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FEBRUARY 22. 2012 • SINCE 1887 SPERA IN DEO" HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND, MICHIGAN
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Play debuts "As It Is In Heaven" shakes up DeWitt.
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FEATURES
Entreprenuers Hope students turn business Ideas Into reality.
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SPORTS
Perfect record Dutchmen finish perfect in MIAA regular play.
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Rick Santorum visits Hope College Conservative presidential candidate rallies for family values and religious freedom
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Chris Russ, Claire Call and Lauren Madison CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF. AND CAMPUS CO-EDITORS
Presidential Candidate Rick San torum held a campaign rally in Maas Audi tor ium at Hope College
M o n d a y night. Student organizers led by the Hope
College Republicans were given little notice and had minimal t ime to prepare and p romote the event. A
press release announc ing the event was no t publ ished until Sunday evening, yet the audi tor ium was filled to
its 250 pe r son capacity and more were tu rned away.
"The San torum campaign asked us if we would like
to host an event for t h e m and we pu t it together in real shor t not ice and were able to get a pretty good
turnout," said Stewart Elzinga (x12) of the H o p e
College Republicans. The H o p e College Democra t s also had to act
quickly once they heard of the event. "We tried to
organize as quickly as possible. It's impor t an t to us
that Rick San torum unders tands that West Michigan doesn ' t be long solely to Republicans and that there is
diversity of voices and opinions here . I'm actually glad
1 he's here. For one, it's helped ou t H o p e Democra ts ;
we've sold more T-shi r t s than we have all semester. But really I th ink the key to democracy is open
PHOTO BY ANN MARIE PAPARELU SEE S A N T O R U M , PAGE 2
Hope raises tuition 2.9% up for sixth year in a row Mary Kelso GUEST WRITER
I'm sure you received the
letter and let out a collective
groan: yes, tui t ion is going up. Again. But before poin t ing
fingers and threatening to
transfer, it may pay to look a
little deeper into this issue. For the sixth year in a row,
the tuit ion at H o p e College is increasing. This year there will
be a 2.9 percent increase, which
translates into $1,040. Total tuit ion, room and board will
increase to $36,320, up f rom
$35,280 for 2011-2012. Tom Blysma, the vice-
pres ident and chief fiscal officer
of business services, provides some reasons behind the
numbers . First, there has been a 3
percent raise in t he inflation
index since last year. The 2.5 percent base wage increase
approved for faculty and staff mus t also be taken into account .
" W h e n de te rmin ing the
level of tuit ion, room, and board rate increases for a given
year, inflat ionary and market
pressures on these i tems are
Peace Corps recruits at Hope carefully reviewed," Blysma said.
In a letter to H o p e s tudents
and parents regarding the tuit ion increase, this rationale is stated:
"In consider ing s tudea t charges,
the college tries to balance two principle concerns . The first is a
concern to main ta in the quality
that H o p e s tudents and their pa ren t s have c o m e to expect .
The second is a concern for t he
financial impact of the charges on H o p e s tudents and their
families. . .We are also commi t t ed
to doing everything possible to mainta in the affbrdability of
the college for our s tudents and
their parents." If you look at o the r colleges
in our academic consor t ium, Hope's tui t ion increase looks
like a bargain. Last year, Hope's increase was 1.9 percent while
peer colleges averaged at 4.4
percent . Calvin College recently
approved a 4.5 percent tuit ion
increase for the 2012-2013 academic year, br inging the total
cost of a t tendance to $35,815. President James Bultman,
in his winter 2012 Presidential
Update , out l ined how H o p e is able to keep the increase below
SEE T U I T I O N , PAGE 1 0
Lauren Madison CAMPUS CO-EDITOR
The Peace Corps held a
meet ing February 17 to inform
interested s tudents about the
Peace Corps experience, f r om the initial application process
to t ime spent in service abroad.
Three former Peace Corps m e m b e r s spoke about their
27-month- long internat ional
experiences, in locat ions diverse as Eastern Europe,
Morocco and South Africa. The first th ree of these
27 m o n t h s are dedica ted to
volunteer t raining, in which an
accepted Peace Corps m e m b e r learns t he language, his tory and culture, of the host country.
Though this initial t ra ining is the mos t t ime-intensive,
t raining sessions do cont inue
t h roughou t a volunteer 's Peace
Corps experience. Abou t 20 H o p e s tudents
were in a t tendance, m o r e than regional recrui ter Judy
Torres had expected. A m o n g these s tudents was M a t t h e w Rutter ( '12), w h o successfully
applied for and interviewed with the Peace Corps . He was
nominated by his interviewer to serve in Sub-Saharan Afr ica
start ing s u m m e r 2012.
Rutter, a management ,
philosophy, and organizat ional
leadership s tudent , views his
approaching t ime in the Peace C o r p s as "an oppor tun i ty for
[his] life's 'great experiment. '" He
views the service c o m p o n e n t of the Peace C o r p s experience as
hugely valuable, bu t also looks
forward to living for a per iod of t ime outside t he realm of
Wes te rn influence. "The Peace Corps is an
unpreceden ted oppor tuni ty
to serve as best I can, while
'exper iment ing ' with ways to lead a Gospel-centered life
outside Amer ican culture. It
seems like God has given me peace toward my decision to go. Therefore, I go," Rutter said.
Also in a t tendance was H o p e s tudent and music major
Kelli VanDyke C13). "The Peace Corps interests me because it
is a great organizat ion where I
can use my skills to really help people. 1 have s tudied abroad
twice, am pret ty gif ted with
languages and have a hear t for wha t the Peace Corps s tands
for, so 1 feel that I have no reason no t to serve," VanDyke
said. Whi le the Peace Corps a ims
to serve the needs of those in
the internat ional communi ty ,
t ime spent in Peace Corps service also benefi ts volunteers.
According to Hope s tudent Carmina O'Sull ivan-Scimemi
( '14), "The Peace C o r p s can
do incredible things for recent college graduates . My parents
m e t dur ing their t ime serving
in Tunisia, where they taught English to school age children.
From what they tell me. Peace
Corps allows you to see and experience the world in a way
you wouldn ' t otherwise. Plus, it
looks great on resumes." The Peace Corps offers its
volunteers help with s tudent
loans, free travel to and f rom a coun t ry of service, two vacation
days per mon th , medical and dental care, health insurance,
and about $7,000 in."transit ion funds" upon complet ion of
service. Many interested in the
Peace Corps worry about the compet i t ive na ture of the
application process. Recrui ters
present at Fr idays meet ing emphas ized the impor tance
of volunteer work and the ability to keep an open mind
as characterist ics that can be valuable in an applicant.
SEE P E A C E C O R P S , PAGE 1 0
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T H I S W E E K AT H O P E
Wednesday-Saturday Feb.22-25 Theatre Department presents "As it is in Heaven" DeWil t Main Theatre. 8 p.m.
Thursday Feb. 23 Poetry reading by Fred Mer-chant
Winants Audi tor ium. 7:30 p.m.
Friday Feb. 24 The Sense of Book: Rare Books f rom the Hope College Collection Depree Art Gallery, all day
I N B R I E F
INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR
The annual International
Food Fair at Hope College will
be held on Saturday. Feb. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Maas
Center auditorium. The fair has
been sponsored by the college's international students for more
than 25 years. For the event
students get together to cook
a dish from their homeland. Tables will feature food and
educational displays concerning
the cuisine and cultures. Faculty,
staff, students and people from the community buy tickets at
the. Admission is $5 for an
initial packet of five tickets, with
additional tickets costing $0.50
each. Most dishes cost one or two
tickets.
Santorum campaigns for Ottawa County vote •Santorum, from page 1
discourse, and the more of that we have, t he better.
So I really hope that he takes quest ions and we have an open discourse and we can aide democracy in that
way," said Lee Marcus ( 1 2 ) , president of the Hope
College Democra t s . Santorum's speech covered campaign topics such as
health care reform, his plans for smaller government and growing the private sector, and the recent b i r th
control debate.
Throughout his speech, San torum continually emphas ized the impor tance of family values and
religious f r eedom in America, as he believes bo th to be th rea tened by the possibility of four more years of t he
O b a m a adminis t ra t ion. San torum also m a d e sure to make his speech
relatable to the people of Western Michigan, praising
Ot tawa Coun ty as "the second-mos t Republican
coun ty in America" He criticized the snobbish or elitist out looks of o the r politicians while descr ibing himself
as m o r e approachable and down- to -ea r th . "I c o m e
f rom Wes te rn Pennsylvania. 1 c o m e f rom many areas
that are very similar to Micfiigan, and 1 can tell you, we w e n t th rough some tough t imes, bu t I always belteved
that government wasn' t t he answer."
This s ta tement echoed the words of Rev. Tyler Wagenmaker , one of Santorum's open ing speakers,
who said, "We're no t like liberals, every t ime we see
a problem we don ' t have a government p rogram to
fix it," a s ta tement we lcomed with applause f rom the
audience. Reactions to Santorum's speech varied and were
predictably divided along par t isan lines.
"I t hough t he did well. I thought the topics he
covered and the way he approached a lot of t he issues is wha t we're looking for in our next president," Elzinga
said. Marcus , on the o the r hand , said. "I was really
disappointed in the way that they fielded quest ions,
PHOTO COURTESY OF MEGHAN LECHNER
S T U D E N T S S H A R E T H E S P O T L I G H T - Hope Republ icans Meghan Lechner, Emily Evans, and Stewar t Elzinga pose wi th San-to rum af ter the rally.
they didn't have s o m e o n e media te ques t ions w h o was non-par t i san . I was
disappointed that it didn't end up being an event where there was open
discourse." Even more were upset by the absence of quest ions taken f rom H o p e
s tudents; the three quest ions that were taken were asked by older
c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s . Regardless of individual political a l ignments , having a presidential
candida te on Hope 's c a m p u s was widely accepted as an honor and privilege.
"I th ink anyt ime we could have national leaders in f ron t of undergraduates
it's a good thing because it helps them engage with the civic process. W e have terrific leadership of the s tudent g roup that made the invitation and
they worked very well with college staff in the events and conferences
office and that joint par tnersh ip m a d e it happen," said Provost Richard Ray.
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S A N T O R U M C O M E S TO H O P E — Above, one of the younger Santorum supporters fo l lows his fami ly ou t of the rally. Below, R ick Santorum f ields quest ions and speaks to Hope and Holland communi ty members.
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More contractors dying in Iraq Annel lese Goetz STAFF WRITER
M o r e eivilian w o r k e r s t h a n
mi l i t a ry p e r s o n a l a r e n o w dy ing
in I raq . This is no t b e c a u s e f e w e r
so ld iers a re b e i n g killed, bu t be -
cause m o r e jobs a r e b e i n g c o n -
t r a c t e d ou t to t h e p r i v a t e sec-
tor. T h e s e jobs i n c l u d e ca t e r ing ,
g u a r d s a n d c o n v o y dr ivers , j o b s
t rad i t iona l ly p e r f o r m e d by t h e
mil i tary . T h e i m p l i c a t i o n s of th is
a re c o m p l i c a t e d fo r A m e r i c a n s .
T h e mi l i t a ry is u n -
de r ob l iga t ion to an -
n o u n c e t h e n u m b e r
a n d n a m e s of t h o s e de -
c e a s e d in serv ice . T h e
s ta t i s t ics a r e wide ly
avai lable a n d a re f r e -
q u e n t l y h igh l igh t ed by
t h e m e d i a . T h e p r i v a t e
sector , however , is u n -
de r n o s u c h ob l iga t ion .
At m o s t t h e y m u s t
on ly n o t i f y t h e su rv iv -
ing fami ly m e m b e r s .
A m e r i c a n c i t i z ens
a re genera l ly u n a w a r e
of t h e s ta t i s t ics c o n -
c e r n i n g c o n t r a c t o r s
as c o m p a r e d to sol-
d ie rs . O u r ideas a b o u t
h o w t h e s i tua t ion is
p r o g r e s s i n g a re t h e r e -
f o r e skewed . O n a
m o r e p e r s o n a l level,
t h o s e c ivi l ians w h o
gave t h e i r l ives o f -
t en go u n c e l e b r a t e d o n a w i d e
scale. It is a lso n o t u n c o m m o n
fo r t h e su rv iv ing fami ly m e m -
b e r s to go u n c o m p e n s a t e d fo r
t h e d e a t h s of the i r loved ones .
I n a n i n t e r v i e w w i t h t h e N e w
York T imes , l aw p r o f e s s o r at
G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n Univer -
sity S teven L. S c h o o n e r said,
"By c o n t i n u i n g t o o u t s o u r c e
h igh - r i sk j o b s t h a t w e r e p rev i -
ous ly p e r f o r m e d by so ld ie r s .
t h e mil i tary, in e f fec t , is p r iva -
t iz ing t h e u l t i m a t e sacrifice."
In 2011, "at leas t 4 3 0 e m -
p loyees of A m e r i c a n c o n t r a c -
t o r s w e r e r e p o r t e d ki l led in
Afghanis tan ," a c c o r d i n g to
i n f o r m a t i o n g a t h e r e d for t h e
N e w York T i m e s . This i n f o r m a -
t ion w a s co l l ec t ed t h r o u g h t h e
A m e r i c a n E m b a s s y in Kabul
a n d is o n l y par t ia l ly avai lable to
the A m e r i c a n pub l i c t h r o u g h
t h e U n i t e d Sta tes D e p a r t m e n t
G O I N G H O M E — So ld ie rs board a C -130 a i r c r a f t t o
U.S. In A u g u s t . Desp i te t h e w i t h d r a w ^ so ld ie rs and
I raq.
of Labor . Of t h e s e 4 3 0 e m p l o y -
ees , 386 w e r e w o r k i n g for t h e
D e f e n s e D e p a r t m e n t a n d 4 3
fo r t h e U n i t e d S ta tes A g e n c y
fo r I n t e r n a t i o n a l D e v e l o p -
m e n t . O n e of t h e s e 4 3 0 w o r k e d
fo r t h e S ta te D e p a r t m e n t .
A n i n d e p e n d e n t o r g a n i z a -
t i on c o m p i l e d a list of d e a t h s of
A m e r i c a n so ld iers fo r t h e D e -
fense D e p a r t m e n t , c o m i n g u p
w i t h a to t a l of 4 1 8 d e c e a s e d . In
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
m a k e t h e i r way b a c k t o t h e
c iv i l i ans c o n t i n u e t o d ie In
" the w a r z o n e d e a t h s a n d in-
ju r ies of the i r e m p l o y e e s - in-
c lud ing s u b c o n t r a c t o r s a n d
fo re ign w o r k e r s - t o t h e D e -
p a r t m e n t of Labor , a n d t o
c a r r y i n s u r a n c e tha t will p r o -
v ide the e m p l o y e e s w i t h m e d i -
cal ca re a n d compensa t i on . "
T h e fami l ies of fo re igne r s
e m p l o y e d by c o n t r a c t o r s gen -
erally receive b e n e f i t s fo r life
to ta l ing half of t h e sa la ry of
t h e i r d e c e a s e d . T h e fami l ies of
A m e r i c a n s a re en t i t l ed
to h ighe r benef i t s .
T h e largest c o n c e n -
t r a t i o n of d e a t h s c e n -
te r a r o u n d a f ew c o n -
t r a c t i n g c o m p a n i e s o r
a t leas t t h o s e f ew c o m -
pan ie s w h o a re r e p o r t -
ing w i t h fair rel iabil i ty
t h e d e a t h s of the i r e m -
ployees . P r imar i ly the
d e a t h s a re t h o s e of "in-
t e r p r e t e r s , d r ivers , se-
cu r i t y g u a r d s a n d o t h -
e r s u p p o r t p e r s o n n e l
w h o a re pa r t i cu la r ly
v u l n e r a b l e to attacks."
L - 3 C o m m u n i c a -
t i o n s r e p o r t s t h e larg-
est n u m b e r of d e a t h s .
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e
N e w York T i m e s , "If
L - 3 w e r e a c o u n t r y , it
w o u l d have t h e th i rd
h ighes t loss of life in
A f g h a n i s t a n as well as
in Iraq; on ly t h e U n i t e d S ta tes
a n d Bri ta in w o u l d exceed it in fa-
talities." O v e r t h e pas t 10 years ,
t h e y r e p o r t t h e d e a t h s of a p p r o x -
ima te ly 3 7 0 w o r k e r s , a n d 1,789
w h o have b e e n ser ious ly in ju red .
S u p r e m e G r o u p r e p o r t s 2 4 1
ca t e r e r s dead , a n d Serv ice E m -
ployees I n t e r n a t i o n a l r e p o r t s
125 ca t e r e r s d e c e a s e d . T h e secu -
r i ty c o m p a n i e s D y n C o r p s r e p o r t
101 d e c e a s e d . Aegis 86 d e c e a s e d .
News from the other Holland:
Dutch website invites complaints about immigrants
T H E N E W S I N Q U O T E S
"They put a stake in the heart of efforts to resolve this conflict peacefully." - U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, speaking of China and Russia's veto of the resolution for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to step
down.
"Think of what happened after 9/11. The minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administra-tion because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat...that's exactly what they're do-ing now with Iran." - Ron Paul speaking in Ames, Iowa.
"It is going to fail... It is easier to see the sun tomorrow rising from the west than to see all these orders, all these mea-sures bringing us growth, bringing us to normal life." - Greek journalist Stylianos Chrysostomidis speaking of a Greek deal with the European
Union and the I.M.E
"If a women's employer is a charity or a hospital that has a religious objec-tion to providing con-traceptive services as a part of their health plan, the insurance company, not the hospital, not the charity, will be required to reach out and offer the woman contraceptive care free of charge." - President Barack Obama speaking at a White House press
conference.
"We can cut back on the things that we don't need, but we also have to make sure that everyone is pay-ing their fair share for the things that we do need." - President Obama, speaking at a community college after unveiling
a $3.8 trillion budget for 2013.
"It seems like the presi-dent has decided again to campaign instead of govern and that he's just going to duck this coun-try's fiscal problems." - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., after
Obama released his budget plan.
"The General Assembly is dangerously close to making Virginia the first state in the country to grant personhood rights to fertilized eggs." - Tarina Keene of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, after a Republi-can supermajority muscled two of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in years through the Virginia
House.
Source : pa r t i s ans .u rg a n d foxlo lec lo .com
Cory Lakatos WORLD CO-EDITOR
A n e w w e b s i t e t h a t invi tes
D u t c h na t iona l s t o c o m p l a i n
a b o u t i m m i g r a n t s f r o m E a s t e r n
a n d C e n t r a l E u r o p e is c a u s i n g a
c o m m o t i o n in t h e N e t h e r l a n d s .
T h e site w a s c r e a t e d by t h e Free-
d o m Party, w h i c h o c c u p i e s t h e
radical r igh t of D u t c h pol i t ics .
" D o you h a v e p r o b l e m s
w i t h p e o p l e f r o m C e n t r a l a n d
E a s t e r n E u r o p e ? H a v e you
los t y o u r j o b to a Pole, Bulgar-
ian, R o m a n i a n or o t h e r Eas t -
e r n E u r o p e a n ? W e w a n t t o
know," says t h e site. Use r s l odge
t h e i r c o m p l a i n t s a n o n y m o u s -
ly. Ca t ego r i e s inc lude d o u b l e
p a r k i n g , loud a n d o b n o x -
ious m u s i c a n d d r u n k e n n e s s .
T h e E u r o p e a n C o m m i s s i o n
h a s c o n d e m n e d t h e F r e e d o m
Par ty ' s webs i te , a n d t h e Eu ro -
p e a n P a r l i a m e n t h a s s c h e d u l e d
a specia l deba te o n t h e issue fo r
M a r c h . Joseph Dau l , l e ade r of
t h e E u r o p e a n Peoples ' Par ty , h a s
s t rong ly c o n d e m n e d the site. "It
is aga ins t all E u r o p e a n a n d in-
d e e d h u m a n va lues t o a t tack a
g r o u p of p e o p l e in t h i s way. It
is reck less t o e n c o u r a g e h a t e
a n d d i sc r imina t ion , " h e said.
I r y n a K r e m i n , w h o w a s b o r n
in t h e U k r a i n e bu t h a s w o r k e d
in t h e N e t h e r l a n d s for 20 years ,
vo iced he r c o n c e r n s a b o u t t h e
webs i t e t o t h e BBC. "It is no t
jus t p e o p l e f r o m Russia a n d
P o l a n d w h o get d r u n k a n d
play l o u d m u s i c , is it? D u t c h
p e o p l e d o tha t , too," she said.
K r e m i n w o r r i e s tha t t h e
site e n c o u r a g e s d i s c r i m i n a t i o n
in t h e N e t h e r l a n d s . "In e v e r y
c o u n t r y t h e r e a re g o o d a n d b a d
p e o p l e , b u t t o have a si te t h a t
jus t t a rge t s p e o p l e f r o m East -
e r n E u r o p e a n d a sks p e o p l e
to say b a d t h i n g s a b o u t t h e m ,
it 's w r o n g a n d 1 don ' t t h ink
any g o o d c a n c o m e f r o m that."
D e s p i t e t h e w i d e s p r e a d o u t -
c r y aga ins t t h e F r e e d o m Party,
o v e r 40 ,000 r e s p o n s e s have
b e e n p o s t e d o n t h e webs i te .
G e e r t Wilder , t h e par ty ' s leader .
th i s list, A f g h a n i s t a n a n d I raq
s h o w paral lel t r e n d s t o w a r d
m o r e c o n t r a c t o r d e a t h s t h a n
mil i tary . A c o n t r i b u t i n g fac-
to r to th is ear ly t r e n d w a s the
r e d u c t i o n of A m e r i c a n t r o o p s .
Las t year saw t h e first reversa l
of th is t r e n d s ince it b e g a n , w i t h
54 so ld ie r s dy ing in I r aq as c o m -
p a r e d t o 4 1 p r iva te c o n t r a c t o r s .
T h e n u m b e r s fo r t h e d e a t h s
of pr iva te c o n t r a c t o r s a re d i f -
ficult t o accura te ly judge . T h e
r e c o r d s t a n d a r d s for p r iva te
c o n t r a c t o r s a re c u r r e n t l y low
a n d e x p e r t s s u s p e c t t h a t m a n y
c o n t r a c t o r s d o n o t m e e t even
t h e s e r e q u i r e m e n t s . S c h o o n e r
said, " N o o n e be l ieves we ' re u n -
d e r r e p o r t i n g mi l i t a ry d e a t h s .
Eve ryone be l ieves we ' re u n d e r -
r e p o r t i n g c o n t r a c t o r deaths ."
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e N e w York
T imes , A m e r i c a n d e f e n s e c o n -
t r a c t o r s a re r e q u i r e d to r e p o r t
s i tes th is as p roof t h a t D u t c h
v o t e r s a re us ing t h e site as a le-
g i t i m a t e ou t l e t fo r f r e e s p e e c h .
W i l d e r has to ld t h e Eu ro -
p e a n P a r l i a m e n t t o "get stuffed."
"They s h o u l d m i n d the i r
o w n business ," he said. " W e
are a sovere ign c o u n t r y ,
w e a re a d e m o c r a t i c pol i t i -
cal p a r t y a n d w e voice t h e
c o n c e r n s of m a n y Dutch."
I n t h e pas t , W i l d e r a n d h is
p a r t y have b e e n a c c u s e d of in-
c i t ing h a t e s p e e c h by l a sh ing
o u t aga ins t E u r o p e a n M u s l i m s .
S o m e obse rve r s , i nc lud ing
G o d f r i e d E n g b e r s e n , p ro fe s so r
of soc io logy a t E r a s m u s Un i -
vers i ty in R o t t e r d a m , be l ieve
t h a t t h e F r e e d o m P a r t y is n o w
s c a p e g o a t i n g E a s t e r n E u r o p e -
ans b e c a u s e s u p p o r t fo r its an t i -
Is lam p l a t f o r m is d i m i n i s h i n g .
S p e a k i n g t o t h e BBC, Eng-
b e r s e n spoke of t h e D u t c h
c o n t r o v e r s y in t e r m s t h a t a re
r e m i n i s c e n t of t h e d e b a t e over
i m m i g r a t i o n in t h e U n i t e d
Sta tes . "The Poles a re d o -
ing t h e jobs t h a t t h e D u t c h
p e o p l e d o n ' t w a n t t o d o t h e m -
selves. So t h e y a r e n o t s teal-
ing j o b s at all, b u t Mr. W i d e r
n e e d s to u n i t e t h e p e o p l e a n d
h e is us ing h a t e a n d f ea r t o d o
t h a t t o t ry a n d b o o s t h i s o w n
pol i t ica l suppor t , " h e said.
I m m i g r a t i o n h a s b e e n a h o t -
b u t t o n issue in t h e N e t h e r l a n d s
a n d o t h e r E u r o p e a n n a t i o n s
for yea r s . T h e na t iona l s ta t i s -
t ics b u r e a u e s t i m a t e s t h a t in
t h e N e t h e r l a n d s t h e r e a re cu r -
ren t ly 168,000 m i g r a n t s f r o m
M o r o c c o , 197,000 f r o m Turkey
a n d 300 ,000 f r o m C e n t r a l a n d
E a s t e r n E u r o p e . Of t h e lat-
t e r g r o u p , f ou r o u t of five mi -
g r a n t w o r k e r s a re f r o m Poland .
D u t c h P r i m e M i n i s t e r
M a r k Ru t t e h a s t h u s f a r nei-
the r c o n d e m n e d n o r sup -
p o r t e d t h e ac t ions of t h e Free-
d o m Party, m o s t likely b e c a u s e
h e n e e d s i ts s u p p o r t to keep
h is g o v e r n m e n t in power .
4 T H E A N C H O R WORLD FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 1 2
T H I S W E E K I N H I S T O R Y
Feb. 19
1473: Copernicus, the founder of modern as-tronomy and originator of the heliocentric model of the solar system, is born.
1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs execu-tive order 9 0 6 6 , which leads directly to the establishment of intern-ment camps for Japanese Americans.
F e b . 2 0
1962: John Glenn Jr. becomes the first Ameri-can to orbit the Earth when he is successfully launched into space in the Friendship 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Feb. 21
1848: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish "The Communist Mani-festo" in London.
1916: The 10-month-long Battle of Verdun, the longest battle of World War I, begins at 7:12 a.m.
Feb. 22
2006: A gang of at least six men pulls off the larg-est robbery in British his-tory, stealing £53 million from the Securitas bank depot in Kent.
Feb. 23
1945: Marines raise the U.S. flag at the summit of Mount Suribachi on the Island of Iwo Jima dur-ing the battle between American and Japanese troops.
1954: Dr. Jonas Salk administers his new polio vaccine to students of Ar-senal Elementary School in Pittsburgh.
Feb. 24
1840: Former President John Quincy Adams be-gins arguing the Amistad case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1868: President Andrew Johnson becomes the first president in U.S. his-tory to be impeached.
F e b . 2 5
1948: President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia bows to pressure from the Communist Party and allows the organiza-tion of a communist-dominated government.
Source: history.com
The Euro crisis: A turning point Brent Wilkinson G U E S T W p r r E R
The Greek debt crisis may fi-
nally reach a tu rn ing poin t . On Friday, European heads of s tate
and f inance officials negotiated a se t t lement to relieve Greek debt .
The se t t lement would provide a bailout of 130 billion euros ($171
billion) to the Greek government ,
allowing it to redeem b o n d s wor th 14.5 billion euros ($19 bil-
lion) by their deadline of M a r c h
20. Rest ructur ing private-sector
debt would also provide mild ad-dit ional relief to the government .
Reactions to the announce -
m e n t were varied. The G e r m a n stock marke t DAX rallied sharp-
ly, gaining 1.4 percent . A Spiegel
poll of G e r m a n finance ministers, however, showed that the major -
ity were prepar ing themselves for
the failure of the proposal and the subsequent default of Greece.
Moreover , Friday's announce -
m e n t merely indicated lead-ers' confidence that they would
reach a set t lement . The details
of such a se t t lement n o w mus t
be worked out . In the past , lo-gistics have been the dea th of
many debt reduct ion proposals . A m o n g the many decisions
that have to be m a d e regarding
the se t t lement - perhaps mos t impor tant ly - the dis t r ibut ion
of the m o n e y m u s t be deter-
mined . Some leaders want to
wi thhold par t of the funds until af ter Greece's April elections.
In addi t ion to the dis t r ibu-
tion of funds , euro zone lead-ers are also seeking insti tutional
and policy reform f rom the
Greek government to ensure that the country 's debt contin-
ues to shrink. Further auster-
ity measures will no doubt be
included, bu t the exact condi-t ions of the bailout are unknown.
Curren t calculations indi-cate that the plan would reduce
Greece's debt to 129 percent of GDP by 2020, mean ing that even
if the plan is fully implemented , the nation would have a long way
to go to fix its systemic problems.
Leaders scheduled to mee t about these details on Sun-
day. Any se t t lement reached on Greek debt will have wide- reach-
ing effects across Europe and the world. G e r m a n bank officials fear
that if the value of Greek bonds is reduced too drastically, investors
will be less eager to purchase debt
f rom other struggling countr ies ,
such as Spain, Italy and Portugal. France and Italy hope to
reach a quick se t t lement in hopes that this will b r ing more
stability to Italy's unsteady debt
situation. French f i rms hold a
large vo lume of Italian bonds , so France is eager to prevent
any deter iora t ion of Italy's debt .
Greece itself has been deeply affected by the austeri ty mea-
sures required to control its debt.-
The last austeri ty package includ-
ed a 22 percent cu t in the mini-m u m wage and 150,000 govern-
m e n t layoffs. U n e m p l o y m e n t in Greece is at 21 percent and rising.
In an unrelated twist of irony,
the Greek central bank issued an a n n o u n c e m e n t reminding citi-
zens that they have until March
1 to t rade in any d r a c h m a s they
have for Euros. The 10-year t rade-in per iod for the old cur rency
ends on that day. Whi le the fu-
ture looks hopeful , any ho ldouts with a stash of d r a c h m a s may no t
want to t rade them in just yet.
Arab League calling for help with peacekeeping in Syria Shubham Sapko ta W O R L D C O - E D I T O R
A week af ter a U N Security
Counci l resolut ion was vetoed by Russia and China, the Arab
League is calling for a joint
peacekeeping force to end the 11-month conflict in Syria.
This peacekeeping force would be a joint effort by the
Arab League and U N peace-keeping forces. The proposal
was discussed at a meet ing in Cairo where the league
t r ied to focus on new ways in which they could d i m i n :
ish the b loodshed in Syria.
The ministers w h o adopted
the resolutions asked the Se-curity Counci l to allow a joint
Arab-Uni ted Nat ions force to
"supervise t he execution of a cease-fire." They have also ad-
vocated for t he Arab League
m e m b e r s to "halt all fo rms of d iplomat ic cooperat ion"
wi th t he Syrian government .
Fur thermore , they sup-
po r t ed the not ion of coop-erat ing and communica t ing
wi th Syrian opposi t ion and
providing all fo rms of politi-cal and financial suppor t to
them. However, the resolu-
t ion has no t yet specified what fo rm of suppor t it would
be, and nei ther has it rec-
ognized the Syrian National Council , which is the legiti-
ma te representat ive of Syr-
ian people in the opposit ion-While t he polit icians and
minis ters of the Arab League
have cont inued to focus on diplomatic efforts , the Syr-
ian government has m a d e clear that this negotiat ion is no t happening . The regime
stated on Sunday night that
it "completely rejected" any diplomatic approach to deal-
ing with what was going on. The Syrian ambassador
to the League, Yousef Ah-
mad , fu r ther s t reng thened their disapproval w h e n he
claimed tha t the decision re-flected "hysteria and confu-
sion" by the Arab League.
Moreover, it is unclear whether or no t t he Uni ted
Na t ions would actually ap-prove of such a mission. The
Securi ty Counci l has been
unwilling in the pas t to de-ploy peacekeeping missions
where there is n o peace to
keep. The Counci l is n o t uni ted in its s tance on h o w
to deal with t he si tuation in
Syria, as was evidenced w h e n Russia and China vetoed a
resolution this m o n t h which
called for an end to the vio-lence that is ongoing in Syria.
Regardless of wha t the
Uni ted Nat ions may do, Wes t -e rn and Arab League nat ions
have f o r m e d a "Friends of
Syria" contac t group, which is similar in na ture to t he g roup
that was used to pu t pressure
on Libya pr ior to the fall of the regime of M u a m m a r Gadafi.
It is going to take t ime to
see if Uni ted Nat ions along with the internat ional com-
muni ty will do anything to
in tervene in this issue; until now there was n o sign of that .
News Corp. investigated for bribery Megan Stevens S T A F F W R I T E R
The New York Times re-
por t s that on Saturday, Feb.
11, British authori t ies arrested
eight people in connec t ion with br ibery of public officials.
Five of the eight, accord-
ing to police, were employees of the British Tabloid The Sun,
mostly in senior posi t ions.
. Whi le names were no t re-
leased by the police, officers did conf i rm that one of those
ar res ted was a Surrey police officer. O t h e r s arrested in-
cluded a m e m b e r of the a rmed
forces and a civil servant
f rom the Minis t ry of Defense. The Surrey Police told jour-
nalists that they had handed
the mat ter over to the Inde-penden t Police Compla in t s
Commiss ion . The Minis t ry of Defense gave no commen t s .
According to the BBC, the
arrests were par t of the police case "Operat ion Elveden," which
was mean t to investigate br ibes
to police officers. Those ar-res ted were taken to police sta-
t ions in Essex, Kent, London, and Wiltshire for quest ioning.
An email sent to Sun em-
ployees gave the names of those arrested as Geoff Webster, a
deputy edi tor ; John Kay, chief re-por ter ; Nick Parker, t he paper 's
chief foreign cor responden t ; John Edwards, a p ic ture edi tor ;
and John Sturgis, a reporter.
Rupert Murdoch , cha i rman of The Sun's parent company News
Corp. , is reportedly flying to
Britain in the wake of the arrests . This is no t N e w s Corp.'s
first scandal. Last s u m m e r the
Since that t ime 21 people
have been arrested, nine of
w h o m worked for The Sun. A m o n g these were Rebekah
Brooks, the fo rmer C E O of
N e w s Corp. , and Andy Coulson, who, in addi t ion to formerly
serving as the editor of News
Corp.'s o w n News of the World,
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t a r g e t i n g N e w s C o r p . b e g a n o n F e b . 1 7 o u t s i d e t h e c o m p a n y ' s h e a d q u a r t e r s .
News of the World, a now-
closed pape r the company
owned , was involved in the hacking of several voicemail
accounts, perhaps the mos t fa-m o u s being that of 13-year-old
Milly Dowler, a murder victim.
also served as an aide to Britain's
cu r ren t p r ime minister, David Cameron . News of the Wor ld
closed following public reaction
to the p h o n e hacking scandal. According to police, the
latest ar res ts c ame after the
homes of the alleged br ibers
were searched. N e w s Corp. has stated that it is offering
" immediate legal representa-
tion" to those arrested. Despite this, says the National Union
of Journalists, the paper re-
mains in a "witch hun t" state. According to the BBC, News
Corp. has also said that one of its
own depar tments , the Manage-m e n t and Standards Commi t -
tee, gave police t he informat ion
that led to the arrests . A fo rmer News Corp. official claimed
that the company had given
the police "receipts, expense reports , messages, and other
internal documents ." The New York Times repor ts that o ther
fo rmer employees feel that the
company is only "protect ing it-self and serving up journalists."
"Once again Rupert Mur-doch is t rying to pin the b lame
on individual journalists , hop-ing that a few scalps will sal-
vage his corpora te reputation,"
NUJ general secretary Michelle Stanistreet told The Guardian .
"The developments show this is no longer only about
phone hacking. It goes to the
very hear t of corpora te gov-ernance of the company," said
Labour M P Tom Watson. All of the eight arrest-
ed are current ly ou t on bail. • a o n y i
FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 1 2 ARTS T H E A N C E I O R 5
Theater shakes up DeWitt with Shaker production MacKenzle Anderson G U E S T W R I T E R
This week marks the opening
of "As It Is In Heaven," the mos t
recent H o p e College Theatre Depa r tmen t product ion . The
play will run Feb. 22 - Feb. 25. "As It Is In Heaven" by Arlene
Hut ton focuses on the w o m e n
of the Shaker communi ty of Pleasant Hill, Ky., du r ing a
t ime of religious revival and
conflict. Trouble arises within the communi ty when young
newcomers begin to express their spiritual beliefs in ways
which defy the strict Shaker
tradit ions. The play touches on a topic
to which s tudents can relate: the
expression and persecut ion of personal spiritual identity. The
Shakers found their identity in their spirituality and later in
iheir religious t radi t ions. With
the various f r eedoms that c o m e
with leaving home, o f ten one finds a need to def ine his or her
identity. S tudents o f ten connec t
their identi ty with their activities,
academics, f r iend groups, or, like the Shakers, th rough their
expression of spiritual beliefs.
The young w o m e n in this play encounte r opposi t ion f rom the
leaders of their communi ty when they express their faith in
radical ways. Directed by John Tammi,
"As It Is In Heaven" showcases
tradit ional Shaker worsh ip songs and d a n c e s dur ing scene
t ransi t ions. Elizabeth Dwyer (12) served as t he product ion 's
vocal director, teaching the various acapella Shaker songs
to the cast. Linda Graham of
the dance depar tmen t , who had previous experience with the
Shaker style of worship, served
as the choreographer for the
product ion . "The Shakers were bo th
admired and der ided - admired for their successful and
industr ious work ethic, their
aesthetic and func t iona l designs and their pragmat ic inventions;
at the same t ime they were
der ided for their eccentricit ies - one of which was dancing.
Through their shaking dances,
which eventually became highly
choreographed , they released
their tensions. Ecstatic dance
was also their plug-in to God. Through dance, they released themselves, and therefore
could open themselves to God,"
Graham said. "There is a long his tory of
ecstat ic dance in many faiths
serving as a direct condui t to
God. It is believed that the first dance was actually ritualized
for this purpose , and all o ther
forms, styles and concept ions of dance have s t e m m e d f rom this
sacred purpose," Graham said. Ten w o m e n comprise the
play's small cast , including
f r e shmen Rebecca Flinker and Taylor A n n Krahn; s o p h o m o r e s
Molly Coyle and Alexa Duimstra ;
juniors Laura Clement , Kaitlin Colburn, Kelsey Colburn, Sophia
Daly and Kaija Von Websky; and
Kara Williams, a senior. O n Friday there will be
a discussion panel after the
show. Audience m e m b e r s are
encouraged to stay after the pe r fo rmance to discuss the
p roduc t ion and the quest ions
it raises with professor Lynn Japinga, Deborah Schakel
and Diana Van
Kloken. Scene and
proper t ies were designed by
the resident scenic designer
Prof. Richard L.
Smith. C o s t u m e s were designed by director of
theatre and
resident cos tume designer Prof.
Michelle Bombe.
Lighting and sound were
designed by the
resident sound and lighting
designer and
manager of thea t re facilities
professor Perry
Landes. Andrew Gras, a junior, served as the
assistant lighting designer.
Tickets for "As It Is In Heaven" are $10 for regular
admission, $7 for senior cit izens
and H o p e faculty and staff and $5 for s tudents . Tickets are
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available at the ticket office in
the main lobby of the DeVos
Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays f rom 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and may be called at (616)
395-7890.
Hope artist profile: photographer Ji-Hyun Jung Ben Lemmen G U E S T W R I T E R
W h a t i n s p i r e d you t o p ick u p a
c a m e r a as t h e too l f o r y o u r a r t ?
I'm just thinking of all the
t imes I was sitting in the back
seat of my mom's car when we're driving down the highway, and I
see the way that cer ta in c louds
are par t ing and the way the light hi ts them. N o mat te r wha t I say
to everybody else later in my life, they don ' t unders tand what
I saw in those m o m e n t s . They
don't unders tand the beauty that 1 saw. For some reason that is so
impor tan t to me - for people to
experience what o the r people's walks were like. It's in the little
things. 1 see it a lot in nature. I
suppose because, usually, that ' s someth ing that can't reoccur
again. I want to take that bit of
experience and share it wi th other people. 1 think that is wha t
inspires me.
W h a t a r e s o m e ways you t r y t o d i s t i ngu i sh you r work?
I th ink what makes my work
different is that I like to capture
the "in be tween moments." I like to capture what you see while
you're experiencing something; bu t never thought a picture
could capture it. The m o m e n t
someone laughed, or the m o m e n t someone cried, or the
smell of a cake when someone cuts it at a wedding. I try to
capture all those other essences when in reality, a picture is jus t
the sight. So, when you look at a picture, you can hear that
baby laughing because at that m o m e n t it was legitimately
laughing.
You o f t e n u s e p e o p l e as you r sub jec t s . A r e t h e r e o t h e r
ob jec t s , o r t h e m e s , t h a t you
e n j o y c a p t u r i n g ?
I really like na ture and archi tecture. W h i c h is funny
because they're two completely
opposi te things; one is m a n -m a d e and one is God-made .
But I like na ture because I know
that it's so temporary . Like the m o m e n t s when I'm walking after
the rain and there's those little
d e w drople ts on a tree. Things that are so t empora ry that I
know I need to cap tu re them, I like that . I like archi tecture
because... things so sharp and shiny just look really cool
on camera . (Laughs) I guess
there 's no other way to really
explain that one.
W h a t ou t l e t s a r e you us ing t o get y o u r w o r k o u t t o t h e
gene ra l pub l i c?
Obviously a lot of media .
I actually never wanted my
work to go anywhere. It was honestly just more convenient
to have a website for people
to pu t an inquiry into me . I never mean t it to be a
big business, bu t I've had to decline so many clients
because I'm a ful l - t ime s tudent . A business is no t someth ing
I in tended to pursue; just someth ing that 's on the side.
Facebook also works like magic, if you know h o w to
work it r ight as a tool. I have a page on there, and r emember
that I got like 600 fans in a few days, bu t I did no t intend that at all. There are a lot of avenues
th rough there. Like, randomly 1 got a call wi th in the first week
of making my website. It was a
person in California and they told m e that they had found my
informat ion on the back of a C D
in a hair salon. I was like, " W h a t is my informat ion doing there?!"
All I did was make a website. I didn't advertise it by any means .
I didn't do business cards or
anything. The world's crazy.
So, c o u l d you see p h o t o g r a p h y as a poss ib le c a r e e r p a t h ?
It's funny because so many people ask, "So, you're major ing
s h o o t w i t h usual ly?
I shoot with a Canon . It's really funny because Photoshop
does magic. People think I have one of those C a n o n 50D's.
I don' t . I actually have a T2i Rebel Canon . It's pret ty average;
a lmost anyone can get their
h a n d s on one. If you're t rying to be a photographer , usually
the beginners have that camera.
But it's a lot of Pho toshop that gets my work done, especially
because you can't control
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S M I L E ! — Jl-Hyun Jung ( 1 3 ) shows of f her goofy sel f In f ron t of t he
camera .
in photography?" And 1 respond with, "Nope, no t at all
actually." But honestly it's really
convenient to have; if all else fails in life 1 can always have
photography as a fallback. So, I don ' t see it as the center of where
I go, bu t I know it will always be someth ing of a hobby. I really
don ' t in tend to have a business with it. Then again, I can't limit
God, so you never know.
W h a t e q u i p m e n t d o you u s e t o
weather.
Does you r c rea t ive p roce s s
ever b e c o m e o ld o r f o r c e d ?
W r i t e r s o f t e n ge t w r i t e r ' s b lock - is t h e r e s u c h a t h i n g as
p h o t o g r a p h e r ' s b lock?
I would think so. I haven't
got ten there yet, because I like
to th ink that creativity can be found anywhere. But yes, there definitely is. Especially
for people who have a very
limited avenue. If people are
wedding photographers or baby photographers , then there's only
so many t imes you can have a mother ' s belly in f ront of a
"Bump" sign. O r the baby blocks on the belly. After a while you're
like, "Okay, every cus tomer is
get t ing the same thing, I want someth ing fresh, but don't know
what else to do." But I th ink that when you are truly creative, you
don ' t look at all t he websites,
get inspired by people, and try to imitate it; you do your own
thing. You see things the way no o n e has seen someth ing
before.
A n y advice f o r a sp i r i ng
p h o t o g r a p h e r s ?
I would say to literally just
pick up a camera and go for it. I've had so many people
c o m e up to me and say, "I
see things and I want to take
pictures, bu t I know I'm no t a good photographer." Well,
how do you know? They say, "I'm just no t artistic."
But have they ever tried? The th ing is, photography is
so different than any other fo rm of art because you don ' t have to recreate it; you
just have to see and know how to feel it. Honestly, I
think it's a passion that a lot
of people can pursue , and it's
a lifelong thing. I really would consider it for anyone. If it was
paint ing or someth ing like that , I would maybe say someth ing
different. But just go for it, and
practice. N o one can teach you to be a good photographer ; you just have to keep working at it.
Check out her work at www.
j jungphotography.com.
6 T H E A N C H O R
H o p © s l t yde rn l t e h m bm Hope Grows helps orphans grow own food
" H o p e Grows" is a non-pro f i t
o rganiza t ion that s o p h o m o r e
Collen Qu ick ('14) developed last
s u m m e r as par t of the H o p e En-
t r ep reneu r sh ip Initiative.
T h e A n c h o r : W h e r e d id you get
the idea for " H o p e Grows?"
C o l l e e n Q u i c k : W h e n I w a s 8, I
s t a r t ed go-
ing to Juarez
Mex ico on
mission t r ips
wi th m y
church . The
t r ips were led
by my fa ther
and we w o u l d
go abou t four
t imes a year.
In 2008, m y
dad s t a r t ed a non -p ro f i t organi-
za t ion called Amigos in Cris to"
which is an a f t e r school p r o g r a m
that helps keep chi ldren off of
the s t reets . Amigos in Cr is to
feeds the chi ldren, he lps t h e m d o
h o m e w o r k , does Bible lessons,
plays games and provides life skill
classes.
My senior year in high school .
Name: Colleen Quick
Year: Sophomore ,
Hometown: Springfield, 111.
Major: Undecided
I lived in Juarez for the s u m m e r at
an o r p h a n a g e . O n e of the p rob-
lems I no t iced at the o r p h a n a g e
is tha t some of t h e m rely c o m -
pletely on f o o d d o n a t i o n s f rom
d ie Uni ted States. If they didn ' t
receive green beans or vegetables
that week , then t hey wouldn ' t
have any heal thy food. M y dad's
c o m m u n i t y centers s ta r ted gar-
dens and I
t h o u g h t it
would b e a
g o o d idea
to s ta r t
g a r d e n s
at the or-
p h a n a g e s
a n d teach
the chil-
d r en h o w
to g row
their own food .
T h e A n c h o r : W h y a re you pas-
s ionate abou t this cause?
C Q : I a m really pass iona te abou t
chi ldren w h o are living in pover-
ty a n d feeding the hungry . It has
always been a heavy b u r d e n on
m y hear t knowing that 1 have so
m u c h at t h e t ips of m y f ingers and
t hen the re are chi ldren w h o don ' t
even eat a meal a day. W h i l e liv-
ing at the o rphanage ,
I f o r m e d close rela-
t ionships with the
chi ldren and k n e w
that I w a n t e d to do
s o m e t h i n g to help.
T h e A n c h o r : W h a t
were the initial s teps
in get t ing the ga rdens
s ta r ted?
C Q : This pas t s u m -
mer, I w e n t to Juarez
two d i f fe rent t imes
wi th m y fa ther and
s o m e people f r o m my
church . Together we
built ga rdens at two
dif ferent o r p h a n a g e s
and got p lan ts f r o m
t h e c o m m u n i t y center to plant .
W e also hi red a ga rden manage r
w h o oversees t h e gardens . He has
t augh t t h e chi ldren how to plant
a n d w h e n to water the c rops .
T h e A n c h o r : W h a t is^grown and
how is the ga rden main ta ined?
C Q : The main th ings tha t are
g rown are chilles, t oma toes ,
onions , c i lant ro and peppers ,
this go ing in the fu ture?
C Q : As of r ight now, I 'm not
entirely sure, b u t I definitely
i
m m
which are all foods they eat a
t o n of in Mexico. The chi ldren
at the o r p h a n a g e s wa te r the
c r o p s every day in the m o r n i n g
a n d then pull t h e m w h e n they a re
ready.
T h e A n c h o r : W h e r e d o you see
PHOTOS COURTESY OF COLLEEN Q U O
w a n t to see a g r eenhouse built
in Juarez and hopeful ly get a
couple of o the r orphanages
gardens . ... Taking this to big
organ iza t ions is definitely a
possibility, b u t for right now
I'm t ry ing to take it one s tep at
a t ime.
Fashion blog evolves into social media marketing effort
PHOTO COURTESY OF E M I HATTORI
Name; Ziye Liy Name; Emi Amy Hattori
Year; Senior Year; Senior
Hometown; Chong Qing, China Hometown; Los Angeles
Major: Public Accounting Major; Psychology and Japanese
H o p e s tuden t a n d th r i f t s tore
fashionis ta Emi Ha t to r i ('12)
r eached in te rne t f ame w i th he r
blog, "Today I W o r e at Hope."
Following the blog's success .
The A n c h o r asks Hat tor i abou t
the blog's beginnings , as well as
its social ne twork ing plans for
the fu ture . C o m b i n i n g her f r iend
Ziye Liu's ('12) bus iness skills with
the o p p o r t u n i t i e s of the In te rne t ,
Ha t to r i h o p e s to expand fu r t he r
into the b logosphere .
T h e A n c h o r : W h a t is "Today I
W o r e at Hope" and how did you
get the idea for it?
E m i H a t t o r i : "Today I W o r e at
Hope" is a fashion blog I s ta r ted
wi th my f r iends . I love going to
thr i f t s tores and wan ted to keep a
record of m y outf i t s because af ter
you wear an outf i t once , n o one 's
going to r e m e m b e r it.
Initially I would take p ic tures
of myself and my f r iends but t hen
I would see s t rangers o n c a m p u s
a n d th ink to myself, "Hey, her
outf i t looks really nice," so I s tar t -
ed tak ing p ic tures of t h e m as well.
T h e A n c h o r : W h a t type of re-
sponse did you get for T I W A H ?
reached over 13,000 pos t views. I
t hough t that G o d was telling m e
"this could b e something," b u t I
wasn ' t sure wha t .
T h e A n c h o r : H o w did you tu rn
T I W A H in to a bus iness venture?
EH: O n e day I m e n t i o n e d TI-
W A H to my f r iend Ziye and
she was very in teres ted in it,
so we sat down, talked abou t
it and dec ided tha t w e wan ted to
m a k e s o m e type of bus iness o u t
of it.
Originally we w a n t e d to take
T I W A H and work toward t u rn -
ing it in to a ne twork ing company .
We h o p e d that it could p o p u p at
o the r colleges and there would
be a "Today I W o r e at Calvin or
a "Today I W o r e at G r a n d Valley."
However we quickly realized tha t
we could only get advert- is ing
revenue w h i c h is supe r hard to
get . O u r n e w idea is to be a social
m e d i a marke t i ng c o m a n y where
w e package the in fo rmat ion of
how to utilize Facebook a n d
f r anch i se it to local businesses .
Big c o m p a n i e s have the resourc-
es to hire big social media ex-
per t s , b u t small local businesses ,
like d o w n t o w n Holland, don ' t
have the resources and the m o n e y
to d o tha t . W e though t tha t we
could help t h e m utilize Facebook
m o r e and drive traffic to their
bus iness .
T h e A n c h o r : W h a t do each of
you individually br ing to the busi-
ness?
EH: Wi th in its first week, T I W A H EH: I love be ing creat ive b u t don ' t
have any bus iness background
like Ziye does . W e combined
o u r abilities a n d f o r m e d a team
where she handles the businesss
side a n d I handle the creativity.
T h e A n c h o r : Have you got te r
any type of response f r o m loca
businesses?
EH: Wha t ' s crazy is tha t the
day af ter we f o r m e d tha t idea
the Hol land Rescue Mis-
sion called [Hope] and were
looking for s o m e o n e to help
t h e m wi th social media . Wc
m e t and will b e he lp ing then-
m a k e Facebook pages and help
t h e m upda t e t h e m in o rde r tc
p r o m o t e the i r business , drive
traffic and a t t rac t potent ia l cus-
tomers .
T h e A n c h o r : W h e r e do you set
this ven tu re going?
EH: I would like to pu r sue thi*
af ter 1 graduate . I do not ex
acdy know where this is going
We are still in the expe r imen ta
phase. If this is successful anc
I a m s o m e h o w able to make
m o n e y of of this, I really w a n t tc
pu r sue it.
T h e A n c h o r : W h a t makes yot
qualified to d o this job?
EH: Mos t college s tuden t s a n
good at using social media
however, knowing how to mar
ket t h r o u g h social media infor
mat ion is different . W e have the
knowledge of how to use socia
media and how to sucessfull)
marke t th rough it.
FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 1 2 7
s tness i i d t e o s t n t o r e d l t t y Lifestyle branding company ignites Great Lakes passian A l e e s a R i b b o n s FEATURES EDITOR
It doesn ' t m a t t e r w h e t h e r you ' re
t a lk ing a b o u t Lakes Mich igan ,
H u r o n , Super ior , O n t a r i o o r Erie;
A c c o r d i n g to sen ior Kylen Blom
('12), " w h e t h e r sailing, sp lash ing ,
fishing o r gaz ing , you k n o w w h a t
y o u r lake is. Pa r t of tha t lake is in
you, w h i c h m a k e s it yours ."
G r e a t Lake p r i d e h a s i n sp i r ed
Blom a n d H o l l a n d local, J o n a t h a n
K o o p , t o deve lop "My G r e a t Lake"
a l ifestyle
b r a n d i n g
c o m p a n y tha t
s t r ives n o t
only t o igni te
p a s s i o n a b o u t
t h e G r e a t
Lakes, bu t
to s h o w tha t
each o n e is
u n i q u e a n d
w o r t h be ing
ce l eb ra t ed .
T h e
c o m p a n y
o f fe r s appa re l
( T - s h i r t s ,
l o n g - s l e e v e s ,
s w e a t - s h i r t s
a n d st ickers)
t a i lo red t o
f e a t u r e e a c h
of t h e five
g rea t lakes.
W h i l e
m o s t H o p e
s t u d e n t s
spen t t h e
week of finals
c r a m m i n g
fo r e x a m s o r
t y p i n g o u t
the i r p a p e r s ,
Blom u s e d h is
s tudy b reaks
to d e s i g n
T - s h i r t s a n d
l a u n c h a
webs i t e in
p r e p a r a t i o n
fo r the i r initial
"sof t launch,"
tha t w e n t live in D e c e m b e r .
As the p u r c h a s e s s t a r t e d
rol l ing in, B lom said tha t t h e y
t h o u g h t , " th is cou ld really be
s o m e t h i n g . Let 's k e e p going." T h e
resu l t : B lom a n d Koop e x p a n d e d
the i r i n v e n t o r y to inc lude long-
s l eev t s , swea t sh i r t s a n d s t ickers .
A p o r t i o n of e a c h sale m a d e
is d o n a t e d to a G r a n d H a v e n
b a s e d n o n - p r o f i t o rgan i za t i on
cal led "The Al l iance fo r t h e G r e a t
Lakes." T h e c o m p a n y ' s p u r p o s e
is to p r b t e c t a n d c o n s e r v e t h e
G r e a t Lakes a n d dea l w i t h
e v e r y t h i n g f r o m »the a m o u n t of
w a t e r tha t is t a k e n o u t of t h e m ,
to t h e p o l l u t a n t s tha t a re p laced
i n t o . t h e m , spec ie s t h a t invade
t h e w a t e r s a n d c l ean ing up t h e
s h o r e s . Blom says t h e y s u p p o r t
t h e c o m p a n y b e c a u s e it a l igns
w i t h the i r pas s ion .
"The r e a s o n tha t w e d idn ' t
s t a r t a non-pro f i t , " said Blom, "is
t h a t t h e r e a re a l r eady a lot of n o n -
SUPERIOR I MICHIGAN I HURON I ERIf I ONTARIO
pro f i t s o u t t h e r e w h o a re a l r eady
d o i n g grea t work." In t h e end ,
t h e y r e a s o n e d tha t "we'll let t h e m
do w h a t t hey ' r e g o o d at a n d we'll
d o w h a t we ' re g o o d at, a n d in t h e
e n d , t h e G r e a t Lakes will be even
better."
S ince t h e initial l a u n c h of t h e
c o m p a n y , "My G r e a t Lake" h a s
sold over 300 sh i r t s a n d a c c o r d i n g
to Blom, they a l ready have p lans
t o t ake the c o m p a n y even f u r t h e r .
An initial s t ep w a s e n t e r i n g the i r
bus ines s in t h e G r a n d Rapids
even t "5x5" w h i c h p r e s e n t e d five
d i f f e ren t c o m p a n i e s w i t h t h e
o p p o r t u n i t y to p i t ch the i r idea
to a pane l of five j u d g e s to win
$5,000 in g r an t m o n e y t o s u p p o r t
the i r c o m p a n y . W h i l e t h e y m i g h t
no t have w o n t h e g r a n d pr ize ,
they did walk away w i t h $2,000.
Fol lowing g r a d u a t i o n , Blom
p lans t o f o c u s h is t i m e o n
e x p a n d i n g h is c o m p a n y o u t s i d e
of Ho l l and . Th i s s u m m e r , h e p l ans
o n t a k i n g a
r o a d t r ip to
the ci t ies
tha t a re
o n t h e
s h o r e s of
the G r e a t
Lakes .
" I ' m
go ing to be
t r a v e l i n g
a r o u n d all
of t h e G r e a t
Lakes a n d
a t t e n d i n g
d i f f e r e n t
t ypes of
fes t ivals a n d
d i f f e r e n t
t o w n s a n d
c o m m -
unities," said
Blom.
"I w a n t
to sha re o u r
s t o ry w i t h
t h e m , tell
t h e m w h a t
w e a re d o i n g
a n d t ry to
get p e o p l e
e x c i t e d
a b o u t it
b e c a u s e
it's a n e w
th ing , it's
a n e w idea
a n d p e o p l e
a re j u s t
s t a r t i n g to
get exc i ted
LOGO BY KYLEN BLOM a b o u t it."
If all goes a c c o r d i n g to p lan ,
t h e n r e s iden t s of H o l l a n d c a n
look f o r w a r d t o a festival at t h e
c u l m i n a t i o n of the r o a d tr ip.
B lom h o p e s t h a t the fest ival will
i nc lude act ivi t ies such as sailing,
kayaking, vol leybal l t o u r n a m e n t s
a n d o t h e r types of cha l l enges .
" W e w a n t to t h r o w a b ig par ty ,
no t on ly as a t h a n k y o u to t h e
c o m m u n i t y , bu t a lso as a w a y
t o say ' eve ryone ge t ready, it's
go ing to be sweet, '" said Blom.
"If it t akes off a n d if w e
e n o u g h in te res t over t h e
s u m m e r a n d find t h e
r ight c o n n e c t i o n s , I
wou ld love to s t a r t
p u t t i n g
t o g e t h e r
s o m e
fest ivals fo r t h e
next s u m m e r
for each lake ...
I w a n t peop le to
e x p e r i e n c e m o r e
ac t iv i t ies o n t h e
lakes t h a n they
ever have before."
W h i l e
M i c h i g a n d e r s
m i g h t t h i n k of the
G r e a t Lakes in
t e r m s of t h e lakes
t h a t b o r d e r s ta te
of Mich igan , Blom
s t resses tha t h i s
bus ines s is no t jus t
a b o u t M i c h i g a n
pr ide .
" W e are f o c u s e d
o n M i c h i g a n jus t
as m u c h as w e
a re f o c u s e d o n
W i s c o n s i n , N e w
York, I n d i a n a a n d
Ohio." B e c a u s e
H o p e Col lege is
l oca t ed so c lose to
Lake Mich igan , it
is easy fo r s t u d e n t s
to t ake thei r access
t o f r e s h w a t e r for
g r a n t e d .
"It is i m p o r t a n t to
t ake t i m e to a p p r e c i a t e
t h e lakes w e have b e e n
b lessed wi th a n d en joy
w h a t t h e y have to
offer," c o n c l u d e d Blom.
For m o r e
i n f o r m a t i o n o n " M y
G r e a t Lake," o r t o o r d e r
y o u r appare l , visit
w w w . m y g r e a t l a k e
o n l i n e . c o m .
Name; Kylen Blom
Year; Senior
Hometown: Holland
Major; Business Management & Communications
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8 THI ANC"OR—VOICES FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 1 2
Staying Young Christopher Russ
Co Editor-in-Chief
I've always perce ived college as the t ime w h e n you
finish the t rans i t ion f rom be ing a kid into be ing an
adult . But recently I've no t iced tha t even as a senior,
I don ' t really v iew myself as an adult . A n d looking at
my c lassmates , I don ' t see anyone else w h o I th ink of
as an adul t .
Sure I th ink I 'm generally responsible , a n d based o n
m y age I'm legally an adul t , b u t w h e n I th ink of myself,
t h e t e r m "college kid" p o p s u p in m y m i n d .
I th ink that a large pa r t of this self percep t ion can
b e a t t r ibu ted to t h e fact tha t society n o longer expec ts
a lot f r o m peop le in my age bracket . Even on a legal
level, hea l thcare laws have b e e n modi f ied to allow m e
to r ema in unde r my parent ' s coverage.
M o s t people don ' t s e e m to be in a h u r r y to reach
the t radi t ional mi les tones of life: g radua t ing college,
leaving h o m e , get t ing mar r i ed , hav ing a child a n d
reach ing financial i n d e p e n d e n c e .
That s o u n d s like a lot of things to accompl ish ,
but accord ing to U.S. C e n s u s data col lected in 1960,
77 pe rcen t of w o m e n a n d 65 pe rcen t of men had
accompl i shed all of these things by age 30. By 2000,
these pe rcen tages d r o p p e d absurdly to 4 6 percen t for
w o m e n and 31 percen t for men .
I know tha t a lot of this pe rcen tage d r o p is the result
of choice and not a lack of a ccompl i shmen t . A n u m b e r
of my p e e r s seem to th ink tha t mar r i age and chi ldren
are th ings that a p e r s o n d o e s once they're d o n e hav ing
fun .
S : — — "1
College has b e e n m a r k e t e d by Hol lywood as
everyone's last c h a n c e to b e a kid a n d people seem to
be ca r ry ing this mindse t in to their post-col lege lives.
There is no th ing w r o n g with taking s o m e t i m e before
you "settle down" and the re is n o t h i n g w r o n g wi th
n o t w a n t i n g to "settle down" at all. But th is desire to
pu r sue pe r sona l in teres ts n e e d s to b e t e m p e r e d wi th
responsibility, and based on the n u m b e r of pos t -
college g radua tes w h o are still rel iant on the i r pa ren t s ,
this is not happen ing .
Before people take the t ime to chase their d reams ,
they n e e d to ea rn that oppor tun i ty . Sure the cost of
college is t r e m e n d o u s a n d it's fine to get helping paying
for it, b u t if you are get t ing he lp f r o m your paren ts , that
deb t implies a responsibi l i ty to work ha rd to just i fy our
paren ts ' financial sacrifices.
Even w i thou t cons ider ing the financial
responsibi l i t ies of many college s tudents , there seems
to b e a genera l lack of perspec t ive o n what being a
S E E Y O U N G , P A G E 9
10 things (not) to do when meeting someone famous
Alex Brennan Columnis t
1) W h e n wai t ing m a k e sure you go to the b a t h r o o m
be fo rehand . There is n o t h i n g worse than having to pee
just m i n u t e s be fo re your favori te celebrity shows up.
Also, it dec r ea se s t h e c h a n c e tha t you will wet yourself
w h e n you see t h e m .
2) M a k e sure tha t you are indeed mee t ing a celeb-
rity. t will be slightly e m b a r r a s s i n g w h e n you c o n f r o n t a
comple t e s t ranger th ink ing they are f a m o u s w h e n they
are in fact no t . 3) D o not mis take ano the r celebrity for s o m e o n e else.
Do n o t be tha t p e r s o n tha t is tak ing a p ic tu re wi th some-
one just because eve ryone else is. A n d for the sake of
eve ryone involved, ask w h o they are whi le you are get-
t ing their au tog raph .
4) D o n o t be a mime . Th rus t i ng your pen a n d pape r
in the celebrity's face, whi le smiling, is n o t a good idea.
Try hav ing a n o r m a l conversat ion. Ask h o w their day
is going or thank t h e m for tak ing the t ime to sign your
used Kleenex.
5) Think before you speak. There is no th ing worse
t han mee t ing s o m e o n e and b lur t ing o u t the first t h o u g h t
that p o p s into your bra in w h e n you have wa tched on -
sc reen for years . It's usually s o m e t h i n g s tupid. For ex-
ample: 6) Don ' t yell, "I w a n t to have your baby!" This is just
u n c o m f o r t a b l e for you, the celebri ty and the ent i re
c r o w d you have so willingly a n n o u n c e d you r des i res
to. The fol lowing c o m m e n t s are also unacceptable : Talk
dir ty to me. You're be t te r looking onsc reen . How's you r
ex-wife. You are m y God . Will you m a r r y me? I ha te
you. Can I have you r au tograph? Can you he lp m e wi th
my m a t h h o m e w o r k ?
7) Really th ink before you speak . I m e a n it. W h e n you
have scr ip ted w h a t you are going to say, m a k e sure to say
exactly w h a t you plan. I 'm not kidding. In the m o m e n t it
is really ha rd to r e m e m b e r w h a t you have p lanned , b u t
really really just stick to your scr ip t . O the rwi se , you'll
say s o m e t h i n g like: "I've always w a n t e d to m e e t you for-
ever! Will you b e m y f r iend? This is a d r e a m c o m e true!
You're real, like right he re in f ron t of me! I can ' t believe
this is happen ing! O h m y G o d , I love you."
8) D o n o t c ry in f ron t of said celebrity. S o m e people
will tell you tha t it is f lattering, b u t I c a n n o t urge you
enough to keep your c o m p o s u r e . You will look r idicu-
lous and the celebrity might th ink you are crazy.
9) Do n o t take three s teps away f r o m the celebrity
a n d wi th your back t u r n e d to t hem, d o your happy
d a n c e a n d sc ream. They can still hear you and they can
still see you. You will look r idiculous. If it makes you feel
better , you can tell yourself they apprec ia te the en thus i -
a sm and the in ten t ions of your act ions, b u t they d o no t .
10) Do not u n d e r any c i r cums tances a t t emp t to ca-
ress their face. This will e n d poor ly for you every t ime .
You will b e s lapped wi th a res t ra in ing o rde r at bes t , if
you a re lucky. You can however , accidently b rush h a n d s
w h e n get t ing their au tograph .
Alex met Alan Rickman ("Harry Potter," "Sweeney Todd") last weekend. She did NOT do any'of these things.
A life worth living Intentionality
• Marc Tori Columnis t
Do you r emember SOPA and PIPA? They were bills in t roduced in the U.S. Congress
that would censor content on the Internet , among other things. They were highly con-
troversial, but it w a s clear that Internet users were not in favor. Several people changed
their Facebook profile pictures and tweeted about the injustice of censoring the Internet .
The uprising in response to SOPA and PIPA shocked me. I've never seen people so
passionate against legislation before. Congress quickly scrapped the bills and the whole
event soon faded f rom our minds .
N o w I'm wonder ing how we can resurrect that passion. Injustice happens all a round
us in society. Mo^t of it, in my opinion, is m u c h worse than SOPA and PIPA. I don't see
nearly the same level of action being taken against any of it. W h e r e has all our passion
gone? Aren' t we college s tudents learning to take roles of leadership and service into a
global society? In my cultural heri tage class, we read the Greek tragedy "Medea." In this play, Medea
is an extremely passionate woman. So passionate, in fact, that because she cannot stand
the thought of her husband leaving her she kills her two children and herself. If she can't
b e happy, no one can. Her husband, Jason, is so logical, reasonable and impassionate that
he does nothing except grieve at what h e lost.
These two characters were but of balance. The author, Euripides, has a message for us
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today: Don't b e like Medea and don't be like Jason. Balance your reason and passion. If I
was honest , I diink most of us need to shift more toward the Medea side (but please, not
too far!). We shouldn't be so n u m b to injustice that we d o nothing, yet we can't be loose
cannons either. W e can start by finding something to be passionate about. Dance Mara thon is coming
up. Fundraising for those kids and families is wor th being passionate about. Start going
to H o p e United for Justice meetings. Find a local place to volunteer. There are causes ev-
erywhere a round us that need our at tention. W h a t meaningful things have you done this
school year? Have you left a lasting impact? If we could sustain the short burs t of passion we had against SOPA and PIPA for a
semester, we would change the world. I'm serious. Don't underes t imate the impor tance
of speaking out , showing up, or giving money. Some working adults see college s tudents
as unreliable and uninterested. We can change that. W e can show them we are different.
Join with me in showing continuous, sustained passion for a cause. The presidential
elections are coming up soon. I say we star t asking some tough quest ions of the m e n w h o
want to lead our country. Don't wait until November to educate yourself on the issues. It's
o u r civic duty to be involved in choosing our leaders. I hope my words don't fall on deaf ears. W h a t we do now echoes in eternity. Each day,
each week, each semester is too impor tan t to blow off. So please, find the passion God has
placed in your hear t and share it with the world. As Mar t in Luther King Jr. once said. O u r
lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter."
Marc is passionate about sustainability and taking care of creation. Don't you dare throw away recyclables!
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The study abroad column: Aye Awrite, ola, bonjour , hei, hej, hello to you f r o m th is
brisk city of Aberdeen , Scot land, a city w h o s e light cer-
tainly does no t c o m e f r o m the sun but ra ther the m a n y
cul tures represen ted here. Aberdeen 's skies are usually
gray, b r i m m i n g with rain, sleet and hail, bu t , s o m e days,
the sun sh ines in a nearly cloudless blue sky, a pleasant
r e m i n d e r for m e tha t G o d con t inues to smile d o w n on
Scodand , at least some t imes .
T h e University of A b e r d e e n is overf lowing with stu-
den t s f r o m a r o u n d the world, f r o m h u n d r e d s of differ-
en t count r ies , wi th a million different stories. T h e buses
swell wi th conversat ion be tween fr iends, famil ies a n d col-
leagues—a steady h u m of Spanish, French, Russian, Pol-
ish, Finnish and o the r languages ove rpower ing the h a r s h
r u m b l e of the cobbles tone benea th the wheels . It s e e m s
as if, wi th each passing m o m e n t , I a m in t roduced to a dif-
ferent language, a n e w cul ture, a f r e sh perspect ive. S o m e
days it is hard to believe that I l anded in Scot land.
The re are six of us in my cozy, albeit modes t , flat - t w o
f r o m Metz , France; one f r o m Glasgow, Scodand; one f r o m
Edinburgh , Scodand; one f r o m Joensuu, Finland, and me.
I wake up every m o r n i n g t o a s m o o t h melody of French
be ing spoken in the k i tchen and m a n a g e to gree t the girls
gracelessly, "Bonjour , ca va bien?" Together, w e enjoy
toas t wi th j am, f ru i t juice a n d laughter - a g o o d way to
begin the day. O n Tuesdays and Fridays, 1 have Muni" - simply pu t , class. ^ j i r-u k Cf T h e walk t o c a m p u s takes m e d o w n a m u d d y trail alongside the River Don, t h r o u g h t h e sprawling a n d green Seaton Park, up a hill p a s t the e n o r m o u s Cathedra l C h u r c h of St.
M a c h a r (built in the 1130s), and d o w n cobbles tone roadways lined with h u m b l e cottages, small pubs , a n d bakeries. I enjoy four h o u r s of lectures o n Victorian a n d Scott ish litera-
tu re o n Tuesdays, and I i m m e r s e myself in the analysis and discussion of the mater ia l in the f o u r - h o u r tutor ials on Fridays. My schedule is m u c h m o r e relaxed t h a n 1 am u s e d to
at Hope , so every day is a surprise, an ex t raord inary explorat ion filled wi th m o r e aimless w a n d e r i n g a n d w o n d e r m e n t t h a n any th ing else. It is a t rue joy to lose myself in this place.
Each day c o m e s a n d goes, last ing m o m e n t s and years, a confus ion of t ime and space that t h rows m y body a n d m i n d off balance. Aye. I know tha t I am in Scotland; s o m e t i m e s it
simply takes slowing d o w n for it to b e c o m e a reality. O t h e r t imes , I m u s t hike to the N o r t h Sea ? n d s tand o n the edge of the world, gazing ou t at no th ing and at everything, s t ra ining
toward Poland a n d Russia, so far f r o m h o m e and so very small, yet taking par t in so big a n adventure . Such a s t range feeling it is. W h a t a beaut i ful life w e live.
Rips and Tears
Kate Schrampfer Columni s t
W i n t e r b r e a k w a s s u p p o s e d to b e a f u n , re lax ing coup le of days . I h a d a f ew se t
p l a n s bu t left lo t s of r o o m fo r s p u r - o f - t h e - m o m e n t dec i s ions , n a p s a n d even a little
h o m e w o r k . But t h i n g s c h a n g e d p re t ty quickly early on Sa tu rday m o r n i n g . I n s t ead of
w a k i n g u p t o t h e s u n s t r e a m i n g in m y big, s o u t h - f a c i n g w i n d o w s , I w o k e u p to a t ap
o n m y b e d r o o m door . It w a s still d a r k ou t , a n d for a m o m e n t 1 w a s really c o n f u s e d .
T h e n m y d o o r o p e n e d a n d m y d a d c a m e in a n d sat d o w n o n m y bed . A n d t h e n 1 got
a fee l ing in m y gu t tha t I'd on ly h a d a f ew t imes b e f o r e in m y life, o n t h e days w h e n
m y g r a n d p a s died. M y d a d said s o m e t h i n g like "I 'm so r ry to have to tell you this," a n d I k n o w 1 re -
s p o n d e d wi th , "Oh, no." A n d t h e n 1 w a s c ry ing a n d h u g g i n g h i m m y d a d , w h o a l m o s t
never , ever c r ies , b u t w a s t h e n . A n d t h r o u g h t h e shaky t e a r s he to ld m e w h a t I'd al-
r eady guessed : t h a t m y g r a n d m a h a d d ied .
H e h a d to leave t hen , to go t ake c a r e of t h ings , a n d I rol led over, t r y ing t o fall back
as leep . . . bu t I cou ldn ' t . I gues s I'd k n o w n it w a s c o m i n g , as m y g r a n d m a h a d b e e n
slowly dec l in ing fo r a b o u t a year. M o s t of t h e t ime , she really w a s n t hersel f , a n d he r
o n c e - q u i c k o p i n i o n s h a d me l t ed in to a m e l l o w obl iv ion. Lying in b e d tha t m o r n i n g ,
s t ruggl ing to c o n t r o l m y leaky eyes , it f inally m a d e sense - w h y p e o p l e use "R.I.P."
w h e n s o m e o n e they love dies . I k n o w w h a t it really s t a n d s fo r (rest in peace) , b u t I
always t h o u g h t tha t "rip" w a s an ugly a c r o n y m for s o m e t h i n g that 's s u p p o s e d t o be
a b o u t peace . There ' s n o t h i n g peace fu l a b o u t r ipp ing , b u t it fits here , b e c a u s e even if
I Y O U N G , F R O M PAGE 8
c o n t r i b u t i n g m e m b e r of socie ty is.
This is d o c u m e n t e d w o n d e r f u l l y in t h e film " K n o c k e d Up." T h e m a l e p r o t a g o n i s t
of t h e film, p layed by Se th R o g a n is no t in d e b t to anyone , b u t h e still h a s a ve ry
ch i ld i sh a n d self ish wor ldv iew.
In s t ead of r u i n i n g h is life, a n u n e x p e c t e d p r e g n a n c y p u s h e s h i m t o w a r d s a
c h a n g e in pe r spec t ive a n d h e b e c o m e s a r e spons ib l e f a the r a n d h is life sees h u g e
i m p r o v e m e n t s . So I 'm no t saying t h a t e v e r y o n e n e e d s t o get m a r r i e d a n d have kid, b u t 1 t h ink it 's
w o r t h c o n s i d e r i n g t h a t s o m e t i m e s , t h e s e t h i n g s can actual ly m a k e y o u r life be t te r .
y o u know, d e e p d o w n , tha t t h e d e c e a s e d is h a p p i e r t h a n you cou ld ever i m a g i n e p o s -
sible, there ' s still t ha t r aw feel ing. M a t t h e w 27:51 d e s c r i b e s how, w h e n Jesus d ied , t h e w h o l e e a r t h felt th i s r awness .
T w o t h i n g s h a p p e n e d : " the c u r t a i n of t h e t e m p l e w a s t o r n in t w o f r o m t o p to b o t t o m "
a n d " the e a r t h s h o o k a n d the r o c k s split." For s o m e o d d reason , th is image , w h i c h I've
h e a r d in coun t l e s s G o o d Friday services , c a m e t o m y m i n d o n Saturday, whi le I w a s
t r y ing to h o l d t h e r ips toge ther . Crazy . . . bu t in t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s of Jesus ' o w n d e a t h ,
it s eem like th is r i p p i n g is s u p p o s e d t o h a p p e n .
D e a t h is no t p a r t of God ' s or ig ina l p lan , b u t t h e r i p p i n g is a r e m i n d e r tha t he is
in con t ro l . It is a r e m i n d e r of t h e t o r n c u r t a i n in t h e t emple , wh ich signif ies h o w in
Chr i s t ' s d e a t h a n d r e s u r r e c t i o n , w e a re d r a w n u p in to God ' s s tory . W e are able to ap -
p r o a c h h i m , a p a r t f r o m o u r sin, b e c a u s e t h r o u g h Chr i s t , t h e c u r t a i n of b l a m e tha t
s e p a r a t e s us f r o m G o d is t o r n . This doesn ' t m a k e d e a t h okay. T h e d e a t h of Jesus m a d e t h e w h o l e e a r t h shake . . .
literally. So w h e n a loved o n e of o u r s d ies , it s e e m s t o m a k e sense t h a t o u r figurative
w o r l d s a re shaken . They s h o u l d be -- l a m e n t is as m u c h a p a r t of life as ce lebra t ion .
So e v e n t h o u g h t h e f u n e r a l is over, a n d b reak is over, I 'm n o t over m y g r a n d m a
be ing g o n e ye t . I 'm t a k i n g m y t ime , a n d c ry ing , b e c a u s e even t h o u g h p e o p l e tell m e
it's for g o o d , a n d I k n o w in m y h e a r t it is, I still n e e d t h e tea rs . T h e r ip in m y fami ly is
real a n d p a i n f u l a n d p re sen t , a n d o u r lives are never go ing to b e t h e s a m e again . I 'm
just p ray ing , for myself a n d for m y h u r t i n g family, t h e w o r d s f r o m a song , over a n d
over again: "Give m e y o u r eyes for just o n e s e c o n d / Give m e y o u r eyes so 1 c a n see/
Eve ry th ing tha t I keep missing". . Given t h e rest of the song , I don ' t t h ink tha t ' s e x a c d y w h a t B r a n d o n H e a t h w r o t e
t h e lyrics for, bu t it fits, in a way, a n d it is m y prayer of m o u r n i n g . Give m e y o u r eyes .
Fa ther . . . give m y fami ly y o u r wisdom. . . give us all t h e a w a r e n e s s of y o u r g rea t love fo r
t h e wor ld so t h a t w e can u n d e r s t a n d w h y these t h i n g s h a p p e n . So t h a t I can u n d e r -
s t a n d w h y m y g r a n d m a is gone .
Love you and miss you lots, grandma.
O n e of m y favor i te m o v i e s is "Grosse Po in te Blank." In th is film John Cusack
d r o p s o u t of s c h o o l to d o h i s o w n t h i n g (he e n d s u p be ing a h i t m a n ) a n d t h e film
d o c u m e n t s h i s h igh schoo l r e u n i o n . At t h e r e u n i o n h e c o m e s up to a w o m a n h e
k n e w in h igh schoo l w h o w a s h o l d i n g a baby. H e asks , " H o w is it all, it no t like it w a s
s u p p o s e d t o be r ight?" She repl ies , "No , n o it's n o t t rue , it's g rea t . People th ink tha t
w h e n you ge t m a r r i e d , y o u loose y o u r f reedom." "It's no t t rue . "No . It ge t s b e t t e r
a n d better." She h a n d s Cusack the baby a n d he ga ins a n e w app rec i a t i on for life.
So I k n o w t h a t b e i n g a l i sdess h ips t e r isn't t h e s a m e t h i n g as be ing a h i t m a n , bu t I
t h ink t h a t th is is still a va luab le message .
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average while still providing
an above average educat ion.
He at t r ibutes this success to "realistically, disciplined effor t to control costs, strategic financial
p lanning, targeting s tewardship
efforts , and diligent s tudent recrui t ing and fundra is ing
efforts." Despi te these promis ing
s ta tements , many s tudents
are not convinced that the tuit ion increase is necessary.
Sophomore Sara Beasley, who
holds two jobs to help pay for H o p e (one of which involves
babysitt ing at 5:45 am!) is not
pleased by the numbers . W h e n asked how she felt
about the tui t ion increase
Beasley said, "As a t ransfer s tudent , 1 don't receive m u c h
financial aid and my parents can
only pay for so much. Working two jobs o n top of school isn't
easy bu t it is necessary for me to
be able to afford it. O n e of those jobs is in the admissions office
talking to accepted s tudents and
the mos t c o m m o n thing I hear is
4I love Hope bu t my family just
can't afford it.w
And Beasley is no t alone. All across the count ry s tudents are
66 The mos t common
thing I hear is ' I
love Hope but my
family jus t can ' t
afford it.'
— SARA BEASLEY ( '14)
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forced to search for yet another job or pray for additional
financial aid to supplement the
skyrocketing sticker price of
their college educat ion. Al though this has caused
f rus t ra t ion for s tudents and parents , H o p e says it is do ing its
best to offer an above average educat ion with a below average
tuit ion increase.
Peace Corps offers post-grad option • Peace Corps, from page 1
Fur thermore , certain
academic concentra t ion and
language combinat ions were
cited as potential ly helpful, such as e n v i = 0 9 7 6 5 3 2 r z x c
m,onmen ta l degrees and
Spanish or Agricul ture and
French. Rutter took steps to bo th
p repare himself for the
Peace Corps and give h im a compet i t ive edge. "I knew after
applying to the Peace Corps
that I wan ted to be involved in
the ent repreneur ia l aspect of their small business advising
program, so I chose to cont inue
to pursue learning f rom and exper iment ing with t he growing
ent repreneur ia l crowd in West
Michigan. These experiences and relat ionships have worked
to prepare me for the unknown
- to critically th ink and properly react in high-stress scenarios.
M o r e importantly, however, 1
have sought spiritual t ra ining
and preparat ion f rom my local elders and church to
s t rengthen me for endurance
and perseverance in the fai th
wi thin non-Chr is t ian cultures,"
Rutter said. Whi le there is no "typical"
Peace Corps volunteer, 90 percent of those in service do
have a college degree. And
while the average age to serve is 28, seven percent are over
the age of 50. Twenty percent
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T H E A N C H O R 1 1
Swim teams finish second in league meet T H I S W E E K IN SPORTS
Bethany Strlpp S P O R T S E D I T O R
Hope's men's and women's
swimming and diving teams both
finished second in the MIAA for the second year in a row while Kalamazoo and Calvin repeated
as conference champions in the
men's and women's compet i t ion ,
respectively. The league mee t began on
Feb. 15. Hope's women's 800-yard freestyle relay team of
Sarah Sohn ('12), Erin Holstad ('13), Chelsea Wiese ('12) and
Libby West ra te ('13) won the
opening race of the meet with a t ime of 7:39:58. Sohn, Holstad,
Weise and West ra te set a school
record in the race, defeat ing the
previous record set in 2009 by
about half a second.
Hope's men's team of Josh Grabijas ('13), Patrick Frayer ('12), Chris Waechte r ('15) and
Andrew Rose ('12) tu rned in a
third-place finish in the men's 800-yard freestyle relay.
Sohn and Grabijas won
the 500-yard freestyle MIAA
championship for the thi rd t ime on Feb. 16. West ra te took h o m e
her second consecutive 50-yard
freestyle championsh ip that day as well, winning the race with a
N C A A condi t ional qualifying
t ime of :23.74. H o p e also won both the men's and women's
400-yard medley relays. Two highlights of Feb. 16's
compet i t ion came f rom Wiese and Kyleigh Sheldon ('13). Wiese
took Hope's first women's title in
the 200 IM since 2004, beat ing
Calvin's Stephie Fox by five one-
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOPE P R
D E T E R M I N A T I O N - Jeff Shade ( 1 2 ) competes In last
week 's MIAA league meet.
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOPE P R
C H A M P I O N — Llbby Westra te ( '13) took three Individual t i t l es and cont r ibuted to two relay wins at the league meet .
h u n d r e d t h s of a second. Sheldon
w o n the women's 3 -mete r dive
with a score of 433.00 and was
the first Hope w o m a n to win the
event in 11 years. Friday's m e e t opened like
Thursday's with two H o p e wins in the 400-yard individual
medley. Wiese took the women's
title, finishing in 4:40.08 and Jeff Shade ('12) finished in first place
for the m e n for the second year
in a row. West ra te won her third
200-yard freestyle gold medal and tied the school record t ime
of 1:52.58 in the prel iminary
race, Hazekamp ('13) set
a schdol record that day in the 100-yard backst roke prel ims
with a t ime of :51.14 and won the finals with an N C A A condit ional
qualifying t ime of :51.20. Maria
Kieft ('14) also won the event for
the w o m e n in :57.94. The MIAA meet concluded
on Feb. 18. Sohn opened the day with a win for Hope, taking
the 1,650-yard freestyle title for
the four th year in a row and
tu rned in an N C A A condit ional
qualifying time of 17:28.00. Grabijas w o n the same event for
the men. Hazekamp and West ra te
cont inued their winning ways
in their signature events on
Saturday, with Hazekamp taking the 200-yard backstroke title and
West ra te for a third t ime in the
mee t with her thi rd consecutive
100-yard freestyle win. Westrate, Holstad, Sohn and
Wiese ended the mee t the same way it s tarted, taking the title in
the 400-yard freestyle relay.
Men's tennis opens season with indoor tournament James Rogers A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S E D I T O R
The men's tennis t eam
launched its indoor season by taking par t in the Grand Rapids
City Tournamen t at the Orcha rd
Hills Athletic Club last Friday
and Saturday. The t o u r n a m e n t consisted
of six schools f rom the western side of Michigan. Part icipating
alongside H o p e were Aquinas
College, Calvin College, Davenport University, Grand
Rapids C o m m u n i t y College and Grand Valley State University.
The t o u r n a m e n t opened
Friday with doubles play, while singles matches were held Saturday. Also known as the
West Michigan Tournament , this was the first of six scheduled
indoor " matches for the
Dutchmen . Four pairs of Du tchmen took
the cour ts on Friday dur ing doubles action, and the tandem of Bobby Cawood ('13) and
Kyle Kreps ('13) provided the
s t rongest results for Hope. They posted wins in two of their three
matches. In t he first match, Cawood
and Kreps defeated Andrew Darrell and Benny Delgado-Rochas of Grand Valley 8-6.
Dropping their second match 8 -5 to Aaron Hendrick and
Nick Artaev of Aquinas, the
pair finished s t rong with an
8-6 victory over Davenport 's Vitaly Schumilov and Eric Pell.
Cawood and Kreps finished
third place in the tourney. "Get t ing the win over Grand
Valley in our first match was
huge," Kreps said. "It gave us a lot of conf idence going into our
next one." Al though the pair d ropped
the next match to Aquinas,
Kreps noted that Aquinas is one
of the bes t pairs they will face all season. Sticking with them was
a positive. "We knew that the Aquinas
1 doubles t eam could be one
of the best we could play all year and we hung with them
throughout the match," Kreps said. "Unfortunately we couldn't
get the victory though." Kreps was pleased with
the way he and Cawood came back in the third match against
Davenport , complement ing
each o the r s game very well. "Beating 'Davenpor t for
third place was a good way
to end the night too," Kreps said. "Bobby and I work pretty well together. We've been
roommates for the pas t three years and that definitely helps
on the court." Hope 's o ther th ree pairs each
d ropped bo th of their matches in doubles play on Friday.
Saturday's singles proved
to be more successful for the
Du tchmen , with four different
players serving to a match win. Cawood led the way with
three straight wins. He cruised
past Casey Feenstra of GRCC 6-2 6-1, then had similar results
against Calvin's Loukas Peterson
with a 6-0 6 -3 t r i umph . Cawood ended with a default win over
Aaron Hendrick of Aquinas . Parker Bussies ('14) clashed
with Calvin's Brian DeMaagd in
a close three-set match. Bussies d ropped the first set 4 -6 but
came back firing, claiming the second set 6-2 and eventually
finishing off DeMaagd 10-7 in
the third set. Cody Herbruck ('15) held on
against Matt Jackson of GRCC, winning in straight sets 6 -3 6-4.
John Panzer ('15) was the four th Du tchmen to tally a victory,
flying to a 6-2 6-2 beat ing of
GRCC's Andrew Amante . The Du tchmen were
wi thout two of its top players in Gabe Casher ('14) and
Davis Vanderveen * (-13), w h o were present ing research at a
conference in Las Vegas. Even with these two absences, Kreps
was optimist ic with what he saw.
"I think the second day of the tou rnamen t was good for
our team," Kreps said. "There is definitely a lot of room for improvement but for the first
t o u r n a m e n t of the season, it
Wednesday Men's Basketball vs. Calvin at 7 p.m.
Feb. 22
wasn't bad. A lot of guys played
really well on Saturday." With the first matches of the
young indoor season completed, Kreps compared the advantages
of playing indoors to ou tdoors .
Kreps enjoys bo th settings. " Indoors is nice because the
cour t s are m u c h faster than ou tdoors and that definitely
bodes well for my big game,"
Kreps said. "Outdoors is great too because you get to add
the e lement of the weather. It definitely can change the way
you play." Another thing that changes
the way you play is establishing
f r iendships with fellow t eammates and keeping each
o the r accountable on a daily
basis. With no seniors on the
roster this season, the young Du tchmen still have veteran
experience with a handfu l of juniors who lead by example and
keep each other commit ted . "1 think we have a chance to
have a pretty successful season,"
Kreps said. "The a tmosphere dur ing our practices has been
great so far. We want everyone to be giving it their all in each
drill."
Thursday Feb. 23 Women's Basketball vs. Albion at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 25 Women's Tennis vs. Aquinas at 10 a.m.
Men's Basketball MIAA Championship game at highest
remaining seed. 3 p.m.
Women's Basketball MIAA Championship game at highest
remaining seed, 7:30 p.m.
I N B R I E F
TRACK CONTINUES INDOOR SEASON
The men's and women's track
teams competed in the non-scoring Grand Valley Tuneup
on Friday. Four H o p e athletes
took first place a m o n g ^col le -giate compet i tors in t he event.
Mered i th Busman (14) won
the 5,000-meter run , defeat ing the second place finisher by .48
seconds with a t ime of 18:40.13.
Joel Rietsema ('13) was the first
college finisher in the 800 me-ters, crossing the finish line in
1:53.78. In the men's 3,000-me-ter run, Nate Love ('12) won
the race by about a two and a half second margin in 8:32.92,
set t ing a new school record for
the distance. Steffon Mayhue ('14) finished third overall in the
long j ump bu t first of athletes at-tached to a college or university
with a j ump of 6.49 meters . The
track t eams have one more in-
door mee t this season on Feb. 25 against the other M I A A schools at the MIAA Invitational host-
ed by Calvin College.
MEN'S LACROSSE BEATS WESTERN MICHIGAN
The men's lacrosse team w o n
its game on Feb. 17, defeat ing Wes te rn Michigan University
12-8. The Flying Du tchmen had a 7 -3 lead at half t ime and main-
tained its lead to the end to post
their first win of the season. Josh Kamstra ('13) had 12 saves in the game. Jacob Kamstra ('14)
had four goals in the game and Chris Schedlt ('12), Niko Pag-
kanlungan ('14) and Will Fran-ken ('14) cont r ibuted two goals
each. O n defense, Ryan Holmes ('12) had eight takeaways while
Scheldt had five. The men's lacrosse team is
in the midst of its last season
as a club sport at Hope Col-lege. The team now has a break
until March 15 when they will take on Calvin at Grand Rapids
Christ ian High School. Next year the men's and women's la-crosse t eams will be elevated to
varsity status.
1 2 T H H A N C H O R SPORTS FEBRUARY 2 Z 2 0 1 2
Dutchmen finish perfect in MIAA, honor senior class Katherine Magulre S T A F F W R I T E R
H o p e College m e n s basket-
ball t eam defeated Trine 65-
46 topping off its perfect 14-0
MIAA season record on Feb. 19. "I think it (14-0 M I A A re-
cord) is pret ty special," David
Krombeen ('12) said. "It puts our senior g roup in a special cat-
egory in history."
H o p e and Trine got off to a slow star t as they struggled to
break their 2-2 tie for over five
minutes . The Flying Dutchmen ' s weak
defense in the beginning left
t h e m trailing the Thunder by as
many as five poin ts du r ing the
first half. Hope finally took the lead
with less than 10 minutes left in
the first half and main ta ined that
lead th roughou t the game.
Going into half t ime, H o p e
was shoot ing 53 percent and making 66 percent of their free
th rows—with a s t rong lead over
Trine, 39-16.
"This g a m e was w o n on the glass," head coach Mat t Neil
said. The Flying D u t c h m e n cont in-
ued to play s t rong in the second
half. At one point they led
t he Thunder by as many as
29 points .
For the last M I A A g a m e
of their final
season, Hope 's
four seniors, Peter Bunn,
Nate King, Da-vid Krombeen ,
and Logan
Neil, domina t -ed the cour t
for m o s t of the
second half. "Our four
seniors getting
a chance to
play together with (Nate
S n u g g e r u d ) , "
Neil said,
"was a special
thing."
H o p e ' s tough defense l imited Trine
to shoot ing
only 34 per-
cent in the sec-
ond half. The Fly-
ing Dutch-
m e n totaled
i
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PHOTO BY MONICA DWYER
F O U R B I G Y E A R S — David Krombeem (*12) puts up a jumper In Hope's 65-46 win over Trine. A varsi ty player since his fresh-man year, Krombeen was honored w i th th ree fe l low seniors.
15 assists, eight
b l o c k s , a n d nine steals
for the game. Hope w o n the
game by a final
score of 65-46. K r o m b e e n
led t he Flying
D u t c h m e n ,
scoring 11 points. O t h e r
g a m e leaders
were Neil and Nate VanAr-enDonk (*14)
each with nine
points . "There were
15 very un-selfish, very
caring, very
d e t e r m i n e d
t eammates ou t
there," Snug-gerud ('13)
said. "That's a
big par t of why
we are 24-1 and 14-0 in the
conference."
S a t u r d a y ' s
g a m e was a double celebra-
t ion of the final
game of Hope 's
per fec t MIAA
season and the final h o m e game
of Hope 's seniors. The final event of the evening
was the senior recognition.
Hope men's basketball senior assistants, Paul Bowen and Brian
Ward , were recognized as well as the four senior players: Bunn,
King, Krombeen and Neil.
With their parents at their side, the players were presented
with f r amed H o p e basketball jerseys bearing their numbers ,
44, 2 3 , 1 1 and 12, respectively.
The players thanked the H o p e
and Holland C o m i n u n i t , ^ Jfcr
"I would just like- to tSank everybody, the Dew Crew, the
fans, for coming ou t and sup-
por t ing us," Krombeen said. "You have really m a d e these four
years special."
The Du tchmen head to t he semi-finals in the MIAA tourna-
m e n t with its perfect conference
season, taking on Calvin for the
third t ime this season.
"It is tough to bea t a t eam three times," Neil said. "I think
that our team is mental ly and
physically tough enough to bea t
a team three times." H o p e will hos t Calvin in the
semis of the M I A A t o u r n a m e n t
on Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Devos
Fieldhouse.
Flying Dutch hold off Adrian, set for MIAA tournament Bethany Stripp S P O R T S E D I T O R
H o p e College's women's
basketball team closed its regular season on Saturday with
a 55-49 win over the Bulldogs of
Adrian. H i e w o m e n en tered
Saturday's game after a close
game at Trine on Feb. 15 that saw
the Dutch fall to the Thunder
52-50. The Du tch fought back f rom
an 11-point deficit early in the
second half to regain the lead with less than three minu tes
remaining, bu t a series of Trine
f ree th rows secured the win for
the Thunder . The Dutch had an early lead
in Saturday's g a m e against
Adrian, bu t an 11-0 Bulldog run
in the middle of the first half pu t Hope down by seven.
A j u m p e r by Cour tney Kust
('13) ended Hope 's nearly seven-
minu te long scoring drought ,
and a layup by Rebekah Llorens
('15) with 5:28 left in the first
half pu t H o p e back o n top. The Dutch took a four-point
lead into the break, bu t two
quick threes f rom Adr ian gave
the Bulldogs the lead again. Two free th rows by Ashley Bauman
('13) helped cut Adrian's lead
before Llorens net ted the
Dutch's first field goal of the second half to tie t he game.
A th ree -po in te r by Liz Ellis
('13) less t h a n a minu te later gave H o p e a lead they would hold o n
to for the rest of the game.
"I th ink it was really good
that we got on a run and created some momentum," Ellis said.
"We had some players really step
up to fill spots." Ellis led all players in scoring
with 16 points . Kust recorded a
double-double with 10 rebounds and 10 points . Llorens also
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added 10 points to t he Dutch's total and Bauman grabbed nine
rebounds . Absent f r o m Saturday's game
was co-captain Maddie Burnet t ('12), w h o suffered a concussion
in the Feb. 15 game against Trine and had to sit out against Adrian.
"It was tough, but I know that
my head definitely was no t right to play," Burnet t said of missing
the game. "There's just no way
that it would have worked out . I'm so p roud of my team. They
did awesome." Burnett 's absence allowed
other players to fill in.
"We overcame the loss of another impor t an t player to
our p rogram but o ther people had a chance to step up," head
coach Brian Morehouse said. "In part icular Anna Kaufmann ('14)
got in the game and I thought did some really good things, gave
us seven very, very impor tan t
points . I thought Katie Overway ('13) did a nice job on the glass,
get t ing us six rebounds." Kaufmann also had a t eam-
high four steals in Saturday's
game. The Dutch will begin MIAA«
t o u r n a m e n t play on Feb. 23
when they host Albion in a rematch of the Jan. 21 63-46 loss.
"I'm looking fo rward to the
week ahead," co-captain Allie Cerone ('12) said. "It's a different
si tuation than we've been in in
the past , so I think that 's kind of exciting. I don ' t th ink this
season, no mat te r wha t happens ,
could be disappointing." In the latest N C A A Division
III nat ional polls, t he Flying
Dutch are ranked n u m b e r
18 going into the MIAA
tou rnamen t .