February 2003

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Campus Briefs

New area code coming soon south of Holland The current 616 area code,

which includes much of

western Michigan, will split in

two on February 15,h.

Saugatuck, Hamil ton, Allegan,

and surrounding areas will

become the new 269 area

code. The split was

necessitated by rising demand

for new fax and cell phone

numbers .

Clergy gather to learn and mix A one-day conference at Hope

College designed for area

clergy will focus on "Scripture

and the Moral Life." The

conference will take place on

Tuesday, Feb. 18. The event

will feature eight presentations

by members of the Hope

religion faculty. It is designed

as a continuing education

opportunity for local clergy.

Faculty revise plagiarism code The Academic Affairs Board

proposed a revised plagiarism

policy written last semester.

The proposal will replace

section A.3 and revise section

B of the Academic Integrity

statement. Section B . l .

currently stipulates a meeting

between student and professor

after plagiarism. It may be

changed to a meeting with

another faculty member.

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Four of the forty Hope Democrats who traveled to Grand Rapids last Wednesday to protest President Bush's opinion that war may be necessary to disarm Iraq. Bush was in Grand Rapids delivering his first speech since his State of the Union Address. Four Hope Republicans attended the speech, more WAR AND PEACE on 2

Student Congress selects speakers Focus will be on the influence of violent video games in reality

Kurt Koehler C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

In choosing its annual speaker,

student congress was looking to

depart f rom the recent trend of in-

v i t i n g f a m o u s a n d e x p e n s i v e

speakers. While fol lowing recent

h i g h p r o f i l e s p e a k e r s M a y a

Angelou and Ben Stein has proved

to be a challenge, student congress

believes it has found quality, if

lesser known speakers , in Jack

T h o m p s o n and David Kushner .

The two will debate the issue of

whether violent video games are

to blame for real-life violent acts.

Thompson , a Miami at torney

w h o has represented families of

the victims of the Columbine and

Pedukah school shootings, is cur-

rently suing the maker, of Grand

Theft Auto III for Playstation 2,

Rock Star Games for a Wyoming,

Mich igan murde r a l legedly in-

spired by that game. Kushner, a

con t r ibu t ing ed i tor fo r Rol l ing

Stone Magazine, will present the

position that video game violence

and marketing is not to b lame for

real-life violent actions.

"Thompson and Kushner will

provide unique and professional

perspectives into the topic of vio-

lent media and its effects on hu-

man behavior," said Student Con-

gress Comproller Jeremy Brieve

( '04) . ' T h e y will also allow stu-

dents the opportunity to converse

with leading experts in this impor-

tant area of study. Both will be

available to interact with students

and believe that this is of para-

mount importance to their visit."

Neither speaker is famous, but

they will bring an interactive new

debate format to the presentation.

Early plans call for the debate end-

ing with an informal question and

answer session with both speak-

ers and a community breakfast the

following morning They will also

be available to visit classes.

"The debate format will also

present students with the oppor-

tunity to learn in a lively environ-

ment that presents both sides of

an interesting issue," Brieve said.

Thompson and Kushner have a

long history of advocating their

r e s p e c t i v e o p i n i o n s on v i d e o

game violence. Thompson is in-

volved in a class-action lawsuit

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New Peale expansion vandalized Jared Gall STAFF REPORTER

"When I think of all the things

done in the name of science," writes

J a c k H a n d e y , a u t h o r of " D e e p

Thoughts ," "I have to cringe. No,

wait. Not science, vandalism. And

not cringe, laugh." This time, no

one is laughing.

By the t ime cons t ruc t ion and

renovation are completed on Peale

Sc ience Center , the pro jec t will

have been underway for over two

years and will have cost Hope more

than 36 million dollars. Due to the

actions of two Hope freshmen last

week, the estimated bottom line has

now increased by $15,000.

Early Wednesday morning last

week, the two students broke into

the construction site on the corner

of 12th St. and College Ave. They

reportedly lore down some plastic

covering a window and climbed to

the third floor of the building.

The students then allegedly took

a length of pipe and smashed seven

double -paned thermal w indows ,

and caused extensive damage to

other areas of the building.

A nearby Holland resident tele-

p h o n e d Hol l and Pol ice and re-

ported hearing glass breaking at the

construct ion site. Off icers found

the two students in the site and took

them into cus tody pending bail .

Both have been released and placed

u n d e r s u m m a r y s u s p e n s i o n by

Hope College, meaning they will

be temporarily suspended while go-

ing through the judicial processes

of Hope and Holland.

Fo l lowing the incident , Hope

will be e x a m i n i n g poss ib le im-

provements to security at the Peale

Science building. "We ' r e a lways

trying to be vigilant," said Richard

Frost, Dean of Students. "We make

regular rounds of all the buildings.

However, we are not a small cam-

pus. We appear small, but if a stu-

dent makes a decision to do some-

thing, hopefully they' l l use better

judgment than they did last week ."

A/JCHOH PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

One of the windows at the Peale Science Center expansion allegedly damaged by vandals last week

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L V ^ n c H o r C A M P U S B E A T February 5, 2003

Wats' Douglas Komejan Guest Columnist B e a c e

Hillary Stone Elizabeth Van Houzoelingen Sarah Sturtevant Guest Columnists

On J a n u a r y 29th two s e p a r a t e g r o u p s of H o p e s t uden t s t rave led to G r a n d R a p i d s . O n e g r o u p of f o u r H o p e Repub l i cans went to

w a t c h P r e s i d e n t Bush de l iver his first speech s ince his S t a t e of the U n i o n add res s , whi le a g r o u p of H o p e D e m o c r a t s , some f o r t y

s tuden t s , p ro tes t ed aga ins t B u s h ' s s t ance on a possible p r e e m p t i v e s t r ike to d i s a r m a n d oust I r a q i d i c t a to r S a d d a m Husse in f r o m

power . Below a r e two co lumns , wr i t t en by s t u d e n t s w h o were the re , express ing t he i r d i f f e r i n g op in ions on the issue.

America cannot risk inaction citizens. President Bush has indi-

cated on numerous occasions that

war with Iraq is the last opt ion.

However, the time has come to for

Iraq and its leader to disarm..

A f t e r the G u l f W a r Iri 1991,

The United States of America

faces a number of challenges, both

at home and abroad, as we enter

2003. Domestically, the economy

continues to recover following a

mild recess ion and terrorist at-

tacks. Abroad, the United States."-"Sa33anr4WsSein agjfeed to end

prepares for a conflict in I r^qlbat Iraq's program of g a t i n g nuclear

u l foWar

jin a g r e e

weapons and to jet United Nations

inspectoi;6-info~the country. Those

inspectors were kicked out in 1998.

For 12 vears Iraq has been deceiv-

ing the Ignited States and the world.

Prior to September 11, 2001 not

much attention was paid to Iraq.

But, orv'that day our vulnerability

became' evident. We are no longer

in a pdsition to view Iraq as a mi-

nor prqblem. What if Iraq has or is

in theArocess of giving nerve gas

or apthrax to Al-Qaeda? The UN

inspectors have recently stated that

hopefu l ly ,xani )^ave i r fed . Presi-

dent Bush addressed both of these

issues in great length during his

State of the Union address, and

during his visit the fol lowing day

to Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Most Americans are concerned

with the health of the economy,

and rightfully so. The President

has proposed a number of i tems

that are in tended to m o v e our

e c o n o m y in the right direction.

The first is his tax cut proposal.

It is a simple matter of econom-

ics: The more money people h a v ^ - " I r a q is not coopera t ing , and has

the more likely they wilL-be to been less than truthful about weap-

spend that money qa -g^ods and

se rv ices . Th i s^n ioney wi l l be

pumped b&ek^into the economy

and h e l p ^ o create more growth

a n d jobs, ^ v e r y o n e will see his

or her t a x ^ lowered under this

plan. 'i It is also essential that Congress

m a k e s perrfyan^ent the tax c u t s

President Bus^Signed into law in

2001. Se.veral portions o f t h a U a x

ons p r o g r a m s . I r aq s a y s they

should be trusted. Can we trust a

man who murders his own people

and d e c e i v e d the w o r l d f o r 12

years?

Pres ident Bush has consu l t ed

with the United Nations and with

Congress. It is time for the United

Nations to do the job it was created

for, to protect the world f rom evil.

Would another month of inspec-

War is not the answer "I d idn ' t vote for Star Wars; I

didn ' t vote for fear; I 'm not going

to support this war so Bush get out

of here." We [shouted this chant

while marching in support of our

t h s l a s l eTo j President Bush 's pos-

sible war'ipp Iraq':-Bush appeared

in Grand Rapids to. ipeak on health

care issues, but quickly turned his

focus to the unnecessary confron-

tation with Iraq—a counJty that has

posed no o f fens ive thrept to the

U.S. Bush came to seek approval

side would argue the opposite; Iraq

is the aggressor because it suppos-

edly controls weapons of mass de-

struction. So then why are we not

preemptively attacking North Ko-

rea, or for that matter any nation

that holds W M D ? Kim Jong II and

his countless human rights viola-

tions are just as evil as Saddam's ,

so why is the US providing aid and

time to the former and not the lat-

t e r—who may or may not have

nuclear weapons? W h y can dip-

in a p redomina te ly conserva lwe-^ ' -k jmat ic relat ions be used in re-

area, however, he was greeted by.'""'gards to North Korea and not Iraq?

concerned protesters; over forty or. What about the economy? If we

which were Hope College students. \ bomb Iraq, money that could be

We were there because we are con . - . J used to s t imulate our e c o n o m y

cerned with B u s h ' s imperial is t ic would instead fund the production

^ u T a f e not scheduled to take e f -X t fons really solve anything? Most

feet until 2005 and 2006. T h e lifeely not. President Bush has al-

President believes that if those tax

cuts are good enough for people

two or three years f rom now, they

should be good enough for you

and me today. G iv ing peop le

more money to spend will im-

prove the economy 's growth rate

and create more jobs.

The second major issue facing

the United States today is Sadaam

Hussein and the nation of Iraq.

Most people can agree that Iraq is

a threat. But, is Iraq a threat to

the United Slates and our allies?

A majori ty of Americans, includ-

ing myself, believe that Iraq is a

threat to the United States and our

lowed ' fh^process to run its course.

Time has nearly, run out. Is doing

nothing about Iraq'a-nsk worth tak-

ing? Saddam Hussein must be taken

out of power before he causesT>arm

to the United States and our allies-.-.

Let ' s solve this problem while we

still can. September 11, 2001 was

a horrific day in the life of our coun-

try. We should do everything in our

power to prevent a similar event

f rom taking place again, even if that

means preempt ive war against a

nation that poses a serious threat.

Ask yourself , can we risk not tak-

ing action?

style of leadership.

Bush's approach to fighting-aAvar

in I raq is one of u n i l a t e r a l i s m

grounded in hegemonic principles.

Four years ago we came \o Hope

wi th our ears perked to t&ke in

knowledge f rom our profesSQn

mou ths . Today we are senioi

well- informed student Democrats,

of F-17s and smart bombs. We

have the choice between eliminat-

ing unemploymen t or b o m b i n g

Iraqis. Which would you choose?

As we chanted on Michigan Av-

enue, our message rang loud and

clear—war is not the answer. It is

easy to say that no one wants to

go to war, but the difficulty lies in

and we are unclear as to when Iraq / doing something to prevent it with

popped up as the number one threat ' m o r e effect ive solutions. Bush

to American security. On Septem- cameYo seek approval for his plans

ber 11, we were nestled in our beds,

snug and warm, when the greatest

terrorist attack on American soil

ripped N Y C and Washington D.C.

to pieces. A1 Qaeda and Osama bin

Ladin were to blame. The correla-

tion between Saddam Hussein and

bin Laden appears to be nonexist-

ent, why then after twelve years of

no war with Iraq are we going after

Iraq? As students of international

relations we are unclear as to what

the answer could be.

We have been taught to consume

knovyledge with great vorac i ty .

Specifically, we have come to un-

derstand politics on a global scale.

Thus, let us explore International

for an attack on Iraq, but we would

not give it to hirt}.

While our President tries to per-

suade u s that a w a r w i th I raq

would foster peacefu l relat ions

be tween Iraq and tlje U.S. , we

must ask ourselves is this truly the

way to seek peace? Martin Luther

King Jr. once said, r O n e day we

must come to see that pe^ce is not

merely a distant goal we j>eek, but

that it is a means by whifch we ar-

rive at that goal. We must pursue

peaceful end^Ohrough ^eac^fu l

means." W£ say to the 'PrfcSadcflT^

if it is pea^e you are purMjinfc, do

not jeopardize the innricerif lives

of son)i to gua ran t^ th^ special

law. I n t e r n a t i o n a n a w - 4 « - v e i ^ d ^ _ ^ r ^ e K j t s ^ o f others. As a 'prophet

on the subject of preemption. The for the greatesf f^ci f is t of k \ time,

U.N. charter explicitly slates pre- Jesus Chr i s t , once said, 4 sjeek

ventative war is illegal. In this war, p e a c e and p u r s u e i t " ( P s a l m s

the US is the aggressor. The other 34:14).

Iraq vs. U.S. Population: 24,001,816 vs. 280,562,489

Territorial Area: 437.072 vs. 9,629,091 sq. km

Life Expectancy: 67.38 vs. 77.4 years

GNP (per capita): $2,500 vs. $36,300

Literacy: 58 percent vs. 97 percent

Inflation: 60 percent vs. 2.8 percent

Telephones in use: 675,000 vs. 194 million

Military Budget: $1.3 billion vs. $276.7 billion

Military Manpower (fit for service): 3,430.819 vs. 53,111,250

Exports: $21.8 billion vs. $776 billion

External Debt: $139 billion vs. $862 billion

Infant Mortality: 57.61 vs. 6.69/ t h o u s a n d b i r t h s

DEBATE from 1

against the manufacturers of violent

v ideo g a m e s l ike " G r a n d T h e f t

Auto." He also had an influential

role in the obscenity case against

Ice-T for his "Cop Killer" lyrics and

has spoken at over 170 colleges and

universities. Kushner is the author

of "Masters of Doom" , to be re-

leased in April, which chronicles

how the creators of " D o o m " were

sued for the Columbine shootings.

Details of the events should be

finalized within a few weeks.

Heavy personnel turn over expected among Housing staff Residential Life cottages co-ordinator Stacy Kemper de-parts while more changes loom for fall 2003

Nick Denis EonOR-IN-CHIEF

Despite the fact that her career at Hope

College has ended after a year and a half of

service, Stacy Kemper, Residential Life Co-

ordinator (RLC), remains positive about her

Hope experience. "I love Hope College and

everything here," Kemper said.

Kemper is not the only member of the

Residenlial Life staff to be leaving this year.

Ellen Awad, Residential Life Coordinator,

and Sean Fochtman, Residential Life Coor-

dinator, and three RD's are also leaving at

the end of this year.

With the exception of Kemper, all of the

departing staff will end their duties after the

end of Ihe school year. Kemper ' s two-year

contract has expired, and the college has de-

cided to not renew it for the optional third

year. With the knowledge that her contract

will not be renewed, Kemper has taken the

choice given to her, and opted to leave Hope

now. The Residential Life Department does

not have a replacement for Kemper as of yet.

"We have not come to an immediate de-

cision, but we are hoping to arrive at one in

one week," said Kelly Burris Wesener, As-

sistant Dean for Housing and Residential

Life. While Kemper is not serving, and a

new staff member has not been hired, her

duties are being filled by the three remain-

ing RLC's . The number of leaving staff means that

new people will fill almost half of the posi-

tions in the Residential Life Department next

year. In the face of such a massive change in

the department, Wesener remains optimistic

for the upcoming school year. "New people

bring in new perspectives and new energy.

It will be great. There are people returning

who know their jobs, and they will help to

push us forward," Wesener said.

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February 5/ 2003 A R T S TW Anchor

Michael Card is third CMS musician Christian singer per-forms February 14

Katie Taylor STAFF REPORTER

From the people w h o brought

Hope students Jennifer Knapp and

Jars of Clay comes another concert

by a Christian performer. At 8 p.m.

on Valentine's Day. the Christian

Mus ic Ser ies p resen t s Michae l

Card in Dimnent Chapel .

Card is an accomplished musi-

cian who has released 20 albums

in the duration of his 20-year ca-

reer. Nineteen of his songs have

been number-one. One track, titled

"El Shaddai ," was the only Chris-

tian song on the R1AA list of 365

songs for the 20 , h century. Card 's

music has won five Dove Music

awards and seven nominations.

Besides being a singer. Card is

also an accompl i shed au thor of

Christian works. The musician has

been an ECPA Gold Meda l l ion

Book nominee five t imes. He has

wr i t t en ! 3 b o o k s , se l l ing ove r

400,000 copies.

"Scribbling in the Sand" is the

title of both Card's newest book and

album. The C D is a compilation of

Card ' s greatest hits featuring some

of his musical colleagues such as

Steve Green , Sara Groves , Phil

Keaggy and Kirk Whalum.

On the new album Card also pre-

mieres two brand new songs, in-

cluding the title track, "Scribbling

in the Sand , " the story of Jesus

scribbling in the sand while deep

in thought was the inspiration for

this song. T h e overall theme of the

CD, however, is creativity.

Derek Emerson, Arts Coordina-

tor, is enthusiastic about bringing

Card to Hope. Emerson feels that

Card 's music will be enjoyable, in

part, because of how long he has

been perfecting his work.

"Michael brings a more intelli-

g e n t a p p r o a c h to h i s m u s i c , "

Emerson said.

Emerson also noted that the show

would be somewhat different f rom

those that the Christian Music Se-

ries has done earlier this year, like

Jars of Clay.

"The best word I can think of to

describe the show would be 'mel-

LAGQ performs Guitar Quartet plays at Dimnent for GPS

Maureen Yonovitz A R T S EDITOR

Called "one of the finest guitar

quartets in the wor ld" by "Guitar

P layer M a g a z i n e , " the recen t ly

Grammy nominated Los Angeles

Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) comes to

Dimnent Chapel as part of the Great

Pe r fo rmance Series. T h e per for -

mance takes p lace at 8 p.m. on

Tuesday, Feb. 18, just days before

the G r a m m y w i n n e r s a re an -

nounced.

L A G Q is made up of already ac-

complished soloists Andrew York,

William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant,

and John Dearman. ' T h e y are four

outstanding guitarists with great in-

dividual careers who combine to

c rea te a s tunn ing quar te t , " said

Derek Emerson, Hope Arts Coor-

dinator. "Any one of these guitar-

ists would be worth their own GPS

performance—to have four at once

will be incredible."

T h e music of L A G Q has made

its way across the continent. They

have recently been heard on radio

stations and featured on television

p rograms throughout the Uni ted

States.

"I booked this knowing it would

be one of the most well attended

concerts of the year," Emerson said.

"They have a devoted fol lowing,

and guitar players will come many

hours to hear this group play."

Although they are best known as

a classical guitar group, they play

a wide range of different musical

styles. In fact, their Grammy nomi-

nat ion is f o r the Bes t Class ica l

Crossover Album for their 2002 re-

lease " L A G Q Latin."

"Mos t people appreciate great

guitar playing, whether it is classi-

cal, blues or rock," Emerson said.

"On the other hand, they are not a

strictly classical group, and I like

hear ing their range-I think other

people will as well ."

Tickets to see L A G Q go on sale

beginning Feb. 12 and through Feb.

18. They cost $14 for adults, $12

for senior citizens, and $5 for stu-

den ts and chi ldren . T h e DeWit t

ticket office is open weekdays f rom

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

low ' , " Emerson said.

Card will be performing solo in

a simple setting without the bright

lights. He will sing about half of

the concert while playing the piano,

and the other half with his guitar.

Though Card 's approach to mu-

sic may be more passive, his Chris-

tian message is strong.

"He takes time to focus his work

w i t h i n the C h r i s t i a n f a i t h , "

Emerson said.

Card plans to share his message

not only through this music Friday

night, but also earlier that morning.

He will be leading the chapel ser-

vice at 10:30 a.m.

Tickets for the concert will be

available at the DeWitt Center Box

Off ice Thursday through Friday

this week and Wednesday through

Friday next week, f rom 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. They are $7 for students and

$10 for the general public.

Tickets are going fast. Emerson

has already had calls f rom several

out-of-state Michael Card fans that

plan to see his show. Because of

this, the concert was moved f rom

Knickerbocker into Dimnent.

Christian singer Michael Card performs as part of the Christian Music Series at 8 p.m. on February 14 in Dimnent Chapel.

'Laramie Project' presented Nick Denis EDITOR- IN -CHIEF

In 1998, a young man named

Matthew Sheppard was beaten to

death in Laramie, Wyoming be-

cause he was homosexual . This

an t i -gay hate c r ime p roduced

many reactions f rom people all

across the nation, and now, some

of those reactions are going to be

voiced at Hope College.

In p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h t h e

Taskforce on Issues of Sexuality,

the Hope Col lege Theatre De-

partment will be presenting ' T h e

Laramie Project," February 14-

15 and 19-22. In the wake of this

c r i m e , M o i s e s K a u f m a n and

members of the Tectonic Theater

Project wrote this product ion.

The play compr i ses t ranscr ip-

tions of interviews of the people

of L a r a m i e , c o n d u c t e d by

K a u f m a n and m e m b e r s of the

Tectonic Theater Project.

In his author 's note, Kaufman

explains the writing process:

"Dur ing the year-and-a-hal f

development of the play, mem-

bers of the company and I trav-

eled to Laramie six times to con-

duct interviews with the people

of the town. We transcribed and

edited the interviews, then con-

d u c t e d severa l w o r k s h o p s in

which the members of the com-

pany p r e s e n t e d ma te r i a l and

acted as dramaturges in the cre-

ation of the play."

ANCHOFf PHOTO BY NICK DENI

Rachel Carrozziere ('03) in "The Laramie Project," which opens February 14 in the DeWitt Main Theatre.

Each pe r fo rmance of the play

will be fol lowed by a panel discus-

sion that all are invited to partici-

pate in. The discussions will be lead

by a 3 to 4 person panel of faculty,

staff, and students representing a

broad spectrum of the Hope com-

munity.

Daina Robins, Associate Profes-

sor of Thea t re , d i rec ts the play.

Robins thinks that the play has the

potential to seriously impact the

lives of all those in attendance.

"I think, I hope, the performance

will give students the opportunity

to become more clear about how

they think and feel about an impor-

tant issue of our times. It will

give them the chance to hear, to

consider more than one perspec-

tive and to investigate their own

response to the life and death of

Ma t thew Sheppard , its af ter-

math, and what it reveals about

each one of us, who we are, who

we want to be," Robins said.

T icke t s are on sale, at the

DeWitt Center ticket office. Ad-

mission prices are $7 general ad-

mission, $5 for faculty and staff,

and $4 for students. The ticket

office extension is x7890 and its

off ice hours are weekdays f rom

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

AMCHOff PHOTO COURTESY DEREK EMERSON

The 2003 Grammy nominated Los Angeles Guitar Quartet comes to Hope at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18.

What's Hangin'? Cool B e a n s C o f f e e House

Byron Keith

Tonight, 7-9:30 p.m.

The Kletz " M y t h a n d t h e Crea t i ve Process :

Michae l Ayr ton a n d t h e M y t h of Daeda lus '

Continues through Friday

DePree Gallery

Free Admission

" R a b b i t Proof F e n c e "

7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Mon.-Sat., Feb 3-8

Mon.-Thurs. , Feb. 10-18

Knickerbocker Theatre

$5 Regular Admission

A r i c h o r OPINION February 5/ 2003

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"Reject" shown in Anchor is offensive

To the Editor:

We are writing to express our

outrage at the unattribuled

advertisement on page 7 in the

January 29 issue of T h e Anchor.

This larger than one-quarter page

ad is a photograph of young black

woman with the word REJECT

printed across her image. Taken

with or without the small print ( 4 i

E d i t o r ' s note : With the crystal-clear vision of

hindsight, we at T h e Anchor see now that the pub-

lic-service announcement laid out on a news page

during the heat of deadline production was far f rom

the best choice of images. T h e fight-teen-pregnancy

m e s s a g e w a s a s t r o n g o n e ( s o r r y t h e

www.teenpregnancy.org credit line was cropped off

the photo during layout!), but a more thoughtful re-

had sex so my boyfriend wouldn ' t

REJECT me. N o w I have a baby.

And no boyfriend.") , this adver-

tisement is an abhorrent example

of the stereotyping and racism

that poison not only our society at

large, but, unfortunately, the Hope

College campus as well. That this

ad appeared in our student

newspaper is shameful, sad, and

horrific.

Carl a Vissers, professor of

English;

Priscilla Atkins, Van Wylen

Library;

Karima Jeffery, Teaching Fellow;

David Klooster, professor of

English;

Barbara Mezeske, professor of

English;

and Jack Ridl, professor of

English.

view of the accompanying image was in order. Why

picture the face of a minority in this "p romo ad"? We

probably shouldn ' t have, especially since we had in

hand another, similar ad with a Caucasian woman in

the photo. So, thanks for pointing out something that

we should have been more careful about f rom the start.

— N i c k Denis, Anchor editor-in-chief; Mark Lewison,

advisor.

Advertisement from Feb. 5 is sexist To the Editor:

I am very angry that you are still

running those offensive abstinence

ads in T h e Anchor. I am referring

to the one that has a picture of a

young woman with the word "re-

ject" written across her. People have

complained about this ad before,

and you have ignored them. These

ads are blatantly sexist and inappro-

priate, and I shouldn' t have to ex-

plain why. I am sick of women al-

ways being blamed when it comes

to unexpected pregnancies.

Danielle Grammerstorf ( '03)

Dean of students should give an explanation To the Editor:

1 love this College, and I believe I have the respon-

sibility to do what ' s best for it when I can. In the past

f ew months, a series of events has led to our loss of a

dedicated, hardworking, and wonderfu l Residential

Life member, Stacy Kemper. Stacy has responsibil-

ity for the cottages and for the Student/Faculty Judi-

cial Board. She has touched many students ' l ives

and earned fr iendships and trust outside of her formal

roles. However, it is as a member of Judicial Board that I

can foresee the greatest loss to the College and its com-

munity. She selected and trained each of the students

who serve—and f rom all reports, we have a done a

commendable job upholding the judicial process that

the school has in place. Stacy has always been present

at hearings and offers advice to help ensure fairness,

consistency, and a positive educational environment

for everyone involved in the process. I have spoken

with each member of Judicial Board, and we are all

sad to lose Stacy and very concerned about how the

College can make such a mistake by the students.

There is no way to adequately replace Stacy, as there

is no one who understands what her job entailed. Il is

possible that there are other faculty members who will

be as committed to fairness and consistency as Stacy

has been, but I find it difficult to expect these quali-

ties in whoever tries to fill her shoes. Rest assured

that her dismissal, in addition to being premature and

indefensible, was so unexpected that those respon-

sible have no clue how to make up for the dearth of

service she leaves in her wake.

Il has not been suggested that Stacy has done

anything wrong or been lacking in her duties and

dedication to our College. There are no answers to

be found in the administration—not f rom her

supervisor Kelly Burris-Wesener or f rom the Dean.

I challenge you, the student body, to elicit f rom our

Dean of Students one good reason why Stacy was

pressured to resign f rom a job and a College she

loved so much. Or go to Kelly, Assistant Dean for

Housing and Residential Life

(wesener@hope.edu), or Dean Frost

(frost@hope.edu) and ask them what they envision

for the future of Hope College. Ask them how they

are fulf i l l ing the Christian mission statement of

Hope College and Res. Life . If their vision is not in

line with Stacy's , I 'm not sure I can condone where

Res. Life is taking this College.

I do not intend to sit idly while the College dis-

misses those who, in their dedication to

excellence, make their supervisors look unproduc-

tive and the Dean look like a puppet of departmen-

tal politics. Please join me in making the Dean of

Students and the Assistant Dean for Housing and

Residential Life accountable to the best interests of

the College, not their own.

Nicolas Grzegorczyk ( '04)

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A war with Iraq is not properly just if ied, must make stronger connection to bin Laden

To the Editor:

President Bush has been telling

us for months and months that there

are "clear l inks" be tween Saddam

Hussein and O s a m a bin Laden, say-

ing at one point that

"You can ' t dis t inguish be tween

a l -Qaeda and S a d d a m w h e n you

talk about the war on terror." T h e

on ly p rob lem with this picture is

that the administrat ion has provided

absolutely no solid evidence of such

a l i nk—and there is little reason to

expect Secre tary of State Powel l to

o f f e r m u c h n e w on the ques t ion

when he goes to the Securi ty Coun-

cil on Wednesday.

In the struggle to "sel l" the war,

e s t ab l i sh ing the O s a m a - S a d d a m

link is all-important. If Saddam had

someth ing to do with the 9/11 at-

t a c k s , m o s t A m e r i c a n s w o u l d

rightly suppor t a war of se l f -de-

fense against Iraq, as was the case

wi th Afghan i s t an . But if O s a m a

and Saddam are in fact not conspir-

ing, then a U.S . - l ed war agains t

Iraq would appear to be one of ag-

gression, one that m a n y patriotic

A m e r i c a n s w o u l d fee l a du ty to

oppose .

Analysts at the C I A and FBI now

are tel l ing us that ev idence of the

supposed a l -Qaeda-Saddam link is

be ing e x a g g e r a t e d . T h e S u n d a y

N e w York T imes quotes a govern-

men t o f f i c i a l w h o says , " W e ' v e

been looking at this hard fo r more

than a year and you know what, w e

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f i f ths of Amer icans , however , ac-

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to B u s h ' s asser t ions , be l ieve that

Saddam has t ies to a l -Qaeda .

In the f ace of a lack of evidence ,

A m e r i c a n s rely upon thei r easi ly

f anned fears , th inking, s o m e w h a t

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might work together because they

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TWnchor FEATURES February 5, 2003

Two new shows added to Hope television lineup Music themed shows produced by students will begin this Friday

Erin Wickens S T A F F R E P O R T E R

The Lakeshore Report, ihe Hope

College television station, is plan-

ning to bring two new shows about

music into rotation starting Friday.

Hope students Ryan Wert ( '04) ,

A n d r e w Volk ( ' 0 5 ) and J a m e s

Pierce ( '03) are producing the pro-

grams—"Col Spirito", and ' T r a c k

N i n e . " T h e f o r m e r will f ea tu re

Hope events such as orchestra, jazz

band concerts and the latter will

feature local bands and individuals

outs ide the co l lege scene . Each

show will run once a week, a half-

hour each. Wert said the "Col Spirito" show

will follow a format that includes

clips f rom a concert and brief in-

terviews with music ians . "Track

Nine," however, won ' t have a set

format.

"One day we could just do a DJ

set and you would have a little rave

on your te levis ion. . .other days it

could be video footage of bands and

interviews. It could take any form,

depending on what we are featur-

ing for the day," Wert said.

' T r a c k Nine" also is considering

bringing bands into the studio to

perform especially for the viewing

audience. At this point, though, it

is uncertain what is going to hap-

pen with 'Track Nine," but it prom-

ises to be fun for viewers.

First up for ' T r a c k Nine" is a re-

cent concert held in the Voorhees

Hall b a s e m e n t f e a t u r i n g Volk ' s

band. Hope for August , and James

Pierce's band, Lyle!. Future shows

will play clips of and interviews

w i th T h e F a s h i o n C l u b , I sa iah

Kallman f rom the Grand Rapids-

based band Joust, Launch of the Ul-

tra Spider, Tara Leigh Cobble and

Just Plain Ann.

"We are taking it week by week,"

said Wert when asked what they

plan to do with the show in the fu-

ture. "We are open to ideas, and we

don' t want strictly rock and roll."

Right now, he said, they are play-

ing with the idea of featuring Grand

Rapids bands once a month to bring

interest f rom a wide demographic.

"The only problem would be find-

ing the time and money to drive out

to Grand Rapids. But it would be

great if we can do it because David

Schock, professor of communica-

tion, has even talked about eventu-

ally putting the show on W G V U , a

public television station that airs to

all of West Michigan.

4 ...these shows will be the ones people will want to watch.

-Sarah Ster l ing ('06)

Schock has spoken to the Grand

R a p i d s C o m m u n i c a t i o n M e d i a

Center and says that they are very

interested in a show that features

new music.

"This is what they are supposed

to be doing. I a m very proud of

Ryan and his crew. You have people

that love music and use technology

to bring a passion in front of an au-

dience. I think this is what they are

called to do. They are answering

that call.

Hope College student Sarah Ster-

ling ( '06) said the shows will be a

great addition to the television sta-

tion. " I ' m not as interested in 'Col

Spirito ' as I am in 'Track Nine. ' I

think 1 would watch that show regu-

larly. I ' m interested in k n o w i n g

about local bands," she said. "It

would also be in teres t ing if the

show is interactive by saying 4send

us a tape! Let us know about up-

coming shows." 'People would feel

like they were a part of the show

and involved with the music . It

wouldn ' t be like other music shows

where they talk about and play the

top 50 songs in the nat ion. . . it 's ap-

plicable to this town and county."

Emily Adams ( '06) , a music fan

agreed "Peop le are interested in

knowing other music. If they do get

into Grand Rapids shows, they will

be able to interest other people be-

sides Holland residents."

If things work out as planned the

shows could be quite a hit, even

"Col Spir i to" Sterling predicted.

A / J C H O f t PHOTO BY ERIN WICKENS

Isaiah Kallman of Joust performs at Lemonjello's

"That would be the type of show

even parents and senior citizens in

the community would be interested

in watching," she said.

"No matter what, I think these

shows will be ones people will want

to watch."

Many student volunteers will be

needed to help make the shows a

success, so if you are interested in

helping produce them in some way,

c o n t a c t R y a n W e r t at

ryan.wert@hope.edu. According to

Wert, it takes more than 24 hours

filming and editing for each televi-

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Health Clinic offers free limited medical care Students can save up to $1000 with Hopehealth benefit plan in effect

Anjey Dykhuis C A M P U S B E A T E D I T O R

'Tis the season to be. . .sniff ly , achy, and

all around under the weather.

Unfortunately, the milder pre-winter of

West Michigan is past and "deep cold," as

some older Mich iganders call it, has as-

saulted us yet again. The up side to this

winter 's deep cold is the new and improved

Health Clinic. Unbeknownst to many students, this year 's

tuition for ful l t ime students added $130,

which covers all services the Health Clinic

offers, plus anything they refer students to

for up to $1000. Students received Hope

Health Benefit cards f rom Student Devel-

opment this fall. If they were not received,

they can be signed out with ID f rom the Stu-

dent Development Off ice in DeWitt Center.

These cards must be presented at time of

service in the Health Clinic to receive the

Hope Health Benefit . "The Health Benefit is primarily to be used

here in the Health Clinic for things like strep

throat, pneumonias , colds, sprains, things

like that. If somebody comes in and there is

some service we cannot provide or we feel

they do need to see a specialist, as long as

we refer them, it also can come under that

$1000. It a lso covers most prescr ipt ion

medic ines at one hundred percen t , " said

Cindy Sabo, Registered Nurse. Prescription

drugs are filled through the Apothecary and

Mode l Drug Store on Eighth Street and

River, with presentation of the Hope Health

Benefit card. Model Drug is the only drug

store that will submit to the particular com-

pany Hope uses.

This is not the same as major medical in-

surance, which students are required to have

to be enrolled. "One thing we don' t want is

for students to confuse this with major medi-

cal insurance. Their major medical insur-

ance should kick in for costly operat ions,"

Sabo said. Hope offers major medical in-

surance for purchase through an agency that

works with college students. This differs

f rom the $ 1000 dollar benefit because it cov-

ers everything, not just the incidentals that

occur during the year. Major medical insur-

ance is what students would use if they were

seriously injured, in need of surgery, or any

other serious medical care.

The Hope Health Benefi t , on the other

hand, covers everything else, f rom sprains

and fractures to sniffles and most vaccina-

tions. "This is to provide immediate care

for acute symptoms," Sabo said. "The other

thing that comes out of there is anything pre-

ventative. Some (travel) vaccines can run

up to two hundred, three hundred dollars."

Sabo admits that some problems have oc-

curred in the one semester the benefit has

been active. One major glitch Hope Health

has run into is the routine of submitting claim

forms at the time of service. When a stu-

dent has lab or referral work done, the Health

?i3Srw

Clinic must bill the insurance company di-

rectly for the student verifying that it is cov-

ered under the policy and will be paid for.

Last semester, they ran into problems with

the forms arriving at the insurance company

after the student had already been billed, and

they had to do it over again to fix the prob-

lem. "Somet imes they don' t meet up together.

We may refer it, we may let the insurance

company know, but by the time they get the

claim form, the hospital has already billed

them, so they deny it, and the student gets

the bill ," said Sabo. This semester has seen

fewer glitches since the Clinic has isolated

the problem and dealt with it.

A N O H O f l GRAPHIC BY CHAD SAMPSON

This program will continue next year and

hopefully all later years. "We had a very

good response, not only f rom students, but

also f rom parents," Sabo said. The Health Clinic always has a doctor on

call, from Dr. Stid's family practice on Wash-

ington Ave.; they also have a nurse practi-

tioner on duty every day, a physician comes

in one morning a week, and there are always

four RNs present. For any student with any health related

need, the Health Clinic is on the main floor

of the Dow Center on Thirteenth Street and

Columbia — and with the benefit that went

into action fall semester last year, it is free

with presentation of the card.

February 5, 2003 S P O R T S " A n c h o r

Hope swimmers ready for MIAA meet

D e s p i t e t w o l o s s e s to

Calvin thus far this season, there are members of Hope 's

team that believe they will finish ahead of Calvin at the

MIAA meet two weeks away. At the MIAA meet, there

are 2 ,015 poss ib le points . Calvin's two dual meet victo-

ries have been by scores of

119-109 and 117-105. Eve ry e v e n t excep t the

1,000 yard freestyle will be swam, in addition to every re-

lay. Each swimmer is allowed

to compete in up to three in-dividual events and relays, but

no more than seven different

events. Chris Hamstra ( '04), school

record holder and six t ime

A l l - A m e r i c a n , sa id , " W e w o n ' t let t h e m bea t us .

Calvin 's top-end swimmers are very strong; they even ri-

val our top swimmers. But

when you get down to the fifth

and sixth guys, all the way down through number 18, we

are cons ide rab ly s t ronger .

They just can ' t compete with

that." Each team is returning three

Al l -MIAA swimmers f rom

last year and five swimmers

who achieved All-American

status a year ago. "Calvin has no shot at beat-

ing us . We have super io r

depth, superior tradition, su-per ior coach ing" said Dan

Bouwens ( '03), team captain.

Intramurals offer fun for students Hope athletes find friendly competition outside of varsity sports

Dave Yetter S P O R T S EDITOR

Be fair. Play nice. Have fun .

These are rules that we have all

been taught to obey since a very young age. These rules not only

apply to us in ,our everyday lives, they are also the motto for the Hope

intramurals. The schedules for the fourth in-

tramural season are now available.

They are a great place to get to-

gether with friends or meet new people. Teams compete in a num-

ber of different sports, including

everything f rom bowling to rac-

quetball to water polo. "Intramurals are a blast," said

Justin Blazek ( '06), who was on a dodge ball t eam last semester .

'There is nothing more fun that a

bunch of people firing dodge balls

at each other 's faces." A number of sports are starting

very soon. Coed volleyball, men's

and w o m e n ' s r acque tba l l , and men's and women's basketball all

start on Feb. 15 and it is never too

late to join a team. Although it is hard to imagine in

this weather, a number of outdoor

sports will be starting up sooner than you might think. Frisbee golf,

ultimate Frisbee, and men's soft-

ball will all be starting in March. Make sure to get a team together

and sign up early for any of the events that interest you this semes-

ter.

ANCHOR PHOTO BY DAVE YETTER

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ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

Daane Griffeth ( 05) puts up a shot during Hope's 83-67 victory over Adrian on Saturday

Dutchmen top Bulldogs Hope keeps #1 rank, beats Adrian on Sat.

Olim Alimov STAFF REPORTER

A sellout c rowd of 2 ,700 fans

came to see the Flying Dutchmen

move to 6-1 in the M1AA after beat-

ing the Adrian Bulldogs by a score

of 83-67. Hope set the tone early on and

took a quick 11 -0 advantage, hold-

ing the Bulldogs scoreless for the

first seven minutes. The score was very low in the

first half and the Dutchmen took a

33-19 lead into the intermission.

"Our defense was the key to the

game," said Chad Carlson ( '03) ,

who scored 13 points and grabbed

8 rebounds. "We were looking to

set the tone early by shutting the

Bulldogs down."

The low scoring first half was

suddenly forgotten in the second

when both teams went on a shoot-

ing rampage. Hope was inspired

by its loyal "Dew Crew" fans and

outscored Adrian 50-48.

"Playing at home in front of the

Dew Crew is definitely excit ing,"

FT 11 b \ i >

Car l son expla ined . "They def i -

nitely give us energy."

H o p e sho t

54% from the

f i e l d c o m -

p a r e d to

A d r i a n ' s

3 7 % . G r e g

Immink ( ' 05 )

s c o r e d 11

p o i n t s a n d

D o n

O v e r b e e k

( ' 0 3 ) a d d e d

10 p o i n t s , 6

blocks and 4

steals. Mike VanHekken ( '03) shot 2 of 3 f rom

behind the three-point line and fin-

ished the game with 9 points. There

were 49 fouls in the game, which

resulted in 55 f ree throws for the

teams combined. T h e Flying Dutch moved up to

tenth place in the nation among Di-

vision III teams. The Dutchmen ' s

number one priority is still to win

the league and then the champion-

ship. Hope is currently #1 in the

M l A A and stand strong with a 16-

3 overall record.

Hope ' s only threat comes f rom

Albion Col lege , a t eam that has

posted a 16-

4 o v e r a l l

r ecord and

a mark of 5-

2 in t h e

M I A A .

H o p e b e a t

A l b i o n on

January 22.

D o n

O v e r b e e k

( ' 0 3 ) w a s

n a m e d the

M I A A

m e n ' s bas -

ketball player of the week for the

second time this season and the fifth

t ime in his career.

Don had two big games in the last

w e e k . He had 21 po in t s , 6 re-

b o u n d s , a n d 4 b l o c k s a g a i n s t

Ka lamazoo and had 10 points, 6

blocks, 4 steals and 4 rebounds on

Saturday against Adrian.

There are still five games remain-

ing on the s c h e d u l e , i n c l u d i n g

tough back-to-back games against

Calv in and Albion. Hope plays

Alma at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Mli ** 11 ml 1 ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

Both teams battle for a rebound.

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Lady Dutch win on historic day Senior Amanda Kerkstra sets record

Olim Alimov STAFF REPORTER

On Saturday, the fans of the Fly-

ing Dutch traveled to Adrian in

hopes of seeing another victory and

a record-setting performance. They

witnessed both.

T h e Flying Dutch came into the

game with a perfect 8-0 record in

the M I A A (18-0 overall) to play a

struggling Adrian squad.

A m a n d a K e r k s t r a ( ' 0 3 ) of

Grandville, MI came into the game

just 6 points shy of the al l - t ime

H o p e w o m e n ' s s c o r i n g r e c o r d .

Kerkstra scored 13 points, grabbed

8 rebounds and blocked 3 shots,

becoming Hope ' s all- t ime points

leader with 1,376.

Coach Morehouse is proud of

Amanda ' s achievements.

"Amanda ' s record is a great ac-

c o m p l i s h m e n t . T h e n u m b e r of

po in t s she has scored is rea l ly

amazing, but she would be the first

to praise her team for their part in

the record. As a post player, she

depends on them to get her the ball

at the right time in the right place."

A m a n d a a g r e e d . I t t ook f o u r

years for her to get to that mark,

but as she pointed out, no th ing

c o u l d b e p o s s i b l e w i t h o u t he r

fr iends and fel low players.

"I play with great players like

K a t h i G r o t e n h u i s ( ' 0 3 ) , A m y

Bal tmanis ( ' 03 ) , Katie Nienhuis

( '03) and other amazing girls. The

reason that we play so well is be-

cause we have so much fun off the

court," said Kerkstra.

She also said that the whole team

is very close and are friends off the

court. After games they like to hang

out together, pull practical jokes on

each other, and do " fun and stupid

things that make us very effective

on the court."

Kerkstra comes from a large fam-

ily where she is the second of seven

children.

Track teams compete at Carthage David Yetter S P O R T S EDITOR

T h e F ly ing Dutch track t eam

kicked off their new season over the

weekend, competing in a meet at

Carthage College on Friday.

T h e men ended up in seventh

place among sixteen teams in the

meet whi le the w o m e n f in i shed

eighth in a twelve-team field.

Carthage, the host of the tourna-

ment , f i n i shed f i rs t in both the

men's (143.5 points) and women ' s

(177 points) competit ion.

The Hope men ' s team finished

the meet with 37 points. Their high-

est finish in a single event came in

the i n t e r m e d i a t e h u r d l e s . Ben

Troost ( ' 06 ) finished third in the

200-meter race with a lime of 26.95

seconds . O the r top f i n i shes fo r

Hope came in the pole vault. A1

Chimoski ( ' 05 ) finished fourth and

Tony Gawron (*04) ended up fifth

in the pole vault.

The Du tchmen also had some

s i x t h - p l a c e f i n i s h e s . F r e s h m a n

Tyson Warner in the 3,000 meters

(9:06.26), senior Ed Perez in the

600 meters (1:26.19), and sopho-

m o r e P e t e r D e r b y in the 1000

mete rs (4 :07 .49) all f i n i shed in

sixth place in their respective races.

For the L a d y D u t c h , C h r i s t y

Watkin ( '04) was the only winner,

with a long j ump of 17'6". She also

finished fifth in the 400-meters with

a time of 1:04.70.

The w o m e n ' s team also got no-

table performances f rom Kara Van

A s s e n ( ' 0 3 ) in the t r ip le j u m p ,

Laura Borovsky ( ' 06 ) in the pole

vault, and Brooke Oosting ( '03) in

the 600-meters. All three women

finished in third place in their re-

spective events.

"My older brother grew up play-

ing ball, so I lagged a long," she

said. She a t tended Calvin Chris t ian

High Schoo l and p layed u n d e r

coach John Richard before coming

to Hope. On Saturday, Amanda

ach ieved s o m e t h i n g that hasn ' t

been done for 17 years.

"It feels good to have a scoring

record but nothing really changed

except for a name. The good thing

is our team record, which hopefully

will stay for a long lime. Nothing

stops because 1 won an award. We

are still going strong and we have

a National Championship to win,"

she said. A m a n d a s u r p a s s e d p r e v i o u s

r e c o r d h o l d e r K a r e n G i n r a s -

H o e k s t r a ' s , w h o s c o r e d 1 ,369

points while playing for Hope f rom

1982-85. Kerkstra recalls one meet-

ing with the previous champion

where Gingras-Hoekstra explained

that in the '80s , the game was a lot

different because the starters had to

play the whole game and did not

get much help from the other play-

ers. " N o w we have a great recruit-

ing class and we have a lot of tal-

ented girls on the team," Kerkstra

said. O n S a t u r d a y , t hey c e r t a i n l y

played as a team. The game against

Adr ian brought the D u t c h their

n ineteenth victory. They started

strong with an 11-3 lead and never

l o o k e d b a c k . By h a l f t i m e , the

Dutch led 41-24 and the women

were shooting near 60 percent.

Jennifer Layne ( '06) led the Fly-

ing Dutch with 14 points, includ-

ing 4 of 6 f rom three-point range,

while Amy Baltmanis dished out 6

assists. Katie Nienhuis also added

10 points off the bench. The Dutch

shot 51 percent overall and out-re-

bounded Adrian 41-32..

Hope is ranked first in the MIAA.

Their next game will be at Saint

Mary 's College (1-7) on Wednes-

day.

Derek Chavis, head track coach

for both teams, thinks that the team

performed very well for their first

meet. "Our first meet helps us to evalu-

ate everyone and see where we are

as a team-1 think that we performed

to o u r e x p e c t a t i o n s a n d s o m e

people exceeded our expectations."

Chavis is hoping that the team

will continue to get better and hopes

to perform well at the next meet in

a couple of weeks.

' T h i s meet showed us where our

condit ioning is. We also do a lot of

v i d e o t a p i n g so w e can see o u r

progress. We hope to keep doing

better." Both teams will have their next

meet on Saturday, February 22 at

the U n i v e r s i t y of W i s c o n s i n -

Oshkosh. The time for the meet has

yet to be announced.

Upcoming Women's Games Feb. 8 at Alma, 3 p.m. Feb. 12 Home vs. Calvin, 7:30 p.m Feb. 15 Home vs. Albion, 3 p.m.

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