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Terrorist attacks leave campus in shock Hope community unites in wake of destruction in NY, DC Matt Cook EWTOR IN CHIEF

Along with the rest of the world,

the Hope College community re-

acted with shock to the terrorist at-

tacks on the United States yester-day morning.

Two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade

Center yesterday morning in New

York City, levelling each tower.

Another hijacked plane crashed into

the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

According to Richard Frost, dean

of students, all seven Hope students

studying in New York through the Great Lakes Colleges Association

Arts Semester are safe. Although

the college had some trouble con-tacting the students in the morning,

they were able to reach everyone by

2:00 p.m. yesterday, and every stu-

dent has been in contact with their

families.

Most Hope students had not yet

left for their internships downtown

at the time of the crashes. Emily Moellman (402), a student

studying in New York and an An-

chor staff member, headed for work

from her apartment in mid-Manhat-

tan this morning like it was a regu-lar day.

When she arrived at her job at the

New York Public Library, her su-pervisor told her about the attack

and instructed her to return home

and hurry to a grocery store and buy as much food as she could.

"1 just started crying," Moellman

said. "It was just so scary."

On her way home, Moellman got

a glimpse of the World Trade Cen-ter.

"1 looked down the street and it was smoking, and the next time 1

looked, it was gone ," Moel lman

said. Moellman was not immediately

able to reach her family either with

a phone card or by calling collect

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PULLING FOR IT: Landon Laphom ('05) strains on the rope during pull practice. He is encouraged by moraler Cynthia Blaszak ('05).

Pull teams prepare for war Rebekah Oegema COPY EDITOR

It is a century old struggle. It has

caused brother to turn against brother. Its participants have left

their blood, sweat and tears on the

ground where this historic battle

has been fought. It was listed in Sports Illustrated as "the mother

of all tug-of-wars."

It 's t ime for The Pull.

Founded in 1898, the Pull began as a friendly competition between

the men of the freshmen and sopho-

more classes. The two rival classes, odd year against even, lined the

banks of the Black River with one

goal in mind: to fight for the right

to own the rope. All of it.

In 1930, this contest became more competitive, with synchro-

nized pulling tactics and the dig-

ging of pits. And the tradition continues to-

day, with this year 's ' 04 and '05

year men and women training in-more PULL o n 6

A M C H O F L P H O T O B Y J A N E B A S T

MOURNING-. Dwight Beal, Tim Brown, Jim Bultman and Glinda Pawls joined with the Hope Commu-nity in the Pine Grove for prayer, yesterday at 11 a.m.

Student Congress elections go on-line Student Congress to test internet voting for next week's elections Kurt Koehler STAFF REPORTER

This year 's fall election of stu-

dent congress representatives will have a different flavor for students

residing in the Scott Hall , Cook

Hall, and off-campus districts. From 8:00 a.m. on September

13th to 6:30 p.m. on September 14th, residents in these districts will

elect their representatives online. Voters will receive a PIN (personal

identification number) in an e-mail

prior to the election. They will use

this PIN along with their student ID number to log on to the websi te

hosting the election. If all goes well, the whole cam-

pus will vote online next spring.

"We certainly do not expect prob-

l e m s of any k i n d , " s a id M a t t Scogin, Student Congress presi-

dent. "But starting with a limited number of students voting over the

Internet will allow us to work out

any unforeseen difficulties before

we hold elections completely online

this spring." The voting system was designed

by Dr. Ryan Mcfall of the computer

science department. "I had writ ten a system to do

online course evaluations while a

graduate student at Michigan State,

and this system was designed to be

general purpose enough to be used in a var ie ty of c o n t e x t s , " sa id

Mcfall. "In particular, it was fairly simple to adapt it for use in the Stu-

dent Congress elections." Mcfal l said that his two main

goals in designing the system were

extensibility and security.

"In terms of security, basically, the data that allows the web browser

to identify who the user submitting

a set of responses is encrypted us-ing an encryption key that is only

known to the administrator of the system," Mcfall said. "The creden-

tials stored are only valid for a short period of time, so if you authenti-

cate yourself and walk away, it 's unlikely that someone else will be

able to submit responses for you." Student Congress' motivation for

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Cesar Chavez address kicks off Hispanic month James Pierce STAFF REPORTER

In the next month, Hope students will have a chance to learn more about a minority

group o f t en ove r looked on c a m p u s and

across the nation. Hope 's participation in National Hispanic

Heritage Month begins with the fourth an-

nual Cesar E. Chavez Address on Wednes-day, Sep t ember 19, and con t inues with

weekly events until October 25. K e y n o t e s p e a k e r D a n i e l

H e r n a n d e z Joseph , C u n s u l of

M e x i c o in Laredo, Texas , will open the month long celebration

with the Cesar E. Chavez Address, " C r o s s i n g B o r d e r s M e n d i n g

Bridges: U.S.-Mexico Immigra-tion Debates and Challenges" on

Wednesday, September 19, at 4 p

DeWitt Center main theatre.

" [ H i s p a n i c Her i t age M o n t h provides] a platform of really talk-

ing about re levant cultural is-sues," said Glinda Rawls, assis-

tant director of multicultural Life. "This is a good opportunity to ex-pose Hope to Hispanic culture."

D. Joseph Rawls noted that Hispanic Heri-,m. in the tage Month is especially relevant in Holland,

where there is a large Hispanic population.

"Hispanic Heritage Month is important for

the Hope College communi ty because it gives the college a sense of diversity that it

at limes seems to lack," said Abbie Gonzales (403), president of Hope 's Hispanic Student

Organization. "It also gives the Hispanic stu-dents on campus a chance to recognize their heritage without having to feel ashamed of

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Japanese prof visits Hope Angela Matus iak STAFF REPORTER

It is typical for colleges in differ-

ent countries to exchange students,

but H o p e and its sister co l lege ,

Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo,

Japan, are exchanging faculty.

Eve ry year , H o p e and Mei j i

Gakuin select a faculty member from each college (not necessarily

in the same departments) to teach

at the sister college for a year.

This year, Yo Matsumoto, visit-ing professor of linguistics was cho-

sen. However, this is not Matsumoto's

first time in the United States. He

did his graduate work and took a

sabbatical at Stanford University in

California.

Al though being in Amer ica is

nothing new to him, Matsumoto is

struck every time by the diversity and widespread mobility found in

this country. 44I come from a very homogenous

society where people are more sta-

tionary," Matsumoto said.44 Here in

the US, not only are people more diverse, but they are also more mo-

bile and travel more."

So far, Matsumoto is impressed

with Hope College.

Matsumoto feels that there are

d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n the Me i j i Gakuin and Hope.

"Meiji Gakuin is in Tokyo, so the

campus and environment are much larger [but here at] Hope, there is a

sense of community," Matsumoto

said. "At Meiji Gakuin, we don ' t

feel a sense of being neighbors as

much as here."

He also commented that while

Meiji Gakuin is a Christian institu-tion, the Christian environment isn't

as evident as it is here at Hope Col-

lege.

"In a country where Christians

are a minority, it is difficult to main-

ta in a C h r i s t i a n c h a r a c t e r , "

Matsumoto said. "We can ' t select

students or faculty based on faith, because then we wouldn' t have any

students. At Hope, the Christian

environment is very alive."

Matsumoto is excited about his

year at Hope. He is teaching an upper level lin-

guistics class, and his goals for the

year center around it.

"I j u s t want to teach a good

class," Matsumoto said. "Teaching

in English will be a challenge, but I hope to do it well and help my stu-

dents."

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ON THE BLOCK: Josh Egedy ('03), Daniel Heinz ('03) and Erik Goltz ('03) participate in the Date Auction to raise money for Dance Marathon.

Naked Chapel running tradition continues Jared Gall, Jordy VandeBunte STAFF REPORTERS

Because of the great size differ-

ence, Hope is not often compared

to the University of Michigan in

Ann Arbor. The similarities do ex-

ist, though, and are more plentiful

than most students might think. Both offer top quality education,

excellence in athletic arenas, and the underground oppor tun i ty to

streak on campus. U of M grads

annually celebrate with their "Na-

ked Mile," while Hope residents

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participate in their unpredictable

"Chapel Run."

Chapel runs are a "tradition" that involves, almost exclusively, men

in Durfee Hall. A Chapel run is sim-

ply runn ing a lap f rom D u r f e e

around Dimnent Memorial Chapel

without clothing. "Once in a while, we 'd be look-

ing for fun, and we 'd run down the

hall asking people if they wanted

to do it. Then someone would hold

the door open and we 'd go," said Bryant Loomis (403), who estimates

that h e ' s p a r t i c i p a t e d in abou t twelve of the runs over the past two

years.

Loomis noted that, over the years

he's participated, he 's seen groups of runners range from solo runs to

a giant run last year that included

about fifty runners f rom all dorms

on campus.

That one, he says, was planned

in advance. Unlike its Ann Arbor counterpart,

the Chapel Run does not happen on

a regular basis, and is not broadcast

to inform them that she was all

right.

According to Frost, there are cur-

rently no Hope students studying in

Washington. As of press time, students with

family and f r iends in New York

were scrambling for news of their

loved one 's well-being. Garrison Dyer (405) has a friend

at a university in New York. 4 T v e just been kind of freaked

out," Dyer said. "I don ' t know if

they ' re ok or anything. It really hit

me kind of hard."

Hope College held a number of

gatherings in support of those af-

fected by the attack, beginning with

a meeting for prayer and Bible read-ing in the Pine Grove, yesterday at

11:00 a.m.

"All of us are stunned about the events that transpired on this day,"

said James Bultman, Hope presi-

dent. "We thought that it would be

most appropriate if we gathered as a community to be consoled by the

scripture and to intercede on behalf of all of those who are affected by

this tragedy." Classes were not officially can-

celed, al though many professors

chose not to hold class. All Hope College sporting events

were canceled as well as all bus

transportation

"We had groups that are being

t ranspor ted to m a j o r c i t ies and

around major cities," Bultman said.

"We just didn't feel we wanted to

have that happen." The campus blood drive which

was coincidentally scheduled for

today had a record turnout, with stu-

dents lining up for up to three hours

for a chance to donate blood that couid possibly be sent to New York.

Student reactions ranged from

shock to sorrow. 4T just think that it's horrible that

somebody would actually do that,

that they would actually crash into

a building and destroy parts of our

nation that are strong points," said

Megan Wood (402).

Currently, Hope student leaders are deciding what they can do to

help the community deal with the

tragedy.

"[Student Congress Vice Presi-dent Colleen Evans (403)] and I will

certainly talk about if there's any-

thing we can do to help our students

in New York, or anybody who has

fami ly out there who ' s been af-

fected," said Matt Scogin (402), Stu-

dent Congress president.

Scog in hoped that the a t tack

would call Hope students and all Americans to prayer.

"It 's a horrible tragedy, and it 's

got the whole nation in shock and I

hope that we can be a nation that

tu rns to God and that t u rns to prayer," Scogin said.

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before it happens. It therefore rarely

draws the attention of the police to

the extent of its U of M equivalent.

According to Mike Lafata, Pub-lic Safety patrol sergeant, there is

very little Public Safety can do to

stop Chapel runs. "Unless we receive some kind of

tip and then lie in wait f o r the

Chapel runners, there is no action

that can be taken to stop them," Lafata said.

This feeling is reflected in the

behavior of the Chapel runners .

who insist they are not concerned

about encountering Public Safety

patrols. «

Lafata reports that the only inci-

dent he can recall in which runners

were caught and detained was ap-

proximately seven years ago.

In add i t ion to a f i led repor t , Lafata says the most likely punish-

ment would be in the form of com-munity service.

Loomis said that he hoped that

they never put an end to what he

calls 44a great Hope tradition."

Sailing club Ben DeHaan STAFF REPORTER

The Hope College Sailing Club is off and running, and ready to get

another season started underway.

With eight regattas coming up this

season, they shouldn't have a prob-

lem getting the experience under

their belt. "It 's going to be a lot of fun this

year. Once we get organized, we' l l

be ready to roll," said John Leahy

C04). Leahey has been sailing since the

age of twelve, and is one of the club captains this year.

"We ' re going to do a lot of regat-

tas this year, and we have a lot of kids who signed up for the club, so

we ' r e looking to get them some

experience," Leahy said.

Hope just completed a regatta last

Sunday at Notre Dame, at the Irish

Intersectional. The Dutchmen finished 13th out

of 14 teams, contending against di-

vision one teams like Michigan,

M i c h i g a n S ta te , P u r d u e , N o t r e

Dame, and powerhouse Southern

Florida. "I thought we did well. We took

seven .students to the event , and only three of them had experience,

but we stayed with the pack and did

wel l f o r no t p r a c t i c i n g , " sa id

Leahey.

U n l i k e mos t of t he spor t s at Hope, sailing is only a club sport.

However , they are not alone, as most schools, including many divi-

sion one universities, do not con-

sider sailing a varsity sport. Sailing is governed by the Inter-

C o l l e g i a t e Sa i l i ng A s s o c i a t i o n

(ISCA), and breaks down even fa-

ther in to r eg iona l a s s ignments .

Hope races in the Midwestern Col-

l e g i a t e S a i l i n g A s s o c i a t i o n (MCSA).

'•When we go to a regatta, we

usually leave Holland on Friday

evening for our destination. On Sat-

urday, we race from usually 8 a.m.

to sunset, and then from about 1

p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, and we

get back home in the evening on

Sunday. It takes up almost all of your weekend, but it 's worth it,"

Leahey said. Hope practices at the Macatawa

Bay Yacht Club and uses the club's

equipment. On race days, the host

of the regatta is responsible for sup-

plying the boats used in the races. In a typical regatta, there are two

divisions, an A and B division. The

two divisions take turns sailing:

Team A starts off by sailing two

races, then team B races two. The divisions keep alternating until each

school has sailed in every boat. The

scores from each division are added

together and the team with the low-

est combined score wins. Getting the club team isn't too

hard. Interested students must at-tend the meetings, and must pass a

swim test in order to participate.

There were over 110 students that

signed up for the sailing club this year. Mos t regattas only require

four students to make up a regatta team, but you are allowed to bring

more to fill in rotations.

Hope ' s next regatta is at North-w e s t e r n th i s w e e k e n d , for t he MSCA Singlehanded Champion-

ships.

September 12, 2001 ^ A j f i c h o r Religion

Is Hope a C^risftian College?

Faith Part t w o in the series"ls Hope a Christian College?"

explores the integrat ion of fa i th w i t h learning. Reli-gion editor Jane Bast invited Donald Cronkite, professor of biology, Rhoda Janzen, professor of English, Chad Carlson COB), jun ior class representative to the A lumni Board and Melissa Roop Co2 ) / president of the Union of Catholic Students, t o

part icipate in a roundtable discussion. An edited version of the i r converstat ion is pr inted below. To hear the dis-

| cussion in its ent i rety, tune in to WTHS on Sept. 13 and 14 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

E D I T O R ' S N O T E : T H E A N C H O R S T R O N G L Y E N C O U R A G E S M E M B E R S O F T H E H O P E

C O M M U N I T Y T O R E S P O N D B Y W R I T I N G L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R . T H E F O L L O W I N G

R O U N D T A B L E W A S M O D E R A T E D B Y J A N E B A S T . T H E R O U N D T A B L E W A S R E -

C O R D E D I N W T H S B Y J O S I A H D Y K S T R A A N D W A S A S S I S T E D B Y E R I C A H E E G E .

C O U R T N E Y K L I N E D I D T H E T R A N S C R I P T I O N . P H O T O S B Y R O B O N D R A .

What does it mean to integrate

faith and learning?

Donald Cronkite: I suppose the

things that are important to some-

one will form some kind of continu-

ous whole. If faith and learning are

important to people, people will

find a way of seeing that their faith

complements what they are learn-

ing and that their learning comple-

ments their fai th. We are a lways

learning new things and therefore

modifying our faith, and as our faith

grows, it will change the way we

look at the things we learn.

R h o d a J a n z e n : If we have faith,

faith is the very thing that bids us

worship God with our minds as well

as our hearts. For me, this means

that as a teacher, I need to seek God

with all my mind and heart. It also

means that in the classroom I need

to bring my principles and ideology

and my beliefs into play, not only

in choosing texts that will be pro-

vocative and

c h a l l e n g i n g

fo r m y stu-

d e n t s , b u t

also in push-

ing s tudents

in the w a y

they think to

mature their

intellect and

t h e i r o w n

spiritual ex-

perience.

C h a d

C a r l s o n : I

look at it as

sort of the pie analogy, where your

life is a pie and you have different

slices, learning being one of those

slices for students and professors.

The pie crust is our faith. Faith sur-

rounds every part of our life, and to

integrate that into our learning only

seems natural. Mel i s sa R o o p : W h e n I learn

something new in a class, I have to

either adapt my faith a little bit, or

see how it plays into my faith and

what 1 already believe, or see if I

have to adapt what I ' ve learned in

the c l a s s be -

cause of what I

believe.

Melissa and C h a d , is the

integration of

f a i t h a n d

l e a r n i n g

s o m e t h i n g

y o u e x p e c t f r o m H o p e

C o l l e g e as a s c h o o l ? H o w does the real-ity contrast your expectations?

C C : I definitely expected that

c o m i n g to H o p e C o l l e g e . I ' v e

grown up with Hope; 1 grew up in

Hol land , so I really expected it.

However , I was not sure what ex-

actly to expect as far as the integra-

tion of faith in the classroom be-

cause I went to a public school for

high school. I 'm not sure what level

of expectation I had, but I did ex-

pfect some faith in the classroom.

M R : I also went to a public high

school and there I exper ienced a

very secular education. When I was

looking at colleges, I specifically

went to visit colleges that incorpo-

rated faith in the classroom. I was

expecting it and wished to go to a

college that included both faith and

learning. How does this expectation from

students effect professors when

you plan your curr icu lum and

think about the methods you will

adopt for teaching? H o w does it

come into play? R J : It comes into play in three

ways . T h e f i rs t is that I can ac-

knowledge

w h o I am

and what I

be l i eve to

m y s t u -

dents*. For

me, this is

a wonder-

f u l p r i v i -

l e g e a n d

o p p o r t u -

n i ty . I

come f rom

a major re-

search uni-

ve r s i ty in

Cal ifornia where we d idn ' t have

that opportunity. To declare that I

was a Christ ian in the c lassroom

would have been to o f f e n d and

alienate many of my students. The

second factor is how I choose my

texts and what I choose to present

my students. The third factor for me

is that because of my Christianity, 1

feel that I am invited to ask students

to chal lenge all of their assump-

tions, not just to recognize them, but

to challenge them. I believe that be-

ing a Christian means not just be-l i e v i n g ,

b u t a l s o

a c t i v e l y

e n g a g i n g

with what

w e be -

lieve.

D C :

I 'm not so

sure that I

think it's

important

that I re-

veal thai

belief to students. I 'm not interested

being put in a pigeon hole. I 'm will-

ing to share my world view with

people, but I don ' t necessarily do

LEARNING CURVE:Me\\ssa Roop ('02), Chad Carlson (*03), Rhoda Janzen and Donald Cronkite discuss the integration of fatih and learning in the WHTS recording studio.

tha t in t h e

c lass room. 1

think it 's im-

p o r t a n t f o r

s t u d e n t s to

have the best

biology edu-

c a t i o n t hey

can have, and

a lot of that

resembles the

same biologi-

cal education

t hey w o u l d

get anywhere

else. There is

a d i f fe rence ,

b u t 1 t h i n k

tha t in gen-

eral, it 's more

impor tan t to

me that s tudents ' assumptions be

quest ioned and my own assump-

tions are questioned in class, than

that I have some kind of comfort-

able identity as one of the " tame"

ones. You said there was a difference,

that a dif ference did come into

play. Do you want to elaborate on

that a little bit? DC: For example , one level in

science has to do with how w e talk

about ethical issues that arise f rom

k n o w i n g abou t s c i ence . I leach

embryology, so there's always a lab

where we open up chicken eggs.

S o m e of them are l iny li t t le 24

hours-old embryos , some a litlle

older. While the students are busily

looking at them, I make it a prac-

tice to walk along behind them and

murmur, "I wonder when they be-

come chicken beings?" That leads

into a discussion that goes beyond

c h i c k e n s . T h a i is a q u e s t i o n I

couldn' t even ask at some colleges,

or I could ask it, but I 'd be maligned

for asking it. At Hope College, we

have the freedom to do that, more

f r e e d o m pa radox i ca l l y than w e

might in a college that is not at-

tached to a religious tradition.

Is it important, from a profes-sorial end, to play almost a devil's

advocate with a student? Is that

part of the job of a professor, to

sort of push and stretch? R J : I think that this issue really

does ask for a lot of sensitivity both

between faculty and students, and

students among each other. Hope

doesn ' t necessarily want all of the

students to be the same. We want

to encourage them to dialogue with

each other, with different groups,

different traditions, both religious

and non-religious. I think that, like

most skills, it is one lhat can be

learned. W h a t a b o u t o n the s t u d e n t

end? Are these matters that we can discuss amongst each other as

peers with respect? How is that important to us as a college?

M R : I think that we should be

mature enough by the time w e ' v e

reached college that we can at least

listen to each other and be respect-

ful of each other, but I don ' t think

that is always the case. For example,

one of my fr iends was in a religion

class, a required class for core. T h e

professor broke the class up into

three groups: those who follow Re-

formed tradition, those who follow

Catholic tradition, and those who

were Revivalists. They were sup-

posed to pick one of those three that

they belonged to. It left out a whole

•group of students who may not be

Christians. Then, on lop

of that, my friend in this

class was Catholic, and

she was the only Catho-

lic student in the class. It

b e c a m e a c l a s s w i th

mostly reformers kind of

attacking my friend, and

she came home crying.

P e o p l e b e c o m e r ea l l y

p i c k y a n d s a i d , " Y o u

w e r e w r o n g , " a n d

wouldn' t bother to listen

to her own opinions, and

I think that is really sad.

C C : C o n t r a r y to

M e l i s s a ' s expe r i ences ,

I ' v e had only good exper iences .

M a y b e I ' v e been lucky in that

sense. I 've had professors who have

done a very good job of hosting dis-

cussions. That has been very im-

p re s s ive to me , that p r o f e s s o r s

whom I know on a personal level

that do have strong faith have taken

a step down to hear what students

have to say so they aren't intimi-

dating to the students. It can be quite

intimidating for a professor to press

his or her views on a student.

R J : It can be alienating too.

C C : Exactly. So, it's not just the s tudents

being able to listen to each other.

it also depends on that professor taking responsibility to do it in an

e f f ec t ive , mora l way. But w h y

bother engaging in discussions of faith? Does Hope take this issue, this idea that we would integrate

our faith with learning, seriously,

or is it something we Just say? DC: It is somewhere in between

those two. We take it seriously, but

it is someth ing we jus t say, and

somet imes it does become simply

a formula lhat we recite because we

are here at Hope and we think we

ought to. We are a very complicated

place. We wouldn ' t have to be this

complicated if we didn ' t choose to

be, but one of the reasons we do lhat

is because life is very complicated.

You know, there are a lot of people

who think that if this were really the

Christian college we claim to be. we

wouldn ' t have any of these argu-

ments. My view is just the oppo-

site. that exactly the kind of college

that H o p e C o l l e g e h o p e s to be

would resign itself to having discus-

s ions about all k inds of things.

Tha t ' s because the facels of God

with which people can interact are

far more and far greater than any of

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Opinion ]llAnchor - )7V^ I rtijor's voice

Editor s voicetditor's voice

September 12, 2001

FrJrhny' q 7 inir

The terrorist attack on the United States yesterday morning has

left us all speechless. What can be said? No words can bring back the

thousands of lives ended yesterday or erase the fear that may be with

us for the rest of our lives.

Yesterday we learned that our generation, like every one before

it. is not immune to the terrible destruction we used to call history.

I don ' t know how to react. I don ' t know what to do.

This is not a t ime for me to lecture you. We all react in our own

ways; some with fear, some with anger, some with sorrow. I don ' t

know what 's right.

My only hope is that you learn f rom this what a precious gift

peace is and how easily it can be broken. Practice peace in your life.

Hatred isn't worth it.

Here is a poem that was passed on to me by poetry professor Jack

Ridl. It was written by fourth grader Cameron C. Penny. Our best

hope for peace is ourselves:

A window will appear

between two armies

on a battlefield. Instead

of seeing their enemies

in the window the soldiers

see themselves as children.

They stop fighting and

go home and sleep. When

they wake up the land

is well again.

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Anchor staff members react to yesterday's events

J a n e Bast:

I wonder if thirty years from now,

when my children are completing

school projects on the history of

America, if they will stop and ask

me, " M o m , where were you when .

. . ? "

I was sitting in the living room

of my cottage, eating breakfast . I

usually turn on the Today show to

get the weather report. But Tuesday

morning, I watched in disbelief as

a kamakazi passenger plane crashed

in to the World Trade Center . It

looked like a scene f rom a Bruce

Willis blockbuster. Then, it dawned

on m e that, no , t he se were real

people. Real lives.

Immedia t e ly , I thought of my

fr iends Emily and Meryl, two Hope

students who are studying in Man-

hattan through Hope ' s New York

Chad Sampson :

After a long Monday night filled

with homework and early work on

t h e p a p e r I w o k e u p l a t e and

stumbled into the living room of my

apartment. T h e first thing I noticed

was a smoking building on the tele-

vision, which my room mate was

watching intensely. "Is something

wrong?" I said in a groggy voice.

I have had many days in my life

that have felt like dreams and yes-

terday is not an exception. Walk-

ing through campus everyone was

talking about bombings, attacks and

the m i d d l e e a s t . E v e r y w h e r e

around me people were praying and

crying. When I see it, it reminds of

what my Grandpa told me about as

a young child when I asked him

what it was like during World War

n .

It was amazing to see everybody

pulling together. For once I did not

feel the usual tensions on Hope ' s

c a m p u s . N o b o d y w a s a r g u i n g

about the Gay Straight all iance or

whether Hope was a Christ ian col-

R a n d A r w a d y :

Sitting in front of my T V for most

of the day I saw the pictures and

the story unfolding before my eyes.

Ear ly in the morn ing a repor te r

made the statement that this seems

more like information out of a Tom

Clancy novel.

My initial thought was concern.

Concern for my oldest sister who

lives in N Y C but north of Manhat-

tan. After I was assured by my fa-

ther that she was f i n e m y nex t

t h o u g h t w a s a n g e r . A n g e r tha t

someone actually had the audacity

to c o m e on to American soil and

create chaos on our turf.

This is the first t ime that has hap-

Andy Volk:

I feel w e ' v e become so used to

flipping by C N N passively watch-

ing foreign countries attacking each

other mindless ly with seemingly

pointless violence, that we rarely

ever find ourselves thinking twice

about the effect that these tragic

events may have on these helpless

people that so of ten fall prey to the

taste of hate. I say we Americans

have fallen into our own sick self-

program. I knew they were most

l ikely all r ight- their a p a r t m e n t

building is a safe distance f rom the

catastrophe. I waited at the Anchor

off ice for Dean Frost to call and tell

me that the students were safe, that

they were all present and accounted

for.

After his call, I started thinking

about the thousands of secondary

victims effected by the attack. If I,

sitting in my house in Hol land, MI,

could instantly think of two fr iends

in New York, how many other Hope

students are doing the same? Some-

where on this campus , one of us

may have lost an aunt, or cousin, or

friend in Tuesday 's disaster.

When I start to distance myself

f rom the tragedy, when I start to

forget what happened that morning.

lege. I saw groups of people pray-

ing and comfort ing each other. My

own thoughts and prayers went out

to my friend staying in N e w York

city this semester. It was not until

later while walking to Dewitt that I

heard the word war on the lips of

many people.

War I thought, on who? You can't

declare war on a terrorist group.

Unfortunately the past has shown

that to most people in America there

is probably no dif ference between

an irate terrorist group and the en-

tire Middle East not to mention the

fol lowers of Islam.

Yet I should be the one to talk. If

you say terrorist to me I picture and

dark skinned man with a long black

b e a r d , c a r r y i n g a m a c h i n e g u n ,

speaking a language with the only

recognizable word being A ^ h . To

m e and many A m e r i c a n s this is

what a terrorist is. Terrorists are

most likely from Palestine. This is

what my p r o g r a m m i n g tells me ,

after all they hate the U.S. After all

pened s ince Pearl Harbor , and I

don ' t think I need to remind you

about the US response to Japan with

the atomic bomb. I ' m not saying

that I want a huge death toll but I

want some revenge.

My last thought and the one that

I am still upset about 12 hours later

is safety. I have always felt safe liv-

ing in America. Watching C N N and

seeing all the fighting going on in

other countries I knew that I didn ' t

have to worry about that because

nobody would ever mess with the

US. I was wrong. Now I will have

to go through the rest of my life

worrying about my safety against

ishness over the fearless years of

thinking that nobody can hurt us or

steal our freedom. I f ind it sicken-

ing that it took the sight of our own

crumbling country and a s treaming

" A m e r i c a A t t a c k e d " h e a d l i n e

across our te levis ion sc reens to

bring our campus into joint prayer.

I am not blind to the fact that we

cannot spend at tent ion on every

little hateful action or tragic event

I will imagine the people in the

United Airlines plane, staring out

their windows in helpless terror, as

they f lew closer and closer to the

towers.

Real people. Real lives.

In the U2 song "Peace on Earth,"

a song I d i s l iked until Tuesday,

Bono says, ' T h e y ' r e reading names

out on the radio/All the folks the rest

of us will never get to know/Sean

and Julia, Gareth, Ann and Breda/

Thei r lives are bigger than any big

idea."

Where was I? I was eating break-

fast , and the whole world changed.

It changed, not because we lost a

landmark building, but because on

T u e s d a y S e p t e m b e r 11, 2 0 0 1 ,

s o m e o n e here lost an aunt , or a

cousin, or a fr iend.

the U.S. only played a major role

in m o v i n g a large percentage of

their populat ion f rom their h o m e

land and giving it to somebody else.

H o w would I feel if I was sent from

Michigan so that the Native Ameri-

cans could have my home back?

I d ig res s , however , what hap-

pened yesterday was not war. It was

the murder of thousands o f civilians

and it makes me want to scream in

rage. But my rage has no object to

find. M y enemy is not a Muslim,

he or she is a human. They are cov-

ered in a cloak of darkness and can-

not be seen. I fear my anger and

pray it will not cause me to place

blame anywhere but on those who

deserve it. Then shall I let this go?

Shall I turn the other cheek? But

someone f rom my family has not

been killed and while I cannot tell

them to simply bury the dead, I will

not have blood on my hands. So I

say. Oh lord what shall we do?

terrorist attacks.

I will say that I was happy to hear

the response by the country and also

the Hope communi ty to the neces-

sity for blood donations in wake of

the tragedy. At one time the wait on

H o p e ' s c a m p u s was o v e r t h r ee

hours. That is great to hear, but it

makes you wonder if this huge trag-

edy h a d n ' t happened today how

long would that wait have been to

give blood?

M y thoughts and prayers go out

to everyone whose l ife will never

be the s ame af ter the events that

took place on September 11 ,2001.

that happens throughout this world.

But 1 do know that the same hate

that flew those planes into the hearts

of every person on this c a m p u s

Tuesday morning is the same hate

that drives a mother out of her home

away f rom the hands of an outraged

husband. My point is we as a cam-

pus need to rely on the grace of God

to shine through for more than just

mainstream tragic events.

September 12., 2001 Anchor

Holland Arts Council exhibits iconography Beth Lomasney ARTS EDITOR

The Holland Area Arts Council

Conlemporary Icon Painting Ex-hibit began Friday, September 7th

in c o n j u n c t i o n with the Gabra

Sellase Exhibit in the Depree Art

Gallery. The exhibit will run until

November 3, 2001. Don Shepard was the juror for

the exhibit, and he chose twenty-five pieces to support the theme of

icon painting. Theresa Sproull, the program director, is pleased with

the amount and array of talent in-

volved. ' T h e r e is a wide variety of work

here. The interpretat ion of the

theme is really incredible," Sproull

said. On o p e n i n g n i g h t , D a n i e l

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y R O B O N D R A

A COMBO: "If I were here" by Christine Olson hangs next to I n God we trust" by Gretchen Deems. B e r h a n e M e s k e l (*03) d e m o n -strated his icon painting talents to

all attendees. He encourages Hope

students to get involved in this art form, which has visited Holland in

full force. "When comparing knowing the

history of Africa to the history of

Europe , I don ' t think they [stu-

dents] know enough about Africa,"

BerhaneMeskel said. "It 's good to know the rich side of Africa- the

good things, not just the bad." BerhaneMeskel began painting at

age ten, learning the tradition of

icon painting from his fa the^whose

work stemmed from the Eastern Or-

thodox Church. BerhaneMeskel is

currently including bits of modem art, such as surrealism and abstrac-

tion, into his own work. "I would like to explore my own

style, and to transfer icon painting

into s o m e t h i n g more m o d e r n , "

BerhaneMeskel said. Comparable to the Gabra Sellase

Exhibit at the Depree Art Center,

the Holland Area Arts Council of-

fers more than just a gallery to visit.

Black River School has devel-

oped an installation for the Main

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y C L A R I S S A G R E G O R Y

A CONTAINED APPROACH'. Artist Betz VandenBcg uses pictures to portray his "Stored Past". Street Gallery, the smaller gallery sity will give a lecture entitled, ' T h e

of the three on 8th street. Also, Icon in Popular Usage" on Septem-

Cressida Marcus of Oxford Univer- ber 15, 2001, at 11a.m.

Cool beans coffee house warms Hope students up

Ashley North & ErinTagg STAFF REPORTERS

Cool Beans Coffee House, orga-

nized by Hope 's Student Activities

Commktee , offers coffee, atmo-sphere, and entertainment every

Wednesday night from 9-11pm in

the Kletz. Students have begun to make

themselves at home in the Kletz' couches, chairs and booths. But

whether they're watching the big

screen TV, sipping latte, reading a book, or whispering with friends,

the band takes center stage. This past Wednesday, September

5, the acoustic stylings of Hope stu-

den ts C h r i s B r y a n (*04), Pau l

Rabaut (*04), and Tim Heck ( '04)

seeped into Kletz coffee mugs. The

trio has been performing at events such as the Hope College Talent

Jam, the All College Sing, and vari-

ous gigs at the Kletz. The band plays a mix of folk,

jazz, and jam cover songs, while

offering a bit of their own material

which is writ ten by Bryan and

Rabaut, the guitarists and vocals.

"We love having the ability to

N

What's Up? Hope Happenings: Out & About:

A / f C H O f J P H O T O B Y C L A R I S S A G R E G O R Y

A COO KIN9 TRIO: Tim Heck ('04), Chris Bryan ('04) and Paul Rabaut ('04) play last Wednesday. improvise on the spot and to just listen."

let the crowd have fun and enjoy

the music," Heck said. Attendee Misha Neil ( '02) noted

the positive relationship between

the audience and the band.

"We were really listening, and

they wanted to play harder for us," Neil said. "It was good to see them

singing f rom their hearts. Energy

like that makes you want to put ev-

erything else aside, go there and

Neil wasn ' t the only one who

struck a chord with the band.

"I play the guitar myself, so see-

ing guys up there who are also from Hope is pretty inspirational," said

J. Barrett Wemlund (405).

For an entertaining atmosphere

plus coffee drinks with names like

"Van Minty" and "Flying Dutch-

man", stop by the Cool Beans Cof-

fee House on Wednesday nights.

Gabra Sellase Exhibit/

Holland Area Arts Coun

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Exhibit 9/7-11/16 & 9/7-

11/3

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Organ Concert, Huw Lewis 9/17 free admis sion, Dimnent Chapel

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Visting Writer 's Series 9/ 26, free admission, l ive

jazz at 6:30 p.m.

Faculty Music Recital 9/23 free admission,

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GPS announces line-up for season Maureen Yonovitz STAFF REPORTERS

T h e start of this year ' s Hope

College Great Performance Series,

featuring talented artists in dance, theater, classical and jazz music,

is jus t around the comer. Here is

the lineup for the 2001-02 season. T h e in te rna t iona l ly t raveled

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

Grosso Modo kicks off the series.

Grosso Modo is from Holland's sister city, Queretaro, Mexico, and

will perform at the Knickerbocker Theatre Thursday & Friday, Oct.

18-19 at 8pm, followed by a spe-cial family show on Saturday, Oct.

20 at 2 p.m. This year 's classical music per-

formance is by the Chamber Mu-

sic Society of Lincoln Center, and will take place on Nov. 9 at 8 p.m in Dimnent Chapel. The trio fea-tures Lincoln Center Artistic Di-

rector and clarinetist David Shifrin,

with pianist Anne-Marie Mcdermott

and cellist Fred Sherry. S e v e n - t i m e G r a m m y w i n n e r

Michael Brecker and his quartet will

be performing jazz music Tuesday,

Nov. 27 at 8 p.m in Dimnent Chapel. Brecker has recorded with a num-

ber of famous artists and is known

for his outstanding shows. Wednesday & Thursday, Jan. 30-

31 at 8 p.m in the Knickerbocker

T h e a t r e , M i x e d C o m p a n y wil l present "My Children. My Africa" by Athol Fugard. Fugard has been

an advocate for equal rights in South Africa and is considered one of the

greatest living playwrights. Arts Coordinator Derek Emerson

urges students to take special advan-tage of Mixed Company's perfor-

mance. "You don't see plays around here

very often," Emerson said.

Tr io Voronezh , a c l a s s i ca l ly trained Russian trio, will be play-

ing their interpretations of classic

masterpieces Tuesday, March 5 at

8pm in Dimnent Chapel. The group is k n o w n for its l ively pe r fo r -

mances. "They are just a riot to watch,"

Emerson said. 'They are extremely

talented. I think that [they] will re-

ally appeal to students." Two returning artists from the

Young C o n c e r t Ar t i s t s s e r i e s ,

Czech pianist Martin Kaslik and soprano Courtenay Budd, mark the

end of the GPS season. Kasik, who has won numerous awards and competitions since 1993, will be

performing Tuesday, April 2 at 8pm

in Dimnent Chapel. "He is someone that I know is

going to continue to make his name known," Emerson said.

Budd, whose performance will

be in D i m n e n t Chapel Tuesday, April 16, at 8 p.m, is versed in both

operas and reci ta ls and recent ly played Zerlina in a production of

"Don Giovanni." ' T h i s will be a great chance to see

an artist who really knows what she 's doing up on stage," Emerson

said. An added incentive for student at-

tendance at GPS events is cost. Stu-dent ticket prices have been lowered

to $5 from last year 's price of $6.50,

and student season tickets are $20. Other individual prices are $14 for adults, $11 for seniors, and $5 for

children. Season tickets are $55 for adults, $45 for seniors, $20 for chil-dren. and $115 for families. Season

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: A n c h o r September 12, 2001 HISPANIC from 1

their differences."

Rawls stressed the significance behind the theme of crossing bor-

ders and mending bridges in this

year ' s Hispanic Heritage Month

events, hoping that goals of creat-

ing reconcil iat ion and foster ing

unity could be met on both a local and a national scale.

One week af ter the Cesa r E.

Chavez Address, a panel presenta-

tion will examine "Latinos in West

Michigan" on Wednesday, Septem-

ber 26, at 7 p.m. in the Mass Cen-

ter auditorium. The panel includes

PULL from 1

Nereida Garcia, principal of Wash-

ington Elementary School ; Tino

Reyes, executive director of Latin

Americans United for Progress; and Cliff Welch, associate professor of

history at Grand Valley.

"U.S. Immigrants: A Multicul-tural Journey," a film that examines

the past and future of U.S. immi-

g r a t i o n , wi l l be p r e s e n t e d on

Wednesday, October 3, at 7 p.m. "The Forgotten Americans," an in-

depth look at Las Colonias, impov-

erished Latin American communi-

ties in the United States, will show

on the following Wednesday, Oc-

tober 10, at 7 p.m. "Understanding

Our Differences," which explores the cultural similarities and differ-

ences of two neighboring families,

will be presented on Wednesday,

October 17, at 7 p.m. All three films will be shown in the Maas Center

conference room. The final event in recognition of

Hispanic Heritage Month will be

the academic symposium "Border

Cross ing in Li tera ture , Art , and

F i lm" to be presented by Jesus

Montano , assis tant p rofessor of

English at Hope, on Thursday, Oc-

tober 25, at 7 p.m. in the Maas Cen-ter conference room.

Admission is free for all events. Another Holland event celebrat-

ing Hispanic Heritage Month is the Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Fes-

tival. Tulipanes will feature both films performances, which will lake

p lace at ten d i f f e ren t loca t ions

throughout the Holland area. For m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , log on to

www.tlaff.org.

N a t i o n a l H i s p a n i c H e r i t a g e

Month runs from Saturday, Septem-

ber 15, through Monday, October 15.

Official recognition of the His-

panic Heritage began in 1968 when

Congress passed a bill that created National-Hispanic Heritage Week. The resolut ion was amended in

1988 to include the 31-day period beginning September 15 and end-

ing on October 15, creat ing Na-tional Hispanic Heritage Month.

For more information on events

and programs sponsored by Multi-

cultural Life, log on to hope.edu/ multicultural.

-tensively for a piece of this great

tradition.

M e m b e r s of both c l a s se s are

training three hours a day for this rivalry.

However, it is not just a compe-

tition between the classes of '04 and

'05. Members of the '02 and '03

pull teams serve as coaches by lead-

ing physical training and commands

in order to aid the defense of their

designated odd o r^ven year.

Dan Hinz ( '03) , one of *05^ pull

coaches this year, remembers his time as a puller both freshmen and

s o p h o m o r e years as one of the

greatest experiences of his life. He

is eagerly anticipating the Pull this year as well.

"We' re off to a pretty good start"

Hinz said. "We have a solid num-

ber of E U V S and eirls. and I 'm re-

ally excited. A lot of work still needs

to be done, so we ' re working hard. W e ' v e accompl i shed a lot, and

we 've still got a ways to go." Mark Foreman ('02), a pull coach

for '04, remembers his time on the

'02 pull team. "It was an exper ience like no

other," Foreman said. "I found out

a lot about myself, what it means

to be a familv and a communitv."

He feels equally as confident as Hinz about his pull team.

" I 'm very excited about Pull this

year" Foreman said. "This group of guys knows what to expect, and I

like what I see. We're excited to

carry on the longtime tradition of

the Pull, and we'll be ready on Sep-

tember 22."

The Pull is a contest in which stu-dents lie for three hours in a pit hori-

zontally on top of the rope. The

pul lers ' moralers keep them hy-drated, relay pull commands and

provide them with encouragement. Because the rope is continually

taut, the physical energy needed by

each puller is terrific. Each side

does not stop pulling until three hours are up.

The Pull takes place September

22nd at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.

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Em- We miss you and await your return. Take care of yourself. -Anchor

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September 12, 2001 I k ^ A n c h o r Sports

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No more rally There are some new rules in

college volleyball this year, and I

don ' t like them one bit. T h e main

rule change for this season is the

move away f rom the traditional

scoring system that had sideouts

and scoring to 15 points. T h e old

method of sideout scoring means

that a team could only be

awarded a point when they were

serving.

However , the sideout scoring

is no more, as I learned last

Wednesday when I yelled out

"sideout Dutch" and received

some weird looks f rom many of

the fans.

T h e new scoring system is

known as rally scoring, which

used to only take place in the

f if th and deciding set in past

years to only 15 points.

During rally scoring, a point is

scored on each serve, and in

college the teams play the best

out of 5 sets to 30 points. T h e

f if th set is then rally scoring to

15 points.

Instead of simply writing this

column with my own feelings, I

talked to some of the girls on the

volleyball team to find the pros

and cons. Before we look at the nega-

tives of this new scoring system

that has me upset, let 's first look

at the pros. This new scoring

system rewards the defense for

great play. For instance, a

blocked shot at the net is now a

guaranteed point instead of

perhaps just being a sideout.

Another positive thing is that

each point is that much more

exciting. N o w there seems to be

a lot more intensity with each

point that is played.

M y question is: doesn ' t sideout

scoring reward the defense in the

same way? Perhaps you don ' t

receive a point, but you may give

your team a sideout and the

ability to serve for a point.

My biggest problem with this

scoring system is the way the

matches seem to drag on. Numer-

ous other college students left the

match early last Wednesday

because the match was taking too

long.

1 also don ' t like change. T h e

fact that the scoring system is

different makes the record books

change. Records that have lasted

for years will not be able to be

broken because the game is

different now.

Don ' t look for too many

comebacks with this system

either. Those great comebacks

that I remember from past years

in which teams would come back

f rom 13-7 and scores like that are

basically out of reach with this

rally scoring system.

Once a team hits 29 points and

their opponents have less than 2 0

points, all it takes is one bad shot

to end the match. I like how a

team could make a comeback by

getting that pivotal sideout late in

the match to keep the comeback

going.

I also miss the big t ime serves

f rom the past. It is so important to

get your serve in now because a

serve into the net no longer is just

a sideout; it now is a point for the

other team. This makes accuracy

so much more important than

power.

However , the message being

sent to the players is to keep

serving strong so as to keep the

other team f rom an opportunity to

set up for an easier point off a

weaker serve.

I know that this isn't Hope

College 's issue and that they are

just doing what the N C A A tells

them to do, but 1 really don ' t like

the change. I just hope that the

Flying Dutch will be able to grasp

this new scoring system and have

a great season as they did last

year.

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CELEBRATION'. Members of the Hope College men's soccer team celebrate with fans after the teams 1-0 victory over nationally ranked Wheaton College on Friday afternoon in the Calvin J, Bergsma Memorial Tournament. The only goal on the day was scored by midfielder Andrew Riker ('02) on a header midway through the second half on a cross from Adam Chaffee (403). The Flying Dutch are a perfect 4-0 and will be looking to keep that perfect record when they travel to North Park, III on Saturday.

FAITH from 3

to increase voter turnout," Scogin

said. "Our purpose in this is to en-

gage more students in our election

process and I consider anything very

worthwhile that makes participation

in our student government easier."

us can imagine. When w e begin to

see that, we begin to interact with

people on that level, instead of judg-

ing them. It 's a wonderful place to

be when we have that attitude, and

every now and then we do, when

we ' r e not tired.

C C : As we go into the real world,

if we are practicing Christians, we

go into the real world and our job

integrat ing fa i th into the exper i -

ences we talked about at Hope Col-

lege. MR: I agree with Chad. I think it

is very important for people who are

prepared to teach that they have

sense of morality that stems f rom

the Chris t ian fai th. T h e r e are so

many views on this, but the fact that

we s t ruggle through this is very

important.

RJ: I am reminded of the larger

context of the non-Christian, post

modern culture in which we live.

Sometimes Christianity, and indeed

all religious systems, get a negative

reputation, and the reputation is for

"group think."

There is this notion that to sub-

scribe to a religious system and to

participate in a religious commu-

nity, is to forfeit independent and

mature thought. I think that if we

do not try to marry faith and learn-

ing in the classroom, there is exactly

that risk. If we d o not insist on dialogue, if

we don' t try deliberately to confront

other systems of belief in other cul-

tures, we run the risk of shutt ing

ourselves into a very narrow corri-

dor.

It is one of those things I 'm ex-

cited to see not happening at Hope.

I think that just by way of our sheer

commitment to encouraging inde-

pendent thinking, it is important for

m e to t ake m y Chr i s t i an i ty and

translate that into an invitation for

d i a l o g u e . I d o n ' t w a n t to c l u b

people over the head with it; I want

that to be an assurance for them that

their voices are welcome.

If this is something that is im-portant to us as an institution,

what is our purpose as both a Christian institution and an aca-

demic institution? DC: It seems to me that at least

in the Western world, it has only

been a recent phenomenon that in-

stitutions of higher learning were

not religious institutions. We are not

doing something terribly unusual at

Hope , but it might be somewha t

counter-cultural.

T h e problem I f ind for myself is

that I wouldn ' t believe what I be-

lieve if I didn ' t think it was true. So

when I run up against someone who

believes something else, it seems

natural to me to discount their idea.

I ' ve had to work with that, but I

think I have. I ' ve come to see Christianity as

a religion where everybody inter-

acts with a divine particular. W h o

you are is the most important thing

that you should be. Christianity pro-

motes this broad-ranging discussion

that we ' r e talking about.

C C : W h e n I chose to go to Hope,

I looked at other schools that did

have the Christian background, and

what I liked about Hope is that it

gave you some freedom to think. It

d idn ' t really impose moral values

on you like some schools that are

similar to Hope. You aren ' t forced

to go to chapel , and I think that al-

lows you to think more maturely on

your own. RJ: I was very recently on the job

market, and 1 did a big job search

interviewing at schools that were

non-Christian and schools that were

Christian. Having chosen Hope, I

clearly found that it was a better

place, a better match for me than

any of the others. One of the things that pulled me

here was something that I see only

in this context of integrated faith

and learning. M y col leagues are

different to me than they would be

in a non-Christian school. That kind

of comradery is incredibly special,

and I think it is endemic to the kind

of school this is. MR: I think Hope is really great

because you don ' t get spoon-fed.

People want you to know and to

find things for yourself and figure

out for yourself what is most im-

portant to you. That we are kind of

in the middle somewhere is really

special.

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orts T k ^Vrichor September 12r 2001

A woman in Danielle Koski BUSINESS MANAGER

Pal Wieda l ikes her j o b as a

Phelps greeler, smiling at students

as s h e s l ides the i r ID ca rd s

through a machine, but there is \

something that she loves. It is, in her own word, "ball."

Wieda loves two games with a

ball; one is her first and favorite

passion of fast pitch softball, and

the other is bowling. 4 i was about twelve years old,

and we played ball every night in a

cow pasture," said Wieda. Wieda can remember being in

grade school and getting picked first for the boys' teams. Wieda is not

any second rate ball player either.

In her own words, she is very com-

petitive, but she has a right to be.

In the 1940's, when most of the

male populat ion in this country

went to go fight a war, the women

were left to pick up the pieces.

This included keeping the so-

called America's favorite pastime of

baseball alive. Women from all over

the country tried out for teams to

play, and Wieda was no exception.

She tried out for the Grand Rap-

ids Chicks and made it. She did not

get to play a single game, though,

because her parents did not want her

to play. At the time, she was still

under their rules.

"I appreciate their decision now more then I did then," Wieda said.

The denial of being able to play

with the Grand Rapids Chicks did

not turn Wieda from the game she

loved. At the top of her fast pitch

softbal l game, she had a batt ing

average of .486, and she is one of

the only women to hit a ball over

the fence at Legion Field that used

to be in Centennial Park.

"I played every position except

for 2nd base, including shortstop,

1st base, some pitching and catch-

ing and rover," said Wieda. "Rover

was my favorite."

Wieda played on teams spon-

sored by companies and businesses,

and she managed teams. She has

22 years' worth of stories and ex-

JL* 0

p e n -

ences. "One

t i m e I

go t a

c o n c u s -sion [dur-

ing a play], but I

was more worried about

that I got the girl out," Wieda said.

Wieda's most memorable play is

when she caught a ball in center

f i e ld and threw the ball to the

catcher, who was able to get the girl

out who was running for home.

Another experience was defeating

an all male team. "It was kind of sad when they

went to slow pitch softball," said Wieda. Her term for slow pitch is

"blooper ball." Wieda changed the name of the

game, as she got older, to the sport

of bowling. During the mid-1970's

s h e p l a y e d on t h r e e d i f f e r e n t

leagues, one of which was the only

all female team in the league.

D u r i n g her b o w l i n g c a r e e r ,

Wieda did almost everything. She p l a y e d d o u b l e s wi th M a r i a n

L a d e w i g , o n e t he n a t i o n ' s t o p

bowlers at the time and a native of

Grand Rapids, at a national com-

petition in Las Vegas in 1973. As a member of women's team

in a men's league, her team con-

THEN AND NOWi Phelps greater Pat Wieda's experiences in softball and bowling.

secutively took the state wide

trophy from the men. One of those

times was in 1979. She had aver-

ages of 188, 189, and 182, and at

the top of her game in 1974, she

averaged a 199 and had a series of

672. Her highest games included a 277

while bowling for the Women's Pro Bowl ing Associat ion, and a 282

while bowling in open competition.

"Almost all of the girls on the

team had gotten a 300 in one tour-

nament. and I missed it by the last

f rame when 1 threw a spare,"

Wieda said. It was one of few ac-

complishments that eluded Wieda's

grasp. Today, Wieda has ret i red her

bowling shoes due to a foot injury.

She does not want to bowl if she

has to give less then her best. "I was always out to win, but I

had to learn to be a good loser," said

Wieda.

Wieda, though, has not

hung up her bat. This spring she

plans on coaching a fast pitch girls'

team. Currently, she and some oth-ers who would like to see the sport

in this area again are trying to get

six teams together. Four of which have already been

playing, and two, including the one that Wieda will coach, that will

hopefully start this year.

"I would do anything to catch a

b a l l " Wieda said. Wieda admires the women today

who play softball, but she will al-

ways believe that her teams were

better back then. "We had good clean fun," said

Wieda. "Those were the good old

days."

ANCHOR ALL-STAR

Football one yard short Andy Volk ASST. S P O R T S EDITOR

Week one has c o m e and gone

leaving the Flying Dutchmen barely missing the taste of victory. The

clock stuck zeros just one yard too

soon for H o p e r ec i eve r , Br i an

Adloff ( '02) and the rest of the Fly-

ing Dutchmen, leaving the board

s h o w i n g a 2 1 - 1 4 d e f e a t to

Valparaiso. "We got the ball at about the ten

yard line that final drive and took it

the length of the field and the last ball was caught on the one yard

line," said Dean Kreps, head foot-

ball coach . "One more play, you

never know." Hope took on the task of coming

from behind throughout most of the

game on Saturday afternoon. This due to the numerous turnovers that

were accompan ied by de f l a t i ng

penalt ies and a very inef fec t ive

first-half passing attack. Quarterback, Jason Helsen ( '04),

of H o p e completed jus t 2 of 18 passes and gave up 3 interceptions

before Kreps sat him out for the af-

ternoon. "He ' s |Helsen] going to get an-

other shot," Kreps said. "I don ' t

know if it was first game jitters or

what but I know he is a better quar-

terback than that." Coming in to replace the starter

was sophomore quarterback Phil Butler (404). Butler was very effi-

cient with his time completing 12

of 19 passes including one touch-

down toss. Hope's defense showed up strong

holding Valparaiso to only 202

yards of total offence. Josh (*03)

and Matt Baumbach ( ' 03 ) com-

bined for a total of 22 tackles while Andy Keller ( '03) gathered up 2

quarterback sacks to add to the team

total of 4. Hope will be host ing Depauw

this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. With this

being the opening home game for

the Flying Dutchmen, attendance will be high and expectancies will

follow. " T h i s is a b ig g a m e for us ,

Depauw's good every year, we 've

played them for 31 years straight

and w e ' r e 16-15 against them," Kreps said. "We beat them last year

in overt ime so I 'm sure they are

ready to get revenge for that." The attitude of the team will play

a major role heading into next week

and the remainder of the season. " T h e y ' r e t icked because they

lost, and so am I, you know? But that is the thing about football; you

can lick your wounds until Monday

abou t 4 : 3 0 w h e n we get d o n e watching film, and than you must

move on," Kreps said.

mflRcus uoss Voss ( '03) has had a great season at

goalie for the undefeated men's soccer team. He has only allowed one goal in Hope 's first four games, including a shu tou t aga ins t n a t i o n a l l y r anked

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