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A s tuden t - r un nonp ro f i t pub l i ca t i on Hope Co l lege • Ho l land, M ich igan Serv ing the Hope Co l lege C o m m u n i t y for 114 years

Knicks hold AIDS concert without condoms Frost says distr ibution

against Hope policy Mat t C o o k C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

T h e K n i c k e r b o c k e r f r a i e r n i t y

he ld ihe A I D S a w a r e n e s s c o n c e i t on

T u e s d a y . M a r c h 6 , bu t n o c o n d o m s

or o the r con i racep i i ves w e r e dis t r ib-

u t ed .

Mi tche l l Walke r ( ' 0 2 ) . ihe Kn ick -

e r b o c k e r in c h a r g e of the e v e n t as

Abduction reported to Public Safety No Hope people be-

lieved to be involved

A n d r e w Lotz EDITOR IN C H I E F

A p o s s i b l e d o m e s t i c d i s p u t e that

look p l a c e o v e r the w e e k e n d in a

c a m p u s p a r k i n g lot is b e i n g i n v e s -

t i ga t ed by P u b l i c S a f e t y a n d the

H o l l a n d P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t .

P u b l i c S a f e t y r e c e i v e d r e p o r t s

that an a l t e rca t ion o c c u r r e d in pa rk-

ing lot T. near Kle i s C o t t a g e . 3 2 6

C o l u m b i a A v e . at a p p r o x i m a t e l y

9 : 4 5 p . m . on S u n d a y , M a r c h 11.

W i t n e s s e s d e s c r i b e d a w o m a n be-

ing f o r c e d in to a f o u r - d o o r , b r o w n -

c o l o r e d c a r by a m a l e sub j ec t w h o

w a s d e s c r i b e d as b e i n g in his late

3 0 s a n d h a v i n g a g r a y p o n y t a i l .

T h e y a l s o s ta ted that t he s u b j e c t s

a p p e a r e d to h a v e b e e n a r g u i n g .

**A! th is point it is o u r be l ie f that

it w a s a d o m e s t i c d i s p u t e , i n v o l v -

ing s o m e o n e y o u n g e r than c o l l e g e

a g e . " s a i d M i k e L a f a t a . P u b l i c

S a f e t y pa t ro l s e rgean t . " N o b o d y is

r epor ted m i s s i n g o r a b d u c t e d . "

11 is not k n o w n at th is l i m e if the

s u b j e c t s r e p o r t e d w e r e a f f i l i a t e d

wi th t he co l l ege . L o c a l l a w

more ABDUCTION on 6

wel l as a m e m b e r of S tuden t C o n -

g r e s s , o r i g i n a l l y a p p r o a c h e d S tu -

d e n t C o n g r e s s wi th a r eques t that

they h e l p pay for e n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d

a d v e r t i s i n g of the c o n c e r t . S tuden t

C o n g r e s s vo ted agains t the p roposa l

b y a n a r r o w m a r g i n , c i t i n g t h e

K n i c k e r b o c k e r s ' p lans to invi te rep-

r e s e n t a t i v e s f r o m t h e

M a c K a u l e y H e a l t h C e n t e r A l -

t h o u g h S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s h a d n o

p r o b l e m w i t h t h e H e a l t h C e n t e r

p r o v i d i n g i n f o r m a t i o n a n d c o n f i -

dent ial tes t ing, they w e r e c o n c e r n e d

abou t t he f r e e d i s t r i bu t i on of con -

t r acep t ives .

I n s t e a d of h o l d i n g the c o n c e r t

w i t h o u t S tuden t C o n g r e s s f u n d i n g .

W a l k e r d e c i d e d to r e w o r d the p ro -

posa l .

" W e d i d n ' t h a v e t o h a v e t h e

m o n e y , " W a l k e r sa id . " B u t it w a s

n ice to ge t i t ."

W a l k e r w o r k e d w i t h L o u i s

C a n f i e l d ( ' 0 1 ) , S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s

p r e s i d e n t on the p roposa l .

" B a s i c a l l y , it j u s t s a id tha t t he

f u n d s w o u l d b e a l l o c a t e d t o t h e

K n i c k e r b o c k e r f r a t e r n i t y a f t e r t he

even t h a d t aken p l a c e a n d [S tuden t

C o n g r e s s ] h a d c o n f i r m e d n o

c o n d o m s h a d b e e n d i s t r i b u t e d . "

W a l k e r sa id .

A c c o r d i n g t o W a l k e r , S t u d e n t

C o n g r e s s v o t e d f o r t he n e w p r o -

posa l u n a n i m o u s l y . S t u d e n t C o n -

g re s s a l l o c a t e d $ 7 0 0 f o r t he even t .

B e f o r e the vo te . W a l k e r a l so met

wi th D . Wes l ey P o y t h r e s s , ass i s tan t

d e a n of m u l t i c u l t u r a l l i fe a n d S tu -

d e n t C o n g r e s s adv i so r , to d i s cus s

a l t e r n a t i v e s to o p e n l y d i s t r i b u t i n g

c o n d o m s .

A c c o r d i n g to Walke r , t h e y c o n -

s i d e r e d h a n d i n g ou t c o n d o m s on ly

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

the i n f o r m a t i o n a n d tes t ing p r o c e s s

more CONCERT on 2

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DANCING ALL NIGHT (AND ALL DAY) LONG-. Gerald Ajega ('03), Leecox Omollo ('02) and Jacob Sitati ('01) dance in the Dance Marathon on Saturday. Along with all the Greek organizations, 24 student groups partici-pated as well as 2 teams of faculty and staff. $37,219.54 was raised for the DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids.

ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

2nd Dance Marathon another success M a t t C o o k C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

T h i s Sa tu rday , 108 m e m b e r s of

i he H o p e C o l l e g e c o m m u n i t y

s t a y e d on the i r f ee l for 2 4 h o u r s

in s u p p o r t of local ch i ld ren .

F o r t he s e c o n d y e a r in a r o w .

the s t u d e n t s of H o p e s u c c e s s f u l l y

put on the D a n c e M a r a t h o n . F r o m

7 p .m. on F r iday to 7 p . m . on Sa t -

urday, d a n c e r s in the D o w C e n -

t e r g y m r a i s e d m o n e y f o r t he

D e V o s C h i l d r e n ' s H o s p i t a l , in

G r a n d R a p i d s . T h e even t w a s run

w i t h t he h e l p of the C h i l d r e n ' s

M i r a c l e N e t w o r k .

T h e d a n c e r s r a i s ed a total of

$ 3 7 , 2 1 9 . 5 4 . T h a t ' s $ 1 3 , 9 8 1 . 5 4

m o r e t h a n w a s r a i s ed last y e a r

w h e n 7 5 s t u d e n t s d a n c e d .

"I a m e c s t a t i c , " s a id Be th O t t o

( ' 0 2 ) , D a n c e M a r a t h o n d i rec tor . " I

a m so exc i ted because it 's a lot m o r e

than I e x p e c t e d to r a i se . "

O t t o f ee l s l ike e v e r y t h i n g w e n t

o f f w i t h o u t a h i tch .

" T h i n g s [ w e n t ] r e l a t i v e l y

s m o o t h l y c o m p a r e d to w h a t h a d

b e e n g o i n g o v e r a n d o v e r in m y

m i n d , " O t t o sa id . "I i m a g i n e d e v -

e ry s i n g l e c a t a s t r o p h e , a n d n o t h i n g

h a p p e n e d . "

S h e a t t r i b u t e d s o m e o f t h e

s m o o t h n e s s to the fac t that th is w a s

t he s e c o n d y e a r a n d the o r g a n i z e r s

k n e w wha t to expec t .

T h i s year, not all the dance r s w e r e

s tuden t s . M e m b e r s of the S tuden t

D e v e l o p m e n t s taff pa r t i c ipa t ed , as

w e l l as a g r o u p o f f a c u l t y w h o

c a l l e d t h e m s e l v e s t h e

" G r a t e f u l E d . "

T h e d a n c e r s h a d to w o r k

f o r the i r m o n e y .

" I t ' s m o r e that I hur t than

I ' m t i red ," sa id d a n c e r M a r y

C h a m b e r s ( * 0 3 ) . " M y

m u s c l e s hur t , m y fee t e s p e -

c ia l ly . "

D a n c e r s w e r e o n l y a l -

l o w e d s h o r t b r e a k s f o r

m e a l s . O t h e r w i s e , they h a d

to fo l low strict ru les that for-R . . ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

b a d e t h e m f r o m s i t t i n g p A R T N E R S : Z a c h D e a l e r

d o w n o r d r i n k i n g c a f f e i n e . ( . 0 2 ) a n d Rebecca Wiechman T h e y cou ld no t e v e n g o to . h e l e a c h o t h e r o u t

t he b a t h r o o m u n a c c o m p a -nied . i ng the m a r a t h o n w a s s e t t i n g a

D a n c e r J i m Hul l ( -02) f o u n d that g o o d p a c e .

t he mos t impor t an t f a c t o r in su rv iv - more MARATHON on 2

Student Congress prepares second on-line survey Mat t C o o k C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

Studen t C o n g r e s s is p l a n n i n g o n h o l d i n g

iis s e c o n d on - l i ne s t u d e n t s u r v e y . A c c o r d i n g

to S t e v e Al les ( ' 0 1 ) . s en io r c l a s s r e p r e s e n t a -

t ive to S tuden t C o n g r e s s , t he su rvey will be

u p on the S tuden t C o n g r e s s w e b s i t e by S u n -

day. M a r c h 25.

S tuden t C o n g r e s s he ld a s imi la r s u r v e y last

vear.

" T h i s is a g rea t a v e n u e w h e r e w e c a n l ea rn

abou t the op in ions of the s tuden t s . " Al les said.

A c c o r d i n g to Al les , the survey will not on ly

he lp S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s , but it will h a v e an

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

" W e wan t to m a k e the admin i s t ra t ion aware

of w h e r e the s t u d e n t s fee l the m o s t c h a n g e s

are n e c e s s a r y . " Al les sa id .

A large g r o u p of the q u e s t i o n s on the sur-

vey will a d d r e s s h o w s t u d e n t s use the D o w

Cente r . A c c o r d i n g to Al les . S tuden t C o n g r e s s

has b e e n t r y ing to s o l v e the p r o b l e m of w h o

ge t s to use the D o w w h e n .

" R i g h t n o w t h e r e ' s a c r u n c h f o r w h o g e t s

to u s e t he D o w , a n d w e w a n t to m a k e su re

there is t ime for the s t u d e n t s to u s e it for the i r

pe r sona l u s e , " A l l e s sa id .

A c c o r d i n g to A l l e s , s t u d e n t s a r e b e i n g

d r i v e n a w a y f r o m thei r p e r s o n a l e x e r c i s e b y

spor t s t e a m s w a n t i n g to ho ld the i r p rac t i ce s

there .

S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s h o p e s t he s u r v e y will

h e l p v o i c e the i r c o n c e r n to t he a d m i n i s t r a -

t ion.

" W e w a n t to s h o w t h e m that the D o w C e n -

ter is o n e of the a reas w h e r e s t u d e n t s feel they

a r e l a c k i n g in f ac i l i t i e s , " A l l e s sa id .

A n o t h e r p r o b l e m the s u r v e y will a d d r e s s

is h o u s i n g . A l l e s sa id that t h e y e spec i a l l y

more SURVEY on 7

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Women of Color Celebration Campus, Page 2.

Poetry Blitz stopped again Arts, Page 3.

The homeless in Holland InFocus, Page 5.

VandenBerg is NCAA champ Sports, Page 8.

Campus Beat 11^ A n c h o r MarcH 14, 2001

Hope participates in global women's strike Danie l l e K o s k i STAFF REPORTER

In t he first o r g a n i z e d w o m e n ' s

s t r ike, on M a r c h 8. 1857. h u n d r e d s

of w o m e n w o r k e r s in N e w York

C i t y ' s t ex t i l e a n d g a r m e n t f a c t o r i e s

w e n t on s t r ike a g a i n s t l o w w a g e s ,

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

l o n g w o r k i n g h o u r s . In A u g u s t

1910. 5 3 y e a r s later, the W o m e n ' s

S o c i a l i s t I n t e r n a t i o n a l d e c i d e d to

c o m m e m o r a t e the s tr ike by o b s e r v -

i n g a n a n n u a l I n t e r n a t i o n a l

W o m e n ' s D a y on M a r c h 8. In 1975,

In ternat ional W o m e n ' s D a y b e c a m e

r e c o g n i z e d w o r l d w i d e w h e n the

Un i t ed N a t i o n s b e g a n c e l e b r a t i n g

it.

Th i s year , f o r the first t i m e eve r .

H o p e C o l l e g e o b s e r v e d I n t e r n a -

t ional W o m e n ' s Day b y h o l d i n g a

s t r ike ral ly o n T h u r s d a y . M a r c h 8.

"It has been a w e s o m e H o p e has

let us h a v e th i s . " sa id A . J . C a m e r o n

r O I ) . w h o s e m o t h e r s p o k e o n

w o m e n a n d v i o l e n c e .

P e o p l e f r o m the c o m m u n i t y a n d

facu l ty spoke . T h e p e o p l e o n f a c -

ulty w h o s p o k e w e r e D e b S w a n s o n

of the S o c i o l o g y D e p a r t m e n t . Lee

O ' C o n n e r a n d J a n e D i c k i e f r o m the

P s y c h o l o g y D e p a r t m e n t , a n d

Kr i s ten G r a y f r o m the C o u n s e l i n g

Cen te r .

"I w a s in S c o t l a n d last s e m e s t e r

a n d [ w e n t to) an a c t i v i s m c o n f e r -

e n c e in E n g l a n d w h e r e I p i c k e d u p

a b r o c h u r e a b o u t W o m e n ' s D a y . "

- a i d R a c h e l G a z d a (02) .

G a z d a b r o u g h t b a c k the b r o c h u r e

a n d p r e s e n t e d it to the W o m e n ' s Is-

sues O r g a n i z a t i o n .

J e n n i f e r B l a c k w e l l ( * 0 1 ) , c o -

p r e s i d e n t of W I G . h e l p e d o r g a n i z e

the e v e n t .

A c c o r d i n g t o G a z d a . W I G

t h o u g h t of s p e a k e r s by b r a i n s t o r m -

ing and R i c h a r d F ros t , d e a n of stu-

d e n t s . m a d e s u g g e s t i o n s a b o u t

p e o p l e in the c o m m u n i t y w h o cou ld

be speake r s .

"\ th ink it h a s been a g rea t c h a n c e

to h e a r w o m e n ' s v o i c e s . " sa id D a n a

L a m e r s ( ' 0 1 ) . w h o c a m e a n d saw

s o m e of the s p e a k e r s , ' i f ee l con -

n e c t e d to the w o m e n of the w o r l d . "

T h e s t r i k e r a l l y t o o k p l a c e in

M a a s C o n f e r e n c e r o o m . T h e w a l l s

w e r e l ined wi th q u o t e s a n d s ta t is-

t i c s a b o u t w o m e n . T h e t o p i c s

r a n g e d f r o m v i o l e n c e a g a i n s t

w o m e n t o p o e t r y c e l e b r a t i n g

©ba! i ^y,

y p OMSE ANCHOR P H O T O B Y A R I A N N A B A K E R

STRIKE OUT: Jane Dickie, professor of psychology and women's studies, spoke at the Women's Day strike in the Maas Conference room on Thursday March 8.

w o m e n .

"I a m e x t r e m e l y g l a d w e w e r e

ab le to pull th is o f f . " C a m e r o n said .

G a z d a fee l s this a b ig s tep f o r t he

co l l ege .

ANCHOR PHOTO BY ANDREW LOTZ

JAMMING: Michelle Bombe, professor of theatre, Lauren Toner ('03), and Melody Kuiken ('03) sing along with Big Al at Karaoke Night, yesterday in the Kletz.

"I th ink it is a ve ry impor t an t s t e p D a y took p l a c e a r o u n d the g l o b e ,

for the co l l ege a n d the c o m m u n i t y . " inc lud ing in C h i c a g o a n d N e w York

G a z d a said. "It s ays a lot a b o u t w h a t C i ty , a c c o r d i n g to G a z d a .

w e are w i l l i ng to q u e s t i o n . " 4 'It is s o m e t h i n g [ H o p e ] s h o u l d

O t h e r e ven ts i n v o l v i n g W o m e n ' s rea l ly be p r o u d o f , " s a id G a z d a .

Women of color to be celebrated

CONCERT from 1 w i t h the M a c K a u l e y H e a l t h C e n -

ter.

H o w e v e r , all d i s c u s s i o n of d is -

t r ibut ing c o n d o m s w a s ha l ted w h e n

W a l k e r . C a n f i e l d , a n d P o y t h r e s s

r e c e i v e d a m e m o f r o m R i c h a r d

Fros t , d e a n of s t u d e n t s .

i t is a c c e p t a b l e to h a v e an e d u -

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

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

that i n f o r m s t u d e n t s a b o u t A I D S . "

Frost sa id in t he m e m o . " I t is no t

a c c e p t a b l e for c o n d o m s o r c o n t r a -

c e p t i v e s to be d i s t r i bu t ed , d e m o n -

? trated. o r p r o v i d e d in a n y m a n n e r . "

A c c o r d i n g to F ros t , it is H o p e

C o l l e g e pol icy not to d i s t r ibu te c o n -

tract .Mixes.

MARATHON from

" T h a t is not s o m e t h i n g w e wan t

to h a v e h a p p e n on th is c a m p u s . "

F ros t sa id .

H e n o t e d t h e f a c t t h a t t h e

c o l l e g e ' s hea l t h c e n t e r d o e s no t d i s -

t r ibu te c o n d o m s .

" I f a s t u d e n t m a k e s the d e c i s i o n

to abs t a in , w e ' r e b e h i n d that a n d w e

s u p p o r t t h a t , " F ros t sa id . " I f a stu-

d e n t m a k e s the d e c i s i o n to be sexu-

al ly ac t ive , w e re spec t t he i r c h o i c e ,

bu t w e f ee l that they s h o u l d be re-

s p o n s i b l e e n o u g h to g o ou t a n d pur-

c h a s e the i r o w n c o n t r a c e p t i v e s . "

D e s p i t e t he b a n o n c o n t r a c e p -

t ives , the K n i c k e r b o c k e r s he ld the i r

c o n c e r t w i t h S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s

m o n e y , a n d the M a c K a u l e y Hea l th

C e n t e r w a s p r e sen t .

W a l k e r f e e l s that it wen t wel l . H e

w a s e s p e c i a l l y p l e a s e d wi th Bil l , a

s p e a k e r f r o m t h e M a c K a u l e y

H e a l t h C e n t e r w i t h A I D S , w h o

s h a r e d h i s e x p e r i e n c e s .

" H e d i d n ' t h o l d a n y t h i n g b a c k , "

W a l k e r sa id . " H e told all , a n d that

w a s rea l ly n i c e . "

H o w e v e r , W a l k e r f ee l s tha t m o r e

p e o p l e w o u l d h a v e taken a d v a n t a g e

of the i n f o r m a t i o n a n d the f r ee test-

i ng if f r e e c o n t r a c e p t i v e s w e r e d is -

t r ibu ted .

"If p e o p l e w e r e d r a w n o v e r to the

t ab le f o r o t h e r than the p a m p h l e t s ,

they m i g h t h a v e par t ic ipa ted m o r e , "

W a l k e r sa id .

Mat t C o o k C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

A n e v e n t a c k n o w l e d g i n g t h e

l ives a n d s t r u g g l e s of w o m e n o f

c o l o r is c o m i n g to H o p e C o l l e g e .

T h e f o u r t h a n n u a l " W o m e n of

C o l o r C e l e b r a t i o n " will b e

h e l d o n W e d n e s d a y ,

M a r c h 2 8 in t h e M a a s

C e n t e r A u d i t o r i u m . It will

f e a t u r e t e s t i m o n i a l s f r o m

H o p e s tuden t s a n d facul ty ,

a l ight d inne r , a n d a key -

no te speake r .

" W e ' v e a s k e d p r e s e n t -

e r s to t ake us on the i r j o u r -

ney as t h e y ' v e t ravel led on Q j a i b o t

a r o a d t o w a r d s b e c o m i n g

a w o m a n of c o l o r , " s a i d G l i n d a

R a w l s , a s s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r o f

m u l t i c u l t u r a l l i fe .

T h e t h e m e of t he e v e n i n g will be

" D i s m a n t l i n g B a r r i e r s t h r o u g h

C o u r a g e o u s , C o n s c i o u s , a n d C a r i n g

E f f o r t s . "

" T h e r e a s o n w e c h o s e that t h e m e

w a s b e c a u s e w e w a n t e d to a d d r e s s

the fac t that b e i n g c o n s c i o u s of w h o

y o u a re , c a r i n g f o r t h o s e a r o u n d

y o u , a n d b e i n g v e r y c o u r a g e o u s ,

ve ry a d a m a n t a n d s t r o n g c a n a l l o w

you to d i s m a n t l e s o m e of the bar r i -

e r s that are p r e s e n t e d f o r w o m e n of

c o l o r , " R a w l s sa id .

R a w l s f ee l s that w o m e n of c o l o r

h a v e to dea l wi th t he dua l ba r r i e r s

of r a c i s m a n d s e x i s m . S h e sa id that

s o m e t i m e s t h e i r v o i c e s a r e

m a r g i n a l i z e d e v e n d u r i n g B l a c k

H i s t o r y M o n t h . T h e W o m e n of

C o l o r C e l e b r a t i o n h e l p s c o m b a t

that .

" W e a re a b l e to g ive w o m e n of

c o l o r a v o i c e - p i e c e to s h o w w h a t

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

the i r t r i u m p h s h a v e b e e n . " R a w l s

s a i d . " E v e r y o n e ' s s to ry is d i f f e r -

e n t . "

T h e e v e n t w i l l b e g i n

w i t h H o p e s t u d e n t s ta lk-

i n g a b o u t t h e i r e x p e r i -

e n c e s a s w o m e n of c o l o r

a t H o p e C o l l e g e . T h e n

J i l l ian M c L e o d . p r o f e s s o r

of m a t h e m a t i c s , will ta lk

a b o u t h e r e x p e r i e n c e s .

T h e k e y n o t e s p e a k e r is

D o n n a T a l b o t , a s s o c i a t e

p r o f e s s o r of c o u n s e l o r

e d u c a t i o n a n d c o u n s e l i n g p s y c h o l -

o g y at W e s t e r n M i c h i g a n Un ive r -

s i t y . T a l b o t ' s p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d

s c h o l a r l y a c t i v i t i e s f o c u s o n

mul t i cu l tu ra l i sm, diversi ty, a n d p ro -

f e s s i o n a l t r a i n i n g . S h e h a s g i v e n

n u m e r o u s na t ional a n d regional pre-

s e n t a t i o n s , a n d h a s p u b l i s h e d sev -

e ra l b o o k c h a p t e r s a n d s c h o l a r l y

a r t i c l e s . H e r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s at

Wes t e rn M i c h i g a n i n c l u d e c o o r d i -

n a t i n g the S t u d e n t A f f a i r s G r a d u -

a te P r o g r a m .

A m o n g her h o n o r s is t he " A n n u i t

C o e p t i s " A w a r d f o r o u t s t a n d i n g

e m e r g i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l s f r o m the

A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e P e r s o n n e l A s s o -

c i a t i on in 1993.

T i c k e t s m u s t be p u r c h a s e d in ad-

v a n c e by F r iday , M a r c h 23. It cos t s

$ 1 f o r a s tuden t on m e a l p lan , $ 3 . 5 0

f o r o t h e r s t u d e n t s , a n d $ 6 f o r the

gene ra l p u b l i c .

" W h e n a g o o d s o n g c o m e s o n .

y o u jus t w a n t to g o c r a z y . " Hu l l

sa id . "It's l iu* , o u ' r e at a pa r ty a n d

y o u just wan t to g o h a v e a par ly ,

but \ ou c a n ' t d o t h a t . "

D e s p i t e i n j u r i n g h i s w r i s t in a

w a l l x b a l l g a m e , d a n c e r R y a n

G r a v e s 1*03) f o u n d the s t r eng th to

2 0 on.

I t ' s i n s i d e of y o u . F i r s t y o u ' r e

k ind of l ike ' y e a h , y e a h , ' bu t then it

g e l s bu i l l in to y o u . " G r a v e s sa id .

" I t ' s l ike a p a n of y o u . "

D a n c e r s w e r e no t a l o n e , t h o u g h .

M o r a l e r s w e r e on hand t h r o u g h o u t

t h e e v e n t to s u p p o r t t h e m w i t h

f o o t r u b s a n d b a c k r u b s a n d to p lay

g a m e s wi th t h e m .

T h r o u g h o u t the e v e n t , f a m i l i e s of

ch i l d r en bene f i t t ed by D a n c e M a r a -

thon c a m e a n d s h a r e d the i r s to r i e s .

" I t ' s rea l ly t o u c h i n g , " C h a m b e r s

sa id . " I t ' s a r e m i n d e r of w h a t y o u ' r e

ac tua l ly o u t t he re d o i n g . "

A l t h o u g h D a n c e M a r a t h o n w a s

sponso red by H o p e ' s G r e e k Li fe , 2 4

d i f f e r e n t g r o u p s p a r t i c i p a t e d , in -

c l u d i n g s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d

r e s i d e n c e ha l l s .

T h e D e l p h i s o r o r i t y r a i s e d the

m o s t m o n e y of all t he g r o u p s .

O r g a n i z e r s h a v e been p r e p a r i n g

f o r the m a r a t h o n s ince t he fal l s e -

m e s t e r of th is year , a n d p l a n s a r e

a l r e a d y in m o t i o n f o r next y e a r ' s

m a r a t h o n .

" W e ' r e h o p i n g that th is will b e -

c o m e an annua l e v e n t , l ike the Pull

o r N y k e r k , " O t t o sa id .

D e V o s C h i l d r e n ' s Hosp i t a l is the

o n l y hosp i t a l in w e s t e r n M i c h i g a n

d e d i c a t e d to p r o v i d i n g c o m p r e h e n -

s i v e c a r e to c h i l d r e n . M o r e t h a n

7 5 , 0 0 0 vis i t s a r e m a d e to the hos -

pi tal annua l l y .

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D u e t o la rge inc rease in s l u d e n l s

d e c l a r i n g d a n c e m a j o r s , r ehea r sa l

s p a c e t o r s l u d e n l s in i he d a n c e de-

p a r i m e n l is ai a s h o r t a g e , a c c o r d -

ing to M a x i n e D e B r u y n . p r o f e s s o r

of d a n c e a n d h e a d of the d a n c e de-

p a n m e n i .

T h e d a n c e d e p a r i m e n i ' s g r o w i n g

needs a r c not g o i n g lo be a d d r e s s e d

for s o m e l ime . T h e c o n s i r u c l i o n of

a new d a n c e faci l i ty h a s b e e n d e -

l ayed .

A c c o r d i n g to D e B r u y n , t he n u m -

b e r of s l u d e n l s d e c l a r i n g d a n c e

m a j o r s h a s s k y r o c k e t e d in t he pas t

f ou r years f r o m 2 4 s t u d e n t s to ap-

p r o x i m a t e l y 100, m a k i n g the d e -

m a n d f o r s p a c e f o r c l a s s e s as we l l

as s t u d e n t a n d f a c u l t y r e h e a r s a l s

m o r e p r e s s i n g than e v e r b e f o r e .

" W e o n l y h a v e full a c c e s s to t w o

s t u d i o s . B e c a u s e of t h i s , m a n y

c l a s s e s are f o r c e d to run la ter than

n o r m a l c l a s s l i m e s in o t h e r depa r t -

m e n t s , " D e B r u y n sa id . 44 S t u d e n t

r e h e a r s a l s o f t e n b e g i n at 9 p m a n d

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

m i d n i g h t . " C o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e

M a r t h a Mi l l e r d a n c e f ac i l i t y is d e -

layed d u e to an a r r ay of p r o b l e m s .

T h e fac i l i ty that w a s o r i g i n a l l y

e s t i m a t e d to be bui l t in the s p r i n g

of this yea r , is n o w len ta t iv ly es t i -

ma ted to beg in c o n s t r u c t i o n is n e x t

fal l a c c o r d i n g to S e n i o r Vice P r e s i -

dent for F i n a n c e a n d D e v e l o p m e n t ,

Bill A n d e r s o n .

O n e of t he m a n y t h i n g s h a l t i n g

the i m m e d i a t e c o n s t r u c t i o n of the

b u i l d i n g is t he lack of f u n d i n g to

p a y f o r i t . T h e f a c i l i t y is a l s o

p l a n n e d to h o u s e the g r o w i n g lan-

g u a g e s and c o m m u n i c a t i o n s depar t -

m e n t s . a n d the e s t i m a t e d cos t is $ 8

mi l l i on .

T h e f u n d i n g for t he b u i l d i n g wi l l

c o m e f r o m the $ 8 7 m i l l i o n f u n d -

ra i s ing c a m p a i g n " L e g a c i e s : A Vi-

s i o n of H o p e . " O t h e r b u i l d i n g s to

be f u n d e d by th is c a m p a i g n i n c l u d e

the r e n o v a t i o n of a n d a d d i t i o n to

Peale . T h e cos t of P e a l e ' s r e n o v a -

t ions a n d a d d i t i o n s is s l a t ed at $37

mi l l ion .

All u n d e s i g n a t e d f u n d s c o m i n g

i n t o the s c h o o l f o r t he c a m p a i g n

will g o d i r ec t ly lo f u n d i n g f o r the

iiqw s c i e n c e bu i ld ing . 5 0 % of the

cos t of t he bu i ld ing has a l ready been

me t : A n d e r s o n e x p l a i n s that P e a l e

is c o n s i d e r e d p r io r i ty in the f u n d -

ra is ing p r o c e s s at this point in t ime.

"Peale w a s c o n s t r u c t e d in 1970,

a n d d o e s not h a v e e n o u g h m o d e r n

r e s e a r c h fac i l i t ies to fil l t he n e e d s

of t he g r o w i n g n u m b e r of s l u d e n l s

in t he s c i e n c e s , " A n d e r s o n sa id .

A n d e r s o n e x p l a i n s that t he rea -

s o n the s c i e n c e b u i l d i n g is p l aced

on p r io r i ty f o r f u n d - r a i s i n g is b e -

c a u s e t he d e m a n d f o r s p a c e in t he

d a n c e d e p a r t m e n t is e a s i e r to fil l

than that of t he s c i e n c e d e p a r t m e n t .

" I t s e a s i e r to m e e t the d a n c e d e -

m a n d f o r s p a c e b e c a u s e it is e a s i e r

to f i nd o p e n s p a c e to d a n c e in," sa id

A n d e r s o n . " W h e r e a s s c i e n c e

c l a s se s h a v e ce r ta in t e c h n o l o g i c a l

r e q u i r e m e n t s . "

D e B r u y n r e p o r t s that the d e p a r t -

m e n t h a s s ta r ted u s i n g s t u d i o s p a c e

at the Ho l l and Area Arts Counc i l f o r

o t h e r c l a s se s . B u t s h e b e l i e v e s t he

d e m a n d f o r s p a c e wi l l c o n t i n u e to

c a u s e p r o b l e m s f o r t he d e p a r t m e n t .

" I n d i v i d u a l s tuden t t ime in stu-

d i o s is shor t d u e to the c l a s s e s that

n e e d lo be t a u g h t to a c c o m m o d a t e

t h e m a j o r s in t h e d e p a r t m e n t . "

D e B r u y n said . " Y o u c a n ' t c r ea t e ,

r e h e a r s e , a n d p r o d u c e w h e n y o u

h a v e n o s p a c e to d o it in . "

D a n c e s t u d e n t s wi l l c o n t i n u e to

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

d a n c e unt i l a n e w b u i l d i n g is c o n -

s t r u c t e d .

" I f t h e r e ' s n o r e h e a r s a l s p a c e

a v a i l a b l e in t he s tud ios , I will re-

h e a r s e in the lobby of the D o w by

the s t a t i ona ry b ikes , o r in t he rac -

q u e t b a l l cour t s , bu t t h o s e f l o o r s are

a w f u l . " sa id d a n c e m a j o r A m a n d a

D r o z e r ( 4 0 l ) . " I t s a h u g e i n c o n v e -

n i e n c e t h o u g h wi th the d i s t rac t ion

of b i k e s g o i n g , n o i s e f r o m t h e

w e i g h t r o o m a n d the b a t h r o o m s

r ight there . W h o w a n t s to c rea te art

in f r o n t of a b u n c h of p e o p l e l ike

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t h a t ? "

D e B r u y n expres ses that the d a n c e

d e p a r t m e n t is f rus t ra ted with the de-

lay in c o n s t r u c t i o n of a n e w fac i l -

ity.

"I a m u n h a p p y abou t t he s i t ua -

tion b e c a u s e it c a u s e s a real c r a m p

f o r s t u d e n t s . " D e B r u y n sa id . 4 4 But

w e ' v e t r ied to k e e p pos i t ive a n d not

be n e g a t i v e o n the s t a t u s of t he

b u i l d i n g . "

A n d e r s o n a s su re s the d e p a r t m e n t

that the f u n d - r a i s i n g c a m p a i g n wi l l

be r e a c h i n g o u t t o H o p e d a n c e

a l u m n i for f u n d s a s the p r o g r e s s in

t he n e a r f u t u r e .

" T h e r e a r e a lot of p e o p l e still

w i l l i ng to g i v e lo H o p e , " A n d e r s o n

said . " W e will be g o i n g ou t lo d a n c e

a l u m n i a n d p r e s e n t i n g t h e m w i t h

l i tera ture o n the p r o p o s e d b u i l d i n g .

W e h o p e they wi l l c o n t r i b u t e . "

Poetry torn down across campus A n d r e w K l e c z e k A D R E P R E S E N T A T I V E

For the s e c o n d c o n s e c u t i v e year .

Jack Ridl s p o e t r y c l a s s e s par t ic i -

pa ted in a Poe t ry Bl i tz , pu t t i ng u p

a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 .000 p o e m s that

they l iked a r o u n d c a m p u s .

Fo r the s econd s t ra ight year , mos t

of the p o e m s w e r e taken d o w n the

next day.

"I'd say [ the resul t ) w a s m i x e d .

For t h o s e w h o go t to s e e it, it w a s a

success , " Ridl p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h ,

sa id . " W e w a n t e d p e o p l e lo d i s -

c o v e r that p o e m s a re e v e r y w h e r e ,

not jus t in c l a s s r o o m s a n d b o o k s .

W e w a n t e d to pu t t h e m in p l aces

w h e r e y o u w o u l d n ' t e x p e c t p o e m s

to be so p e o p l e w o u l d h a v e a n ice ,

h a p p y s u r p r i s e . "

T h e Poe t ry Bl i lz s t u d e n t s w e r e

a s k e d to f i nd 2 0 p o e m s tha t they

liked a n d p l a c e t h e m a r o u n d c a m -

pus . Ridl a n d h i s s l u d e n l s s ta r ted

wi th t he p r e m i s e that p o e t r y c a n

c o m e f r o m a n y w h e r e , they then re-

ve r sed the ideas a n d put p o e m s e v -

e r y w h e r e . T h e i r in tent w a s lo e n -

ter ta in p e o p l e .

' T h e i d e a w a s t o b r i n g s o m e

pleasure to the w h o l e c a m p u s . " Ridl

sa id .

T h e p o e m s w e r e t aken d o w n in

c o m p l a i n c e w i t h c o l l e g e s a f e l y

ru les a c c o r d i n g to J e r r y G u n n i n k .

H o p e ' s d i r e c t o r of o c c u p a t i o n a l

hea l t h a n d f i r e sa fe ly .

" W e w a n t y o u t o u s e e x i s t i n g

b u l l e t i n b o a r d s f o r p o s t i n g s , "

G u n n i n k sa id . " I f y o u w a n t e d to

c l e a r it t h r o u g h , it cou ld be le f t u p

as a spec ia l t h ing . "

G u n n i n k a l s o says that s i gns that

a r e not p o s t e d in d e s i g n a t e d a r ea s

a r e to be t aken d o w n i m m e d i a t e l y .

Las t yea r , Ridl w a s told that the

p o e m s c o u l d not be p l a c e d ou t s ide ,

d u e to a c o l l e g e pol icy. T h i s y e a r

he told s t u d e n t s lo try a n d c o m p l y

wi th the pol icy. In o n e bu i ld ing , th is

yea r , a c u s t o d i a n h e l p e d the s t u -

d e n t s p l a c e t he p o e m s w h e r e they

w o u l d not be a p r o b l e m .

At the t ime of t he in te rv iew, R id l

d id no t k n o w w h o w a s t ak ing d o w n

the p o e m s , o r why .

" I t ' s u p s e t t i n g , I k n o w m y s tu-

den ts w e r e d i s a p p o i n t e d . " Ridl said.

T h e y w e r e t a lk ing abou t it in c l a s s ,

a n d they d i d n ' t k n o w e i the r . "

A c c o r d i n g to Ridl , a t t empts to gel

p o e t r y in to the e v e r y d a y w o r l d a r e

part of a na t i ona l m o v e m e n t .

" T h e r e ' s a m o v e a round the c o u n -

try abou t pu t t i ng p o e m s in pub l i c

p l a c e s , " R id l sa id .

Las t year . Ridl w r o t e the ed i to r

of a c r ea t i ve wr i t i ng m a g a z i n e a n d

to ld h i m a b o u t t he P o e t r y B l i t z .

A c c o r d i n g to R id l , t he ed i to r w a s

e x t r e m e l y exc i t ed abou t it.

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N i g h t l i f e :

C o m m o n G r o u n d s C o f f e e

H o u s e : T u e s . & Sun . :

C h e s s . Ca l l a h e a d f o r

c u r r e n t s c h e d u l e of

o f f e r i n g s . 1319 Eas t

Fu l ton , G r a n d R a p i d s .

4 5 9 - 2 9 9 9 .

U n c o m m o n G r o u n d s

C o f f e e H o u s e : poe t ry

r e a d i n g s a n d b o o k

s ign ings . Ca l l a h e a d f o r

da les . L o c a t e d in d o w n -

t o w n S a u g a t u c k .

D i v e r s i o n s : S u n . . M o n . ,

W e d . , a n d Fri.: ka r aoke .

10 F o u n t a i n N W , G r a n d

R a p i d s . 4 5 1 - 3 8 0 0 .

T h e G r o t t o : T h u r s . :

C o l l e g e n igh t . 2 5 1 0

B u r t o n S E ? 9 5 6 - 9 7 9 0 .

H o w l i n ' M o o n S a l o o n :

C o n t e m p o r a r y c o u n t r y

n i g h t c l u b wi th l ine-

d a n c i n g . T h u r s . - S a l . : L ive

m u s i c . 141 28 ih St. S E .

G r a n d R a p i d s . 9 5 6 - 9 7 9 0 .

S o u l C e n t r e C a f e : Sa t .

g a t h e r i n g n e x t to

C e n t r e P o i n l C h u r c h .

S n a c k s , c o f f e e , a n d

C h r i s t i a n - t h e m e d l ive

m u s i c . $ 2 s u g g e s t e d

d o n a t i o n . 2 0 3 5 2 8 l h St . ,

G r a n d R a p i d s . 2 4 8 - 8 3 0 7 .

A r t s a t H o p e :

S a c J i v i n ' J a v a : E v e r y

W e d n e s d a y a t t he K l e t z .

C o f f e e a n d n o n - c o f f e e

d r i n k s w i t h l o c a l H o p e

m u s i c i a n s p e r f o r m i n g .

C o n c e r t s :

3 - 1 6 . 3 - 1 7 P ink F l o y d

L a s e r L igh t S h o w . C h a f f e e

P l a n e t a r i u m . G r a n d

R a p i d s .

3 - 1 7 A u t o m a t i c B lues .

B a n d , Steppin* In It.

J a m b a l a y a ' s . G r a n d

R a p i d s .

3 - 1 8 C e l t i c S o n g t r e s s L e e

Mulde r . S c h u l e r B o o k s

a n d M u s i c . G m a d R a p i d s .

3 - 2 0 Ir ish T i n a n d

B o d h r a n l e s sons . Fen ians .

G r a n d R a p i d s .

3 - 2 1 S l u m p L u m p k i n .

A l p i n e L o u n g e . G r a n d

R a p i d s .

3 - 2 2 R a m b l i n ' Hea r t s .

H o w l i n ' M o o n S a l o o n .

G r a n d R a p i d s .

3 - 2 3 Fue l . D e l t a P l ex .

G r a n d R a p i d s .

Opinion TheAnchor MarcH 14, 2001

Our voice

Sunday night was a beaut i fu l night on H o p e ' s c ampus . If you w e r e n ' t

up a f t e r midnigh t , you missed a lovely sight. T h e c a m p u s w a s c o v e r e d

in poetry. Words we re plastered on wal ls , w i n d o w s , and stalls. Class -

r o o m doors ached for love, and suppor t pi l lars l aughed about loss and

Tuesdays underwate r .

A s n o w fell upon c a m p u s . W h i t e s n o w with the black f l ecks of letters

and w o r d s sett led upon y o u r wor ld as you slept or f in i shed your home-

work. Hopefu l ly , you we re o n e of the lucky f e w w h o w a n d e r e d out in the

midst of that whi te s to rm. You may have looked a round , read some ,

s imply apprec ia ted that o thers we re there , and whis t led a tune to your-

self as you strol led th rough c a m p u s .

Bui on M o n d a y morn ing , the m u s i c of the poet ic s n o w was d r o w n e d

out by the sound of s n o w b l o w e r s be ing pul l -s tar ted with sharp tugs.

The s n o w remova l m a c h i n e was set in mot ion , and re leased upon the

c a m p u s — e a t i n g up p o e m a f t e r p o e m , s n o w f l a k e a f t e r s n o w f l a k e . tear-

ing through exp re s s ions of beauty , t ruth, a n d learning.

S o m e o n e had the m a i n t e n a n c e depa r tmen t pull d o w n ove r 1,000 po-

e m s on c a m p u s . T h e m a i n t e n a n c e p e o p l e c l a im that it is against col lege

policy to a l low pos t ings in non-bu l le t in boa rd areas , but is that really

ihe case? Are all things pos ted not on bul le t in boards immedia te ly pulled

d o w n the next day in a c a m p u s - w i d e p u r g e ? T h e r e may be e v i d e n c e to

the contrary, e v i d e n c e that sugges t s that the poet ry was pul led d o w n for

a d i f fe ren t reason.

It is w o r r i s o m e to guess r easons why the poet ry was pul led d o w n .

Perhaps the p o e m s appea red as a threat to s o m e on c a m p u s . T h e p o e m s

might have built a cha l l enge out of words , meter , and line b r e a k s — a

cha l l enge to the neat o rde red wor ld of H o p e w h e r e w h a t is said is al-

w a y s in line with wha t is supposed to be said. But at an inst i tut ion de-

voted to learning and the liberal arts, w h o cou ld feel such a cha l l enge

ar is ing in poe t ry?

Hope m a k e s a big deal abou t their l iberal arts na ture to the fami l i e s of

incoming s tudents . I sn ' t it t ime f o r the co l l ege to m a k e a big deal abou t

its liberal arts na ture to the s tudent b o d y ? About 5 0 s tudents go t exc i ted

about this endeavor , a n d read poet ry ou t s ide of c lass all s emes t e r to f ind

those p o e m s that they felt we re jus t the right ones to sha re wi th the

c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y . T h e pho tocop ied and c l ipped those p o e m s , get t ing

ready to share the vo ices that a f f ec ted their l ives with the rest of c a m -

pus.

And wha t did these s tuden t s ge t? T h e i r poet ry pul led d o w n the fo l -

lowing morn ing , m u c h of it taken a w a y be fo re they we re able to see the

beauty of a c a m p u s covered in poetry. They got a m e s s a g e that the people

w h o run this c a m p u s d o not want to be m o v e d , inspi red , or even s imply

accep t ing . T h e s tuden t s d i d n ' t ge t to see their c a m p u s covered in words ,

and all fell be t rayed and let d o w n by a supposed ly l iberal-ar ts col lege .

But I w a s out that n ight , and I was one w h o w a l k e d a n d whis t led to

myse l f , g lad that the p o e m s we re there. T o those fifty s tudents , I thank

you. Your p o e m s we re lorn d o w n , but not be fo re a f e w peop le cou ld be

reached and a f f ec t ed . D o n ' t lose fa i th in the co l lege , in yourse l f , a n d

especia l ly not in the p o w e r of poet ry itself. Poe t ry exis ted long b e f o r e

Hope Col lege , and it will exist long a f t e r the school is gone , g iv ing

hope w h e n Hope is lost.

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1' 1 ̂ 7 Your voice Your voice

Your vowr

A P o e m on the Wall

It forces no th ing of you . You d o n ' t have to g o to this mee t ing . You d o n ' t have to l ake

this class. It does not wan t y o u r money , y o u r t ime, y o u r e f fo r t . It is not sel l ing y o u

anyth ing . It instructs you to d o noth ing . It is not a g radua t ion r equ i remen t , a Greek

organiza t ion , or a par ty on Sa turday night . It is not a c lub you can jo in , it is not a s ta tus

symbo l . T h e r e are no br ight lights, no f l ash ing signs. It is b lack wri t ing on wh i t e paper .

It a sks you only to read. Take a deep breath . Not ice the h u m a n soul . A n d you take it

d o w n . You put s h a m e in its p lace .

I have survived ove r three and a half semes te r s and I w a n t to tell y o u that you d o n ' t

have m e yet. I will not let you put s h a m e on m y transcr ipts . I will l eave th is place, a n d

I will send you no money for y o u r chairs . I will wr i t e poems . I will pas te t hem on

wal ls , ba th room tile, park benches , and let you see wha t y o u ' v e missed . I will not let

you c o n s u m e wha t is best in me . W h a t is best in all of us .

Con t inue to d i s cou rage this vocat ion and y o u r a l u m n i w h o are cal led to it. I under-

s tand, ou r i n c o m e will d o no th ing for the ache in y o u r back .

J e n n i f e r Frayer ( 4 01)

Professor debates values and objective truth To the Edi tor :

T h e Feb. 21 Anchor letter to the

ed i tor by P ro fe s so r Carol S i m o n

lakes issue with an editorial re-

f e r r i n g to " s u b j e c t i v e e v a l u a -

t ions." Whi le I agree with the gen-

eral thrust of the letter, I did have

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

c la im. S i m o n asks, " W h a t w o u l d

b e t he p o i n t o f H o p e C o l l e g e

s p e n d i n g t i m e on th i s i s sue if

th inking abou t it cannot , if done

well enough and for long enough ,

get us c loser to the truth than our

gut - level initial r e sponses w o u l d ? "

S i m o n ' s ques t ion rests on the as-

s u m p t i o n tha t the re is i n d e e d an

ob jec t ive mora l t ruth ( O M T ) lying

ou ts ide of ourse lves to w h i c h w e

can "ge t c l o s e r " by th ink ing and

reason ing . If an O M T does exist ,

he r a r g u m e n t s e e m s so l id . H o w -

ever , it may be the case that the re is

in fac t no O M T - that wha t " f e e l s "

to us as someth ing outside ourse lves

is in fac t n o t h i n g m o r e t h a n b y -

p r o d u c t s o f a s e n s e o f e m p a t h y

w h i c h h u m a n s have deve loped in

o rde r to survive a n d thr ive in so-

cial g roups . If that be the case, and

if w e p r e f e r to l ive in a s o c i e t y

w h e r e p e o p l e e m p a t h i z e with o th-

ers , then a f i lm ser ies such as H o p e

had w o u l d still not necessar i ly be a

"po in t l e ss was te o f t i m e " if it does

indeed he lp u s to e m p a t h i z e with

o t h e r ' s s i tuat ions .

T im Penn ings

P ro fe s so r of M a t h e m a t i c s

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The Anchor reserves the right to edit due to space constraints.

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Letters are chosen on a first-come, first-serve basis,

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Recycle the Anchor

March 14, 2001 U "Anchor Infocus

More homeless in Holland Megan

Krigba

M e g a n K r i g b a u m INFOCUS EDITOR

R c c c m l y . a s iudy by ( h e O l i a w a

A r e a H o u s i n g C o a l i t i o n ( O A H C )

h a s s h o w n tha i h o m e l e s s n e s s in

O t t a w a C o u n t y is on the r i s e . In

t h e i r 1 9 9 9 s t u d y , t h e C o a l i t i o n

fouiul that t he re w e r e 1.263 h o m e -

less p e o p l e in the c o u n t y . In 2 0 0 0 ,

t h e r e w e r e 1 . 4 7 5 . r e s u l t i n g in a

I6.8 r/r i n c r e a s e in o n e year .

T h e r e is s o m e q u e s t i o n a b o u t the

c o m p a r a b i l i t y of t he se n u m b e r s , as

t h e O A H C d i d n o t d o the 1 9 9 9

s tudy. S o m e p e o p l e m a y not h a v e

b e e n c o u n t e d in t he 1999 s t u d y ,

w h i c h c o u n t e d h o m e l e s s p e o p l e

o v e r the c o u r s e o f f o u r c o n s e c u t i v e

w e e k s . T h e 2 0 0 0 s t u d y w a s c o m -

pr i sed of q u a r t e r l y c o u n t s in o r d e r

to l a k e in to a c c o u n t s e a s o n a l in -

c r e a s e s a n d d e c r e a s e s in p o p u l a -

t ions.

" T h e r e is s o m e d a n g e r in m a k -

ing a c o m p a r i s o n b e t w e e n t h e s e

n u m b e r s , b e c a u s e pr ior t he to s t udy

by the C o a l i t i o n [in 2 0 0 0 ) the c o u n t

w a s not d o n e as we l l . T h e r e w a s a

d i f f e r e n c e in m e t h o d o l o g y , " s a id

Alber t M c G e e h a n , m a y o r of H o l -

land.

M c G e e h a n a l s o e x p r e s s e d c o n -

c e r n abou t d e f i n i n g the t e r m h o m e -

less. H e sa id lhal h o m e l e s s n e s s as

a s i tua t ion in l i f e m a y no t m e a n liv-

ing on the s t reet s o m e w h e r e , bu t

r a the r it m i g h t m o r e ap t ly be d e -

f i n e d as p e o p l e w h o a re no t h o u s e d

a d e q u a t e l y . In m a n y c a s e s in H o l -

land, t he re a r e t w o o r t h ree f a m i -

lies ( 1 3 to 15 p e o p l e ) l iv ing in o n e

smal l h o u s e .

" T h e s e f a m i l i e s m a y still h a v e

h e a t , l i gh t ; a n d f o o d . " M c G e e h a n

said .

Bruce Bos . C o m m u n i t y D e v e l o p -

m e n i D i r ec to r for H o l l a n d , s p o k e

a b o u t a

first g r a d e

c l a s s i n -

v o l v e d in

L a k e s h o r e

L i n k ( a n

a f t e r -

s c h o o l

p r o g r a m

f o r c h i l -

d r en ] that

w a s g i v e n

t h e a s -

s i g n m e n t

o f d r a w -

ing a p ic -

ture of the

p e o p l e

w h o l ived

in t h e i r

MOVIN' IN: A new resident unpacks her belong-ings in her emergency shelter room

g r a m are e x p e c t e d to ge l a j o b . All a n d 7ih S t ree t . T h e or ig ina l is n o w

u s e d s t r ic t ly f o r m e n .

" T h e n e w r e s c u e m i s s i o n is the

la rges t , n e w e s t a n d mos t m o d e r n

r e s c u e m i s s i o n in M i c h i g a n , "

M c G e e h a n sa id .

T h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n at t he c e n t e r

h a v e f o u n d tha t m o r e a n d m o r e

p e o p l e a r e u t i l i z ing the m i s s i o n . In

J a n u a r y 2 0 0 0 , the o r ig ina l m i s s i o n

a d m i t t e d 6 8 n e w res iden t s , w h i l e

t h i s J a n u a r y , 105 n e w r e s i d e n t s

w e r e a d m i t t e d to t he shel ter . F a m -

ily H o p e M i n i s t r i e s h a s f o u n d that

the p e r c e n t a g e of w o m e n a n d ch i l -

d r e n in t he H o l l a n d m i s s i o n , 8 1 % ,

is m u c h h i g h e r t h a n the na t iona l

a v e r a g e of 6 1 % .

T h e n e w b r a n c h of F a m i l y H o p e

M i n i s t r i e s is i n t e n d e d f o r w o m e n

a n d ch i l d r en a n d c o m p l e t e f a m i -

lies. T h e o f f i c ia l m i s s i o n s t a t emen t

of t he r e scue m i s s i o n is : " t o b r ing

p e o p l e to a s a v i n g k n o w l e d g e of

t he L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t , t hus b r ing -

i n g t h e m to a d e p e n d e n c e u p o n

G o d a n d in-

d e p e n d e n c e

w i t h i n s o c i -

e ty ."

T h e g o a l

o f t h e m i s -

s i o n i s t o

p r o v i d e a

t e m p o r a r y

p l a c e f o r t he

h o m e l e s s t o

l i ve , a s we l l

a s e d u c a t e

t h e m in bas ic

l i fe sk i l l s .

T h e r e is an ANCHOR P H O T O C O U R T E S Y O F F H M e m e r s e n c v

RELAXING- A girl takes J some time to read to her mom. c e n t e r w h e r e

h o m e .

S o m e c h i l d r e n h a d s o m a n y

p e o p l e to d r a w they n e e d e d m o r e

than o n e p i e c e of paper .

T h e r e a s o n p e o p l e m o v e to H o l -

land is b e c a u s e the re are g o o d j o b s

and a g o o d c o m m u n i t y he re . T h e y

c o m e f o r the q u a l i t y of l i f e w i t h

h o p e o f g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y , "

M c G e e h a n said . " T h e r e is n o rea-

s o n for a p e r s o n in H o l l a n d to l ive

in a car o r u n d e r an o v e r p a s s . T h e r e

are p len ty of p l aces f o r t h e m to g o . "

T h e r e a r e t w o r e s c u e m i s s i o n s

and s e v e r a l h o u s e s m a i n t a i n e d by

fa i th b a s e d o r g a n i z a t i o n s in H o l -

land. In S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 0 . t he n e e d

f o r m o r e h o u s i n g f o r h o m e l e s s

w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n h a d inc reased

to t he po in t tha t a s e c o n d b r a n c h of

Fami ly H o p e M i s s i o n s w a s o p e n e d

on F a i r b a n k s a n d I5 lh S t r ee i in a d -

d i t ion to the o n e on R i v e r A v e n u e

c l i e n t s c a n l ive f o r u p to 9 0 d a y s .

T h e p e o p l e s t ay ing in the she l te r

a r e r e q u i r e d to a t t end a B i b l e s tudy

e v e r y d a y .

T h e r e a r e s eve ra l p r o g r a m s lhat

p e o p l e c a n enro l l in at t he m i s s i o n .

T h e f i rs t is the l i fe sk i l l s p r o g r a m ,

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

P e o p l e in th is p r o g r a m are t aught

the b a s i c s of b u d g e t i n g , pa r en t i ng ,

nu t r i t ion , c o n f l i c t reso lu t ion . T h e y

a l s o a t tend B i b l e c l a s s e s f o r f o u r

h o u r s each day. A f t e r these c lasses ,

the c l i en t s d o w o r k a round the mis-

s ion.

A f t e r i h r e e m o n t h s in t he l i f e

sk i l l s p r o g r a m , c l i en t s e i the r m o v e

o u t of the she l t e r o r in to the d is -

c i p l e s h i p p r o g r a m , w h i c h lasts six

m o n t h s . T h i s p r o g r a m is no t a s

s t ruc tu red a s l i fe sk i l l s a n d w o r k s

t o w a r d m e r g i n g the c l i e n t s in to

soc i e ty . P a r t i c i p a n t s in th is p ro -

at tend Bib le c lasses at n ight and each

is g i v e n a c h u r c h men to r .

F ina l ly , w h e n p e o p l e f i n i s h t he

d i s c i p l e s h i p p r o g r a m , they c a n e n -

roll in a t r ans i t ion p r o g r a m d u r i n g

w h i c h they l ive in a p a r t m e n t s that

b e l o n g to the m i s s i o n . Pa r t i c ipan t s

in th is p r o g r a m a re r e q u i r e d to h a v e

j o b s a n d pay rent .

" M o s t of o u r c l i e n t s c o m e f r o m a

h o m e w h e r e they a r e sha r ing a h o u s e

wi th re la t ives o r f r i e n d s w h i c h is no t

a g o o d s i t u a t i o n . N o t m a n y c o m e

f r o m t h e s t r e e t s , " s a i d K i m

N e w m a n , c o m m u n i c a t i o n s ass i s tan t

at F a m i l y H o p e Min i s t r i e s .

T h o s e l i v i n g in t he e m e r g e n c y

shel ter usua l ly share a r o o m wi th o n e

o t h e r p e r s o n . If ii is a m o t h e r a n d

c h i l d r e n , they o f t e n h a v e a r o o m to

t h e m s e l v e s . E a c h r o o m h a s a c lose t

a n d a c h e s t of d r a w e r s , as we l l as a

b a t h r o o m . T h o s e in the l i fe sk i l l s o r

d i s c i p l e s h i p p r o g r a m s h a v e t h e i r

o w n r o o m w i t h a d e s k , d r e s s e r ,

c lose t and b a t h r o o m . T h e r e are s o m e

a p a r t m e n t s in t he f a c i l i t y w h e r e

there is a m a s t e r b e d r o o m , a n d an-

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

T h e s e a p a r t m e n t s c o n n e c t to o n e a n -

o t h e r so tha i la rge f a m i l i e s c a n l ive

c o m f o r t a b l y .

" W e a l so h a v e a day c a r e f o r res i -

d e n t s w h o are w o r k i n g o r l o o k i n g

for j o b s or h a v e o t h e r a p p o i n t m e n t s .

T h e r e a r e u sua l ly ten ch i l d r en in t he

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c a m p u s w h o p lay a n a c t i v e ro le in

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f r o m H o p e v o l u n t e e r in v a r i o u s

p l a c e s a r o u n d the c i t y d e v o t i n g

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d e n t s g ive . In fac t , t he c o m m u n i t y

n e e d s H o p e C o l l e g e s t u d e n t s to

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at the p e o p l e w e pass , bu t by ac tu -

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n e e d s of t he c o m m u n i t y .

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Campus commodes found in good condition Hope's bathrooms rated on cleanliness and odors

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You use i h e m be tween c lasses , on y o u r w a y

t o w o r k o u t . w h e n y o u ' r e v i s i t i n g y o u r

f r i e n d ' s d o r m room. A l t h o u g h m o s t s t u d e n t s

p r o b a b l y d o n ' t th ink a b o u t it on a d a y to d a y

bas is , the b a t h r o o m s at H o p e C o l l e g e a r e an

i m p o r t a n t f e a t u r e of t he c a m p u s . T h e A n c h o r

has d e c i d e d to ra te a r a n d o m s a m p l e of bo th

w o m e n ' s a n d m e n ' s r o o m s in v a r i o u s bu i ld -

ings a r o u n d c a m p u s to ge t a be t t e r idea of

the level of c a r e g i v e n to H o p e ' s c o m m o d e s .

Dc Will Ccnici, Firs I Floor Women's Room

S m e l l : Mi ld o d o r

S u p p l i e d ? : Toilet p a p e r - yes ; s o a p - yes ; pa-

per t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s d o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes

F e m i n i n e h y g i e n e : D i s p o s a l c o n t a i n e r s in

s ta l l s : c a n p u r c h a s e p r o d u c t s

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : Rol l of to i le t p a p e r o n

sink

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : H a n d i c a p p e d stall

R a t i n g :

Dimnent Chapel. Men's Room S m e l l : S t r a n g e , s t r o n g o d o r

S u p p l i e d ? : Toi le t paper - y e s : s o a p - y e s : p a -

p e r t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s closfe a n d l o c k ? : Yes

U r i n a l s ? : Yes (3 )

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : F a c i l i t y v e r y o l d .

s l igh t ly rus ty , c a n s e e in the w i n d o w s

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : A p p e a r s to be the or igi-

nal e q u i p m e n t f r o m w h e n t h e y bu i l t t h e

c h a p e l in 1926.

R a t i n g :

c l e a n e d .

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : N e w s h o w e r s

R a t i n g : ^

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes

F e m i n i n e h y g i e n e : D i s p o s a l c o n t a i n e r s in

s ta l ls ; c a n p u r c h a s e p r o d u c t s

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : Very g o o d

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : H a n d i c a p p e d stall

R a t i n g : ^

Dimnent Chapel. Women's Room

S m e l l : S ta le air

S u p p l i e d ? : Toi le t pape r - yes ; s o a p - yes ; pa-

per t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes

F e m i n i n e h y g i e n e : N o d i s p o s a l c o n t a i n e r s

in s ta l ls ; c a n n o t p u r c h a s e p r o d u c t s

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : G o o d

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : C h a i r to p l a c e y o u r

c o a t s a n d b a g s ; s i nks h a v e s e p a r a t e f a u c e t s

f o r hot a n d c o l d w a t e r : n o h a n d i c a p p e d stall

R a t i n g :

Van Wylen Library. First Floor Women's

Room S m e l l : n o n e

S u p p l i e d ? : To i l e t pape r - yes ; s o a p - y e s ; pa-

per t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes , first stall

lock is l o o s e

F e m i n i n e h y g i e n e : D i s p o s a l c o n t a i n e r s in

s ta l ls ; c a n p u r c h a s e p r o d u c t s

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : G o o d

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : N o h a n d i c a p p e d stall

R a t i n g :

Peale Science Center. First Floor Men's

Room S m e l l : C l e a n i n g s u p p l i e s

S u p p l i e d ? : To i l e t pape r - yes ; s o a p - yes ; p a -

p e r t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes

U r i n a l s ? : Yes (4)

G e n e r a l C l e a n l i n e s s : G o o d

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : C o a t r a c k

R a t i n g :

DeWitt Center. First Floor Men 's Room

S m e l l : n o n e

S u p p l i e d ? : Toi le t p a p e r - y e s : s o a p - yes ; p a -

per t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes

U r i n a l s ? : Yes (2)

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : Very g o o d

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : C a r p e t i n g in en t ry w a y

R a t i n g :

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Van Wylen Library, Second Floor Men's

Room

S m e l l : N o n e

S u p p l i e d ? : Yes

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes

U r i n a l s : Yes ( I )

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : B a t h r o o m l o o k s n e w

O t h e r o b s e r v a t i o n s : Da rk - on ly o n e l ight f o r

the en t i r e r o o m

R a t i n g :

m a t i n g s c a l e

Durfee Hall. Second Floor Men's Room

S m e l l : N o n e

S u p p l i e d ? : Toi le t pape r - yes ; soap- yes ; pa-

p e r t o w e l s - y e s

S t a l l d o o r s c l o s e a n d l o c k ? : Yes. O n e stall

m i s s i n g a d o o r

U r i n a l s ? : N o

G e n e r a l c l e a n l i n e s s : G r e a t . W a s j u s t

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Van Zoeren. First Floor Women's Room

S m e l l : N o n e

S u p p l i e d ? : Toi le t pape r - yes ; s o a p - yes ; pa-

per t o w e l s - y e s

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J o n a t h a n A t w e l l ( ' 0 3 ) is g o -

ing p l aces . U s i n g h i s o w n t w o

fee t , that is.

Las t O c t o b e r . A t w e l l r an h i s

first m a r a t h o n in C h i c a g o , w h i c h

q u a l i f i e d h i m to r a c e in the B o s -

ton M a r a t h o n th is Apr i l . A t w e l l .

w h o h a s run for f i tness

s i n c e h igh s c h o o l , fo -

c u s e s o n j u s t e n j o y i n g

his t r a i n i n g a n d c o m -

pe t ing .

"I j u s t w e n t ou t a n d

e n j o y e d it." ' A t w e l l

sa id . " I l ike to run . r ide

m y b i k e , a n d j u s t b e

outs ide." '

In p r e p a r a t i o n for the C h i c a g o

M a r a t h o n . A t w e l l t r a i n e d hard

for t w o m o n t h s , a d d i n g c r o s s -

t r a i n i n g a n d l o n g r u n s to h i s

usual rou t ine . C u r r e n t l y , he runs

o v e r 5 0 m i l e s pe r w e e k in p r epa -

ra t ion f o r the 26 .2 mi l e r a c e , in-

c l u d i n g o n e long run of 2 0 mi les .

H e p u t s in t w o h a r d d a y s of

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

p u l l - u p s . a b d o m i n a l w o r k o u t s ,

s w i m m i n g a n d b i k i n g . O n the

o t h e r d a y s . A t w e l l r u n s f o u r to

e igh t mi les .

B e s i d e s j u g g l i n g the h e a v y

c l a s s l o a d of a s c i e n c e m a j o r a n d

his r i e o r o l i s w o r k o u t s . A t w e l l

A T W E L L

h a s a l s o c o m p l e t e d s e v e r a l

d u a t h a l o n s a n d t r i a t ha lons .

"I e n j o y the t ra in ing a n d the

d a y to d a y s t u f f . " A t w e l l sa id .

'"But i t ' s ha rd to ge l y o u r t ra in-

ing e x a c t l y the w a y y o u wan t it ."

A t w e l l h o p e s to h a v e the s a m e

a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s t h e B o s t o n

M a r a t h o n as he d id t o w a r d s h i s

r a c e in C h i c a g o . F in i sh -

ing in C h i c a g o w i t h a

" d e c e n t t i m e " o f 3

h o u r s , 10 m i n u t e s ,

A t w e l l ' s goal is to ma in -

t a in t h i s s p e e d o n t h e

hi l l ier B o s t o n c o u r s e .

"1 ran with n o e x p e c -

t a t i o n s , " A t w e l l s a i d .

" M y p a r e n t s are c o m i n g

o u t . a n d 1 j u s t w a n t to run a n d

h a v e f u n . I t ' s a b ig d e a l , bu t at

the s a m e t ime , i t ' s n o t . "

Fo r A t w e l l , r u n n i n g is s i m p l y

abou t e n j o y i n g h i m s e l f a n d s lay-

ing fi t . a n d he r e c o m m e n d s that

a n y p e r s o n w h o e n j o y s p o u n d -

ing the p a v e m e n t to g o ou t a n d

d o it. St i l l , he a d v i s e s p e o p l e to

" r u n s m a r t " a n d r e m e m b e r nut r i -

l ion a n d ba s i c t r a in ing ru les .

" I ' m jus t t h a n k f u l to be a l ive

a n d h e a l t h y . " A t w e l l sa id . " L o n g

r u n s a r e not the m o s t e n j o y a b l e

t h ing , and I j u s t h a v e to r e m i n d

m y s e l f h o w lucky I a m that I can

d o th i s . "

ANCHOR P H O T O B Y C A R R I E A R N O L D

FANTASTIC FACILITIES'. The first floor Van Zoeren women's bath-room ranks among the finest at Hope. Many of Hope's restrooms scored high marks for cleanliness, waste receptacles, sufficient supplies, and functioning stall doors. Odors and no handicapped stalls were the most common problems found in all of the restrooms around campus.

ABDUCTION FROM 1

e n f o r c e m e n t a g e n c i e s w e r e no t i f i ed

of the inc iden t , a n d the c a m p u s w a s

a le r ted via e - m a i l on M a r c h 12 at

8 : 5 3 a m .

" T h i s inc iden t is a b ig dea l if it

w a s an a b d u c t i o n , bu t w e h o p e o u r

be l ie f abou t il b e i n g a d o m e s t i c d is -

pu te is c o r r e c t , " L a f a l a sa id .

A f t e r t he i n i t i a l r e p o r t s w e r e

m a d e , a n d the e - m a i l d i s t r i b u t e d .

P u b l i c S a f e l y r e c e i v e d a d d i t i o n a l

a c c o u n t s of the i nc iden t f r o m o t h e r

w i t n e s s e s .

" L a s t n i g h t t w o m o r e s t u d e n t s

c a m e f o r w a r d with fo l low u p ca l l s . "

L a f a t a sa id . " A l l s to r i e s are t e l l ing

the s a m e t h i n g . "

A n y m e m b e r s o f t h e c o l l e g e

c o m m u n i t y w h o h a v e k n o w l e d g e

a b o u t t he i n c i d e n t o r t he l i c e n s e

n u m b e r of the c a r a r e a s k e d to a s -

sist t he i nves t i ga t i on by c o n t a c t i n g

H o p e C o l l e g e P u b l i c S a f e l y at 3 9 5 -

7 7 7 0 .

S t u d e n t s are a l so a d v i s e d to u s e

c o m m o n s e n s e w h e n w a l k i n g at

n i g h t in a n d a r o u n d t h e c a m p u s

a rea .

" W e a l w a y s a sk s t u d e n t s to l ake

the shu t t l e v a n , to be a w a r e C)f the i r

s u r r o u n d i n g s a n d w h o ' s a r o u n d

t h e m , a n d to b e c a u t i o u s if t h e y ' r e

w a l k i n g a l o n e , " L a f a l a sa id .

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poems about mermaids can I posibly produce? -A

Warboss Nick- I'll miss you on Sunday, especialy when I 'm quizzed on which gland enables

marines to chew thru bars, you know that one, right?

Free Mumia!

Guided Relaxation- Each day in the counsel ing center at 4:30 p.m. Stop in to rid yourself of the stress

you accumulate as a student.

Fizban 's Cloak- Holey moles, who has been laying down on this

job?

Chad- It's a sad day when ^ actually compl iment you on your singing, but you deserved that

wakeboard.wi th Take on Me.

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Jack and the 400s- I'm proud.

Piggy- lost your glasses?

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O'Leary- I'm speaking in code

with this one. "Shoebox gatorade sings like artistic monkey roots." My place at 10. eh? -Rand

Big Al- Karaoke rocked. Well be tuning in to your show on Hol land public access, for all the crazy-mad hits sung by yours truly. Sweet dreams are made of

these.

Gorked out lives.

Kimberly- Where are you from, again? -Rand

Sue- You cannot comprehend the might of the A-train with your feeble mind. Be afraid, be very afraid on the court with the black and white geodesic ball.

Amy Sporer- You cheated. I'll get you wet when you least expect it.

Ten years from now, when you're working as a comedy queen, get ready for a shock.

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m e n w h o w e r e f o r c e d to l ive in spe-

c ia l l i v i n g a r e a s , s u c h as a c o n -

v e r t e d s t udy l o u n g e in Ko l l en Ha l l ,

b e c a u s e of o v e r - e n r o l l m e n t .

" W e w a n t to k n o w h o w that a f -

f e c t e d the i r o v e r a l l e x p e r i e n c e , "

A l l e s sa id .

O t h e r q u e s t i o n s a d d r e s s p a r k -

ing a n d h o w s t u d e n t s ge l t he i r in-

f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t he c a m p u s .

A l l e s is c u r r e n t l y w o r k i n g wi th

C I T to gel the ques t ionna i r e on l ine

a n d r e a d y f o r s t u d e n t s w h e n they

re turn f r o m S p r i n g B r e a k . All s tu-

d e n t s a r e a s k e d to pa r t i c i pa t e in t he

survey , w h i c h wi l l be u p f o r a w e e k .

F r o m the p r e v i o u s su rvey . A l l e s

f o u n d that mos t p e o p l e a n s w e r e d the

s u r v e y w i t h i n t he f i rs t 4 8 h o u r s it

w a s d i s t r ibu ted .

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H o p e C o l l e g e s e n i o r B e i s y

V a n d e n B e r g TO I) m a d e h e r las t

s w i m m e e l o n e 10 r e m e m b e r .

S h e c a p p e d off he r f o u r y e a r s at

H o p e by d e f e n d i n g h e r 2 0 0 - y a r d

b r e a s l s l r o k e c r o w n at t he N C A A

D i v i s i o n III N a t i o n a l C h a m p i o n -

s h i p s in B u f f a l o , N .Y . t h i s p a s t

w e e k e n d . H e r t ime of 2 : 1 9 . 1 9 w a s

a l m o s t three s e c o n d s a h e a d of the

s e c o n d p l a c e s w i m m e r .

" I t ' s d e f i n i t e l y a n h o n o r , "

V a n d e n B e r g said . ' T h e r e a r e a lot

of great s w i m m e r s in D i v i s i o n III ,

no t qu i t e as s t r o n g at D i v i s i o n I f o r

o b v i o u s r easons . B u t i t ' s an honor ,

e spec i a l l y to d o it m y s e n i o r y e a r . "

V a n d e n B e r g has been a c o n t e n d e r

in the 2 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e at Na -

t i o n a l s e a c h y e a r s h e ' s b e e n at

H o p e . She r ece ived the s i lver m e d a l

for s e c o n d p l a c e her f r e s h m a n a n d

s o p h o m o r e years , then w e n t on to

w i n the g o l d her last t w o s e a s o n s .

V a n d e n B e r g ' s g o l d m e d a l in t he

2 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e m a r k s t he

t w e n t y s i x t h na t iona l c h a m p i o n s h i p

f o r a H o p e s w i m m e r u n d e r h e a d

s w i m c o a c h J o h n Pa tno t t .

V a n d e n b e r g a l s o p i c k e d u p the

s i lve r m e d a l in the 100-yard breas t -

s t r o k e w i t h a t i m e o f 1 : 0 4 . 8 8 .

T h a n k s to h e r g rea t s w i m m i n g in

the b r ea s t s t roke , a n d the c o n t r i b u -

t ion of o t h e r H o p e s w i m m e r s , t he

H o p e w o m e n f i n i s h e d the mee t in

f o u r t e e n t h p l a c e o v e r a l l w i t h 7 8

t e a m po in t s .

C a l v i n C o l l e g e w a s the on ly o the r

M l A A schoo l to r ece ive points , f in-

i sh ing in e i g h t e e n t h p lace wi th 4 2

po in t s .

V a n d e n B e r g a l so p i c k e d u p ninth

p l a c e h o n o r s in t he 2 0 0 - y a r d indi-

v i d u a l m e d l e y w i t h a l i m e o f

2 :08 .60 .

V a n d e n B e r g w a s n ' t t h e o n l y

s w i m m e r f o r the F ly ing D o t c h turn-

ing in i m p r e s s i v e t i m e s a t N a t i o n -

als. M i c h e l l e S m i t h ( 0 4 ) c o m p e t e d

in t h r e e i n d i v i d u a l e v e n t s . S m i t h

w a s s e v e n t e e n t h in t he 2 0 0 - y a r d

f r e e s t y l e ( 1 : 5 6 . 0 2 ) , t w e n t y - f i f t h in

the 5 0 0 - y a r d f r ees ty l e (5 :09 .14) a n d

t w e n t y t h i r d in t h e 1 , 6 5 0 - y a r d

f r e e s t y l e ( 1 7 : 5 0 . 6 2 ) .

Er in V a n d e n B e r g ( ' 0 3 ) f i n i s h e d

t w e n t y - s e v e n t h in t h e 5 0 0 - y a r d

f r ees ty l e (5 :12 .01) , and t w e n t y - s e c -

o n d in t h e 1 , 6 5 0 - y a r d f r e e s t y l e

( 1 7 : 5 0 . 1 3 ) . Kel ly P a r k e r ( 0 3 ) c o m -

pe ted in t he b r ea s t s t r oke a l o n g wi th

B e t s y V a n d e n B e r g a n d f i n i s h e d

n i n e t e e n t h in the 100-yard b reas t -

s t roke ( 1 : 0 8 . 6 0 ) , a n d t w e n t y - n i n t h

i n t h e 2 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e

( 2 : 3 0 . 6 2 ) .

H o p e d i v e r H a n n a h R a p s o n ( 0 4 )

w a s n i n e t e e n t h in the t h r e e - m e t e r

d iv ing compe t i t i on , and twenty-sec -

o n d at the o n e - m e t e r level .

F l y i n g D u t c h re lay t e a m s a l s o

f a r e d w e l l , f i n i s h i n g n i n t h in t he

8 0 0 - y a r d f r e e s t y l e r e lay ( 7 : 4 9 . 1 0 ) ,

s e v e n t e e n t h in t h e 4 0 0 - y a r d

f rees ty le relay, tenth in the 4 0 0 - y a r d

m e d l e y re lay ( 4 : 0 2 . 5 0 ) , a n d e i g h -

teen th in the 2 0 0 y a r d m e d l e y re lay

( 1 : 5 2 . 9 3 ) .

Be t sy V a n d e n b e r g felt he r t ime

o n the s w i m t e a m w a s the best t h ing

s h e d id at H o p e .

" O u r t e a m ' s g rea t , a n d o u r c o a c h

is g r e a t , " V a n d e n b e r g s a i d . " I ' m

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

t e a m . "

T h i s w e e k e n d the m e n ' s D iv i s ion

III c h a m p i o n s h i p s wi l l a l s o be h e l d

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY PUBLIC RELATIONS

LIKE A riSH: Betsy VandenBerg (401) swims in a meet earlier this season. VandenBerg successfully defended her NCAA 200-yard breaststroke title. in B u f f a l o , w h e r e e y e s wi l l b e on w i n t h e 1 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e

H o p e j u n i o r J o s h B o s s as he l o o k s w h e r e h e f i n i s h e d s e c o n d last year ,

to d e f e n d h i s 2 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e A s a t e a m , the m e n f i n i shed s ixth

c r o w n . B o s s wi l l a l so b e l o o k i n g t o at n a t i o n a l s las t s e a s o n .

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GOLD IN GOAL: Hope goalie Steve Engel ('01) makes a save during play last season. Last year's team finished the year with a 10-2 record.

Riders wanted.

Rand Arwady S P O R T S EDITOR

T h e H o p e C o l l e g e l a c r o s s e t e a m

did s o m e t h i n g that h a d n ' t b e e n ac-

c o m p l i s h e d in 22 g a m e s o v e r a 14

y e a r pe r iod : they bea t C a l v i n .

T h e g a m e took p l a c e in the s n o w

l a s t T h u r s d a y a t H o p e C o l l e g e ,

w h e r e H o p e d e f e a t e d the K n i g h t s

7 -5 .

" I t ' s a m o n k e y o f f o u r b a c k , it

w a s g o o d to bea t t h e m , " s a id C h r i s

S i z e m o r e ( ' 0 2 ) , t e a m p r e s i d e n t a n d

c a p t a i n . " I t f e e l s g o o d to d o s o m e -

th ing that h a s n ' t b e e n d o n e in 14

y e a r s . "

T h e l ac rosse t e a m h a s b e e n a par t

of H o p e C o l l e g e f o r a l m o s t 3 0

y e a r s . T h i s y e a r ' s t e a m of 2 8 p l a y -

e r s i s o n e of t h e b i g g e r t e a m s

t h e y ' v e h a d in t he pas t t h ree y e a r s .

H o p e s t a r t ed o f f t he g a m e hot ,

s co r ing the f i rs t f ou r g o a l s of t he

g a m e to t ake a 4 - 0 lead at t he e n d

of the first quar te r .

H o w e v e r , C a l v i n c a m e b a c k to

s c o r e t h ree in the s e c o n d qua r t e r , so

they t ra i led by o n l y o n e at h a l f t i m e .

H o p e w a s a b l e to s tay wi th C a l v i n

in t he sec -

o n d h a l f ,

a n d s e -

c u r e d t h e

v ic tory .

Sizemore

a n d D a v i d

T u c k e r

( 4 0 4 ) , w h o

w e r e c r e d -

i t e d w i t h

t h r e e a n d

t w o g o a l s respect ive ly , led H o p e o f -

fensively . In goal for H o p e th is y e a r

is S t e v e E n g e l (*01).

S i z e m o r e c red i ted the t e a m ' s suc -

c e s s in i t ' s f i rs t g a m e of the y e a r to

t he w a y the t e a m c a m e t o g e t h e r in

their t i m e spent in the g y m this win-

ter. w h e r e they p rac t i ced f r o m m i d -

n igh t un t i l 2 a m .

It's a monkey off our back. -Chris Sizemore ('02),

team president

7 7

" W e r e a l l y c a m e t o g e t h e r as a

t e a m this pas t year , as o p p o s e d to

o t h e r y e a r s w h e r e w e ' v e k i n d a been

a p a r t , " S i z e m o r e sa id .

A c c o r d -

M - B — B i n g 1 0

S i z e m o r e ,

t h e t e a m

h a s a l -

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

o n e of i t ' s

t w o g o a l s

o f t h e

year.

" O n e of

o u r m a i n g o a l s w a s to b e a t Ca lv in ,

n o w w e r e a l l y w a n t t o g o u n d e -

f e a t e d th i s y e a r , t h a t ' s o u r o t h e r

g o a l " S i z e m o r e sa id .

H o p e w a s s u p p o s e d t o p l a y

C a l v i n aga in W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n

a t C a l v i n , h o w e v e r d u e t o t h e

w e a t h e r that g a m e h a s b e e n c a n -

c e l e d . H o p e ' s n e x t g a m e wi l l be

M a r c h 2 8 w h e n H o p e w i l l h o s t

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