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MM Hope Co l lege V Ho l land , M ich igan • A s tuden t - r un n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n • Se rv ing Hope Co l lege s t u d e n t s fo r 115 years
Emersonian frat is suspended Emmies may lose pledge class, on-campus house
Matt Cook E D I T O R IN C H I E F
O n F e b . 1, the G r e e k J u d i c i a l
Board su spended the E m e r s o n i a n
f ra tern i ty for several v io la t ions of
the n e w Risk M a n a g e m e n t Po l i cy
for Greeks .
A c c o r d i n g t o a p o s t i n g on
ye s t e rday ' s K n o w h o p e , the viola-
t ions inc luded the purchas ing for
and c o n s u m p t i o n of a lcohol by mi-
n o r s , i n c l u d i n g r u s h e e s , at t he
f ra te rn i ty ' s o f f - c a m p u s house.
A c c o r d i n g to A m b e r G a r r i s o n ,
d i rec tor of Greek life, the suspen-
s ion m e a n s the E m e r s o n i a n s w o n ' t
be able to opera te as an o rgan iza-
tion for o n e full year. Th i s m e a n s
they w o n ' t be able to con t inue with
Rush and new m e m b e r educa t ion ,
a n d will lose their o n - c a m p u s cot-
tage.
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SAC plans concert Band to rock Hope invited by SAC and Student Congress
Abbey Stauffer S T A F F R E P O R T E R
A c o m m i t t e e cons i s t ing of S A C
and S tudent C o n g r e s s m e m b e r s is
con t inu ing e f fo r t s to coord ina te the
g roups ' jo in t concer t , w h i c h is ten-
tatively scheduled for mid Apri l at
the Hol land C iv ic Center .
A c c o r d i n g to pat K inne , C o m -
mittee C h a i r , the g roup recently ex-
tended a bid to an artist. S A C will
not d i sc lose a n a m e until a decis ion
has been reached .
T h e c o m m i t t e e is hop ing to sell
2 . 0 0 0 t ickets for the even t , w h i c h
is the first of its k ind at H o p e .
T icke t s will f i rs t be o f fe red on ly
to H o p e s tuden t s at a d i scoun ted
pr ice , but later will be ava i lab le for
faculty, staff , and commun i ty m e m -
bers , sa id D iana Brec law, d i rec tor
of s tudent act ivi t ies.
" W e be l ieve that the art ists that
w e h a v e been p u r s u i n g f r o m the
start w o u l d be very w e l c o m e d by
H o p e , " c o m m e n t e d Kinne . 44It is
ou r goal that w e w o u l d be able to
br ing an artist w h o w o u l d appeal
to t h e l a r g e s t n u m b e r o f
s tudents . . .we are conf ident that any
art ist w e d o br ing to c a m p u s would
b e T v e r y ^ p o s i t i v e expe r i ence for
H o p e in genera l .
Af te r process ing hundreds of stu-
dent surveys comple ted this fall , the
c o m m i t t e e f i rs t a t t empted to book
the s tudents ' top f ive choices . H o w -
ever , at the t ime each g r o u p we re
e i ther not tour ing in the H o p e area
o r we re too expens ive . A c c o r d i n g
to D iana Brec law. the c o m m i t t e e
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A/JCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA
Dr. Oba T'Shaka officially began Hope's observation of Black History Month with a keynote address, "Back to Black: Bridging the Generation Gap." The address was delivered in the Maas Center Auditor ium at 4 p.m.
Hope celebrates Black History Black History Month events planned for month of February at Hope college Anneke Meeter STAFF R E P O R T E R
In keep ing with the tradit ion
o f p r o m o t i n g B l a c k H i s t o r y
M o n t h , t h e B l a c k S t u d e n t
U n i o n , a long with the o f f i c e of
M u l t i c u l t u r a l L i f e , h a s b e e n
w o r k i n g hard this February , and
t h e y h a v e p l a n n e d a n u m b e r o f
even ts .
T h e m o n t h of Feb rua ry h a s been
nat ional ly recognized as Black His-
tory M o n t h s ince the 1970s.
T h e idea to ded ica te an allotted
t ime in the year to ce lebra t ing and
expos ing Black His tory began with
the init iation of wha t was k n o w n
as N e g r o H i s t o r y W e e k , by Dr.
C a r t e r G. W o o d s o n in 1926. Dr.
W o o d s o n , in p r o m o t i n g the recog-
nit ion of Black History, was react -
ing aga ins t a general neglect of the
impor tan t part that A f r i c a n and A
r i can-Amer ican people have playec
in history.
O n T u e s d a y , F e b . 5 t h , O b
T ' S h a k a , p ro fe s so r and chai r of the
b lack s t u d i e s d e p a r t m e n t at Sa r
F ranc i sco S ta te Univers i ty , begar
the c o m m e m o r a t i o n of B lack His
tory M o n t h wi th a keyno te addres
en t i t led , " B a c k to Black: Br idging
t he Gene ra t i on G a p . "
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A K C H O n PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA
Meghan Betka ('03) enjoys some chil i during the chil i cookoff held in the Kletz on Sunday. Proceeds f rom the event benefitted Dance Marathon. The winners of the cookoff were Dosker cottage, and the band Lyle! performed for all of those in attendance.
New club at Hope uses yoga to achieve wellness Angela Matusiak S T A F F R E P O R T E R
A new g r o u p at H o p e o f f e r s its m e m b e r s a
fun way to re l ieve stress, i m p r o v e f lexibi l-
ity, and lower b lood pressure . T h i s g roup is
the yoga c lub , and it mee t s on Tuesday nights
at 10:30 p .m. in the Chape l basement .
The Yoga c lub , w h i c h has been mee t ing
all year long, rece ived approva l to be an of-
ficial H o p e Co l l ege c lub right be fo re Chris t -
m a s break . T h e c lub was f o u n d e d by Jenni -
fer Shu tes ( ' 0 2 ) , and its m e m b e r s mee t on
T u e s d a y s to do yoga videos .
T h e c lub has met with surpr i s ing enthus i -
asm first semes te r , with a round 7 0 p e o p l e
a t tending the first night . T h e c lub ' s num-
bers have dwind led a bit, but they still have
abou t 2 0 peop le a t tending regularly. T h e
c lub includes both w o m e n and men , and even
had a f e w footbal l p layers f r equen t the mee t -
ings du r ing first semester .
A l though they are an of f ic ia l c lub on c a m -
pus , they still d o not have a budget for this
year, which Shu tes is still work ing to achieve.
If they d o receive m o n e y this year , she h o p e s
to h i re teachers to guide the c lub dur ing s o m e
mee t ings . S h e a l so p l ans on t each ing a c lass
herself s o m e t i m e this year.
Initially, y o g a was in tended as a vehic le
for medi ta t ion , but 2 , 0 0 0 yea r s later it has
deve loped in to m u c h m o r e .
T h e r e are several d i f f e ren t types of yoga ,
inc lud ing hatha yoga tantra yoga (detai l -or i -
en ted) , the rapeu t ic yoga , and n i rvana yoga
(spirit yoga) . Yoga involves not jus t concen -
t ra t ion, but phys ica l s t rength and
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Shuttle Van cops Infocus, Page 6.
Christian music at Hope Spotl ight, Page 7.
Men's Basket-bail wins Sports, Page 8
CampLis Beat V V i ^ c h o r F e b r u a r y 6, 2002
Hope speakers form Winter Happening Becca Haynes STAFF R E P O R T E R
A m e r i c a n fore ign pol icy s ince S e p i e m b e r
11, euthanasia , medieval music , the Bible and
e c o l o g y , A m e r i c a n r e l i g ion , a b a s k e t b a l l
g a m e , s o m e art and a little poet ry were all
f ea tu red d u r i n g the annua l H o p e C o l l e g e
Winter H a p p e n i n g on Sa turday . Feb rua ry 2.
" T h e Sanc tuary of P o e t r y " e x a m i n e d the
m e d i u m as a r e fuge in uncer ta in t imes , fea-
t u r i n g r e a d i n g s by Joe l P e c k h a m . S u s a n
A t e f a t - P e c k h a m , Jack ie Bar t ley , and Jack
Ridl of the Engl ish depa r tmen t .
S teven B o u m a - P r e d i g e r . a s soc ia te p rofes -
sor o f rel igion, e x a m i n e d Bibl ica l v i e w s of
e n v i r o n m e n t a l s t e w a r d s h i p wi th " I s G o d
G r e e n ? ; B ib l i ca l W i s d o m a n d E c o l o g i c a l
Vis ion ."
Jack Ho lmes , p ro fe s so r of polit ical sc ience
p r e s e n t e d " A m e r i c a n F o r e i g n Po l i cy a n d
S e p t e m b e r 11. 2 0 0 1 " l o o k i n g at p r o b l e m s
leading to the S e p t e m b e r 11 a t tacks and the
U.S . po l i cy r e s p o n s e r e g a r d i n g the even t .
"Eu thanas i a : W h e r e Are the Dutch g o i n g ? "
discussed the legalizat ion of eu thanas ia in the
N e t h e r l a n d s a n d the f u t u r e of that pol icy,
p resented by J a m e s K e n n e d y , ass is tant pro-
fessor o f history. Dona ld L u i d e n s and Roge r
N e m e t h of the soc io logy depa r tmen t d is -
BHM from 1
cussed the resul t s of recent na t ionwide sur-
veys of re l igious c o m m u n i t i e s in "P ro f i l i ng
the Amer ican Rel ig ion Scene . "
R o b e r t R i t s e m a . f o r m e r H o p e f a c u l t y
m e m b e r , d i s cus sed med ieva l in s t rumenta l
mus ic in " K r u m h o r n s . Sacbu t s . Rebecs , and
Racke t t s -A Medieva l and Rena i s sance Feast
of S o u n d s . "
T h e day conc luded with a l uncheon fea-
tur ing s tudent mus ic ians and a m e n ' s h o m e
basketbal l g a m e agains t O l ive Co l l ege . T h e
gal lery of the De Pree Art C e n t e r ' s o n - g o i n g
e x h i b i t i o n " M i d w e s t P h o t o g r a p h y Invi ta -
tional X I " was a l so fea tu red .
Jack Ridl fee l s that this yea r ' s event was a
success .
" I t ' s a real de l ight to read with [other po-
ets] w h o like each o ther and each o t h e r ' s
work . T h e r e was a nice r ange of p e o p l e in
the aud ience , f r o m s tuden t s to re t i rees , and
that kind of d ivers i ty is fun to read to," Ridl
said.
Ridl c o n s i d e r s the annua l Winte r H a p p e n -
ing an impor tan t even t for H o p e Co l l ege . "I
l ike it w h e n the co l lege ex tends itself. Peop le
w h o are a lumni can reat tach to the p lace and
k e e p t h e i r r e l a t i o n s h i p to H o p e a l i v e . It
m a k e s the co l lege a p l ace e v e r y o n e can take
a par t in ."
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A / J C H O n PHOTO ROB ONDRA
Dr. Donald Luidens of the Sociology department speaks at the Haworth Center on Saturday morning for the Winter Happening event, where many Hope faculty members spoke on various sub-jects, ranging from poetry to euthanasia.
Kimber ly Turner , the leader of the
B lack S t u d e n t U n i o n , e x p l a i n e d
that m e m b e r s of the Black S tuden t
U n i o n heard T ' S h a k a speak a f e w
yea r s ago. At the speech the m e m -
bers of the g r o u p we re s o m o v e d
by what he had to s ay that they de-
cided to try to get him to speak at
H o p e .
T h e y s u c c e e d e d a n d p r o v i d e d
H o p e with the oppor tun i ty to hear
an ou t s t and ing speaker . Turne r ' de -
scr ibed T ' S h a k a a s an " e x t r e m e l y
mov ing speaker, with a s t rong black
c o n s c i o u s n e s s . "
U p c o m i n g events include the 2nd
Annua l O t t a w a C o u n t y S u m m i t on
R a c i s m , on Tuesday , Feb . 12. T h e
d a y l o n g event , f ea tu res the t heme ,
" B e M o r e Than an Open M i n d . . . B e
T h e r e . "
O n Februa ry 19, th rough the o f -
fice of Mult icul tural Life, the Black
F i lm Se r i e s /D ia logue on R a c e will
p resent the f i lm, " U n i o n N a v y " at
7 pm.
T h e film exp lo res the h is tory of
A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n s and their role in
t h e U n i t e d S l a t e s N a v y . F r e d
J o h n s o n of the his tory d e p a r t m e n t
will faci l i ta te the film.
A s e c o n d f i l m , e n t i t l e d " T h e
S t a t e o f B lack A m e r i c a " will be
p resen ted on Februa ry 2 6 at 7 pm.
T h e f i lm p r e s e n t s a d i s c u s s i o n
abou t the socia l cond i t ions of Afr i -
can A m e r i c a n s today.
Bernardo Dargan of International
Educa t ion will be faci l i ta t ing th is
f i lm. Both f i lms will be presented
in the M a a s C o n f e r e n c e Center .
O n t he thea t r i ca l s c e n e , " S t e p
A f r i k a ! " a s tep d a n c e g r o u p c o m -
posed of y o u n g black art ists f r o m
a round the wor ld , will be p e r f o r m -
ing at the K n i c k e r o c k e r T h e a t r e on
W e d n e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 7 , at 7 p .m.
A s tuden t d a n c e will a l so take
p lace s o m e t i m e this month , accord-
ing to Turner .
A d a t e has not yet been set but it
will be cal led the " m i x e r , 2 0 0 2 " .
The d a n c e will b e sponso red by the
Black S tudent U n i o n , and will fea-
ture h i p - h o p mus ic .
In add i t i on , the B l a c k S t u d e n t
Union is s h o w i n g the w e l l - k n o w n
min ise r ies
" R o o t s " in s i x p a r t s . T h e
min i se r ies is based on a novel by
Alex Haley, which t races his f a m -
ily f r o m Af r i ca to e m a n c i p a t i o n .
A l though the first t w o parts we re
p r e s e n t e d th is past M o n d a y a n d
Tuesday , the rest of the min i se r ies
is be ing s h o w n on the W e d n e s d a y
and Thur sday be fo re break , and the
W e d n e s d a y a n d T h u r s d a y a f t e r
break.
They will be s h o w n in Van Zoren
in r o o m 30, f r o m 8 to 10 p .m.
T h e B l a c k S t u d e n t U n i o n
s t r o n g l y e n c o u r a g e s s t u d e n t s to
c o m e see the last fou r par ts of the
m i n i s e r i e s . K i m b e r l y T u r n e r d e -
scr ibed " R o o t s " as, "a mus t see se-
ries that s h o w s the devas t a t ion o f
slavery through separat ion, and vio-
lation.
It shows the spirit of black people
and their abil i ty to get th rough.
" P e o p l e should k n o w the m a n y
c o n t r i b u t i o n s tha t B l a c k p e o p l e
have m a d e to history. T h e r e is such
a weal th o f cu l tu re th rough black
l i terature, mus ic , ar t . and his tory ."
T u r n e r said. 4 lWe are j u s t t ry ing to
give an oppor tuni ty to expose it and
m a y b e spark t he in te res t o f s tu-
d e n t s . "
T h o u g h s h e be l ieves that Black
His tory M o n t h is a w o n d e r f u l op-
por tuni ty to ce lebra te A f r i c a n and
A f r i c a n A m e r i c a n history. Tu rne r
also sugges ted that o n e month is not
e n o u g h t i m e t o c e l e b r a t e all o f
B lack History.
" B l a c k H i s t o r y s h o u l d no t b e
c o n f i n e d to o n e m o n t h ; it should be
celebrated year round , " Turner said.
A M C H O H PHOTO COURTESYOF KRISTI CRESWELL
Taffeta Nichols ('04), Elenor Douglass ('04), Kristi Creswell ('04), and Lynn Bowmaan ('05) enjoy last weekend's Winter Fantasia at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids. The tickets were sold-out early, and the event was crowded.
BAND from 1
then placed a bid on the next -h igh-
est rated artist , w h o is tour ing the
nat ion with a new a lbum.
T w o of the h ighes t rated ac ts on
t he su rvey , C a e d m o n ' s Cal l and
L i f e h o u s e , w e r e u n a b l e to b e
b o o k e d because they were not cur-
rent ly t o u r i n g , wh i l e s i nge r Ben
Harper was too expens ive , Brec l aw
said.
O t h e r ac ts that we re con t ac t ed
but not b o o k e d i nc luded J a r s of
C l a y , J e n n i f e r K n a p p , a n d B e n
Folds .
EMMIES from 1 Kyle Hackney ( ' 03) , Emerson ian
president , had no c o m m e n t because
the Emerson ians are currently in the
p rocess of appea l ing the dec i s ion ,
a l though he said the f ra tern i ty may
issue a s t a t ement wi th in the next
week .
Accord ing to Garr i son , this is the
first Greek o rgan iza t ion to be sus-
p e n d e d u n d e r the Risk M a n a g e -
ment Policy.
T h e Risk M a n a g e m e n t Pol icy is
a pol icy that requi res Greek orga-
nizat ions to be respons ib le for en-
Brec l aw indica ted that the c o m -
mi t tee has been mee t ing week ly to
s ecu re an act for the even t , which
will be he ld on e i ther April 19th or
20 th . w h i c h e v e r da te is possible for
the artist.
"I feel l ike we are m o v i n g ahead
big t ime ," Brec law said. " T h e c o m -
mit tee is d o i n g a great j o b . "
S A C and S tudent C o n g r e s s are
con t r ibu t ing a c o m b i n e d amoun t of
$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 for the even t , and will raise
t he res t o f t h e n e c e s s a r y f u n d s
th rough t icket sa les .
f o rc ing their o w n rules. Al though
it has been a r o u n d for o v e r t w o
years , it was not r ecogn ized as of-
ficial pol icy until last N o v e m b e r .
In this case , m e m b e r s of the In-
t ra-Fraterni ty Counc i l and the Pan-
Hel len ic C o u n c i l dec ided to sus-
pend the E m e r s o n i a n s .
" T h e d e c i s i o n tha t t he b o a r d
m a d e is in l ine with the pol icy, and
I support it." Garr i son said. " I t ' s the
d e c i s i o n that | t h e E m e r s o n i a n ' s ]
pee r s m a d e . "
F e b n a a r y 6, 2002 H i e A n c h o r A r t s
Jazz Ensemble will jive Dimnent Maureen Yonovitz S T A F F R E P O R T E R
J a z z f a n s or a n y o n e w h o j u s t
wants to check out a d i f ferent kind
of music are invited to listen to the
talents of the H o p e Col lege Jazz
Ensemble on Thursday, February 7
at 8 p.m., where they will hold their
f i r s t c o n c e r t of the s e m e s t e r in
Dimnent Chapel . Admiss ion is f ree
and all are we l come to at tend.
T h e per formance will feature the
music of profess ional j a z z educa-
tor, director and c o m p o s e r James
Miley. In preparat ion for the con-
cert, Miley has been work ing with
the students as a visit ing composer .
Brian Coyle , professor of jazz stud-
ies. be l ieves this to have been a
great opportunity for the band to be-
c o m e famil iar with Mi ley ' s work .
" J ames is a great writer , but a
tough writer," Coyle said. " I ' m glad
to have a chance to get the band to
work with him a little bit and then
do the concer t . "
M e m b e r s of the band are particu-
larly exc i t ed to be d e b u t i n g the
p iece , "S te l l a by H o l l a n d , " that
Mi ley commiss ioned especially for
them.
" I t ' s really cool to think that a
p iece w a s written for us and we ' l l
be the first g roup ever to play i t ,"
said pianist Kathy E w i n g ( ' 05 ) .
Bes ides "Stel la by Hol land," the
band will a lso be playing four of
Mi ley ' s other big tunes.
T h e student performers hope that
other students who don ' t know a lot
about j a z z will come and experi-
ence someth ing different than what
they usually listen to.
"I know I hated jazz when I first
started playing it. but the more I
play it. the more I actually under-
stand and love wha t ' s going o n , "
E w i n g said. "And that 's what I 'd
like students to get out of what they
l iear - the chance to exper ience and
appreciate something different than
what they might be used to ."
Trombonist Paul Wesselink ( '04)
would like to see more people get
into the music and just have a good
t ime.
"It would be hip to see students
getting into the music , and not be-
ing the re b e c a u s e they feel they
have to,'-' Wesselink said.
Coyle encourages students take
advantage of this concert and all the
other events the Hope Col lege com-
muni ty has to offer.
" H o p e d o e s s o m a n y g r e a t
even t s , " C o y l e said. "I t ' s just an-
other excellent opportunity | for stu-
dents] to see their col leagues play
and 1 hope they ' l l c o m e out and
suppor t t hem."
AMCHOft PHOTO BY ANNEKE MEETER
Saxophonists Jeremy Davis ('03) and Jessica Johannesen ('05) perfect their music at Jazz En-semble rehearsal. The Jazz Ensemble wil l perform at Dimnent on Thursday.
Insync Dance Co. features Hope talent Alicia Abood STAFF R E P O R T E R
S o u n d s of t a p p i n g r h y t h m s a n d m e l o d i c v o i c e s w i l l f i l l t h e
Knickerbocker Theater this week , as the Insync Dance C o m p a n y will be
presenting their new repertoire at the annual spring concert . Per formances
will run Wednesday-Thursday , February 6-7,at 8 p.m.
T h e n e w reper tory is filled with a un ique blend of variety. T h e concer t
includes a special vocal and dance pe r fo rmance to be given by visiting
student artists f r o m Niagara Univers i ty under the direction of Terri
Fil ips,a H o p e Col lege a lumnus and assistant professor of theater at
N i a g a r a U n i v e r s i t y . S h e a l s o s e t t h e p i e c e " J u s t P l a y s
Around ,"which is a fun, light tap dance to the music of Billie
Holiday.
T h e company will premiere choreography set by
Cl i f ton Brown, H o p e Col lege ' s newest dance fac-
ulty member . Since his arrival f rom R o m e , B r o w n
has produced ' T a n g o , " set to the mus ic of As tor
Piazzolla, and "Essence ," an intense, dr iving, and edgy j a z z piece.
C o m p a n y co- founder Dawn Mcl lhargey-Wiger t will present "Stages
of Dys func t ion , " a moody, dramat ic and tragic modern- j azz work , "An-
gel" and "Fal l in ," a romantic solo set to the mus ic of popular vocalist
Alicia Keys.
Rosanne DeVries, in col laborat ion with Grand Rap ids choreographer
Teresa Dewey, will present "So le Play," a po lyrhythmic orchestrated tap
dance set to the d r u m s of Groo te r s and Beal, and a more traditional tap
work to the j a z z s tandard " T u x e d o Junc t ion ."
Dolores Sanchez ( ' 04) , a dance major , will have her choreograph ic
debut , an a cappel la tap piece mak ing clear the s ta tement: "it is all about
the rhy thm."
Sanchez ' s p iece is the first s tudent -choreographed work to be included
in the reper tory of the company . Sanchez feels del ighted to be part of this
product ion.
' T h i s has been a wonder fu l exper ience for
m e , " Sanchez said. "An opportuni ty like this
doesn ' t c o m e every day and it is def ini te ly an
honor to be asked to showcase m y piece in
the repertoire ."
Sanchez is constant ly inspired and influ-
e n c e d by the r h y t h m s tha t s u r r o u n d he r
through every day life. Her p iece was "cre-
ated based on the rhythms heard within the
mind and fell within the soul . "
Af te r mon ths of rehearsal , company m e m b e r s feel ready and eager to
s h o w their work. Accord ing to Mandy Olsen ( ' 03) , dance /educa t ion ma-
jor , this yea r ' s c o m p a n y is smal ler than usual so there has been more to
learn and more pressure for each dancer to make the s h o w c o m e together.
However , Olsen has en joyed her exper iences danc ing with the c o m p a n y
this year, and she has also en joyed working with the other members .
"The group is a good group to work wi th ,"01sen said. "Everyone is on
the s a m e page. We all help each other out a lot ."
Tickets for Insync ' s pe r fo rmance are avai lable at the Knickerbocker
Theatre on the day of the show.
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never be fo re seen. It should not
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with laser graphics . Rather , it
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new d imens ion in artistic state-
m e n t — a pala te of themat ic and
styl ized visual s t imuli des igned
t o c o m p l i m e n t the va r i e ty o f
emot ions elicted in the mus ic .
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House : poetry readings and
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ids. 451-3800 .
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956-9790 .
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temporary count ry music and
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mus ic .
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Church Chris t ian-themed live
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Graves Hall.
Feb. 6: C o f f e e H o u s e in the
Kletz 9-11:00: T h e Voices.
Feb. 13: Co f f ee House in the
Kletz 9-11:00: Sara Luneack .
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p m .
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in Auburn Hills.
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Thanks for the letters A c o u p l e o f w e e k s a g o , I r a n a n e d i l o r i a l a s k i n g m e m b e r s o f
t h e H o p e c o m m u n i t y t o s u b m i t m o r e l e l i e r s l o t h e e d i t o r . 1 a m
t h a n k f u l t h a t m y r e q u e s t w a s a n s w e r e d .
I a m s o i m p r e s s e d w i t h t h i s w e e k ' s l e t t e r s t o t h e e d i t o r , i n -
s t e a d o f s i m p l y c o m p l a i n i n g o r p r a i s i n g , t h i s w e e k ' s l e t t e r s
a r e t h o u g h t f u l a n d p r o v o c a t i v e . I h o p e s t u d e n t s w h o r e a d t h e m
wi l l l a k e t h e t i m e t o t h i n k a b o u t w h a t t h e y a r e s a y i n g a n d h o w
t h e y w o u l d r e s p o n d t o t h e l e t t e r s .
Winter happening really happening? R e c e n t l y , a v i s i t i n g s p e a k e r in o n e o f m y c l a s s e s n o t e d t h a t
t h e H o p e C o l l e g e W i n t e r H a p p e n i n g ( C a m p u s B e a t . 2 ) w a s n ' t
r e a l l y a h a p p e n i n g . A h a p p e n i n g , h e s a i d , is a r t in p r o g r e s s - a r t
happening. I d o n ' t m e a n t o ni t p i c k , b u t I a g r e e w i t h h i m . W o u l d n ' t it b e
c o o l i f . i n s t e a d o f s i t t i n g s i l e n t l y l i s t e n i n g t o a l e c t u r e , w e g o t
t o p a r t i c i p a t e in a p i e c e o f p e r f o r m a n c e a r t . o r a n i m p r o v i s a -
t o r y p o e t r y w o r k s h o p ? O r w h a t if w e p a r t i c i p a t e d in a w o r k o f
a r t a n d d i d n ' t e v e n k n o w it u n t i l it w a s o v e r ?
N o t t h a t I h a v e a n y t h i n g a g a i n s t t h e W i n t e r H a p p e n i n g , I
j u s t t h i n k t h a t t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s f o r s o m e t h i n g c a l l e d a h a p p e n -
i n g s e e m m u c h m o r e e x c i t i n g t h a n w h a t r e a l l y h a p p e n e d .
In g e n e r a l , I t h i n k , it c o u l d n ' t h u r l t o b e a l i t t l e m o r e e d g y .
L e t ' s n o t l a u g h a t t h i n g s w e a r e n ' t u s e d l o ; at p e o p l e w h o t r y
n e w t h i n g s . I w a s in a n A m e r i c a n m u s i c c l a s s l a s t s e m e s t e r ,
a n d it u p s e t m e t h a t t h e s t u d e n t s i n s t a n t l y d i s m i s s e d 2() lh c e n -
t u r y c l a s s i c a l m u s i c a s " w e i r d s o u n d i n g " a n d " n o n - m e l o d i c "
w i t h o u t a c t u a l l y t a k i n g t h e t i m e t o t h i n k a b o u t w h a t t h e c o m -
p o s e r w a s t r y i n g t o d o .
I t h i n k w e a l l n e e d t o l e a r n t h a t i t ' s o k if m u s i c s o u n d w e i r d .
A r t . a n d l e a r n i n g f o r t h a t m a t t e r , is a b o u t n e w t h i n g s . I t ' s a b o u t
w h a t ' s h a p p e n i n g a n d a b o u t h o w w e c a n t a p i n t o it , s o it c a n
h a p p e n t o u s t o o .
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Your voice
Senior learns from gay fr iend, supports GSF T o the E d i t o r :
W h e n I f i r s t c a m e t o H o p e I
w o u l d n e v e r h a v e c o n s i d e r e d m y -
self an a c t i v i s t . O f c o u r s e , t h e r e
w e r e t h i n g s I c a r e d a b o u t , but I w a s
slill w i d e e y e d a n d d r e a m y out of
h igh s choo l . Ce r t a in ly , w h e n I first
hea rd abou t " H o p e ' s H o m o s e x u a l -
ity D e b a t e " I m e n t a l l y b r u s h e d it
a s i de . H o m o s e x u a l i t y w a s an a b -
s t r ac t i on f o r me . I had neve r e v e n
met a h o m o s e x u a l , neve r deal t with
a n y of t he d e b a t e s u r r o u n d i n g ho-
m o s e x u a l i t y . It t ru ly w a s a non- i s -
s u e t o m e .
I c a n ' t say that a n y m o r e .
I c a n coun t on m y h a n d the n u m -
b e r of p e o p l e that h a v e c o m e a n d
g o n e in m y l i fe that I cou ld c o n s i d e r
k i n d r e d s p i r i t s . M y b e s t f r i e n d
B r y a n is o n e o f t h o s e p e o p l e . B r y a n
is o n e o f t he m o s t l o v i n g , k i n d
h e a r t e d , b e a u t i l u l p e o p l e I h a v e
e v e r me t . B r y a n h a s t aught m e vol-
u m e s abou t wha t it m e a n s to be pas-
T o the E d i t o r :
In t he I / 0 2 a r t i c le , " S t u d e n t A c -
t iv i t ies F e e Will I n c r e a s e ( C a m p u s
B e a t . 2 ) , " D i a n a B r e c l a w . d i r e c t o r
o f s t u d e n t ac t iv i t i e s , s ta tes that the
increase, is d u e to a n u m b e r of n e w
s t u d e n t g r o u p s . S h e c o u n t s a m o n g
the g r o u p s " c u r r e n t l y in the p r o c e s s
f o r r e c e i v i n g r e c o g n i t i o n " t h e
S w i n g C l u b , t he Indie R o c k C l u b
a n d the G a y - S t r a i g h t F o r u m .
s i o n a t e - f o r p e o p l e , f o r c a u s e s , f o r
G o d . B r y a n s e e m s to a l w a y s h a v e
the right w o r d s to say- to o f f e r c o m -
for t . f o rg ivenes s , and to s tand u p f o r
wha t he be l i eves in. B r y a n is a l s o
gay.
T o d a y h o m o s e x u a l i t y i s n o
longer an abs t r ac t ion f o r m e . h o m o -
s e x u a l i t y is a p e r s o n . But just as I
a m so m u c h m o r e than on ly w h o I
a m a t t rac ted lo. B ryan is s o m u c h
m o r e than jus t a h o m o s e x u a l . Ne i -
ther he . a g a y m a n . o r I. a s t r a igh t
w o m a n , c a n b e bo i l ed d o w n to o n e
s i n g l e ac t ion . W h e n w e r e c o g n i z e
o t h e r s as o n l y h o m o s e x u a l o r o n l y
h e t e r o s e x u a l w e m i s s the t rue h u -
m a n i t y o f t h o s e a r o u n d u s . a n d
o v e r l o o k the hea r l of G o d in e a c h
o n e of H i s c h i l d r e n .
M y h o p e is that o n e d a y I c a n
o p e n the a n c h o r a n d s e e an a r t i c le
a b o u t wha t H o p e is d o i n g t o in-
c rease d i a l o g u e b e t w e e n ihe he t e ro -
sexua l a n d h o m o s e x u a l c o m m u n i -
I .el m e get th is s t raight . T h e C a m -
p u s L i f e B o a r d h a s a l r e a d y vo t ed
d o w n t w o i n c a r n a t i o n s of the G S F
a n d s h o w s n o i n t en t i on of e v e r a c -
k n o w l e d g i n g its r igh t to ex i s t - a n d
n o w its n a m e is b e i n g i n v o k e d to
get 10 m o r e d o l l a r s ou t of m e ?
I r ea l i ze that the G S F is not t he
o n l y s tuden t g r o u p that w o u l d hy-
p o t h e t i c a l l y b e n e f i t f r o m the in-
c r e a s e . but it is w i thou t a d o u b i t he
lies o n c a m p u s . I h o p e o n e day I c a n
be c e r t a i n that n o H o p e s tuden t wi l l
t ake par t in the t rag ic a n d h a t e f u l
m e s s a g e s ol t he " T a k e B a c k the
C a m p u s C r e w " . I h o p e that o n e d a y
f u t u r e s t u d e n t s wi l l w o n d e r wha t
look our c a m p u s s o long to r e a l i z e
the n e e d f o r i he G a y - S t r a i g h t Fo-
r u m . I h o p e thai o n e d a y e v e r y s tu-
d e n t wi l l be a b l e lo s e e e a c h o t h e r
for t he c r e a t i o n that w e a re , a n d no t
jus t f o r a s n a p s h o t of o n e part of
o u r b e i n g s .
B r y a n and I a r e a smal l p i c tu re
of wha t t he G S F is m e a n t to be. M y
p r a y e r is that H o p e c a n r e c o g n i z e
t he need for such a g r o u p , and l ake
the f i r s t s t e p s t o w a r d d i a l o g u e a n d
u n d e r s t a n d i n g . W e n e e d t o m o v e
f o r w a r d a n d nol b a c k w a r d - a n d the
o n l y q u e s t i o n is w h a t is p a r a l y z i n g
u s ?
B r o o k e P e t e r s e n ( ' 0 2 )
go to GSF
m o s l n e c e s s a r y o f t h e m d h o u g h I
d o not m e a n lo u n d e r m i n e the im-
p o r t a n c e of i he S w i n g C l u b a n d ihe
I n d i e R o c k C l u b ) . M s . B r e c l a w .
w h e n I p a y m y S t u d e n t Ac t iv i t i e s
F e e , I ' l l wr i t e t he c h e c k for e x a c t l y
$ 1 0 0 . You c a n h a v e the o t h e r $ 1 0
jus t as s o o n as t he G S F is o f f i c i a l l y
r e c o g n i z e d by H o p e .
A m a n d a D y k s t r a ("04)
Student activities fee increase should
RISE invites 'Take Back Our Campus Crew' ' to meet ing
T o the E d i t o r :
An inv i t a t ion to M e m b e r s ol t he
" T a k e B a c k O u r C a m p u s C r e w : "
The R I S E ( R e f u g e in S p i r i t u a l
E x p r e s s i o n ) l e a d e r s h i p t e a m w o u l d
l ike to inv i te y o u to e n g a g e in d ia -
l o g u e o n a T u e s d a y e v e n i n g in
M a r c h . You p ick the T u e s d a y . T h e
d i s c u s s i o n will start at 6 : 0 0 p . m It
c a n e n d w h e n y o u wish .
W h i l e w e o n t h e L e a d e r s h i p
T e a m b e l i e v e that the G S F w o u l d
be the m o s l a p p r o p r i a t e se t t ing for
s u c h d i a l o g u e to t ake p l ace , w e re-
a l ize that th is c o u l d b e u n c o m f o r t -
ab le- e s p e c i a l l y w i t h t he c o m m o n
m i s c o n c e p t i o n that the G a y S l r a i g h t
F o r u m is p r o - h o m o s e x u a l i t y in-
s t e a d of p r o - d i s c u s s i o n .
T h e p u r p o s e of th is d i a l o g u e is
not for y o u lo c h a n g e y o u r b e l i e f s
o r a c t i o n s . W e w a n t t o f i nd o u t
w h e r e y o u ' r e c o m i n g f r o m . W e ' d
love lo be a b l e lo l ea rn f r o m you
a n d h o p e you g ive us i he o p p o r t u -
nity.
W e p r o m i s e to f i nd an e x p e r i -
e n c e d m o d e r a t o r nol a f f i l i a t e d wi th
an o p p o s i t i o n a l i d e o l o g i c a l s t a n c e
f o r the d i s c u s s i o n , a n d w e h o p e t o
m a k e th i s a pos i t i ve e x p e r i e n c e f o r
you a n d the rest of the c a m p u s . D i s -
c u s s i o n is ha rd . O p e n n e s s is a l s o
ha rd . A n d . t r y ing l o c o m b i n e bo th
o p e n n e s s a n d d i s c u s s i o n r e g a r d i n g
o n e ' s p e r s o n a l b e l i e f s is e s p e c i a l l y
d i f f i cu l t . I l o w e v e r . w e at R I S E h a v e
f o u n d tha t , w h i l e p a i n f u l at l imes ,
d i a l o g u e c a n a l s o be h e a l i n g a n d
helpf ul. W e h o p e y o u wi l l t ake o u r
i n v i l a l i o n . O u r e - m a i l a d d r e s s is
R I S E @ h o p e . e d u . W e a re l o o k i n g
f o r w a r d l o w o r k i n g wi th y o u .
R I S E L e a d e r s h i p T e a m 2 0 0 2
A m a n d a D y k s i r a (*04)
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T o the E d i t o r :
1 a m w r i t i n g lo e n c o u r a g e e v e r y -
o n e l h a t d i s a g r e e s w i t h a n y of
I l o p e ' s po l ic ies - r e g a r d l e s s of w h a t
they are- lo r e f u s e t o d o n a t e l o t he
co l l ege w h e n they c o m e a sk ing , a n d
to wr i te t h e m a s p e c i f i c lel ler ex-
p l a i n i n g why . If you d i s a g r e e with
t he c o l l e g e ' s i r e a l m e n t of h o m o -
s e x u a l s o r the i r " C h r i s t i a n s o n l y "
h i r i n g p o l i c y wr i t e a n d let t h e m
k n o w . D o n a t e o n l y to t he o r g a n i z a -
t ions o r p r o g r a m s wi th in the c o l l e g e
that you b e l i e v e in a n d trust l o u s e
the m o n e y wise ly .
T h e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s a n d a d -
m i n i s l r a l i o n w i l l nol b e s w a y e d
f rom thei r i g n o r a n c e by le t te rs and
c o m p l a i n t s , but they will be by d o l -
lars a n d c e n t s .
S o p l e a s e d o n ' i g ive , and w h e n
ihey cal l lo talk a b o u t l egac ies , tell
t h e m y o u want lo l e a v e o n e y o u c a n
be p r o u d of .
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In t he past f e w m o n t h s , o u r apar t -
ment has been c lose ly f o l l o w i n g the
w o m e n ' s baske tba l l t e a m ' s success .
U n f o r t u n a t e l y , e v e r y o n e a p p e a r s to
b e m u c h m o r e i n t e r e s t e d in t h e
m e n ' s t e a m I h a v e b e e n e x t r e m e l y
d i s a p p o i n t e d wilh t he p r e s s cove r -
a g e o f t he w o m e n ' s t e a m , t h e r e
s e e m s lo be a d e f i n i t e lack of equa l -
i ty . T h e p r i m e e x a m p l e o f t h i s
c o m e s f r o m the m e n ' s h o m e g a m e
with C a l v i n . T h e g a m e w a s adve r -
t i s e d . t e l e v i s e d a n d e x t e n s i v e l y
w r i t t e n a b o u t . T h e y l o s t . T h e
w o m e n , o n the s a m e d a y . b e a t
C a l v i n o n their h o m e cour t in G r a n d
R a p i d s , yet t he re w e r e o n l y s i d e
c o m m e n t s a n d n o t e s a b o u t t he i r
s u c c e s s .
T h e w o m e n h a v e b e e n c o v e r e d
by local t e l ev i s ion s t a t i o n s b e c a u s e
o f t h e i r c o n t i n u i n g s u c c e s s , bu t
I l ope s e e m s to take n o not ice. T h e s e
w o m e n d e s e r v e the s a m e h e a d l i n e s
a n d c e l e b r a t i o n tha t t h e m e n a re
r e c e i v i n g .
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T h e r a p e van .
It ro l l s so eas i ly o f f t he t o n g u e .
I t ' s a t e rm so c o m m o n l y used , m o s t
of us d o n ' t e v e n n o t i c e w h e n w e
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a m o n g the m a n y that cal l the shut t le
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w a s be ing cu te , o r c lever . M o r e than
l ike ly t h o u g h , 1 h a d b e c a m e s o d e -
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e v e n n o t i c e I w a s u s i n g it.
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m a d e a w a r e of w h a t a g r o s s mi s -
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a n d ug ly c r i m e . A c c o r d i n g to t he
N e w A m e r i c a n W e b s t e r D i c t i o n a r y
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of s e x u a l i n t e r cou r se . A n d yet , e v -
e r y d a y w e t r iv ia l i ze th is w o r d , t h i s
c r i m e , by u s i n g it in a c c o r d a n c e
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l e g e a g e d w o m e n , th is sma l l , ugly ,
f o u r let ter w o r d , h o l d s a ve ry h igh
s i g n i f i c a n c e . O n e o u t o f f o u r
w o m e n o u r a g e h a s been o r wi l l b e
an a t t e m p t e d sexua l a s sau l t v i c t i m ,
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ou t of f o u r w o m e n ( a n d ye s , f a r t o o
m a n y m e n ) h a v e a p e r s o n a l e x p e -
r i e n c e tha t m a k e s t h e m c r i n g e ev-
e ry t i m e t h e y h e a r t he t e rm " r a p e
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chape l se rv ice . In this H o p e ve r s ion
of T h e G r i n c h , r a p e van w a s s u b -
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t he t e r m w a s u s e d e v e r y s e n t e n c e .
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Case examines the question of the separa-tion of church and state
O n J a n u a r y 23, 2 0 0 1 ihe stale
Cour l of Appea l s ruled in favor of
H o p e C o l l e g e in wha t w a s a big
decis ion in local law e n f o r c e m e n l .
" T h i s w a s a h u g e l y i m p o r l a n i
decis ion for the o f f i c e of she r i f f , "
sa id Jon Huls ing , Ass is tant O t t a w a
C o u n t y Prosecu tor in a G r a n d Rap-
ids P res s story.
" T h i s is the first appel la te opin-
ion w e have add re s s ing this issue.
F r o m that perspec t ive , i t 's impor-
tant . "
T h e case was about an incident
that began on July 15, 1997 w h e n
t w o Publ ic Sa fe ty o f f i ce r s arres ted
s tudent Dav id L e e VanTubbergen
for drunk dr iv ing on 8th Street . T h e
the o f f i ce r s had been dr iv ing f r o m
o n e co l l ege -owned proper ty to an-
other. A c c o r d i n g to Publ ic Sa fe ty
Se rgean t M i k e Lafa ta t he s tudent
never denied that he was drunk. The
case w a s instead abou t the p o w e r
of Publ ic Safety .
" T h e ques t ion that the d e f e n s e
asked was wha t g ives H o p e Co l -
lege , be ing a pr ivately pa id pol ice
fo rce , the p o w e r to arrest on ci ty
s t ree ts ," La fa ta said.
S ince the early 1980s, H o p e ' s o f -
f icers have been deput ized by the
O t t a w a C o u n t y S h e r i f f ' s D e p a r t -
men t , which g ives the o f f i ce r s their
pol ice power. T h e convic ted motor-
ist w a s c o n c e r n e d that the re la t ion-
sh ip b e t w e e n the O t t a w a C o u n t y
S h e r i f f ' s D e p a r t m e n t and the H o p e
C o l l e g e D e p a r t m e n t o f P u b l i c
S a f e t y v io la t ed the s epa ra t i on of
church and state. D e f e n s e a t torney
D o n a l d H a a n a rgued in the c a s e
that , b e c a u s e Publ ic Safe ty o f f i c -
e r s k n o w that the i r p a y c h e c k is
f r o m a Chr is t ian Co l l ege , their ac-
t ions might b e a f fec ted .
" A l l o w i n g a Chr is t ian co l lege to
b e c o m e a publ ic pol ice force is an
excess ive en tang lement , " Haan was
quo ted as say ing in the G r a n d Rap-
ids Press. "I t a l lows peop le w h o are
paid by non-governmenta l agencies
to e n f o r c e the law."
L a f a t a b e l i e v e s that H a a n was
l o o k i n g at t he b r o a d s c h e m e of
t h ings and that the poss ib i l i ty of
s o m e t h i n g like that h a p p e n i n g was
unlikely.
"1 think what he ' s t ry ing to say
is tha t the s h e r i f f c o u l d j u s t g o
ahead and deput ize peop le f r o m the
H e r m a n Miller Corpora t ion . I d o n ' t
think it would ever g o that far, and
1 d o n ' t think the state would a l low
it to . " La fa ta said.
The Appea l s Cour t found that the
l ike l ihood o f H o p e o f f i ce r s to im-
pose personal re l ig ious be l iefs was
min ima l a n d found " n o intent on
the part of the g o v e r n m e n t to ei ther
a id , p r o m o t e , res t r ic t , h inde r , or
o the rwi se a f fec t re l igion o r any re-
l igious o rgan iza t ion . "
T h e C i r cu i t C o u r t h a d a l r e a d y
uphe ld H o p e ' s r ight to m a k e o f f -
c a m p u s arrests in the 1980 's , but
this case was chal lenged to the State
C o u r t of Appea l s .
Accord ing to La fa ta H o p e is only
o n e of t w o pr iva te schoo l s in the
s ta te that has a d e p u t i z e d po l i ce
force .
" M o s t publ ic co l l eges and uni-
OLLI ANCHOR PHOTO BY ERICA HEEG
Publ ic Safety o f f icer Cin to Reno gets back f r om a c a m p u s n ight ly patrol .
vers i t ies l ike G r a n d Val ley S ta te ,
Wes te rn , and Fer r i s a l ready have
the i r o w n p o l i c e f o r c e s , " L a f a t a
said.
L a f a t a b e l i e v e s that th is w a s a
very impor tan t ru l ing f o r Hope .
"If the cour t had not ru led in ou r
favor , w e w o u l d b e no th ing m o r e
than a secur i ty d e p a r t m e n t wi th n o
pol ice powers . Basical ly , if some-
o n e off the street c a m e in and b roke
into a bu i ld ing at H o p e , as s o o n as
they hit the s idewalk we w o u l d n ' t
be ab le to touch that person. Th i s
a l lows us to fo l low s o m e b o d y o f f -
c a m p u s a n d d o our j o b , " L a f a t a
said. "I see this a big a d v a n t a g e for
u s and the s tuden t s . "
H o p e ' s c a m p u s technica l ly on ly
inc ludes the bui ld ing and g r o u n d s ,
but Publ ic Sa fe ty regular ly pa t ro ls
t he g e n e r a l c a m p u s a r ea w i t h i n
Fa i rbanks Street and River Street
and 8th Street and 16th Street .
" W e d o n ' t pull ca rs ove r on 31
or 16th St ree t . T h a t ' s not par t of
H o p e C o l l e g e ' s c a m p u s , " L a f a t a
said. "I k n o w the sher i f f a n d the
Ch ie f of H o l l a n d w o u l d wan t us to
stay wi th in our c a m p u s . W e d o n ' t
w a n t t h e m d i s p e r s i n g i n t o o u r
d o r m s e i ther ."
Pub l i c Sa fe ty cur ren t ly e m p l o y s
seven full t ime of f ice rs and four par t
t i m e o f f i ce r s , all of which are depu-
tized.
The shuttle van, Hope students, and alcohol Erica Heeg and James Pierce I N F O C U S EDITOR AND C A M P U S BEAT
EDITOR
L a s t s e m e s t e r B e n a n d E r i c
S m i e s , ( ' 0 3 ) f o u n d t h e m s e l v e s
charged with possess ion of a lcohol ,
c o n s u m p t i o n of a lcohol , and in the
p r e s e n c e o f a l c o h o l . T h e t w i n
bro thers c l a im they d i d n ' t d o a n y
d r ink ing and were " b u s t e d " in part
by the shut t le van.
A c c o r d i n g to Eric S m i e s the re
we re gir ls in their h o u s e d r ink ing
that were a l so tak ing the shuttle van
back and for th to their house .
" T h e N e i g h b o r h o o d Coord ina to r
was r id ing in it. and one of the girls
r id ing to and f r o m our h o u s e got in
with a backpack and smel led of al-
c o h o l , " Eric S m i e s said. " A n d then
t he n e i g h b o r h o o d coord ina to r told
the shut t le van dr iver and the dr iver
told Publ ic Sa fe ty . "
Af te r that , S m i e s said the Neigh-
b o r h o o d Coord ina to r got the o ther
N e i g h b o r h o o d C o o r d i n a t o r and to-
gether with Publ ic Safe ty they c a m e
into the h o u s e and took the e m p t y
cans .
T h e b ro the r s be l ieve the ru l ing
w a s n ' t qui te right.
" B e c a u s e the N C (ne ighbo rhood
coord ina to r ) w a s in the van at the
s a m e t i m e as s o m e o n e w h o w a s
c o m i n g f r o m o u r h o u s e w h o
s m e l l e d l i ke a l c o h o l , w e w e r e
c h a r g e d , " said Eric Smies .
A c c o r d i n g to Publ ic Sa fe ty Ser-
gean t M i k e L a f a t a , the shut t le van
doesn ' t really have a policy on deal-
ing with d runk s tudents .
"I t d e p e n d s ; i t ' s a c a s e by c a s e
bas i s , " La fa ta said. "I s u p p o s e if an
i n t o x i c a t e d s t u d e n t w e r e on a n d
they w e r e n ' t caus ing any p rob lems ,
I w o u l d say tha t ' s p robab ly not go-
ing to be a p r o b l e m . B u t if they
we re trying to br ing beer on the van
or s w e a r i n g at the dr iver o r caus-
ing a ruckus , we g ive the van dr iver
the d i sc re t ion to m a k e a dec is ion .
T h e r e have been s o m e cases w h e r e
o f f i c e r s we re ca l led over . "
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Hope has its share of stu-dent bands, and they all have their own styles. Jen Troke S P O T U G H T EDITOR
T h e r ange of mus ic and mus i c i ans is w ide
at H o p e , and each art ist has their o w n take
on his or her music and message - f r o m Chris-
tian to secular. S o m e have f o r m e d bands , and
s o m e work on so lo mus ic .
Obses sed D e f o r m e d Bul l f rogs ( O D B ) is a
g r o u p of f ive guys w h o have been toge ther
for about six months . T h r e e fo rmer H o p e stu-
d e n t s a r e a m o n g t h e g r o u p , a n d L e e
Heersp ink ( ' 04 ) is a l so a member . 441 would say that w e are se r ious mus i c i ans
that d o n ' t real ly t ake o u r s e l v e s very seri-
ous ly , " Heersp ink said.
T h e band p l a y s w h e n e v e r they h a v e a
chance .
" W e have s o m e t h i n g for eve ryone : little
rap , little g runge , little rock , very... very little
country , and a c o u p l e b a l l a d s , " Hee r sp ink
said.
They have sold several hundred C D s , and
Heersp ink descr ibes mos t of wha t they play
a s " rock mus ic , any th ing tha t ' s m o r e or less
harmless ly l o u d . "
T h e b a n d A n t e -
l o p e M u t i n y h a s
b e e n p l a y i n g t o -
gether cons ide rab ly
l o n g e r . M i k e
K o p c h i c k ( ' 0 4 ) ,
P a u l W e s s e l i n k
( ' 0 4 ) and Ryan Wert
( ' 0 4 ) s t a r t e d t h e i r
band in their f r e s h m a n yea r of high schoo l ,
and they have been p lay ing ever s ince. G l e n n
Les te r ( ' 0 5 ) jo ined them at H o p e . 44We play rock and roll mus i c , but we have
a lot of ou t s ide i n f l uences , " Wert said.
Wesse l ink p l ays r h y t h m gui tar and d o e s
voca l s , Wer t p l a y s lead gu i ta r , K o p c h i c k
p lays d r u m s and keyboa rd , and Les te r p l ays
bass. 44We have s o m e w h e r e a round 15 songs ,
and w e play on ly o r ig ina l s , " K o p c h i c k said. 4 4 0ur s o n g s r ange f r o m melancho l ic in na-
ture to ref lect ive to hardcore , rock-out tunes ."
T h e g r o u p has been in f luenced by va r ious
genres, including electronica, rock, j azz , clas-
sical and underground h ip-hop . S o m e o f the
artists w h o have inf luenced the g roup are T h e
Smash ing P u m p k i n s , the An t i -pop Conso r -
t ium, and Char l e s Mingus . 44I a c t u a l l y h a d a
coup le great t eachers
b a c k in t h e d a y
when I was taking
a l l t h a t s t u f f
( m u s i c ) .
T h e y k e p t
t h r o w i n g
CWs at m e , "
W e s s e l i n k
said.
T h e y d i s -
c o v e r e d
s o m e o f these
inf luences on
their o w n .
" D u r i n g
m y s e n i o r
year of h igh
s c h o o l , I
s t a r t e d b u y -
ing C D s ran-
domly . Then I got here, and John Ersk ine (re-
cord ing arts m a n a g e r ] p u s h e d me over the
e d g e , " Wert said.
W h e n asked if h e thinks An te lope Mut iny
f i ts in at H o p e , Kopch i ck repl ied in the nega-
t ive.
" N o , 1 d o n ' t think m a n y b a n d s that d o n ' t
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Paul Wesselink ('04)
model t hemse lves af te r D a v e M a t t h e w s fit
in to H o p e ' s a t m o s p h e r e , " K o p c h i c k sa id .
" W e h a v e n e v e r w r i t t e n s o n g s w i t h t he
t h o u g h t o f
p o p u l a r i t y in
m i n d , m a k i n g
for m u c h m o r e
or ig ina l i ty . "
A l l o f t h e
b a n d m e m b e r s
a r e C h r i s t i a n s ,
a n d , a l t h o u g h
they d o n ' t necessar i ly f o c u s on this aspec t ,
it d o e s seep into their mus ic .
"If y o u ' r e m a k i n g mus ic about your l i fe ,
a n d C h r i s t i a n i t y ' s pa r t o f y o u r l i fe , t h e n
Chr i s t i an i ty ' s go ing to s h o w up in your m u -
sic. But tha t ' s d i f f e ren t than m a k i n g mus ic
a b o u t C h r i s t i a n -
ity," Wer t sa id . "I
think that Christ ian
rock is a very spe-
c i f ic genre , and w e
d o n ' t play it ."
K o p c h i c k
t h o u g h t t h e i r
Chr i s t i an in f luence migh t not b e o b v i o u s to
l is teners .
" T h o u g h m a n y of ou r s o n g s have Chr i s -
tian in f luences , mos t peop le w o u l d probably
not see t hem as such , " Kopch i ck said.
T h e band p e r f o r m s at H o p e , and they
e n c o u r a g e eve ryone to check ou t their
w e b s i t e a t
www.an t e lopemut iny . com.
Ano the r popula r band at H o p e
i s L y l e ! .
"Lyle! has been together
f o r a year and a half
a n d a b o u t f i v e
m o n t h s w i t h
the current set
up , " said Jeff
T e m p l e t o n
( ' 0 3 ) , L y l e !
g u i t a r i s t .
" W e g e n e r -
ally play popu-
l a r r o c k s o n g s
f r o m the past three
decades , plus s o m e of
ou r o w n mate r ia l . "
Othe r Lyle! member s
inc lude bassist Ben Fedak ( ' 03) , d r u m m e r
Hart Gary ( ' 0 1 ) and gui tar is t /vocal is t J a m i e
P ierce ( ' 03 ) .
"Lyle! is a fun-f i l led band . I think w e ap-
p e a l to t h e h u m o r o u s s i d e o f p e o p l e , "
Temple ton said. " S o m e of the songs we play
may be a little inappropr ia te , but they m a k e
we hear has an influ-on us. ( . j
i m W j ' O 13)
p e o p l e l augh . "
T h e band plays s o m e c o v e r songs to g ive
listeners someth ing to relate to. They also add
in their o w n s o n g s and s o u n d .
T h e band is does no t focus on a re l ig ious
aspec t to their mus ic .
" T h e s o n g s w e p lay are not spir i tual in a
re l ig ious way. I gues s we d o n ' t f o c u s on re-
l igion as sub jec t mat te r , " Temple ton said.
O t h e r H o p e s t u d e n t s , s u c h as L y n e t t e
W e h m e r ( ' 0 3 ) and Chr is B r y a n ( ' 0 4 ) , p r e f e r
to go so lo wi th their mus ic .
W e h m e r p l ays severa l i n s t r u m e n t s , and
m u s i c has been an integral par t of her l i fe at
H o p e .
"I h a v e p layed b a n j o with f r i ends at H o p e
for f u n in a b lueg ras s b a n d . "
S h e apprecia tes many types of mus ic , how-
ever.
" I t h ink it is
g r ea t that the re
are so m a n y di f -
f e r e n t t y p e s o f
m u s i c in t h e
wor ld so p e o p l e
c a n f i n d w h a t
they like and listen to that , and h o p e f u l l y ap-
precia te l i s tening to s ty les they a ren ' t used
to that peop le a round them l ike ," W e h m e r
said.
W e h m e r fee l s that Chr is t ian mus ic is im-
por tant b e c a u s e mus ic can b e very in f luen-
tial on h o w people th ink.
"I th ink mus ic does a f fec t the a tmosphe re
of s tudents at H o p e , " W e h m e r said. " W h a t
we hear has an in f luence on us . "
B r y a n is very involved in his mus ic , and
h e is cur ren t ly work ing on record ing a C D
with he lp of the H o p e j a z z c o m b o . H e plays
o f t en at Hope , and has won con tes t s here .
"I be l ieve m u s i c grea t ly i n f luences stu-
den t s at H o p e , " B r y a n said. "Just hop on the
ne twork and look at how much t ime the av-
e rage s tudent spends d o w n l o a d i n g songs and
burn ing C D s . "
B r y a n t h i n k s that C h r i s t i a n m u s i c is a
b roade r t e rm than many w o u l d use it as . He
is a Chris t ian, and he bel ieves that this at least
indirect ly a f fec t s his mus ic .
"I wri te my mus ic for the glory of G o d .
T h e r e f o r e , all my s o n g s are Chr i s t i an in a
sense , in that they have Chr is t ian in f luence
and metaphor , " Bryan said.
To Bryan , m u s i c and its i n f l u e n c e s a r e
beaut i fu l things.
" T h a t ' s the beauty of music . . . it c a n e v o k e
unpara l led emot ion in a mat ter of m o m e n t s -
the s a m e e f f ec t as poetry. P laying mus ic is
e v e n bet ter . . . i t ' s l ike i n t e r ac t i ve poe t ry , "
Bryan said.
The continuing debate: Christian vs. secular music Jen Troke S P O T U G H T EDITOR
In an a g e w h e n M a r i l y n M a n s o n a n d
R e b e c c a S t . J a m e s a l i k e d r a w s e l l - o u t
c rowds , the lines be tween Chris t ian and secu-
lar mus ic are m u c h fuzz ie r than they were a
c o u p l e d e c a d e s a g o . A c c o r d i n g to R e k a
Je l l ema , a fea ture wri ter /ar ts r ev iewer for the
Hol land Sent ine l , there is still one main di f -
f e r ence be tween the two.
J^If the re ' s a key d i f f e rence be tween Chr i s -
tian mus ic and secu la r mus i c , i t 's in the mes-
s a g e p resen ted in the lyrics of the songs , I
th ink , " Je l l ema said.
H o w e v e r , she doesn ' t think mus ic can be
d i v i d e d i n to s u c h g e n e r a l c a t e g o r i e s a s
" C h r i s t i a n " and "secu la r . "
" A Chr is t ian pe r son may f ind m e s s a g e s of
r e d e m p t i o n and hope in the mus ic of a secu-
lar band or art ist . A non-Chr i s t i an may re-
ally love the sound of a g r o u p that h a p p e n s
to have a Chr is t ian lyric or message , " Je l l ema
said.
Even if o n e tr ies to d iv ide them into cat-
egor ies , there are c o m m o n themes and ideas
that connec t them.
" A b ig t rend r ight n o w in bo th ca tegor ies
is cu l t iva t ing very y o u n g art ists and marke t -
ing t h e m h a r d , " J e l l e m a said. " T h i n k M a n d y
M o o r e , Br i tney Spea r s , Chr i s t ina Agui l e ra
and Jess ica S i m p s o n on the 4 secu la r ' s ide ,
and R a c h e l L a m p a and S tacey Orr ico on the
Chr i s t i an side. . . I think a l so that urban m u -
sic and R & B is a big t rend across the boa rd . "
A c c o r d i n g to J e l l ema , the Chr i s t i an and
secular mus ic industr ies have the s a m e goals .
" I th ink C h r i s t i a n m u s i c p r o m o t e r s and
secu la r m u s i c p r o m o t e r s and record labels
share the s a m e goals , wha teve r their mot ives :
To put ou t a pret ty package , and hopefu l ly , a
good p roduc t , and e v e n m o r e hopefu l ly , one
that m a k e s e v e r y o n e a good re turn on their
i n v e s t m e n t , " J e l l ema said.
Ca ro l Anderson of C M A Media P romot ion
is expe r i enced with the Chr i s t i an s ide of t he
m u s i c market .
' ' [Chr i s t ian mus i c ] is j u s t not as well pub-
licized or a c c e p t e d , " A n d e r s o n said.
A n d e r s o n is hired by art ists , manage r s and
record c o m p a n i e s to a d v a n c e the mus ic i ans '
tours. S h e has represented Rebecca St. J a m e s
and Skil let , a n d s o m e of her long t ime cus -
tomers inc lude D C Talk, A u d i o Adrena l ine
and S teven Cur t i s C h a p m a n . S h e poin ts out
that the mus ic indust ry has c h a n g e d ove r the
years , and the issue is no longer so c learcut .
" I t ' s k ind of a f uzzy line. It used to be cat-
egor ized as Chr is t ian o r secular . Then art ists
s t a r t e d c r o s s i n g o v e r b a c k in the ' 8 0 s , "
A n d e r s o n said.
E x a m p l e s of the early Chris t ian artists w h o
c ros sed in to secu la r te r r i tory s u c c e s s f u l l y
i nc lude A m y G r a n t and Pe t ra . P re sen t ly ,
bands l ike P O D and Creed br idge the gap.
" E v e n t hough their lyrics a r e n ' t blatant ,
they still stay t rue to f ace , " A n d e r s o n said.
However , e v e n if one c h o o s e s to c lass i fy
art ists a s o n e or the o ther , A n d e r s o n says
Chr i s t i an m u s i c is not infer ior to secular .
" W h e n D C Talk did ' Jesus Freak, ' they had
ma ins t r eam art ists c o m i n g out to their s h o w s
all the t ime ," A n d e r s o n said.
B a n d s such a s D C Talk and the N e w s b o y s
have e v e n surpassed the secular indust ry in
a f e w innova t ive areas for tours and shows .
B r a n d e n J o h n s o n ( ' 0 2 ) g rew u p a round
both secu la r a n d Chr i s t i an mus i c , a n d h e
th inks both ca tegor ies are ta lented.
"I d o n ' t v iew o n e as super ior to the other ,
b u t it d e p e n d s o n h o w y o u l ook at i t , "
J o h n s o n said. "For Chr i s t ians , it is natural to
put their fai th into their songs , because it is
an express ion of t hemse lves and wha t they
view as impor t an t . "
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Sports Sport# S p o r t s ' S p o k
S n o r t s ^ FebrLiary 6, 2002
Women's B-Ball reaches 20-win milestone Ben DeHaan S P O R T S EDITOR
The H o p e Co l l ege w o m e n ' s bas-
ketbal l learn has o n l y s l ipped u p
o n c e this season , and ihey we re nol
abou t to let that h a p p e n again as
they took on Adr ian C o l l e g e and
Ol ive t Co l l ege last week .
H o p e f ended o f f a feis ty Adr ian
squad last Wednesday , w i n n i n g by
a score of 6 7 - 6 2 and secur ing a two
g a m e lead in the M I A A .
" W e k n e w this was go ing to be
a tough g a m e , " said H o p e c o a c h
Brian Morehouse . ' T h e y were only
o n e g a m e behind us in the con fe r -
e n c e race, and they c a m e out and
p layed really wel l . They had s o m e
real ly good runs , too, and o n e of
t hem happened to be within the last
f i v e minu te s of the g a m e . But w e
held them o f f , and we we re all re-
ally exc i ted for that w i n . "
H o p e c e n t e r L a u r a P o p p e m a
( 4 02) c a m e th rough for the F ly ing
Dutch on her way to scor ing a ca-
reer-high 30 points . P o p p e m a hit
14 of 16 shots , and snagged d o w n
s e v e n r e b o u n d s a s t h e F l y i n g
Dutch d o m i n a t e d mos t of the first
half , s t re tch ing their lead out to 13
points , but the Lady Bu l ldogs bit
back to dec rease the def ic i t to 31-
2 4 at the half .
In the second half, Hope looked
to run a w a y with the g a m e again
by a d v a n c i n g t h e i r l e a d to 13
points . Adr ian was not ready to roll
ove r qui te yet, f o rc ing ano the r late
run. this t ime late in the game . They
pul led to wi th in s ingle digi ts in the
f inal f i v e minutes , and a Bu l ldog
t h r e e - p o i n t e r m i n i m i z e d H o p e ' s
lead to 6 1 - 5 8 with jus t 1:37 to go .
T h e Flying Dutch then sealed the
g a m e a w a y f r o m the char i ty str ipe,
h i t t i n g e i g h t c o n s e c u t i v e f r e e
th rows in the f inal minu te , and get-
t ing s o m e m o r e brea th ing r o o m to
s lay t w o wins ahead of the Bul l -
dogs .
B e h i n d P o p p e m a w e r e B e c k y
Su t ton ( ' 0 2 ) and A m y B a l t m a n i s
( 4 0 3 ) , w h o e a c h c o n t r i b u t e d 13
poin ts .
With a 19-1 record , H o p e trav-
e led to Ol ivet last Sa turday , k n o w -
ing that the C o m e t s cou ld be up-
s e t - p r o n e desp i te their shaky 1-8
c o n f e r e n c e record .
However , H o p e did not get j a r red
by the C o m e t s , ro l l ing to a 7 6 - 5 0
b lowou t .
The win not on ly held up H o p e ' s
t w o g a m e lead in the c o n f e r e n c e
ahead of Adr ian , but a l so m a r k e d
their twent ie th victory of the sea-
son. H o p e has a c c o m p l i s h e d th is
f e a t for fou r s t ra ight seasons .
' T h e first season [of the four 20-
win s e a s o n s ] was the m o s t d i f f i -
cu l t , - 'Morehouse said. 44 Af te r that.
i t 's jus t b e e n m o r e of a goal for this
team. It 's still pretty d i f f icu l t , and
with every win that you achieve, the
bu l l ' s - eye on your back ge ts big-
ger, and every team w a n t s to b e the
one that knocks you o f f . "
The C o m e t s made the first half
interest ing as they kept the g a m e
close, trailing by just six points with
f o u r m i n u t e s to g o . H o p e t h e n
s to rmed ahead in the f ina l minu tes ,
ou t scor ing Ol ive t 13-5 to p roduce
a 4 1 - 2 7 a d v a n t a g e at the half .
In the second half . H o p e ' s de-
f e n s e f o r c e d m a n y C o m e t t u r n -
overs , w h i c h led to lots of D u t c h
poin ts . T h e C o m e t s would end the
g a m e wi th 3 4 tu rnovers , m a n y of
t hem c o m i n g o f f H o p e ' s 21 s tea ls .
"1 think we we re p repared well
for this game . We m a d e s o m e ex-
cel lent runs and kept them out of
t h e g a m e in t h e s e c o n d h a l f , "
M o r e h o u s e said.
H o p e ' s scor ing leaders were
good quant i ty , as fou r p layers hit
d o u b l e f i g u r e s . Z o u l e k a n d
P o p p e m a each had 14 poin ts . A m y
B r o w e r ( ' 0 2 ) a t t a i n e d 13, a n d
Sut ton tall ied 13. H o p e a l so look
fu l l a d v a n t a g e of the free th rows ,
hi t t ing 2 6 of 31 f ree th rows .
W i t h f o u r g a m e s to g o . t he
F l y i n g D u t c h a r e in t he h o m e
s t re tch of their schedule . They will
host St . M a r y ' s tonight , then travel
to A l m a on S a t u r d a y b e f o r e f inish-
ing the regu la r s ea son at h o m e next
week aga ins t Calv in and Albion .
" T h e n u m b e r o n e thing for us is
to win this league. W e ' r e in good
pos i t ion to d o it, but we have to gel
ove r the last s tretch in the s chedu le
go ing into the M I A A t o u r n a m e n t . "
M o r e h o u s e said.
T ip-of f agains t Saint M a r y ' s to-
night is at 7 : 3 0 p .m. at the C iv i c
Center .
Dutchmen win two more; lead MIAA
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ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY OF THE
HOLLAND SENTINEL
Matt Taylor ('04) dr ives to the hoop against an Olivet defender. Taylor f in ished the game w i th a game h igh 7 assists.
John Rodstrom S P O R T S EDITOR
Basketba l l is all about chemis t ry , and that
is exac t ly wha t the H o p e Co l l ege m e n ' s bas -
k e t b a l l t e a m h a d las t S a t u r d a y a s t h e y
a v e n g e d their p rev ious o n e point o v e r t i m e
loss to Ol ive t C o l l e g e (9 -13 , 3 - 6 M I A A ) , by
a score of 93 -72 . T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n (15-
6, 7 - 2 M I A A ) were a well oi led mach ine ,
scor ing m o r e poin ts on Sa tu rday than in any
o ther g a m e this s ea son en rou te to se iz ing
the lead in the M I A A c h a m p i o n s h i p race.
" W e had grea t r h y t h m . E v e r y b o d y w a s
p lay ing well toge ther ," said H o p e head coach
G l e n n Van Wieren .
T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n p layed a s a t eam,
and ended with fou r players scor ing in doub le
digi ts . M i k e VanHekken ( ' 0 3 ) led the way
with 20 points , shoo t ing 4 for 7 f r o m 3 poin t
r ange , C h a d C a r l s o n ( ' 0 3 ) added 14, and
T rav i s S p a m a n ( ' 0 5 ) cha lked up 12 points .
D o n O v e r b e e k ( ' 0 3 ) a l so recorded his tenth
d o u b l e - d o u b l e of the s e a s o n , s c o r i n g 12
poin ts and g rabb ing 13 r ebounds .
"It w a s great because e v e r y b o d y p l ayed ,
and e v e r y b o d y sco red , and this w a s a big
l eague g a m e agains t a team that had beat us
the last t i m e , " Van Wie ren said.
T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n we re not j u s t p lay-
ing to a v e n g e o n e of their two M I A A losses ;
they we re p laying for first p lace in the M I A A .
" W e w e r e n ' t j u s t mo t iva t ed b e c a u s e w e
d i d n ' t feel we had p layed our best the last
t ime we p layed them, w e were p laying to win
a c h a m p i o n s h i p , " Van Wieren added .
" W e ' r e in f i rs t p lace , and w e ' r e in f i rs t
p lace a lone right now b e c a u s e Ca lv in d i d n ' t
have a l eague g a m e on Sa turday ."
In addi t ion to the well rounded o f f ense , one
of the keys to Sa tu rday ' s g a m e for the Du tch -
men was a s u p e r b d e f e n s i v e e f fo r t by C o d y
F l e m i n g ( ' 0 3 ) a n d C a r l s o n o n O l i v e t ' s
Michae l D y s o n , w h o en te red the g a m e as the
M I A A ' s l ead ing scorer , but was he ld to on ly
4 poin ts the en t i re g a m e .
T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n will host O r c h a r d
L a k e Saint M a r y ' s tonight at 7 :30 p.m. in the
C iv i c Cente r , and look to de fend their posi -
tion in the M I A A w h e n they re turn to con-
f e r ence play on Sa tu rday agains t A l m a Co l -
lege at 3 :00 p.m. , a l so at the C iv i c Cen te r .
" R i g h t n o w o u r goal is to keep the m o -
m e n t u m go ing w h e n w e p lay Saint M a r y ' s ,
and on Sa tu rday our goal is to s tay in f i rs t
p l a c e , " Van Wie ren said.
T h i s w e e k a l so bears special m e a n i n g for
the D u t c h m e n , as it will b e the last r egu la r
s ea son h o m e g a m e for Todd B l o e m e r s ( ' 0 2 ) .
" A big thing c o m i n g u p f o r us is that Todd
is p l ay ing his last h o m e g a m e at Hope . H e ' s
been one of the key leaders on the t eam this
s ea son , " said Van Wie ren .
Hope swimmers finish regular season with wins Ben DeHaan S P O R T S EDITOR
T h e H o p e C o l l e g e s w i m t e a m s
compe ted in their f inal dual meet
of the regular season last Sa turday ,
mak ing it the last c h a n c e for the
team to b reak m a r k s and p r e p a r e
t h e m s e l v e s f o r t h e M I A A
c o n f e r e n c e c h a m p i o n s h i p s in three
weeks .
H o p e p roved t h e m s e l v e s ready
a n d a b l e as b o t h t he m e n ' s and
w o m e n ' s t e a m d o m i n a t e d t h e i r
compe t i t i on . At Alb ion , the m e n ' s
t eam de fea t ed the Br i tons 140-96
to end their regular season mark at
6 -1 in dual r ecords and 4-1 in the
M I A A . The i r only loss of the sea-
son c a m e f r o m K a l a m a z o o Co l l ege
last mon th .
"I felt that we had a very solid
p e r f o r m a n c e t o d a y , " s a i d H o p e
s w i m m i n g coach J o h n Pa t ton .
T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n we re led
in t he w a t e r by s e v e r a l w i n n e r s
t h roughou t the day. Br ian S laugh
( ' 03 ) c a m e out s t rong on the day as
h e p l a c e d f i r s t in t h e 5 0 y a r d
f rees ty le ( :21 .69) and the 100 yard
f r e e s t y l e ( :47 .59) . A l s o f i n i s h i n g
p lac ing first on the day were T im
D e H a a n ( ' 0 3 ) in t h e 2 0 0 y a r d
f rees tyle (1 :49.72) , Ian Kobes ( ' 03 )
in the 2 0 0 yard individual med ley
(2 :07 .20) , Mat t Wa te r sone ( ' 0 5 ) in
the 100 yard backs t roke ( :55 .47) ,
a n d A n d r e w Mul l en ix ( ' 0 2 ) in the
100 yard b r e a s t s t r o k e ( 1 : 0 3 . 2 1 ) .
H o p e a l so swept the s tand ings in
the 4 0 0 yard med ley relay and the
4 0 0 yard f rees ty le relay.
T h e w o m e n ' s t eam was at St .
M a r y ' s in a d o u b l e d u a l m a t c h
a g a i n s t A l b i o n a n d S t . M a r y ' s .
T h e y p roved to b e the best t eam of
the three as they de fea t ed Alb ion
161-81 and s w a m past Saint M a r y ' s
1 6 3 - 7 7 . T h e v i c t o r i e s p u t t h e
F ly ing D u t c h at 5 - 3 overa l l , and
5-1 in the M I A A .
"I w a s pleased with the w o m e n ' s
p e r f o r m a n c e a s wel l , " Pa t ton said. .
" T h e y s h o w e d the s a m e focus , and
p roduced s imi lar resul t s . "
T h e w o m e n compet i t ion featured
several H o p e leaders on the day a s
wel l . Be th F rede r i cks ( ' 0 5 ) c a m e
in first p lace tw ice on the day ; o n c e
in the 5 0 yard f rees ty le ( :25.14) and
100 f rees ty le ( :54.67) . Both of the
t i m e s a r e s e a s o n b e s t s f o r
F reder icks .
H o p e a l s o h a d w i n n e r s w i t h
Miche l l e Smi th ( ' 0 4 ) in the 1000
y a r d f r e e s t y l e ( 1 0 : 4 6 . 4 8 ) , E r i n
Vandernberg ( ' 0 3 ) in the 2 0 0 yard
s tyle (1 :59 .49) , Lau ra Smi th ( ' 0 2 )
in the 2 0 0 yard individual med ley
(2 :21.40) , a n d Sarah Smi th ( ' 05 ) in
the 5 0 0 yard f rees ty le (5 :25 .66) . In
d iv ing , B r o o k e Vivian ( 4 02) took
f i r s t p l a c e o n t h e t h r e e m e t e r
compe t i t i on , scor ing 211.80.
H o p e ' s next c o m p e t i t i o n is the
M I A A C h a m p i o n s h i p s , which are
be ing held at the D o w on Feb. 21-
2 3 . A f i n e p e r f o r m a n c e by bo th
t e a m s should ensu re a return to t he
N C A A finals.
"Wi th the w o m e n , w e h o p e to
have it c o m e d o w n to the wire with
Ca lv in , and with the men , it will be
a t i g h t r a c e w i t h K a l a m a z o o , "
Pat ton said.
ANCHOR ALL-STAR LAURA
POPPEMA
P o p p e m a led t he D u t c h in
scor ing fo r both g a m e s , scor ing
a career high 30 poin ts against
Adrian and 14 against Ol ivet on
her way to be ing n a m e d M I A A
Player of the Week.
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