tuting in his History 130-02 sur-

vey c lass .

decorations, guys running around in

grass skirts and leis, and in the col-

orful attire of many of the allenders.

Whi le there was not a roast pig

in the traditional fashion of a luau,

food was plent i ful .

" T h i s is s o r t of a

d i scombobula led Hawai ian fiesta,"

said Tom Goodhar t ( '98) .

With Christ ian mus ic blaring in

the background, s tudents danced on

the lawn and s idewalk, j u m p e d on

a h u g e t r a m p o l i n e , and p l a y e d

Fr isbee in the street. A foursquare

o r g a n i z e d in the d r i v e w a y , and

a l l e n d e r s e v e n l i m b o e d u n d e r a

b room lo the mus ic of Jars of Clay.

Free door prizes had the c rowd

laughing as people accepted useless

gi f ts such as Ramen noodle soup

and ch i ld ren ' s toys.

Fel lowship of Christ ian Students

h o l d s w e e k l y m e e t i n g s M o n d a y

nights al 9 p.m. in Phelps or Maas

aud i to r ium and encourages all lo

at tend.

CARRIE TEN MANX

cam pus beat editor

" W h e r e there is no v i s ion the

people per ish ."

Th i s Bible verse is emblazoned

on i h e f l y e r s f o r V i s i o n 2 0 2 0 ,

Hope ' s new strategic p lanning ini-

tiative.

T h e b r a i n c h i l d of P r e s i d e n t

Jacobson and the Board of Trust-

ees. the inilialive a ims to bring into

focus the col lec l ive vision of the

Hope communi ty for the year 2020,

and ident i fy steps lo be taken n o w

to bring about those goals .

"A lot of organiza t ions are mak-

ing preparations for the future," said

Chuck Green, professor of psychol-

ogy and Director of Frost Research

C e n t e r , w h o is c o o r d i n a t i n g the

p lanning effor t . "In today 's wor ld ,

it lakes a very intentional e f for t to

prepare fo r the fu ture , because ev-

erything changes so rapidly."

T h e y e a r 2 0 2 0 , a c c o r d i n g to

Green , symbol izes this focus on the

fu ture .

"By thinking so far ahead , w e are

not cons t ra ined by our immedia te

p r o b l e m s . We c a n s u s p e n d o u r

j u d g e m e n t to get beyond cur ren t

issues and really think about what

we want Hope Col lege lo look l ike

in 20 or 25 years ."

In order lo formula te these goals,

Jacobson and the Board of Trust-

ees is seeking the input of the Hope

communi ty

A set of three ques t ions for input

on the p lanning inilialive w a s sent

out in the News from Hope College

to a lumni , parents , and f r iends of

the Co l l ege . T h e s e ques t ions a re

a l s o a v a i l a b l e o n - l i n e in t h e

K n o w H o p e sys tem. Green h o p e s

for a high level of s tudent partici-

pation in the survey, which must be

comple ted by Sept. 15.

In addi t ion to the survey ques-

tions, four consultation groups com-

prised of stu-

d e n l s , f a c -

u l ty , s t a f f ,

a l u m n i , a d -

minis t ra t ion ,

and f r i e n d s ,

a re m e e t i n g

this semes ter

to brainstorm

i d e a s a n d

s u g g e s t i o n s

fo r the p r o -

gram.

" W h e r e is

the wor ld headed? Where is h igher

educat ion headed? W h a t ways do

we wan t Hope Col lege lo change

or remain the same? T h e s e are the

q u e s t i o n s tha t w e a r e a s k i n g , "

Green said.

Becky Schmid t ( ' 98 ) participated

in the f i r s t c o n s u l t a t i o n g r o u p ,

which met in August .

"1 would say that w e are talking

about enhanc ing Hope Col lege for

the fu ture , rather than chang ing it

radical ly," she said. "We are ana-

lyzing global trends which are tak-

ing place, and how they should or

will a f fec t Hope . T h e point was to

ge l together some people with very

c lose lies lo Hope Col lege to dis-

c u s s w h a t qua l i t i e s of H o p e we

would like to keep or see changed ," t

she said.

Schmid t ci ted technological ad-

vances as an example .

"Technology has made such an

impact on the wor ld ," she said. "We

have to have a priorit ized plan to

i n c o r p o r a t e

these technol-

ogy advances

i n t o H o p e

College. Also,

since technol-

ogy has made

t h e w o r l d a

smaller place,

w e h a v e to

b e c o m e a

m o r e d iverse

campus in the

fu tu re . "

T h e s e ongo ing d iscuss ions will

be fo l lowed in Oc tobe r by the re-

lease of a draf t s ta tement of goals

by the Board of Trustees. T h e Board

will cons ider da ta f rom the first two

consultat ion sessions and responses

to a survey that they are conduc t -

ing to draf t the document .

T h e second half of the semester

will be focused on thinking about

m o r e concre te ways to ach ieve the

out l ined goals . T h e brains torming

process wil l cont inue with the re-

main ing t w o consul ta t ion sess ions

and a f resh set of survey quest ions.

Anchor p\-\oXo by Josh Neucks

N I C E H A I R : Kevin DeYoung ('98) gets a festive new 'do with the help of a Hawaiian mask at the FCS luau.

Foundation awards sciences $750,000 - T h e grant will support the gener- up to t w o projec ts a year for fac-

HEIDI HUEBNER

staff reporter

Early this s u m m e r the Hope Col-

lege Science depar tment received

$700 ,000 f rom the Howard Hughes

Medica l Institution in Mary land .

T h e gran t w a s a c q u i r e d in re-

s p o n s e to a p roposa l wr i t t en by

James Gent i le , dean of natural sci-

ences at Hope. It will be used to

support a variety of projects target-

ing underepresented g roups of s tu-

dents like women and minori t ies .

" O u r goal is lo gel s tudents of all

ages, including women and minori-

ties, involved in real scientific ex -

plorat ion instead of jus t memor i z -

ing facts f r o m books , " said Purnell

Chop in , Pres ident of the H u g h e s

Medica l Institute, in a recently re-

leased s ta tement .

ating of a science c lub for middle

and high school students, as wel l as

provid ing the oppor tuni ty for high

schoolers and Hope students to con-

duct b iomedica l research.

"I t ' s an important miss ion lo help

y o u n g s tudents in teres ted in sci-

ence. It 's really part of our outreach

to the communi ty , " Gent i le said.

In addition lo the science c lub and

undergradua te research, the grant

a l lows specif ic support for sc ience

at Hope by underwri t ing the devel-

opment of courses in scientif ic lit-

eracy for s tudents w h o do not plan

lo ma jo r in science and revisions on

courses geared toward biology and

chemis t ry m a j o r s . T h e deve lop -

ments coincide wilh the co l l ege ' s

plan lo upda te its core cur r icu lum.

Addit ionally, the gram will f und

ully r e sea rch p rov ided invo lv ing

H o p e undergradua tes .

Provis ions fo r three added bio-

medical sc iences facul ty m e m b e r s

will help remodel laboratory space,

provide equipment , and support stu-

dent researchers .

H o p e w a s one of only t w o col-

leges in Mich igan and 52 col leges

nat ional ly lo receive a grant f r o m

the prest igious inst i tut ion.

"These col leges and universi t ies

do an excellent j o b of preparing stu-

den t s fo r careers in sc ient i f ic re-

search, teaching, med ic ine and re-

lated fields," Purnell said . Hope

also received a $750,000 grant f r o m

the institute in 1991.

"I t ' s because w e ' r e good, w e do

wha t w e say w e ' r e go ing to do in

the proposa l s , " Gent i le said.

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This Friday Night in the

Kletz: S C A R E D W E I R D L I T T L E G U Y S

8:30pm " . . . S c a r e d . . . w e i r d . . . b i z a r r e . . . L A U G H ! !

- T h e H e r a l d S u n / M e l b o u r n e

We are now accepting applications for 3 open positions.

Pick up an application at the S A C office. Applicat ions are

due on Thursday September 12 by 5pm.

A lot of organizations are

making preparations for the

future. In today's world, it

takes a very intentional effort

to prepare for the future,

because everything changes so

rapidly. —Chuck Green

Director of Frost Research Center

September 11,1 996 the Anchor I n F o c u s

C A L L M E C R A Z Y

Dave Clausen

A Ca l l Fo r A c t i v i s m Last spr ing H o p e ' s admin-

istration banned smoking in the

Kletz.

W h y am 1 telling you

someth ing many of you already

know?

Because it represents an

ugly tendency in H o p e ' s

administrat ive policy: going

over the heads of the s tudents to

make decis ions that a f fec t us

without our consen t .

For the past three years .

Student Congress has brought

the proposed smoking ban up

fo r a vote and each t ime it w a s

voted down. Then the adminis -

tration decided to vote yes,

complete ly going against

s tudent preference .

Wait a minute. W h o ' s

paying $ 18,000 a year to go to

this col lege? S o m e of o u r

parents may be foot ing the bill,

but it is our educat ion and our

l ives being shaped here.

You might say that this

issue should have been ad-

dressed last spring when the

action was e f fec ted , but there is

no time more oppor tune than

the present. S tudent Congress

elect ions are near, and a l though

its powers are relat ively

laughable, it is the main fo rum

by which w e can make o u r

voices known to the adminis t ra-

tion. It is only as s trong as w e

make it.

Last year, when our co re

curr iculum was changed ,

s tudents had little to do with it.

This is not because the adminis -

tration ignored student input,

but because it w a s not provided,

al though a recognizable ef for t

was made to collect s tudent

ideas on the matter. Perhaps this

is what gave them the idea that

they could get a w a y with the

Kletz smoking ban.

As paying cus tomers at

Hope Col lege we should not

give the school the impress ion

that they can make o u r decis ions

for us.

As w e elect Congres s reps

fo r our dorms , cot tages or o f f -

c a m p u s , w e need to get people

into o f f i ce w h o will listen and

push for greater s tudent control

over the issues that concern us.

I real ize that not eve rybody

may have the l ime to devote

themse lves to this cause , but

tha t ' s wha t Student Congress is

for . Your voice will be heard

there, and f r o m there Congress

can pass it on to the higher

adminis t ra t ive bodies . We have

s tudent media l ike the Anchor

and W T H S which are des igned

to get o u r voices out there. We

have potent ial ly powerfu l tools

at o u r fingertips, and if e n o u g h

of us gel f ired up, then the

adminis t ra t ion will have no

choice but to listen.

W h y should w e let the

powers that be make choices for

us on issues thai affect our l ives

here?

It is here that we will be

shaping fundamenta l at t i tudes

toward h o w w e act in retaining

control over wha t happens to us

as we go out into the real world.

Start now. E m p o w e r our s tudent

organizat ions to get things d o n e

on our behalf instead of letting

the adminis t ra t ion dec ide wha t

is benef ic ia l fo r us. Shrug off the

not ion that o u r generat ion is

apathet ic and make the decis ions

that will a f fec t us now and

in f luence the way w e act in the

fu ture .

This is our school , so let's

take control and get what we

want out of it, instead of the

adminis t ra t ion giving us wha t

they want .

Di f f e ren t l y A b l e d Disabled students overcome challeneges DAVE CLAUSEN infocus editor

W h e n d i s a b l e d s t u d e n t L iz

Hall ( ' 00 ) arr ived on campus this

summer , she feared that she might

have to deal with the same diff icul-

ties she did at Michigan State. Hall

has a genet ic skin disorder called

Ep idermolys i s Bul losa , which af-

f e c t s the c o n -

n e c t i v e t i s sue

in her skin.

At S t a t e ,

she had t rouble

getting in touch

with profs , get-

t i n g a r o u n d

c a m p u s , a n d

s t u d e n t s w e r e

somewha t cold

and dis tant to-

wards her. Hall

said. However ,

this was not to

be the case at Hope .

"The re is a big d i f f e r e n c e at

H o p e , " H a l l s a i d . " A l l a r o u n d

people are will ing to help, and they

don ' t make you feel like y o u ' r e stu-

pid for asking for help here . "

At Hope there are 84 students

classif ied as disabled. Th i s includes

those that have learning, mobili ty,

hearing, vision, and hidden disabili-

ties. Hidden ones include mental or

psych ia t r i c d isabi l i t ies , o r hea l th

impai rments such as Hal l ' s .

Hope ' s Off ice of Disabled Stu-

dent Services deals with those stu-

dents w h o have mobility, hear ing,

vision, or h idden disorders. D S S is

the only service of its kind exis t ing

at an undergraduate school in the

s t a t e of M i c h i g a n , s a id L o u i s e

S h u m a k e r , D i r e c t o r of D i s a b l e d

Student Services .

It is "commi t t ed to provid ing

opportuni ty fo r s tudents with dis-

abilities to reach their ful l po ten-

tial ," according to D S S ' s miss ion

statement.

N e w s tudents c o m i n g to H o p e

with disabil i t ies must arr ive early

in order to become oriented with the

c a m p u s a n d

to prepare for

t h e i r c l a s s e s

by m e e t i n g

w i t h p r o f e s -

sors , b e c o m -

i n g a c -

quainted with

the Disabili ty

R e s o u r c e

R o o m in the

library, learn-

ing w h e r e all

t h e w h e e l -

c h a i r r a m p s

are, and in the case of bl ind stu-

dents . learning their routes to c lass

and other des t inat ions on campus .

For blind students it can be par-

ticularly diff icul t . S h u m a k e r said.

" S o m e t i m e s it t a k e s t h e m t h e i r

whole t ime at Hope to f igure it out ."

Heidi B ronkema ( '97; , one of

Hope ' s two blind students, said that

the physical barr iers have not been

t h e m o s t p r o b l e m a t i c , a l t h o u g h

people have parked cars on the side-

walks and caused unexpec ted hin-

drances as well as f rustra t ion, forc-

ing her to walk into the street to get

a round them.

D S S has worked towards pro-

mol ing the removal of at t i tudinal

barriers as m u c h as physical ones .

"You can r emove all the physi-

11 When I first started this job

all the focus was on helping

the students become aware.

But it's really the whole

campus that needs to be-

come aware. —Louise Shumaker

Director of Disabled Student

Services

cal barr iers , but if the at t i tudes and

unders tanding d o e s n ' t change , you

haven ' t gone very far ," S h u m a k e r

said.

T h e a t t i t u d i n a l b a r r i e r s ,

S h u m a k e r s a i d , a r e w h e r e t h e

schoo l has m a d e the mos t e f f o r t

O n e of the ways in which these bar-

riers are broken on c a m p u s is dur-

ing Di sab i l i t y A w a r e n e s s W e e k ,

wh ich occurs in Apri l . During this,

s tudents have the opt ion of partici-

pat ing in a number of activities such

as the " W h e e l c h a i r C h a l l e n g e " ,

where facul ty , s taff , and students

occupy wheelchai rs fo r a day.

On another day, D S S sets up

disability s imulat ions in the DeWit t

l o u n g e w h e r e s t u d e n t s have the

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

through var ious means . A keynote

speaker is a lso brought to c a m p u s

to speak on a disabil i ty issue deter-

mined by the theme of the year.

In a d d i t i o n t o D i s a b i l i t i e s

Awareness Week , S h u m a k e r gets

involved in the c a m p u s throughout

the year. To increase awareness , she

talks to facul ty and staff meet ings ,

education classes, and brings speak-

ers to campus to talk on disability

issues.

" W h e n I first started this j o b

all the focus was on helping the stu-

den t s b e c o m e a w a r e . " S h u m a k e r

said. "But really it's the whole cam-

pus that needs to become aware ."

Increas ing a w a r e n e s s of dis-

abil i t ies is an issue cont inual ly em-

p h a s i z e d by H o p e . " T h e ha rdes t

thing in any group of people is over-

c o m i n g s t e r e o t y p e s . " B r o n k e m a

said. " O n c e you get past those, then

people can get to k n o w you and

things are easier ."

D o y o u need m o r e power? O r just like people?

Black & Decker is hiring. W e are

looking for mot ivated par t t i m e help t o work weekends and evenings. Stop

by the out let mal l off U S 3 I nor th or

call at 392-6820. w e ' r e m o r e t h a n j us t p o w e r t oo l s . C o m e see.

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Opin ion the Anchor September I I , 1996

our voice.

Regulat ion o r strangulat ion? T h e b l i n d f o l d e d w o m e n w o r e b i g d i a p e r s o v e r t h e i r

s h o r t s , r e d p l a s t i c h a t s o n t h e i r h e a d s , p a i n t o n t h e i r f a c e s .

T h e y m a r c h e d in a l i n e s i n g i n g a d i t t y a b o u t b e i n g " m i g h t y ,

m i g h t y f r e s h m e n " w h i l e u p p e r c l a s s w o m e n l o o k e d o n .

T h e y f i l e d b e f o r e t h e b i g w i n d o w a l o n g t h e w e s t w a l l o f

P h e l p s D i n i n g H a l l F r i d a y e v e n i n g a n d d i d a l i t t l e d a n c e .

A n d t h e n t h e y p u l l e d o f f t h e b l i n d f o l d s , c a m e i n , a n d

a t e , s t i l l d e c k e d o u t i n t h e i r i n i t i a t i o n r e g a l i a .

T h e y w e r e a l l s m i l i n g .

L e t ' s s a y f o r a m o m e n t t h a t t h e y w e r e a p l e d g e c l a s s ,

w i t h a c t i v e s t y i n g t h e i r b l i n d f o l d s a n d l e a d i n g t h e m . L e t ' s

s a y f o r a s e c o n d t h a t t h i s w a s a n e x a m p l e o f p u b l i c

p l e d g i n g . A s a G r e e k o r g a n i z a t i o n t h e y w o u l d b e v i o l a t i n g

t h e R e s t r u c t u r e d P l e d g i n g P o l i c y a d o p t e d l a s t D e c e m b e r

a n d i n s t i t u t e d f o r t h e first t i m e d u r i n g p l e d g i n g l a s t s p r i n g .

W h a t w o u l d h a p p e n t o t h e m ?

T h e a c t o f " b l i n d f o l d i n g " a n d " r e q u i r i n g i n a p p r o p r i a t e

d r e s s " a r e l e v e l t w o i n f r a c t i o n s , p u n i s h a b l e b y t h e

i m m e d i a t e a s s i g n m e n t o f 2 5 h o u r s o f c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e

f o r e a c h p a r t i c i p a n t . T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n c o u l d a l s o b e fined

b e t w e e n $ 7 5 a n d S I 2 5 . P a r t i c i p a n t s c o u l d b e h a n d e d a

s e m e s t e r ' s w o r t h o f p r o b a t i o n .

B u t t h e s e l a d i e s w e r e n ' t p l e d g i n g . T h e y a r e m e m b e r s

o f t h e D u t c h S o c c e r t e a m , a n d t h e y w e r e j u s t p e r f o r m i n g

a n a n n u a l " w e l c o m e t o t h e t e a m " t r a d i t i o n .

S o w h a t ' s w r o n g w i t h t h a t ?

W h e n t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n b e a r s d o w n o n p u b l i c a c t i o n s

l i k e t h i s f o r G r e e k o r g a n i z a t i o n s , t h e y d o s o t o g i v e p l e d g e s

a r e s p i t e , a s a f e t y n e t f r o m t h e r i g o r s o f i n i t i a t i o n . B u t

w h a t if t h e p u b l i c d i s p l a y s w e r e n ' t h u r t i n g a n y o n e ? W h e n

t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s w e r e h a v i n g f u n , a n d s o w e r e o n l o o k e r s ?

T r a d i t i o n s t h a t a r e f u n a n d d o n ' t c a u s e h a r m s h o u l d n o t

b e r e g u l a t e d o u t o f e x i s t e n c e .

W h e n t h e C o l l e g e s p e n d s h u n d r e d s o f h o u r s r e v i e w i n g

G r e e k s o n c a m p u s a n d s e c u r i n g r e v i s e d p o l i c i e s t o m a n a g e

a c t i v i t i e s w i t h i n t h o s e g r o u p s , w h e r e d o e s t h e C o l l e g e

d r a w t h e l i n e ?

W h a t w o u l d h a p p e n if t h e s e r e g u l a t i o n s w e r e a p p l i c a b l e

t o a l l H o p e o r g a n i z a t i o n s ? L e t ' s p l a y m a k e - b e l i e v e .

W e ' l l j u s t f o c u s o u t a t t e n t i o n s o n P h e l p s , a d e s i g n a t e d

" f r e e z o n e . "

W a t c h h o w t h e s e r e s t r i c t i o n s a p p l y t o S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s

e l e c t i o n s . C a n d i d a t e s f o r p r e s i d e n t c a n n o l o n g e r b e a s k e d

t o d r e s s u p t o d e l i v e r s p e e c h e s t o d i n e r s .

W h a t a b o u t t h e P u l l t e a m s ? T h a t ' s i t . G o h o m e a n d t a k e

o f f t h o s e m a t c h i n g t e e s . A n d q u i t s h a v i n g y o u r h e a d s ,

g e n t l e m e n . N o m o r e w a r p a i n t . T h i s t y p e o f e x p r e s s i o n is

i n a p p r o p r i a t e i n t h e f r e e z o n e .

T h e i s s u e a t h a n d i s n ' t p u b l i c h u m i l i a t i o n . P e r h a p s t h o s e

s o c c e r l a d i e s w e r e h a v i n g a g o o d t i m e . C a n d i d a t e s a r e

f o n d o f w e a r i n g d r e s s y s t u f f . P u l l e r s l i k e t o b e b a l d . A n d

it i s n ' t c r e a t i n g a n e g a t i v e d i s t r a c t i o n . T h e d i n e r s i n P h e l p s

p r o b a b l y g e t a k i c k o u t o f t h e s p e c t a c l e s .

S o m e o f t h e r u l e s i n t h e P l e d g i n g d o c u m e n t a r e

c o n s t r u c t i v e . T h e y w e r e n e e d e d a n d t h e y s h o u l d b e

c o n t i n u e d . B u t d i d t h e r u l e m a k i n g g e t o u t o f h a n d ? If

s o m e o f t h e s e r u l e s w e r e a p p l i e d t o o t h e r g r o u p s , t h e y

w o u l d s e e m in e x c e s s .

T h e i s s u e h e r e i s t h a t o v e r - r e g u l a t i o n c a n , a n d w i l l , k i l l

a n u m b e r o f t r a d i t i o n s t h a t h a d v a l u e a n d h i s t o r y . T h e

n e e d f o r a r e v i s e d p l e d g i n g p o l i c y i n e v i d e n t . Y e s , t h e

p o l i c y is n e c e s s a r y . I d e a l l y , h a z i n g a c t i v i t i e s t h a t o n c e

w e r e y e a r l y t r a d i t i o n s h a v e b e e n e l i m i n a t e d . B u t i n

s w e e p i n g a w a y t h e h a r m f u l t r a d i t i o n s , t h e f u n s t u f f w a s

a l s o s w e p t a w a y .

D o w e w a n t c o n s i s t e n c y s o t h a t a l l t r a d i t i o n s a r e

e v e n t u a l l y r e g u l a t e d o u t o f e x i s t e n c e ? N o . W e w a n t t h e

r e g u l a t i o n s t o m a k e s e n s e . W e w a n t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o

k e e p a l i v e t h e t r a d i t i o n s t h a t h e l p e d t h e g r o u p s b o n d ,

w i t h o u t t h e t r a d i t i o n s i n v o l v i n g b o n d a g e .

L e t ' s b e r e a s o n a b l e w i t h t h e r u l e s , s o t h a t t h e y h a v e

c o n t i n u e d v a l u e .

you voice. Student comes to defense of stereotyped males

D e a r Editor,

I have not, in a very long l ime,

been so insulted as I w a s when my

Resident Director knocked on my

door on the night of Sept . 2 and

handed m e the latest C . A . A . R . E .

flyer. Like most of the o ther meet-

ings on the Hope campus , this one

too had the sel l ing point of " F R E E

P U N C H A N D C O O K I E S ; ' T h a t

was the least of the problems. As I

r e a d f u r t h e r , I c a m e t o t h i s :

4 ' **Guys. . .Stop being ignorant and

learn how to treat a lady!"

W h a t is this? I cannot think of a

more blatant s lap in the face than

being told that I have done some-

thing wrong before I have even had

the chance to do any th ing at all. I

am sure that this whole sexual as-

sault awareness thing was a good

idea on the outset and has no th ing

but good intentions, but f rom where

I am silling it is ge t t ing jus t s l ightly

out of control . T h o u g h I know thai

I am cross ing all sorts of political

c o r r e c t n e s s gu ide l ines by saying

this, I gues s that I will take that

chance. There are, sparse as w e may

seem, a f ew of us guys left on Earth

that actual ly do have some concept

as to h o w one should behave. So

until the rest of us die out, would

you please d o us the favor of giv-

ing us all the benef i t of the doubt.

T h a n k you for your t ime,

Michael G. Cross

SAC directors explain where your moolah goes

Dear Editor,

As the leadership of S A C it has

c o m e to our attention that m e m b e r s

of the Hope c o m m u n i t y are con-

ce rned with the a m o u n t of fund ing

S A C receives. T h e monies that we

recieve c o m e f rom the Activities fee

that we as s tudents pay each semes-

ter. Each year S A C submits a bud-

get proposal to the Appropr ia t ions

C o m m i t t e e of S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s

and they dec ide the amount we are

to recieve.

For the 1996-1997 year S A C was

al located $94,346. In addit ion S A C

is responsible for mak ing c lose to

$20 ,000 in revenue (Movies , Fan-

tasia, etc.) , which of f se t s the over-

all S A C budget . Current ly there are

2 , 8 5 0 s tudents enro l l ed at Hope ,

which works out to being $33.10

per student, per year. T h e fo l low-

ing is a general list of the Activi-

t ies /Events that vour $33 .10 a year

is spent on.

1 . 1 4 + C o m e d i a n s / C o m e d y Acts

2 . 4 Qual i ty Bands (1964, L i fe In

Genera l , Graff i t i Tribe, and Spr ing

Fling Band ( T B A ) )

3. I Night of 'Crea t ive Da t ing '

with Dave Co leman

4. I Magic Act (The Spencers )

5. 2 Dances ( H o m e c o m i n g Hoe-

down, Winter Fantasia)

6. 8 Specia l /Tradi t ional Even t s

(Labor Day, H o m e c o m i n g Parade,

All C o l l e g e S ing , C a s i n o Nigh t ,

Talent J am, Sibs Weekend, Images ,

Spring Fl ing)

7. 25 M o v i e s ( i n c l u d i n g o n e

Dr ive- in)

A s the di rectors of this commi t -

tee we see on a daily bas is the costs

of provid ing quali ty enter ta inment ,

but we can also see h o w persons

looking f rom the outside-in could

easily over look costs that we incur

fo r events o r even the events them-

selves. S o m e e x a m p l e s of these in-

direct costs are: room and board for

en te r t a ine r s , pub l ic i ty fo r e v e n t s

(posters, table tents, m e m o boards),

room reservat ions for events , etc.

Ano the r cost that w e incur is the

purchas ing of shirts for S A C m e m -

bers to use on the day of events .

T h e s e sh i r t s a re the p r o p e r t y of

Hope Col lege are a re re turned to

S A C at the end of eve ry year. By

wri t ing this letter we hope to better

inform Hope ' s campus on h o w we

distr ibute your port ion of the Ac-

tivities fee .

In 1981 the S o c i a l A c t f v i t i e s

C o m m i t t e e at H o p e C o l l e g e

brought F O U R enter ta iners to this

c a m p u s (this semester alone we are

bringing 15)! We hope that you can

see h o w far this nat ional ly recog-

nized group (SAC) has c o m e in a

15 year l ime span. I hope that you

can be t te r unders tand the advan-

tages, such as the enlertainment that

S A C p r o v i d e s , o f c o m i n g to a

school like Hope, having read this

letter. But most of all I hope that

each and every one of you feel like

you are get t ing your $33 .10 worth.

We encourage you to become a

part of S A C or S tudent Congress

and make a d i f fe rence in the deci-

s i o n s that a re m a d e c o n c e r n i n g

your money. If you have any sug-

gest ions on h o w you would like to

see vour $ 3 3 . 1 0 spent , o r if you

have any q u e s t i o n s of c o n c e r n s

please contact us at x7882. Thanks .

Sincerely ,

Aaron Smith

Kevin Randal l

Direc tor

Assoc ia te Director

Student expresses frustration with misquote D e a r Editor,

I am wri t ing you in regards to

my recent quote in the "Seen and

Heard" co lumn. I feel the reporter

w h o sol ici ted m y quo te did not

fairly represent it in the paper. I

said the f i rs t ha l f of m y q u o t e .

Then the g r o u p of f r i ends I w a s

with started talking. At this point I

jok ing ly said "dr ink ing is good . " 1

then said, "no, d o n ' t print that ." For

the journal is t to publ ish those t w o

comple te ly separate s ta tements as

one is a total misrepresentat ion of

my v iews and opinions . You m a d e

me appear as if I was unable to re-

a l ize the seve re r a m i f i c a t i o n s of

binge drinking. Binge drinking is an

important issue for col lege students

to deal with and not a lways a pleas-

ant one. In short , to represent me

this w a y is no th ing less than slan-

derous . H o w do you think my par-

ents , w h o receive The Anchor, felt

as they read my quote? U p until this

point I had the u tmost respect for

The Anchor, n o w I will read every

quote with skept ic ism wonder ing if

it is truly wha t the person said.

Sincerely ,

Sara M a r i e Nic ies

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Spotlight the Anchor September I I , 1996

Engineering students float through design class GLYN WILLIAMS

sports ed i to r

Ah. a nice, relaxing evening ai the

beach. You can hear the waves hil-

ling ihe shore and see the sun sel-

ling over ihe horizon. You can feel the frosty water brushing up against

your naked feel. You can smell the

duct tape. Duct rape? That ' s right,

duct tape. Last Monday, Sept. 2, before the

eyes of dozens of vacationing fami-

lies, members of Professor John

Krupczak's 400-level Introduction to Design class floated boats made

solely f rom ca rdboard and duct

tape. Not only did the students have

to build their mini-yachts in less

lhan one weekend, they had to race

each other around two buoys at

Tunnel Park and back. The point of the project was to

use a limited amount of materials

to build something that is in some

way elaborate. " T h e s t u d e n t s had to th ink

through an unusual combination,"

Krupczak said. "Cardboard has its

capabilities. Duct tape has its capa-

bilities. You need to take those ca-pabilities and manipulate them to

suit your needs. That is engineer-

ing at work." According to Tom VerBeek ('97),

the fun was in building his group 's "Kegger," and not so much the rac-

ing. Perhaps their disdain stemmed

from ihe wintry feel of the water.

"We spent over 10 man hours on

the project ihis weekend," VerBeek said. "It was a pretty good time ap-

plying our knowledge of engineer-

ing. We went through about four or

five different designs until we de-

cided on one to use. It was the most structural. I think it was kind of cool

to see what other people came up

with." VerBeek's design finished last at

six minutes and thirty-five seconds

due to a minor rule violation. One

of the group members let his feet touch the bottom of the lake.

Other designs included a James Bond-esque speedboat "The Duck,"

a surfboard design that could have

passed off as a rocket-ship dubbed

"the Boss,"and a raft made of pon-

t o o n s s im i l a r to that u s e d by

Gilligan to get off the island named

"Tubular." Krupczak surprised everyone by

showing up intending to race with

his own box shaped like a canoe that

he dubbed "The Cow." "The Boss" won the race with a

time of Four 'minutes and twenty-

two seconds, while "Tubular" was

s e c o n d wi th a t i m e of 5 :19 .

Krupczak's less than aero-dynamic

canoe was third with a time of 5:45. "The Duck" finished in fourth place

after drifting for 6:05. Krupczak is quite pleased with

the results of the second annual re-

gatta and is even more pleased with the interest the local beach patrons

had in the race. All were curious and some were

. a j

photo courtesy of J. Krupczak

IT'S " T U B U L A R " D U D E : ( 7 f t > r ; Peter Lepczyk ('97), Luke Pinkerton ('97), Audrey Coates C97), and Joel Smith C97) show off their cardboard and duct tape raft.

shouting out bets to be placed.

"I think the bystanders were re-

ally surprised," Krupczak said.

"It is not something you see all the time while at the beach. I think

it is great that people are so into it. All evening people were coming up

to me asking what we were doing." T h e immedia t e response that

came from the class of about 15 was

how the professor was planning to

grade their projects, assuming that

the winning group would get an * A'. That winning group consisted of

Rich Sturmfels ( '97), Derek Zwart

( '97) , Jodi James ( '97) . and Peter

Gannef ( '97)

"We l l , e v e r y o n e p a s s e d , "

Krupczak said. " There was no pre-set grading sys-

tem. It would be unfair to grade

people based upon their per for-

mance because some people swim

faster than other and that has noth-

ing to do with engineering.

In c lass we will d i scuss the

strengths and weaknesses of the

designs that were used and we will

go from there. "In general, the feeling the stu-

dents had was satisfaction that their

designs were successful. Bes ides if you get to go the

beach as a class project, why fight

it? Just go where the waves take

you.

New position reaches out to students HEIDI HUEBER

staff r e p o r t e r

The sincere smile and under-standing eyes lit up when Lori Fair

told of her love for God. "God means everything. He's my

first priority," Fair said.

Fair felt God calling her back into

full-time ministry. To her surprise

he led her to the Hope Col lege

Chaplain's office as Director of Stu-

dent Outreach.

"My job is to coordinate service

and missions opportunities for stu-

dents," Fair said.

Fair will serve as a liaison be-tween the community's needs and

the interests of students. She will

plan mission trips and help students

with a wil l ingness to serve God plug into opportunities in the com-

munity and abroad.

The job position was created by

the chaplain's staff after observing

Hope students' desire to serve. "We wanted to develop a struc-

ture to regularly fit students in the

community to use their time, abil-

ity. and talents to make an impact

on society," said Chaplain Dolores

Nasrallah. The chaplain 's staff spent time

over the past couple of years re-searching the outreach programs on

other college campuses. Their eyes

were opened to the positive impact

an outreach director could have on

Hope's campus. "We didn't want this to become

an ingrown c a m p u s , " Nasral lah

said. "We feel part of spir i tual

growth is going to chapel and par-ticipating in small groups, but an-

other part of faith is going out and m a k i n g use of w h a t y o u ' v e

learned." That is where Lori

Fair fits into the pic-

ture. "Lori has a lot of ex-

pe r i ence in minis t ry

and a degree in social

work." Nasrallah said.

"She has a deep love

for Christ. She is able to find out the needs of

others and has a gift for

networking students."

E v e n in her b r i e f

time at Hope, Fair has g r o w n f o n d of the

people. "I love the students,

thq i r ene rgy , t he i r

i nqu i s i t i veness . . . and

the chaplain's staff, we pray hard," she said.

Fair is still adjusting

to her job and the College. This In-diana native moved to Holland af-

ter work ing fu l l - t ime with high

school students in the Young Life

Min i s t r y p r o g r a m of M i d l a n d ,

Mich. Feeling slightly restless, she

moved here at the prompt ing of

friends. While working downtown at The

Outpost satisfied Fair 's love for the outdoors, she felt the Holy Spirit

calling her back into full-time min-

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/Anchor photo by Zach Johnson

Lori Fair

istry. "I always want to put God first

as far as vocation goes," Fair said.

Fair has a definite vision for the

campus. "1 hope to see God move people

into ministry and change people's

hearts to serve Him," Fair said. "Seek him first. It's the perfect time

in life to do that regarding your ca-

reer. Embrace each day for what it

offers."

Arranging Hope Students ' travel for over 40 yrs

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Recycle t h e A n c h o r

PR Guy turns Olympian KIM POWELL

spot l ight ed i to r

T o m R e n n e r , D i r e c t o r of

H o p e ' s Pub l i c R e l a t i o n s and

Sports Information, dubs it the

experience of a lifetime. The torch

was burning, crowds were cheer-

ing, Atlanta was alive with the

spirit of the Centennial Olympic

games. All across America, television

sets were tuned into the latest hap-

penings, but Renner was there to see it unfold before his very eyes.

For a man who personally and

professionally loves athletics, the

opportunity to take part in the big-

gest international sporting event

in the world was a chance he

couldn't pass up. Renner knew he 'd be working

at the basketball venue, but was pleasantly surprised to find out

that for the first week and a half

gymnastics would be his focus.

Renner was surprised by the

number of people at the gymnas-

tics venue. ,4I knew I was in for something

when there were 30,000 people

watching practice; every session was sold out," Renner said.

As the U.S. women ' s gymnas-

tics team bounded their way to gold. Renner was responsible for

getting between 500 and 600jour-

nalists from around the globe to

their seat. Renner chuckles remembering

how the language barrier made the first few days on the job a little

tense. "I found that some journalists

when things weren ' t what they

wanted to hear didn ' t speak En-

glish anymore," Renner said.

Working at the gymnastics and

basketball venues gave Renner

the opportunity to appreciate the

differences in sports.

"In gymnastics you have pe-tite, liny athletes and in basket-

ball you have the giants," Renner

said. "It illustrates that physical

size means little." Renner 's interest in the games

went beyond simply the athletes,

it extended to the spectators, jour-

nalists, and the city itself.

"(People) were there to expe-

r i e n c e the O l y m p i c s p i r i t , "

Renner said. S p e c t a t o r s w e r e c h e e r i n g

w h e t h e r it was a gold meda l

match or just two unknown coun-

tries battling for victory. "It was heartwarming to see in-

terest in o b s c u r e c o u n t r i e s , "

Renner said. "I found spectators

very encouraging to everyone."

Every day set forth new chal-

lenges for Renner. In addition to seating journal-

ists, he collected rolls of film

f rom journalists after the event. An a v e r a g e baske tba l l g a m e

yielded between 100-150 rolls of f i lm . I m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g

events, Renner would coordinate

the "mix zone," a time for jour-

nalists to talk to athletes before hilling the locker rooms. From

there it was on to organize a for-

mal press conference. The experience allowed him to

use his PR skills on a large scale and observe media relationships.

Renner also had the unfortu-

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Right to Life of Michigan Annual Conference, slated for September 27 and 28, 1996, in Holland, Michigan, promises to be one of the largest and most com-prehensive to date. "We urge you to take advantage of the threefold opportunity to review your prolife basics, learn the latest-breaking news on the prolife scene, and meet hundreds of fellow prol ifers, " according to the Holland area

conference committee.

S C H E D U L E Holland Christian High School

950 Ottawa Ave., Holland, Michigan

Friday, September 27, 1996

Banquet: Time; 6:30 p.m.

Speaker; I.. Brent Bozell 'Why the Prolife Movement Must Confront the National Media"

You Won't Want To Miss The 23rd Annual Right To

Life Of Michigan Conference Hosted By Right To Life Of

Holland Area

Saturday, September 28, 1996 7 a.m. - 8:45 a.m Registration

7:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m Prayer Breakfast 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m Workshop

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m Workshops Repeated Noon - 1:30 p.m PAC Luncheon/Annual Meeting

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m General Session 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m General Session/Closing

SPEAKERS L. BRENT BOZELL, chairman of the Media Research Center, will speak at the

conference banquet. He is a nationally

syndicated author whose writings have appeared in some of the most prestigious newspapers in the country, including The

Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post

and National Review. Mr. Bozell is one of the most outspoken and effective leaders in

critiquing the performance of the national

media.

MARY SENANDER, co-founder of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force, will speak at a conference General

Session. Mrs. Senander currently serves

as an advisor and/or board member for Human Life Alliance of Minnesota. Center for the Rights of the Terminally 111,

Compassionate Healthcare Network, and

The Catholic Defense League of Minn. She is working on a book manuscript, This'll Kill You: Euthanasia and the

"Right" to Die.

W O R K S H O P S Lobbying for Life Abortion: The Basics

Edward River Judy Collins and Marge Moleck

A workshop to educate, update and motivate on key Review and renew your prolife knowledge.

legislative issues.

PAC it in at Conference ' 96 Jane Middoon and Larry Galmish

Election projects that make a differnece.

Planned Giving Snsan Holland, J.D. and William Peper, J.D.

Creating a legacy for life.

The Media: Bypassing the Bias Pamela Sherstad

Minimizing media damage while maximizing media

benfit

Cents and Sensibilities Brian Cusack

Making the most of fund raising opportunities.

Education: Using "The Right S t u f f Michele Kossack

Tips for the effective prolife ambassador.

Life-Giving Choices Rebecca Wasser

Uncovering alternatives to abortion.

OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Rev. Paul Hontz and Miss Olivia Gans.

Pastor Hontz has served at Central

Wesleyan Church for some twenty years.

During this time the church has seen dramatic growth. Pastor Hontz will address

the prayer breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 28

at 7:30 a.m. Miss Gans. director of American

Victims of Abortion since 1985, will speak

at a conference General Session and address Students For Life on Saturday. A victim of abortion herself, Miss Gans has spoken on post-abortion syndrome and other abortion related issues throughout the

United States. She regularly appeai-s on the nationally syndicated programs Nightline,

Good Morning America, C-Span, CNN, and National Public Radio.

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O U T O F O R D E R : The Knickerbocker Theater on Eighth Street will re-open Sept. 20 with the film The Adventures of Wallace and Gromit.

The Knick undergoes sweeping changes MATT MORGAN in termission ed i to r

B u n d e l s of w o o d and lorso-

sized b lack s tage l ights obs t ruc t

quick passage in the foyer and en-

trance of the Knickerbocker T h e -

ater. O w n e d by Hope col lege since

1988, the theatre serves the students

of Hope and the sur rounding c o m -

munity.

The Knick is currently in the

p roces s of m a j o r r e n o v a t i o n s to

improve its quali ty and comfo r t . A

short list of things be ing w o r k e d on

inc lude ; the ce i l i ng a n d l e a k i n g

roof, heat ing and air cond i t ion ing

s y s t e m , the s t a g e f loo r , a n d the

stage and house l ighting.

T h e improvemen t s to the stage

will pr imari ly benef i t the dance de-

par tment and visi t ing dance r s . A

new s tage f loo r will be layers of

p lywood and rubber with a maple

top. T h e new stage l ights will br ing

the Knickerbocker into the twenti-

e th century , and the house l ights

will make it poss ible to hold shows

and cl inics dur ing the day.

T h e r e m o d e l i n g h a s t a k e n

longer than planned, pushing sched-

uled movies back and chang ing the

location of the Sept. 20th Visiting

Writers series to the DeWit t The-

ater.

T h e movies will r e sume with

The Adventures of Wallace and

Gromit on Sept . 20 , a l though the

theater will not be comple te ly fin-

ished. Scheduled to be fully f u n c -

t i o n a l o n S e p t . 2 8 , t h e

Knickerbocker will host the first in-

s ta l lment of the Great Pe r fo rmance

Series .

Located on Eighth Street , the

K n i c k e r b o c k e r o f f e r s a f fo rdab l e ,

qua l i ty en te r t a inmen t to s tudents

and the public , n o w in added c o m -

fort .

Facel i f t a n d Renovat ions t o t h e Kn ick

•Replaced air conditioning and heating •Fixed leaky roof 'Replaced airhandles •New ducting •New house lights •Completely new stage lighting system •Replaced stage floor

Award winning w r i t e r kicks off Opus series JESSIE BICKNELL

staff r e p o r t e r

L i n d a H o g a n s t a r t s of f the

1996-97 H o p e C o l l e g e Vis i t ing

Writers Series on Wednesday, Sept.

11 at 7 p.m. in the main theatre of

the DeWitt Center . T h e Hope Col-

lege Jazz Ensemble will precede the

reading at 6 :30 p .m.

L i n d a H o g a n , an A m e r i c a n -

indian of the C h i c k a s a w tribe, is a

poet, novel is t and essayist . She has

won many awards for her wri t ing,

i n c l u d i n g t h e O k l a h o m a B o o k

A w a r d a n d the

Moun ta in and Plains

Bookseller Award for

Mean Spirit. T h i s ,

her first nove l , a lso

was a finalist for the

Puli tzer Prize. In her

w r i t i n g . H o g a n

s h o w s the soul of a

p e o p l e s t r i v i n g t o

p r e s e r v e the i r l a n d

and heri tage using a

blend of rea l i sm and

ancient lore. The re is

a lso a deep spiritual

sense of the wor ld in

her writ ing. In " R e d

C 1 a y " s h e

w r i t e s / T o n i g h t the

turtle is g rowing a larger shell , cal-

c ium f r o m inside sleep. / T h e m o o n

g r o w s layer on layer across iced

black water. / On the c lay your fin-

ger t ips are wear ing a w a y the red

soil. / We are here , the red earth

passes like light into us and s t a y s / '

Recogniz ing the balance of h u m o r

and pain, she wri tes , " in m y lef t

pocket a C h i c k a s a w hand. . . / In m y

right pocket / a whi te hand.. . Gir l , I

say, / it is dange rous to be a w o m a n

of t w o coun l r i e s . "

B e s i d e s w r i t i n g , H o g a n h a s

been an act ive volunteer in wi ld l i fe

rehabil i tat ion and is a professor in

the creat ive wri t ing program at the

Univers i ty of Colorado .

O t h e r na t i ona l ly k n o w n au-

thors scheduled to read in the se-

ries are P inckney Benedict . Hope

e n g l i s h p r o f e s s o r a n d au tho r of

Dogs of God and Laura Kasischke.

au tho r of Wild Brides. T h e y will

read Oct . 16. Thyl ia Moss , author

of Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bot-

tom Ghetto Sky will read on Nov.

20 . T h e J o h n S h e a T r io , a j a z z

group, will pe r form the 20th also.

Al l r e a d i n g s w i l l be at t h e

K n i c k e r b o c k e r

T h e a t r e o n

Eighth Street at 7

p.m. with music

beginning at 6 :30

p.m.

T h e r e a d -

i n g s a r e o r g a -

nized by the stu-

dent run literary

g r o u p . O p u s .

O p u s a l so has a

p u b l i c a t i o n f o r

a n y c r e a t i v e

people wishing to

be publ ished.

The Opus is

a l i t e ra ry m a g a -

z i n e p u b l i s h e d

once in the fall and again in the

spr ing. T h e fa l l ' s submiss ion date

is tentat ively scheduled fo r Octo-

ber I I . Submiss ion f o r m s can be

p icked up in the Engl ish Dept .

The Opus publ i shes short sto-

ries, plays, poems, narrat ive essays,

d r a w i n g s , a n d p h o t o g r a p h s . T h e

creat ive work goes before the edi-

tor-in-chief and the editorial board

consist ing of 11 -13 students. All stu-

dents are encouraged to submit their

creat ive work , and take the t ime to

listen to the readers in the Visiting

Writers Series .

Linda Hogan

A r t i c l e w e r k : Band p recu rso r t o SO's e lec t r i c / syn th

MORE MACHINE T H A N MAN: Innova-tive German band Kraftwerk display the sharp lines and regement found in their cutting edge music on the cover of their 1978 LP The Man Machine.

JESS KOSKEY

cd rev iewer

T h e connec t ion be tween art

and music interests me. Th i s sum-

m e r w h e n I s a w the c o v e r of

Kra f twerk ' s 1978 a lbum The Man

Machine w i t h i t s R u s s i a n

Constructivist look. I bought it not

knowing what I w a s get t ing into:

a musical experience that fused ab-

straction with reality.

Like K a n d i n s k y ' s B a u h a u s

era work and the Cons t ruc t iv i s t

works of Malevich and Ermilov,

Kraf twerk uses straight edges and

geometr ic patterns to crea te a feel-

ing that cannot be had in the real

world: for me, a spacey yet cere-

bral feel ing.

T h e s e e d g e s a n d p a t t e r n s

come f rom the quar te t ' s unique in-

s t ruments .

C o - f o u n d e r s Ralf Huttar and

Florian Schneider play electronic

flute and synthesizers respectively,

w h i l e W o l f g a n g F lu r a n d Karl

Bar tos back them on e l ec t ron ic

percuss ion.

In a d d i t i o n , m a n y of the

groups lyrics, which are in Ger-

man (their native language) as well

as in English. French, and Russian,

are synthesized. Hut ta r ' s f lute is

the band ' s only non-staccato instru-

ment .

Al l of t h i s b e g a n in 1970 .

1 9 7 0 ! T h e B e a t l e s w e r e s t i l l

a round!

Techno music hadn ' t even be-

gun. Kraf twerk unwit t ingly began

it w h e n Huttar and Schneider de-

cided that the G e r m a n universi ty

they were a t t end ing w a s not the

thing fo r them.

They were classical mus ic stu-

dents that became more interested

in creat ing their o w n sounds .

E v e n t u a l l y , a f t e r K r a f t w e r k

w a s f o r m e d , they a l so l a u n c h e d

Kl ingklang Studios .

T h e band and the s tudio still

exist , and have inf luenced techno,

house , and industrial music ians , as

well as rock-and-rol lers such as ex-

Pixie Frank Black.

W h a t makes Kraf twerk so ap-

peal ing to me. though, is the phi-

losophy behind what they do.

T h e s e l f - d e s c r i b e d " n o n -

acoust ic e lectronic loudspeaker or-

chest ra" is fascinated with the rela-

t ionships be tween music and other

fo rms of art. and the relat ionships

be tween these and their individual

lives.

They have worked with paint-

ers and professional choreographers

to expand the exper ience their mu-

sic creates , and have integrated the

sounds of industrial machinery into

their music .

T h e song "Trans -Europe Ex-

press" ( f rom the a lbum of the s a m e

n a m e ) , fo r i n s t ance , m i m i c s the

sound of a train, with snapping elec-

t r o n i c s n a r e s and c o m p l e t e d by

rapid. Doppler- l ike rises and falls.

"Tha t is wha t you learn f r o m

work ing with electronics. You go

to the source of the sounds and

your ears are trained to analyze

any sound . We hear a plane pass-

ing overhead and I know all of the

p h e n o m e n o n tha t g o i n t o t h e

m a k e - u p of t h e s o u n d , t h e

p h a s i n g s , t h e e c h o e s , " s a i d

Florian in an Internet interview.

Just as they mesh their indi-

vidual instruments to fo rm a com-

pleted song, the song meshes with

the l is teners ' exper iences in the

real world.

T h e Internet has lots of infor-

mation about Kraf twerk . includ-

ing concert videos, lyrics, and in-

terviews. In addi t ion. W T H S has

copies of The Man Machine and

Electric Cafe.

Kraf twerk fuses the solid ab-

s t r ac t ion of thei r m u s i c to the

wor ld that w e live in. and their

b e a u t i f u l c o m p l e t e n e s s c o m e s

f r o m the fact that they do so with

e lec t ronics , and songs that deal

with m a s s transit, robots , neon,

h ighways , and spaceships .

Even in ' 78 . they were sing-

ing about my present , m y reality

in a way that nei ther Beatles, nor

any o ther band of that t ime or this

one. could do.

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Attent ion: Mark Tenhor will turn 19 on September 15th. Please be

sure to wish him well. Women, give him a kiss for his big sister.

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provide six workers . Accord ing to

Greg Folkert ( ' 97 ) . the Cen t s were

the only Greek organizat ion asked

to supply helpers.

' T m not real sure why only the

Cents were asked ." Folkert said. "I

think Communi ty Day is awesome ,

either way. Anything that brings the

c o m m u n i t y a n d the c a m p u s to-

ge the r is a pos i t ive th ing and it

makes life easier. Communica t i on

never hurts and that is what we have

here, communica t ion . "

O v e r the vo ices of the w o m e n

r a f f l i ng off H o p e p a r a p h e r n a l i a .

some H o p e s tuden t s were heard

grumbl ing about the picnic tables

"Finally we have a picnic in the

Pine Grove and we have tables to

sit on. not jus t the g round ," Robyn

Disselkoen ( ' 99 ) said. ' T m sick of

sitt ing on the ground all the t ime."

But most reactions to the tables

were positive.

Nathan Scuch ( '97) . w h o was sil-

l ing on the ground with his back

leaning toward a tree, was happy to

see the senior ci t izens relaxing at

the tables.

"There are a lot of seniors and we

can ' t jus t have them sitting on the

g round ." he said. "To see the older

people relaxing at the tables really

makes it seem like a picnic and it

would be wrong to subject them to

f inding a place on the g round ."

In general most students gave the

day a whole-hear ted thumbs up.

"This is a really nice activity for

ihe students and the communi ty lo

c o m e t o g e t h e r a n d d r i n k s o m e

mighty tasty lemonade " Mar ie S.

Provos t ( ' 0 0 ) said wi th a far -of f

look in her eye. "I just hope nobody

dies today."

To: A l e x , D i n a , F a b i , M i l u , Daniza.. .Thanks so much-you are making things a lot easier. I love your a l l ! !Queen of the night. P S . Dina Ipromise not to talk to yu in

spanish anymore .

Millet man. . . I hope you are get-ting enough sleep! Maybe we can have a s lumber party.

The Convent : the only one lo Ihe finish line is the one with the ring. H o p e you can keep up with my speed becasue I ' m rounding the bend, love you all.. .big sis

M o r o n M a n : Cal l it soc ia l i sm. Call it Manifes t Destiny. I call it love, your little ed.

CORE f rom I

T h e couple on the canyon: School is old. I miss the warm sun. I miss you. . the f lower girl

N e w s Flash: S teeno engages ; Del Phi's mourn . Slay tune; more details at e leven.

M a t t : I have a v is ion , a sweet , sweet vision . . . lhal someday we will learn to play tennis with the power, hustle, and physicialness that has m a d e us the Dukers that we are. It can happen . It will happen. Oh Yes, ou r day will come .

B o m b e r : It's good lo have you h o m e even if we have g rown up. What about the boy with the mower, three weeks into school and no al-tacks. 1 know one is coming .

nior seminar, cover a variety of top-

ics, be discussion based, and will

be taught by the students ' advisors.

According to Dr. Sander deHaan,

chair of the Commi t t ee lo Imple-

ment the Core, the new core cur-

r iculum will take several years to

ent i rely replace the current core .

T h e facul ty in each depar tment is

working lo adapt current courses

and create new courses so that the

transition f rom the current core lo

the new one will be possible.

Accord ing to Green, mos t of the

f a c u l t y feel g o o d abou t the new

core. Even those w h o did not want

to change it at first are working lo

see it implemented so that it can be

g iven a c h a n c e to succeed . " T h e

benef i t of the change ou tweighed

the cost of work needed to bring

about the change , " DeHaan said.

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September 11,1 996 Af Anchor Sports

Top ranked Flying Dutchmen spread their wings XODD LUCAS

sta f f r e p o r t e r

Over the course of the past year,

the phrase "national championsh ip"

has become virtually s y n o n y m o u s

with the Hope Col lege men ' s bas-

ketball team.

If this year ' s m e n ' s soccer squad

has anything to say about it. the Fly-

ing Dutchmen sports thesaurus m a y

soon have to be revised.

"The goal this year is the national

championship " Blair Richards ( '98)

said. "I don ' t see w h y w e can ' t at-

tain that goal ."

With a c o m f o r t a b l e r ank ing of

seventh in the nat ion, it s e e m s fea-

sible that national champion is an

aspiration which may indeed be at-

tained.

team survived a brief 2-1 deficit

to defeat Wooster . 3-2 and improve

this year ' s record to 4-0 .

T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n

came out smoking in

t h e f i r s t h a l f .

T h r e a t e n i n g

to s c o r e on

numerous oc-

ca s ions , they w e r e un-

able to convert on any of

their oppor tuni t ies . De-

spite a perennia l barrage

of near misses and c lose

c a l l s , i n c l u d i n g a hea l

s e e k i n g long r ange

miss i l e f r o m A u s -

tralian import Sean

T o o h e y ( ' 0 0 ) , the

g a m e remained scoreless.

H o p e w a s ab le to s t r i ke f i rs t

f r o m Chr is Dombrowsk i ( ' 9 8 ) only

nine minutes af ter intermission pro-

vided the game with its first goal

and gave the Dutchmen a brief 1-0

l ead . W o o s t e r a n s w e r e d sho r t l y

thereaf ter , scor ing two unan-

swered goals within two min-

utes of each other to take the

2-1 .

T h e D u t c h m e n w e r e a b l e to

maintain their composure , however,

and with a fee l ing of desperat ion

just starling to set in, relief c a m e in

the fo rm of another rocket off the

foot of Toohey. Th i s one avoiding

ihe crossbar and f inding the upper

r ight-hand comer of the Wooster net

and knott ing the g a m e up at 2^2,

With lime winding down and nei-

ther side able to take c o m m a n d , it

s e e m e d p r o b a b l e tha t the g a m e

This past Saturday, Sept. 7. the ear ly in the second half . A goal would end in a tie.

Enter Richards, a forward f r o m

Okemos , Mich. With only twelve

m i n u t e s r e m a i n i n g . R i c h a r d s

found the back of the net on a

point blank rebound to give the

D u t c h m e n a 3 - 2 v i c to ry . F o r

Richards it was his four th goal of

the season, c o m p l e m e n t i n g h is

ambi t ious hat trick at tained ear-

lier in the week .

Cu r r en t l y , T o o h e y l eads the

team with six goals, and t w o as-

sists in only four games . Richards

has scored four goals this season,

upping his carrer total to seven

at Hope. Darren Toohey ( ' 99 ) has

done a f ine j o b as goal keeper,

only a l l owing four goa l s in as

many games . T h e Dutchmen will

have their hands full this week-

end as they hos t the W e n d y ' s

Class ic .

Men's Soccer Great Lakes Region

Rankings

1. HOPE (4-0)

2. Ohio Wesleyan (3-0-1)

3. Kenyon (3-0) 4. Hiram (2-1) 5. DePauw (1-1-0) 6. Wilmington (3-1) 7. Calvin (2-1) 8. Mt. Union (2-2-0)

9. Alma (2-2) 10. Ohio Northern (2-0)

Freshman leaves Aus t ra l i a f o r D u t c h m e n soccer t e a m GLYN WILLIAMS

s p o r t s e d i t o r

When Sean Toohey ( ' 00 ) c a m e to

Hope Col lege in Augus t to play soc-

cer he went through two kinds of ori-

en ta t ions : one in t roduced h im to

Hope and another re int roduced h im

the Amer ican s tyle of l iving.

Al though he w a s a f o r e ign ex -

change student in Lans ing . Mich, in

1991. the 22-year old f r e s h m a n has

been manag ing a f i tness center in

Canber ra . Aus t ra l ia , and thus not

laking classes.

It is qui te c o m m o n for people to

travel across the country to go to col-

lege and at the same t ime get a f resh

perspect ive, but s o m e might think

traveling through three hemispheres

is a bit ex t reme.

"I just wanted someth ing differ-

ent ." Toohey said. "I wanted to see

the wor ld wi thout jo in ing the Navy.

You don ' t really have a cultural ex-

perience w h e n you just visit a p lace

or live there for only a year. You re-

ally have to live and be a part of

someth ing b ig to k n o w what it is

truly like to live there ."

T h e superb play of Toohey has

s o n e s o m e w h a t u n n o t i c e d e v e n

though he s c o r e d six goa l s and

p a s s e d o f f t w o a s s i s t s in t h e

D u t c h m e n ' s first four games . His

play does not cause his ego to flair

up like it might in

others .

" I ' m no t a n y

better of a player

t h a n t h e o t h e r

g u y s on t h e

t e a m , " T c o h e y

s a i d . " I c a n ' t

score unless they

pass me the ball

a n d t h a t ' s a l l

there is to it."

However, he is

a n t i c i p a t i n g h is

a c c e p t a n c e

a m o n g f e l l o w

c l a s s m a t e s t o

improve now that Hope has played

its first g a m e last Saturday. Sept.

7.

Surpris ingly, his unique Aussie

accent has not made the campus

w o m e n swoon as much as some

would expect .

"In general . I d o n ' t really mind

what people think of me , " Toohey

said. "I get a f ew ques t ions about

my accent , but not as many as you

would think. I don ' t have as many

a d m i r e r s as you w o u l d t h i n k . I

haven ' t really had m u c h t ime ."

The vision many Amer icans have

of Austral ia is a

ranch out in the

m i d d l e of n o -

where with kan-

garoos hopp ing

a r o u n d in t h e

f ront yard.

W h o c o u l d

no t l i k e t h a t ?

W h o cou ld not

miss that?

Well. Toohey

s u r e d o e s n ' t

miss it.

" I l o v e

A m e r i c a , " Sean Toohey ('OO) T o o h e y said. "It

is an nice p lace and e v e r y b o d y I

have talked to is nice. I don ' t miss

Austral ia . Well, not yet at least. I

might later on. Right now I am jus t

thrilled to be here . "

Toohey said he is having no prob-

lems fi t t ing in because Amer ica is

kind of similar to Austral ia .

Besides, he isn ' t the only Auss ie

a round this year.

His brother. Darren Toohey ( '99) .

Runners ready t o s t a r t season w i t h a bang MIKE ZUIDEMA

staf f r e p o r t e r

Near ly 60 m e n and 60 w o m e n

fight to get to that final end line a f -

ter roughly 20 gruel ing minu tes of

running. First one there wins .

As Hope Col lege a lumnus M a r k

Northuis ( ' 82 ) enters his e ighth sea-

son as both the m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s

cross-country coach he has nearly

70 runners to gu ide to that f in i sh

line.

Despite such large numbers , there

has yet to be a problem.

" I t ' s been f u n , " N o r t h u i s said.

"We have s o m e very good upper-

classmen. For now w e will maintain

the m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s p rograms

together."

L a s t y e a r b o l h c r o s s - c o u n t r y

t e a m s f i n i shed s e c o n d in M I A A

standings, bolh f inishing just behind

rival Calvin Col lege .

"Bolh teams will make an honest

e f for t for l e ague . " Nor thu i s said.

" W c s h o u l d h a v e a r e s p e c t a b l e

shot ."

T h e m e n return 11 leuer winners

to a team that f inished ranked 25lh

overal l in the Division III poll.

T h e leam is led by a fou r some

of cap ta ins . Dan Bann ink ( ' 9 7 ) ,

Mike C r a n m e r ( ' 97) , Joe Fritsch

( ' 97) , and Matt Lapenga ( ' 97 ) will

split leadership duties.

" T h i s t e a m is u p p e r c l a s s m e n

led," Nor thuis said. "The goals —

f r o m what I have heard — are to

win c o n f e r e n c e a n d p lace we l l

enough in regionals to go to nation-

als."

While last year ' s top runner, Erik

C a r p e n t e r ( ' 9 6 ) , g radua ted , All-

M I A A s e c o n d l e a m m e m b e r s

Bannink and Je remy Bogard ( ' 98 )

return to the head of the pack.

Other lop runners expec ted to

con t r ibu te will be T im Franklyn

( ' 9 8 ) , a l o n g wi th C r a n m e r and

Lapenga .

Fif teen letter winners return for

a w o m e n ' s team that f inished with

a ranking of 13th in all of Division

III.

The w o m e n ' s leam is led by lone

captain Marie Malchet l ( ' 97) , an

Al l -MIAA first team honoree. Also

r e t u r n i n g is A l l - M I A A s e c o n d

leam m e m b e r Jenn i fe r Passchier

( ' 98 ) .

Af te r losing Ellen Schul tz ( ' 98 )

to study in Chi le , Northuis will be

looking for some younger runners

to step up and lake the init iative.

With 13 t r e s h m e n and 11 sopho-

mores on the l eam he migh t jus t

have exactly what he is looking for.

"We ' l l just try to take it one meet

at a l ime, and deve lop some of our

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

Cross-count ry is unique in that you

don ' t need to be on lop of your game

right away like in footbal l . We have

eight weeks until N o v e m b e r to ge l

ready."

T h a t e i g h t - w e e k c o u n t d o w n

s t a r t ed y e s t e r d a y as b o t h c r o s s -

country teams laced up their shoes

to begin the season.

As a lways, the 31st annual (17lh

annual for the w o m e n ) Hope Invi-

ta t iona l w a s the o f f i c i a l s ta r t ing

p o i n t of b o l h the m e n ' s a n d

w o m e n ' s cross-country seasons.

T h e Flying Dutch w o m e n ' s leam

has won the meet for ihe past six

years, whi le the men have been out-

shone by Siena Heights for the past

four years.

is H o p e ' s s t a r t i n g g o a l i e a n d

played last year at Hiram Col lege

in Ohio .

" S o m e people w e went to Ma-

son High with n o w go to Hope

and so tha t ' s why we are here, re-

ally," Toohey said. " M y brother

was not very happy at Hi ram and

w e just sort of dec ided together

to c o m e to school here . I still try

to keep in touch with them."

Interestingly, because Australia

is far south of the equator , they

a re e x p e r i e n c i n g w i n t e r r igh t

now, and an Aussie s u m m e r is set

to start soon.

There fore , Toohey left a win-

try Austra l ia only to c o m e to a

wintry Mich igan .

"Other than right now, I will

not see s u m m e r until next M a y , "

Toohey said. "It is kind of a bummer ,

but tha t ' s the way it goes . "

Toohey speaks of this yea r ' s soccer

leam with much glee and exci tement .

He expec ts great th ings to happen this

year.

" W e h a v e a lot of t a l en t on th is

t eam," Toohey said. "1 ful ly plan on

s taying for f ou r years and one of those

years w e will m a k e it to the top. We

might even do it this year."

Accord ing to the phenom, his play-

ers have ment ioned noth ing about the

big r ivalry that exists be tween Hope

and Calvin .

"I on ly ca re about h o w we play,"

Toohey said. "I have not a care in the

wor ld about w h o we play and where

and w h e n . "

With Toohey heading the Dutchmen,

w h o could not expect good things?

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Sports the Anchor September 11,1 996

Dutchmen lose opener on last-second field goal GLYN WILLIAMS

sports e d i t o r

S o m e o n e once said thai , in fool-

ball, the team with ihe most points

with f ive seconds left lo play wil l

win the game .

Sadly, thai thought was proved

utterly false Saturday, Sept. 7, as the

Hope C o l l e g e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n

f o o t b a l l t e a m lost a s e e m i n g l y

n e v e r - e n d i n g s t r u g g l e w i t h

Valparaiso , 23-22 on a las t -second

37-yard field goal.

H o p e had the C r u s a d e r s in a

quandary f r o m the very beg inn ing ,

as the Dutchmen relentlessly pres-

sured Valparaiso 's star quar terback.

A d a m Paa r lbe rg ( ' 9 9 ) reg i s te red

two huge sacks in the first quar ter

alone, which def ini te ly he lped the

cause .

Other than solid de fens ive play,

the first quar ter was more or less

cut and dry in the big play depar t -

ment with the excep t ion of every

l i m e B r a n d o n G r a h a m ( ' 9 8 )

touched the ball. A s the first quar-

ter wound d o w n he broke out on a

3 8 - y a r d j a u n t tha t b r o u g h t t h e

Dutchmen up to the 18-yard line.

T h a t s p r i n t h e l p e d to se t u p

H o p e ' s f i r s t t o u c h d o w n of t h e

young season, an 18 yard pass f r o m

J u s t i n W o r m m e e s t e r ( ' 9 9 ) to a

sprawling Steve Ours ler ( ' 97 ) . T h e

extra point was a little to the left ,

put t ing H o p e ahead 6 - 0 at the very

beginning of the second quarter .

Valparaiso answered with a seven

play, 68-yard touchdown drive with

11:35 lef t in the s e c o n d quar te r .

Travis Wi l l iams ( ' 98 ) k icked a 23-

yard field goal with jus t under one

minute lef t in the first hal f , put t ing

Hope ahead 9-7 at ha l f t ime.

" I f y o u t a k e a w a y tha t l i t t l e

screen pass, then Valparaiso doesn ' t

have all that much of a game , " head

c o a c h D e a n K r e p s sa id . " T h o s e

little eight yards and out passes will

beat you d o w n every t ime. Ii is a

good, effective way to move the ball

down field methodical ly ."

W o r m m e e s t e r ' s first touchdown

of the s e a s o n w a s a l s o h is f i r s t

comple t ion of the season, and his

only comple t ion of the first half , as

he wen t 1/6.

T h e second half w a s comple te ly

the "Brandon Graham s h o w " as he

unswerv ing ly bolted off onto a 26-

yard run, setting up a 45-yard field

goal by Wil l iams to up the score to

12-7 Hope.

T h e Dutchmen thought they put

the nail in Valparaiso 's cof f in w h e n

they compi led an awe-inspir ing 13-

play, 78-yard dr ive that ended with

a f o u r t h d o w n Q B k e e p e r by

Wormmees te r . At that point Hope

w a s up 19-7 wi th 4 :28 left in the

third quarter. The re w a s n ' t sad face

anywhere on the Hope sideline.

Crusade r f r o w n s turned ups ide

d o w n in a hurry as they put t w o

quick touchdowns on the board, one

dr ive of three plays for 6 9 yards and

another of three p lays fo r 91 yards.

Be fo re the c rowd k n e w it and the

D u t c h m e n could blink the Crusad-

ers were ahead 20-19 with 9 :46 left

to play.

Hope answered with an 11 play,

61-yard scoring drive that resulted

in a 24-yard field goal. H o p e was

then up 2 2 - 2 0 with 1:16. At that

point H o p e ' s bench w a s elated and

w a s certain a D u t c h m e n win w a s

imminent .

Valparaiso thought otherwise and

mounted a cr ippl ing dr ive through

H o p e ' s heart that started with huge

kickoff return that placed them at

Anchor photo by Josh Neucks

M U S T G E T Y A R D A G E : Hope College Flying Dutchmen quarterback Justin Wormmeester COO) scrambles for a first down against Valparaiso last Saturday.

Golfers to drive for victory

the 4 7 yard line.

"It hurts to think we were just one

k ickoff return away," Kreps said.

" B u t stil l w e a re w a y a h e a d of

where we were at this point last sea-

son. We got an except ional e f for t

out of eve ryone . "

Graham had a stellar game, rush-

ing fo r 215 ya rds on 31 car r ies ,

which amoun t s to an average of 6.9

yards per carry. He n o w has three

straight g a m e s with 2 0 0 or m o r e

yards.

" ( G r a h a m ) is s p e c i a l , " K r e p s

said. " H e does more than some run-

ning backs at any level do and he

OLYMPICS f rom 6

does it better. He can take a hit and

keep on coming . He gained about

ten pounds over the s u m m e r and I

think he shows it as the lead blocker

when the quar te rback sc rambles . "

W o r m m e e s t e r f in i shed with 71

yards and one touchdown off a 7

for 18 passing pe r fo rmance .

" (Wormmees te r ) is only a sopho-

more , " Kreps said. "I keep telling

people , ' If you like what you see

now you just wait because he is only

a sophomore . ' And he likes to run

the ball himself and if you ' re speedy

like he is, I have no compla in t s . "

Dave D e H o m m e l ( ' 9 9 ) led Hope

defens ive ly with two interceptions

and seven tackles . Paarsberg f in-

ished the g a m e with 11 tackles and

t w o sacks, both of which c a m e in

the first quarter , and Bryan Boodt

( ' 98 ) had nine tackles.

A close loss fo r the Dutchmen is

a loss nonetheless , and the team is

c u r r e n t l y 0 - 1 , 2 - 8 u n d e r K r e p s '

c o m m a n d .

" M y hat goes off to Valparaiso,"

Kreps said. "But I told m y boys not

to hang their heads and think of this

as a se tback. I m e a n it is still not a

win, but it was a good game and I

think w e played real wel l ."

DAVID GABRIELSE

staff reporter

Could you imagine go ing out

every day when you f inish classes

and p lay ing go l f? " O h m a n , golf

pract ice again" Oh no , not that .

A n y t h i n g but p l ay ing go l f e v e r y

day.

The w o m e n ' s golf team started

the season on Sept . 6 at Marshal l

Count ry Club, h o m e to Olivet .

"The golf team has the po ten-

tial to get back into first p l ace , "

coach Jane Ho lman said. "But , it is

hard to say until w e see the compe-

t i t i o n at o u r f i r s t c o u p l e of

matches . "

There are six re turning let ter

w i n n e r s f r o m last y e a r ' s s e c o n d

place t eam. T h r e e of t h e s e lady

golfers ach ieved A l l - M I A A recog-

nition last year. G ina Pelleri to ( ' 99 )

earned A l l - M I A A first team honors

by tying for third place overal l as

an i n d i v i d u a l . A l s o , N a n c y

Kennedy ( ' 9 7 ) and Liz Yared ( ' 99 )

achieved A l l - M I A A status on the

second team.

The experience the Dutch gath-

ered last year will not hurl thei r

chances to do well this season. T h e

sophomores have had the chance to

d e v e l o p a n d the u p p e r c l a s s m e n

have enough years behind them to

make this season interest ing.

Ellen Colenbrander ( ' 00 ) is the

only f r e shman on the team, but she

is no rookie to a high level of c o m -

p e t i t i o n . C o l e n b r a n d e r w a s the

Class A champion in the Michigan

high school tournament last spring.

A l m a has been the dominan t

team for the last two years, but three

of their top gol fers have graduated.

Cons ide r ing A l m a ' s loss, the Hope

w o m e n ' s golf t eam might have a

run at the M I A A championsh ip .

T h e m e n ' s golf team begins its

s e a s o n t o m o r r o w , S e p t . 12 at

Albion. T h e out look is very bright

fo r the d i s t a n t f u t u r e of go l f at

Hope. The re are no seniors on the

t e a n r a n d four f r e shmen . This pic-

tu re l eads o n e to b e l i e v e that if

things d o n ' t go so wel l this year,

there is still plenty of t ime.

With a y o u n g team, anything

could happen, predicts m e n ' s coach

Bob Ebels . There has also been a

c h a n g e in the home course . T h e

team used to play at Winding Creek,

bu t now- t h e y w i l l p l a y at

W u s k o w h a n Players Club, one of

the toughest courses in Mich igan .

T h e team is compr i sed of three

returnees. Jay Prasad ( ' 98) , Kevin

Freng ( '98) , and Bryan Fix ( '98) are

the veterans of the team. Last year

Freng finished 14ih among M I A A

g o l f e r s with an a v e r a g e of 82 .4

s t rokes fo r his r ounds dur ing the

M I A A season. Fix w a s 23rd in the

con fe r ence whi le Prasad w a s 26th.

Las t ye a r the t eam f i n i s h e d

fourth in the confe rence , and their

on ly m e m b e r of the Al l -MIAA is

no longer a m e m b e r of the team.

With all these cards on the table fo r

ihe Dutchmen , it is easy to j u d g e

this year to be a rebui lding season.

nate opportunity to observe the me-

dia in a crisis.

R e n n e r d i d n ' t h e a r a b o u t the

bombing until he was on his way

into Atlanta on Saturday morning .

It was a couple of hours before

(Olympic workers ) could report (to

their venue) and even then the un-

cer tainty of if and h o w the g a m e s

would con t inue remained .

"It was a little eer ie ," he said.

But Atlanta rose above the bomb.

"I went to Centennial Park Thurs -

day to get souvenirs and the park

w a s like a magne t , " Renne r said.

"Tens of thousands of people were

in the park to satisfy themselves and

say 4we w o n ' t keep a w a y . ' "

T h e b o m b i n g increased the num-

ber of securi ty checkpoints . But it

didn't d a m p e n the spirit of At lanta .

" T h e one th ing that s t ruck m e

over and over again w a s h o w proud

At lantans were to host the g a m e s , "

he said.

Work ing at the O lympics was a

one time opportunity fo r Renner. He

c a m e h o m e t w o days be fo re clos-

ing ceremonies , hav ing gained a lot

of c o n f i d e n c e in h o w the g a m e s

work .

Hey, Ringo! Do you have a sporting gripe? Call the Captain at X7877, and he'll give you some peace.

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