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Gay Straight Alliance not allowed to meet Administration denies unofficial group the use of campus space Matt Cook EDITOR IN C H I E F

After being denied as an official

student organization at the end of

last year, the Gay Straight Alliance

for Awareness (GSAA) has experi-

enced another setback. According

to Hope College policy, the group

is not allowed to reserve a room for

meetings on campus or advertise for

m e e t i n g s on c a m p u s u n d e r the

GSAA name.

Jeff Howard (*02), G S A A presi-

dent, said that the group- which bills

itself as an educational group open

to anyone- had a scheduled meet-

ing for last Tuesday in the Cook

H a l l T.V. L o u n g e . H o w e v e r ,

Howard received a call f rom Rich-

ard Frost, dean of students, telling

him that they could no longer meet

there.

"College space is for classrooms

and recognized student g roups , "

F ros t to ld the Ancho r . "If that

groups falls outside of that defini-

tion, then they can ' t meet there."

According to Frost, this is not a

new policy, and it has been regu-

larly enforced on campus.

Howard feels like the G S A A has

been singled out unfairly.

" I t ' s f l a t out d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , "

Howard said.

Howard noted that many unoffi-

cial groups have been allowed to

m e e t on c a m p u s , e s p e c i a l l y

Vanderprov, the popular improv-

comedy troupe that has been hold-

ing rehearsals and performances in

co l lege rooms for the past three

years.

Frost said that he was not aware

Vanderprov was being allowed to

reserve rooms.

"If they are, they shouldn' t be ,"

Frost said.

According to Amy Sporer ( '04) ,

Vanderprov president, Vanderprov

has not yet reserved a room this

year.

G S A A was not lef t wi thou t a

p l a c e to m e e t . A c c o r d i n g to

Howard, several faculty members

offered to host G S A A meetings in

their homes. They even got an of-

fer f rom a downtown Holland or-

ganization.

" W e ' v e gotten a lot of support

from members of the Hope commu-

nity and even people outs ide of

Hope," Howard said.

Frost also asked Howard to re-

move the name Hope College f rom

the G S A A website at more GSAA on 5280

A/VCHOff PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

ROCK ONz During the Labor Day picnic Fade to Shade entertained Hopes campus while students ate and danced. The Minnesota band has appeared on an MTV tour. They also were very interested in the ratio of cookie eating to fruit, and commented on it numerous time.

New Dow weight room proposal nixed Student Congress attempts to improve Dow facilities fail Rebkah Oegema C O P Y EDITOR

Abs aren ' t the only thing being

crunched in the Dow.

T h e Dow Center, built in 1978,

was a state-of-the-art facility of its

day. It was intended to be a place

of recreation for Hope students and

faculty. However, in 2001, with the

student body almost double what it

was in 1978, and the number of ki-

nesiology majors, sports teams and

health interested students are grow-

ing exponential ly, the result is a

Dow center that has outgrown its

breeches.

According to the 2001 Student

Congress survey, "74.6% of Hope

students indicated that expanding

or renovating the weight room was

important or very impor tan t . " A

solution was then agreed upon by

the administration and the kinesi-

ology department to turn one of the

classrooms in the Dow, Room 201,

into a f i tness/aerobic center with

treadmills, bikes, and other exercise

equipment.

Matt Scogin (402), president of

Student Congress, used the results

of the survey to form a platform for

h i s e l e c t i o n last s p r i n g . O n c e

e l ec t ed , h e took steps to assure

more space for students to exercise.

"Before we left for the summer,

we d o n a t e d $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 f r o m last

year ' s rollover fund (from student's

activity fees), to aid the conversion

of Dow 201 into an aerobics and

fitness room" Scogin said.

However , this was easier con-

ceived than produced. Although the

work on room 201 was originally

intended to be done over the sum-

mer, it already had classes

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Virus attacks campus Matt Cook EDITOR IN C H I E F

A virus that is infecting computers around

the world is now threatening Hope College

computers.

According to a report f rom the Symantec

A n t i v i r u s R e s e a r c h Cen te r , the S i r C a m

Worm virus is capable of deleting all the files

on a hard drive, filling up a hard drive with

useless files and e-mailing a random docu-

ment f rom one computer to another.

But the most common symptom, accord-

ing to Jeff Pestun, Hope CIT project man-

ager, is that the virus causes a computer to

send out mass e-mails.

"That ' s how the virus is allowed to propa-

gate," Pestun said.

The virus is spread in the guise of an e-

mail message. The text of the message usu-

ally says something like "I send you this file

in order to have your advice."

A file is attached to the e-mail, and the vi-

rus is activated if the file is opened.

Accord ing to Pes tun , a l though there is

nothing CIT can do to stop the virus, one way

to avoid it is not opening the attachment.

"We always tell people not to open any at-

tachment they weren ' t expect ing," Pestun

said. "I t 's not enough to know who it 's f rom,

because the virus can mask itself now as

someone else."

Pestun likes to use an analogy to help de-

scribe it.

"If someone sent you strange pills in the

mail, would you take them?" Pestun said. "Of

course not."

The second step to being virus free is run-

ning an up-to-date virus protection program

like Norton 's Tools. more VIRUS on 2

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Parking costs on the rise With lack of space parking goes up again Kurt Koehler S T A F F REPORTER

In the latest chapter of what has

become a perennial issue at Hope

College, parking rales are on ihe

rise. "Four or f ive years ago, the col-

lege decided lo slarl raising rates

until they will be $200 across the

board," said Mike Lafata, the Pub-

lic Safety patrol sergeant.

Currently, Seniors pay $100, jun-

iors $125, sophomores $150, and

freshmen $175 per year for a park-

ing permit. These rates will not in-

crease. "The rate structure is stable for

GSAA from 1

each incoming class. Next year ' s

first year student will pay $200 (the

current cap) for a permit and that

cost will follow him/her through the

four years ," said Greg Maybury,

director of operations and technol-

ogy. "Whatever you pay coming in as

a f reshman will be what you pay all

the way through your Hope Ca-

reer," said Lafata. The higher rates

are intended to offset the cost of

creating new parking lots and main-

taining existing lots. Maybury es-

timates that building new parking

lo ts cos t s the c o l l e g e b e t w e e n

$ 1 , 5 0 0 and $ 2 , 2 0 0 per pa rk ing

space. Not included in this figure

are the costs of the land and of a

Code Blue emergency te lephone

kiosk. According to Maybury, mainte-

nance, snow removal and periodic

resurfacing, usually costs about $30

per parking space.

In light of these costs the college

discourages students f rom bringing

cars to campus. "[Cars] are not generally needed

for academic or co-curricular activi-

ties," said Maybury.

Maybury also noted that the cre-

ation of new parking lots would

mean less green space for recreation

and that any new lots would be lo-

cated on the periphery of the cam-

pus. Unlike previous years, the col-

lege has not yet sold more permits

than it has available parking spaces.

A/VCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ON OR A

SiTTIN' ON TURF: With a shortage of parking students are forced to park in less traditional areas.

however the college will still sell

more permits than it has spaces.

"We won' t stop selling them. As

many people that would want them

can get them," said Lafata.

VIRUS from 1

h t t p : / / g s a a h o p e . t r i p o d . c o m / g s a a h o p e /

idI0 .html . "We looked at the website that they had,

there appeared to be an implicit meaning that

they were part of the col lege," Frost said. "1

asked them to remove it because they were

using the college's name to support an issue

that the college may not support ."

Frost compared it to a group that he took

similar action against several years ago called

the Hope Friends for the Ethical Treatment

of Animals. Howard decided to remove the word "Col-

lege" f rom the website, but not "Hope" .

"They don ' t own H o p e , " Howard said.

"That ' s a pretty common word."

Despite these problems, Howard plans to

resubmit the G S A A constitution lo the Extra

Curricular Activities Committee. He feels that

CONGRESS from 1

the G S A A could serve a good purpose on

campus.

"When you gel into the real world, you ' re

going to face these kind of issues, and Hope

doesn ' t prepare you for that," Howard said.

Howard d o e s n ' t think the co l l ege ' s at-

tempts to address homosexuali ty are as ef-

fective as a student group could be.

"I t 's important that it comes f rom the stu-

dents because we ' r e the ones who are going

to be making the changes ," Howard said.

"We' re the ones who are going to deal with

this."

According to Howard , the GSAA, which

boasts a regular attendance of 20-25 students,

plans to be more discussion oriented this year

than it was last year, when much of their en-

ergy was devoted to becoming officially rec-

o g n i z e d . T o p i c s p l a n n e d a re G a y s a n d

scheduled in it all semester, thus halting the

work. Many concerns were raised by the ki-

nesiology department because converting the

classroom would result in less space in an

already cramped Dow center, leaving classes

lo find alternative places to meet.

The students have been frustrated because

they don ' t have enough space for leisure ex-

ercise, intercollegiate sports are lacking in

space for training purposes, the kinesiology

and dance departments are ballooning in size,

while the walls of the Dow are still the same

size.

Brian M o r e h o u s e , w o m e n ' s baske tba l l

coach and director of the Dow, realizes that

this is an issue f rom all perspectives. How-

ever. he realizes that everything is cramped.

"We' re falling a little bit short right now,

but we ' r e working there to make it happen"

Morehouse said. George Kraft , head o t the

kinesiology department, agrees.

Jim Bultman, president, met with several

different people to discuss this matter, includ-

ing the registrar 's of f ice , Scogin, Richard

Frost, dean of students, and others to c o m e

up with a solution.

"The best solution seems to be Dow 201,

because it's a self-contained room with ad-

equate ventilation with very little done to it

except equipment being brought in."

T h e long-term goals for this problem are

to build a new sports facility. T h e DeVos

foundation has given a grant to the project,

and land options are being reviewed to build

the DeVos fieldhouse. In the meantime, how-

ever, space will continue to be tight.

"This is not ideal for the sports and fitness

people, nor is it ideal for the kinesiology de-

partment. It is a compromise" Bultman said.

While nothing is set in stone, the construc-

tion on Dow 201 is tenitively set for Winter

Break of this year, so when students come

back next semester, they will be able to use

the new facilities.

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Greeks . Homophob ia in Kinesiology and

Homosexuali ty and Religion.

T h e GSAA will also try to motivate some

changes in college policy, including RA and

O A sensitivity training.

"A lot of students come out during col-

lege," Howard said. "RA's especially need

to be able to handle the subject, and I don ' t

think most of them are."

Also, the G S A A wants to see a sexual ori-

entation clause added to Hope ' s hiring and

admissions policy.

"I don ' t think it 's contrary to what the RCA

s tands fo r , " H o w a r d said. "I don ' t think

there's a religion out there that would approve

of discrimination in any form."

The Gay Straight Alliance for Awareness

meets on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. Those inter-

ested should check their website for the place.

M o s t v i rus p r o t e c t i o n c o m p a n i e s put

weekly de f in i t ion upda tes - l ists of virus

symptoms- on their websites and allow us-

ers to download the updates for an annual

fee.

"We encourage people lo update their soft-

ware every week ," Peslun said. "You have to

be very active in that. A fair number of people

don ' t keep their virus definit ions up to date."

The biggest problem the virus has caused

on campus has been a large increase in e-mail

messages sent. Pestun said that the total dam-

age couldn ' t be assessed because a number

of student owned computers could be infected

without the owner being aware of it.

However , CIT has received a number of

calls f rom students with virus problems or

students just informing them that they had

received the virus.

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Is Hope a According to Hope's adminis-tration, yes. But they also assert that we're not your typical Christian school.

]ane Bast

College? EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS IS PART ONE OF A THREE PART SERIES THAT

INVESITAQES HOW HOPE COLLEGE'S CHRISTIAN MISSION EFFECTS THE LIVES OF ITS COMMUNITY

MEMBERS. WE ENCOURAGE RESPONSE FROM THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

Jane Bast R E U G I O N EDITOR

Even though Calvin student Isaac Hoogland has lived

in West Michigan for the majori ty of his life, he ' s still

not sure that Hope is a Christian college.

"Technically, I don ' t think Hope is a Christian col-

lege," said Hoogland. "The impression 1 get is that

Hope used to be Christian, but is no longer

affiliated. Maybe it is a Christian college,

but if someone asked me

if it was, I 'd hesi-

tate. It 'd take some

convincing."

Hoogland isn't

the o n l y o n e

confused about

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that Hope is a reli-

gious school, she is not

sure if that really affects the

student body.

"I feel like Hope doesn ' t put enough

emphasis on the importance of a Christian communi ty

and the lifestyle that comes with that," said VanBuren.

"1 know that it's technically a Christian school, but I

know many people who go there that I would not con-

sider to be practicing Christians."

Many people outside and inside of Hope College

wonder if Hope is a Christian college at all. According

to James Bultman, president, the answer is apparent.

" H o p e is a Chr is t ian liberal arts co l l ege , " said

Bultman. "Most people who know it well would say

that. That means that the Christian dimension has a

prominent and favored place. Our commitment to the

Christian mission is reflected in our mission statement.

the selection of trustees, the staff and faculty, and in

programs like the chapel program."

But unlike many Christian colleges, Hope does not

require students to share the same beliefs, or sign faith

statements. "Hope is not as prescriptive as some Christian

colleges," Bultman said. "I t 's not

as parochial, not as homogenous.

I don ' t see it as suffocat ing or in-

doctrinating. It is ecumenical in

nature while being rooted in the

Reformed Christian fai th."

While fully a Christian college,

Bul tman asser ts that H o p e a l so

seeks to deliver the highest qual-

ity of education. It is the blend

of faith and learning that

makes Hope unique.

"I t 's important that

people know what

college they are,"

Bultman said.

"Every col-

lege should

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sion. Hope 's niche is to aspire to the highest levels of

academic excellence within a Christian environment."

According to Bultman, that Christian environment

is present in everything Hope does - f rom the chapel

program, to Hope 's hiring policy, to the way Hope

views Residential Life.

"The Christian dimension of the college is central

to how we operate," said Robert Frost, dean of stu-

dents. "In our policy making, we are guided by the

Christian understanding of grace and just ice ."

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Infocus editor The body

( '05)

I grew up in Grand Rapids,

MI, home of Calvin-stinking-

College. Approximately 50% of

my high school graduating class

attends Calvin. I can ' t count how

many times fr iends, classmates

and former teachers have

asserted, to my face, that Hope is

not a Christian college.

I usually have some quick,

sarcastic come-back line for

them like, "Huh! You mean all

these years we 've been praying

to Baal?"

But the point hits home

nonetheless. There is a lot of

confusion, even on this campus,

as to whether or not Hope is a

Christian school.

My guess is that most of this

confusion stems from an overly

narrow definition of the word

'Christian.'

After reading the mission

statements of several Christian

colleges, one thing jumps to my

notice. Most colleges demand a

statement of faith f rom incoming

students, where students promise

not to drink, dance, gamble,

watch movies, or listen to certain

types of music. Christianity is

defined in terms of what

Christians don ' t do.

Those rare exceptions that

don ' t ask for a pledge still

manage to assert the denomina-

tional type of Christian educa-

tion a student can expect to

receive. At Calvin College, for

example, students can expect to

receive a liberal arts education

f rom a Reformed Christian

perspective. Professors at Calvin

are required to attend C R C

churches and must send their

children to Protestant Christian

schools. Christianity, therefore,

is defined in terms of one

particular denomination.

Hope is different. It is our

difference that makes us

confusing to those outside the

Hope community, and at times,

confusing to ourselves.

We 've all heard the official

Hope College mission statement.

So we all know that Hope is a

liberal arts college rooted in the

historic Christian faith. But do

we all understand what that

means? It means that Hope is not here

to coddle us. Christian students

who enter Hope expecting to

have their hands held throughout

their faith life here will be

severely disappointed. Hope

College will challenge every-

thing you 've ever believed in or

held dear. It will make you

second guess the very founda-

tions you 've built your life upon.

If it does anything less than that,

it has failed you.

Why? Because Hope is a

liberal arts college, committed to

academic excellence. That

means asking the difficult

questions without providing or

accepting Sunday School

answers.

But Hope is also rooted in the

Christian faith. Not the Catholic

Christian faith, not the Baptist

Christian faith, not even the

Reformed faith, but the historic,

the shared Christian faith.

When Martin Marty spoke at

Hope during President Bul tman 's

inaugural year, he claimed that

what makes Hope unique is that

after asking the hard questions,

we don ' t have to stop. We can

dig deeper into the truth of life,

to the way things really are.

Professors and students don ' t

have to hold themselves back.

Instead, they can dive into issues

of faith head first.

T h e ecumenical nature of

Hope lets us explore our faith

and c o m e out deeper, wiser, and

more knowledgeable people.

Rather than drawing solely f rom

one type of Christian faith, we

are able to dialogue with them

all.

Whi le as an institution Hope

may encourage inter-denomina-

tional (and to some degree, inter-

religious) discussion, it is our

responsibility as a student body

to really make it happen.

And we don ' t . When we

degrade someone for attending

chapel, when we insult someone

by praying over him without his

permission, we fail. We fail

ourselves every time we attack a

fel low student when her religious

beliefs are too conservative or

too liberal compared to our own.

We fail each time we refuse to

learn f rom a different perspec-

tive. My friend Monica once said

that if you leave Hope College

with the exact same beliefs as

when you came, you 've wasted

four years.

I love Hope College. I am

passionate about our school. At

least we ' re trying what few

Christian schools have the

courage to try. We're refusing to

define 'Christ ian ' in narrow

terms. It 's a beautiful, dangerous

idea. If only we could let go of

our personal prejudices, if only

we could understand that though

Christians may argue and bicker,

we share the same vision.

What is that shared vision?

The apostle Paul describes it as a

human body where every part

works together in the name of

the Creator. It is a body in

harmony with itself. Because the

members of this body work

together, they don ' t feel threat-

ened by each other. They see

themselves as part of a whole.

This body loves and listens, and

because it can love and listen to

all its various parts, it is able to

look outside itself and embrace

others. If only we could do it. We'd be

the most Christian college

imaginable.

Opin ion •Anchor September 5, 2001

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GSA should be allowed to meet on campus Perusing through old Anchors dating back to 1961, it was amus-

ing to see an article in which Hope College was debating over whether

it was moral to allow the Juliana Room in Durfee to be used for

dances. I hope that stories like the one that appears on the front page

of this Anchor will seem as anachronistic to future readers of the

Anchor. True to recent form, the Hope College administration continues

to ignore the fact that students outside of the Christian mainstream

have feelings. Not allowing the Gay Straight Alliance to reserve a

room only tells the students involved with that organization that the

college doesn ' t care about their needs and doesn ' t think their opin-

ions are valid. Although it is college policy not to reserve rooms to unofficial

student organizations, it is obvious that in the past, this is a policy

that has only been selectively enforced. It is a dubious policy anyway. T h e college should not have the

power to discriminate between what groups of paying, full-t ime stu-

dents can meet on this campus . Two of our basic human rights are

f reedom of assembly and freedom of speech. Even though the col-

lege is a private institution, it should set an example for its students

by respecting these rights. And if the administration is worried, most people would not in-

terpret the reserving of college space for the Gay Straight Alliance

as accepting the homosexual life-style. Although, in this edi tor ' s opinion, that wouldn ' t be such a hor-

rible thing anyway.

Is Hope a Christian college?

On page three of this issue, the Anchor starts a three part series

that investigates what it means to be a Christian college, whether

Hope can honestly call itself a Christian college and whether or not

Hope should be a Christian college.

Our hope with this series is that members of the Hope commu-

nity, especially students, take advantage of this opportunity to dis-

cuss these questions that are on everybody 's minds.

Read the stories, discuss them with your roommates, at your lunch

tables, in your Bible studies and even in your classrooms. As al-

ways. the Anchor is open to letters to the editor, and we will be

printing an entire page of student responses in the third issue of the

series. The Anchor will attempt to remain as unbiased as possible through-

out the course of this series. It is important to us that every view-

point is allowed to be heard.

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First of all, 1 just want to say how

much 1 en joyed the various wel-

coming columns in the first Anchor

of the academic year. I 'd like to

highl ight a f e w of my favor i t es

(while realizing this leaves some

good th ings unment ioned) . Beth

Lomasney 's composition on the arts

contains so many wonderful quo-

tations and examples that encour-

age one to participate in the arts.

How could anyone think they ' r e

living the good life without taking

advantage of the many opportuni-

ties at Hope to experience the arts?

Dance , mus ic , thea te r , exh ib i t s ,

readings, the list is endless. Jane

Bast is so deft at mixing humor with

wisdom in her description of her

own "loser approach" to Orienta-

tion Weekend several years ago that

she is the direct inspiration for me

taking the risk of losing my hermit-

poet-librarian status by writing this

letter. And, f inal ly, there ' s Matt

C o o k ' s advice to apprec ia te and

learn f rom all of the diversity- race,

religion, sexual orientation, to name

a few- on this campus (Which re-

minds me, anyone who missed the

thoughtful and thought-provoking

convocation address by Dr. Orlando

Taylor that stressed, among other

things, the importance for Hope stu-

dents to listen to the diversity of

" truths" of the people of the world

they will be living with and caring

fo r shou ld get their h a n d s on a

copy).

Oops! Sounds like I 'm going to

start dishing out my own advice.

Mostly, I want to say to the class of

2005 how much fun it has been get-

ting to know you via the FYS Li-

brary tours. In my several years of

helping with the tours, I have never

h a d so m a n y p e o p l e ask m e ,

" W h e r e are the novels?" "Where

are s o m e good b o o k s to r e a d ? "

A N D YES, one student who stayed

on after the rest of her tour group

left actually asked me, "Could you

show me where you keep the po-

etry books?" Needless to say, she

made my year.

I will c lose by disagreeing with

an observation (what fun is writing

a letter to the editor if you don' t lake

i s s u e w i t h s o m e t h i n g ? ) . B e t h

Lomasney makes at the end of her

article on the arts: "I adore listen-

ing to any musician, while my own

fingers remain motionless... ." Beth,

you r f i n g e r s a r e n ' t m o t i o n l e s s ,

they ' re merely playing on different

keys.

Priscilla Atkins

Reference Librarian and Associate

Professor

Professor comments on discrimination at Hope To the Editor:

In admitting students, Hope Col-

lege does not discriminate on the

basis of sexual or ientat ion. That

happens once the student arrives.

Jack Ridl

Professor of English

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S e p t e m b e r 5, 2001 Tk 'Anchor A r t s

Aerial Dance Theatre offers new premiers Beth Lomasney A R T S EDITOR

A e r i a l D a n c e T h e a t r e w i l l

present two premieres for their fall

concert at the Knickerbocker The-

atre. The concert begins at 8 p.m.

on both Friday and Saturday, Sep-

tember 14-15, and a Family Affair

matinee is o f fe red Saturday the

15th at 2 p.m. H o p e dance p rofessors Linda

Graham and Steven lannacone are

the choreographers and mentors

for the company, both bringing re-

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

Knickerbocker Stage.

Graham's "Red W o l f received

the Maggie Allesee New Choreog-

raphy award in October of 2000

f rom the Michigan Dance Council

piece as "an execution of the wild

within."

"The inspiration from this piece

originated f rom walking with my

dog at night and her fearlessness

that gradually transformed my self-

consciousness into courage," Gra-

ham said. "The piece is about trans-

formations through bonds, and es-

pecially, the group of women danc-

ers in this piece who find strength

and joy in community ."

lannacone's "PianoPieces" envi-

sions the piano music of Frederic

Chopin in a new way. Both pre-

mieres are supported by a grant

from the Holland Area Arts Coun-

cil /Michigan Council for Arts and

Cultural Affairs.

in Lansing. Graham describes her Two more works by lannacone,

455 ehapbooks speak volumes

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY

OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

Strong motion: Choreographer Steven lannacone poses in piece titled "Bolero". "S ideShow and "Bole ro" will be

featured during the performances .

Beth Lomasney A R T S EDITOR

For ser ious wr i t ing s tuden t s .

Jack R i d l ' s A d v a n c e d Crea t i ve

Writing class has proved to be a

collective achievement.

The 455 Spring 2001 class com-

pleted their first ehapbooks after a

semester of thought and revision.

English major Dana Lamers ( '01)

called the presentat ion of chap-

books "a bunch of birthday pre-

sents to end the semester."

"Everyday I was surprised with

the work towards these 'presents '

f rom my classmates, which were

their words and art," Lamers said.

"It was the type of project that I

was so wrapped up in, 1 forgot

about success and truly cared- it

was the purest form of learning."

The ehapbooks are on display in

VanWylen Library. Each cover is

unique to the writer, and featured

outside of certain ehapbooks are

glimpses of the words within.

"Each writer 's style came out in

the design and layout of his or her

c h a p b o o k , " sa id M i k e H a n l e y

(*02). Tracy Leman ( '02) also noticed

the individuality found in the chap-

books. " T h r o u g h the lens of poe t ry

ANCHOR PHOTO BY BETH LOMASNEY

Poetry on display: As they should be, the 455 ehapbooks remain together. The top features Sara Lamer's cover entitled "Journey".

came each individual 's life expe-

riences, perceptions of the world,

all the things that make a person

beautiful and unique," Leman said.

Erin Hubba rd ( 402) , cal ls the

ehapbooks " some of my most trea-

sured possessions." t4I was so glad to have someone

encourage my poetry as an art and

then to make it into something I

could keep forever," Hubbard said.

The ehapbooks were designed to

create a visible connection for the

writer. As an accumulat ion of a

semester of poetry, the writer could

recognize his or her overwhelming

What's Up? Hope Happenings: Knick Summer Film

Festival "Shadow Magic"

9/3-8, 7pm &9:15,

$4 students

Gabra Sellase Exhibit/

Holland Arts Council

Cont.. Icon Exhibit

9/7-11/16 & 9/7-11/3

Aerial Dance Theatre

9/14, 9/15, Knick Theatre

Organ Concert , Huw Lewis

9/17free admiss ion ,

Dimnent Memorial Chapel

The Years"- Hope Theatre

FrL, Sat . 9/28-29, Wed.,

Thurs. 10/3-4, Wed., Thurs.

10/10-13, 8 pm. DeWitt

Center main theatre. Call

ticket off ice for details

395-7890

Cool Beans Cof fee House

Wednesdays in Sept.,

Kletz

Faculty Music Recital 9/23

free admission, Knick

Visiting Writer 's Series

9/26, free admission

Linda DeRosier

live jazz at 6:30, reading

at 7 pm, Knick

Out & About: The Circus 9/7, 8, 9

Van Andel Arena

Grand Rapids Symphony

9/7 & 8, 7:30 p.m.

DeVos Hall

Grad Harbor Resort

Spring Lake

616-846-1000

Tues: Tacos

Wed: Karaoke

Thur: Comedy

Fri: Live Music

Village Inn on 44th St. Karaoke

Ballroom & Latin Dancing

Athletic Training Bldg, K-zoo

7 pm, $10/hr. 616-544-5555

both having received international

recognition when Aerial performed

in Queretaro, Mexico, and Brugge,

Belgium this past summer, an ex-

perience Graham called " incredible

for students dancers."

"Because student choreography

was included in the show, the op-

portunity for exposure was huge,"

Graham said.

Aerial 's entourage of dancers in-

cludes Hope students and alumni.

Dance performance and choreogra-

phy major A m a n d a Drozer ( ' 03 )

feels Aerial fits well with her per-

sonality. " T h e c o m p a n y def ini te ly chal-

lenges me to go beyond my abili-

t i e s p h y s i c a l l y a n d m e n t a l l y , "

b e t w e e n the d i r e c t o r s , S t e v e n

lannacone and Linda Graham, and

the students and alumni."

Both pieces are full-length and

highly developed. Graham encour-

ages Hope students to experience

these distinctive premieres.

"Aerial Dance has the potential

to expose dance like it has never be-

fore been exper ienced , " Graham

said. "We truly are dance theatre-

lights, props, drama. We broaden

what d a n c e can be, and even if

they ' re abstract, we tell stories."

Tickets will be available at the

door, and the evening performances

are $4 for students. The Family Af-

fair is $3 for adults. Call (616) 395-

7403 for additional ticket informa-

voice repeated in the pages.

"The final result was a conclu-

sion of sorts. Although always a

work in progress, the chapbook was

a type of object saying 'here is my

work at this poin t ' , " Hanley said.

Apparently, these "objects" have

touched a lot of hearts. Inside the

display case, Jack Ridl explains his

reasons to be proud.

' T h e r e were striking things about

these writers- their obvious talent,

their dedication to the work it takes

to make a fine poem, their realiza-

tion that real work is a joy, their in-

dividual visions and voices."

Drozer said. "There is a great respect tion.

Jazz and Wind groups to release CD soon JenTroke C O P Y EDITOR

The new CD due out from the jazz

and wind g roups is descr ibed by

both pr imary directors as diverse

and spiritual, two terms that seem

to be found all over Hope ' s campus

lately. The CD, "Resolution," is planned

to be available by Thanksgiving and

was recorded by the Wind Sym-

phony, the Jazz Ensemble and the

Jazz Chamber Ensemble. Under the

leadership of Steven Ward and Brian

Coyle, these three groups teamed up

to record a collection of pieces writ-

ten by black composers.

" A lot of them are more obscure

pieces that not a lot of people have

recorded before," said Brian Coyle ,

professor of music and director of

the Jazz Ensemble. The tracks are

each unique, but the over-arching

structure has .

adeepsp i r i - j s a n a f t / r a / o u f .

growth of the music we've

professors played for two years. of music de- . . . . c i d e d t o c r e - -S teven Ward a te the C D

when they realized the relationships

of songs they were already playing

to each other and to Hope discus-

sions already in motion. They also

knew their groups were talented and

experienced enough to accomplish

the project.

"It doesn ' t represent any sort of

special effort on our part. This is just

a natural outgrowth of the music we

played for two years," said Steven

Ward, director of the Wind Sym-

phony.

While practice required the use of

much class time, the main commit-

ment came in the form of record-

The recording sessions began last

spring. T h e Wind Symphony spent

two S a t u r d a y s at St. Cece l i a in

Grand Rapids. T h e jazz groups re-

co rded at Snow Audi tor ium and

Glenn Brown Studio in Lansing.

O n e final session is needed before

the CD will be ready to send for fin-

ishing touches. "The most difficult part of record-

ing was getting over the fact that

there was a microphone in front of

me, and that everything I would do

would be recorded," said Kopchick.

"It definitely made me feel nervous

at first. Once that barrier was over,

however, the process became much

easier." Although the recording sessions

may have been long and somewhat

frustrat ing, both Ward and Coy le

were impressed with their students.

"It was a t remendous experience

to m a k e the

tual qual i ty .

The. t w o

r e c o r d i n g . I

c a n ' t say

enough about

the c o m m i t -

ment the stu-

d e n t s m a d e

to the

ing. Mike Kopchick ( ' 04 ) and Paul

Wesselink ( '04) were two of the stu-

dents who put time and effort into

recording. Both were in all three

music groups involved.

"For me, the hardest part of the

recording project was the endur-

ance", said Wesselink. "Having to

play the charts over and over again

until we performed it well enough

was really rough."

project," Ward said.

T h e tracks on the CD each have

their own feel , but they serve to

compl imen t each other. T h e C D

opens with "Haitian Fight Song" by

Charles Mingus and includes pieces

by Duke Ellington, William Grant

Still and several other black com-

posers. For Professor Ward, one of the

most striking transitions is between

"American Guernica" by Adolphus

Hailstork and "Psalm 23" by Duke

Ellington. The first was written about the

bombing of a Baptist Church in Bir-

mingham, Alabama in 1963, while

the second has a much different tone

and focus. The CD ends with its title

t r a c k , " R e s o l u t i o n , " by J o h n

Coltrane. "The biggest thrill for me is for

the students to give their responses,"

Coyle said. With the CD becoming

available in only a few months time,

Hope students will have the oppor-

tunity io listen and form their own

opinions about it relatively soon.

SpotligHt ^Anchor September 5r 2001

India voyage changes lives of Hope students Becca Haynes STAFF REPORTER

Every year Hope College offers

a variety of May terms. Students

can attend Vienna Summer School,

travel to South America . Europe,

Asia, Australia, or just hang out here

in Holland, MI. A Journey to India,

led by Boyd Wilson, professor of

religion, is a unique opportunity for

students to step out of their com-

fort zones and experience a differ-

ent culture. "We are going to India to experi-

ence India on its own terms. That ' s

why we take buses and other forms

of public transportation that the av-

erage Indian would employ," Wil-

son said. "We want to experience

India, not just see it. We're not tour-

ists, we ' re not just going because

it 's interesting."

Wilson has a desire to see stu-

dents look outside of themselves

and r e e v a l u a t e their t r ad i t iona l

ways of thinking.

' i want us to be chal lenged to

face those things we accept as natu-

ral and real, and realize that these

things aren't necessarily true," Wil-

son said.

Participants of the trip are of ten

radically changed by their experi-

ences in India. "Going to India changed not only

my view of the world but my view

of myself and my role in it," said

Chris t ina VanRegenmorter (403).

"The trip was overwhelming for me

because there was so much going

on around me. There were beggars

g rasp ing for money. A d i a m o n d

s m u g g l e r w a n t e d to m a r r y me.

There was so much poverty yet also

so much generosity and joy."

Laura Meengs (402) gained in-

sight about the negative side of hu-

man nature. "The thing I found most fascinat-

ing was the immense poverty and

the way human beings develop the

ability to turn the other cheek and

ignore one another," Meengs said.

"It was very disheartening. The trip

definitely reveals things about your-

self you never knew."

The poverty and lifestyles seen

in India often help to put things in

perspective for students used to life

in America. "1 want us to ask ourselves the

questions, what do we really need?

What do we really deserve?" Wil-

son said. Such questions became very real

to Kieu Tran (403). As a nursing

major, she was affected by the con-

ditions of the hospitals she saw.

"I saw babies delivered on metal

tables. It made me more grateful for

what I have, seeing that this is how

these people live," Tran said. "Beg-

gars have to beggars , they don ' t

have a choice, they can ' t move up

in society." Dur ing the tour, s tudents also

have opportunities to help, whether

in orphanages or hospitals. As for

most Americans, it may initially be

difficult for them to understand a

culture with a caste system, poverty,

and oppression, but students gain an

understanding of the ways they re-

ally canand should help those in

need. " W e a re t he re to a d d r e s s the

people, not necessari ly solve the

problems," Wilson said. " W e can

transform a beggar child into sim-

ply a child by the way we treat him

or her. If you give her money, you

treat her as a beggar. If you give

her a toy, or candy, you treat her as

a child."

h

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY ARIANNA BAKER

THE FAR EAST-. Arianna Baker ('03), Katie Veldman ('03), Jenny Riley ('01), Jenny Blackwell ('01), and Kieu Tran ('03) pose in front of theTaj Mahal in India.

Because the tour also focuses on

studying the Indian world view and

the rel igions of India in-depth, a

Hope student practicing Christian-

ity can be challenged in their faith.

"We d o n ' t need to change our

religion, but our understanding of

our own world view. Nothing helps

to shape our own world view than

to see another world view," Wilson

said. "Students choose whether or

not they want to enter the temples,

and if they do enter, they choose

their amount of observation or par-

ticipation. I simply ask that they

have reverence for those who wor-

ship. It is possible to respect an-

other faith without embracing it."

M a n y pa r t i c ipan t s of the tr ip

maintain the same opinion.

"I t 's about understanding people

and r eeva lua t ing H i n d u i s m and

[those w h o practice H indu i sm] , "

VanRegenmorter said. "You don ' t

have to change your faith or who

you are as a Christian."

Many students return f rom the

trip profoundly affected. Arianna

Baker (403) was one whose life was

changed.

"There is an immense amount of

beauty surrounding the culture and

religions, and I feel blessed to have

had the opportunity to watch and

par t ic ipate in bo th , " Baker said.

" I ' v e had my mind and m y soul

opened further and am grateful for

that ." As for Wilson, success is mea-

sured by how deeply a student is

impacted. "Taking students to India is like

introducing them to my best friend

and relishing the fact that they gel

along," Wilson said.

ANCHOR PHOTO BY CLARISSA GREGORY

MEET THE PRESS: This year's Anchor staff, starting upper left, from top to bottom: Rebekah Oegema ('04), Rand Arwady ('03), Jane Bast ('03), Danielle Koski ('04), Beth Lomasney ('02), JenniferTroke ('04), Matt Cook ('02), Nick Denis ('03), Rob Ondra ('04), Ellen Vigants ('04), Chad Sampson ('03) and Andy Volk ('04).

Hollywood film comes to Holland

The Anchor wants you to come to meetings

Sundays 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays 9:00 p.m.

Anchor meetings are held in the Anchor off ice, behind W T H S in DeWitt.All are welcome to attend.

Amy Reynolds STAFF REPORTER

A n o v e r

thirty year old

s u b s t i t u t e

t e a c h e r f r o m

Grand Rapids ,

two models ,and

a guy who could

have used pants

a f e w s i z e s

larger than the

actor he was a

body double for

hit the streets and beaches of Hol-

land this summer to film scenes for

the Universal movie picture Ameri-

can Pie 2. Perhaps more interesting than the

fact that the body double for the

f i lms main character, Kevin, was

unable to sit in the actual actor ' s

pants without tearing them, was that

he shared the silver screen with a

number of Hope College students,

employed as extras by the produc-

tion staff of American Pie 2.

Upon the f i lm's arrival in Hol-

land, Hope was contacted to spread

the word among students still on

campus for May term classes that

extras were needed for the film.

Many Hope students jumped on

the opportunity to be seen in the

A M g 5 ! £ M »

summer block-

buster.

The director

of A m e r i c a n

Pie and the re-

cent sequel is

f r o m G r a n d

Rapids, and at-

t e n d e d E a s t

Grand Rapids

H i g h , o t h e r -

w i s e k n o w n

as "East Great

Fa l l s" in the

film.

Extras were instructed prior to

filming to come to the set wearing

summer attire, and could expect to

be paid $50 for their work on the

set, which lasted for about four

hours. T h e set was located on a private

property near the Piper, owned by

a family whose younger children

came out to play with all the visi-

tors at their house on breaks be-

tween filming. All together, four scenes were

filmed. "Each scene was practiced three

or four times before filming, and

then f i lmed three or fou r t imes

also," said Kristin Sheehan (403),

an extra in the film.

more PIE on 7

S e p t e m b e r 5, 2 0 0 1 ^AklTCZtl-Or

CHRISTIAN from 5

Hope is distinct from other Christian colleges in that it doesn't demand a written statement of faith from students.

According lo Frosl. the Christian

posi t ion of the co l lege br ings a

unique twist to Hope 's take on resi-

dential life. "We seek to integrate the per-

sonal. spiritual and intellectual. We

weave a fabric in which we regu-

larly talk about how faith informs

our decisions. We don' t want to al-

low it to be something that only

happens on Sunday. Faith is a 24 -

seven thought process," Frost said.

The challenge for Frost is to re-

main committed to Hope ' s Chris-

tian beliefs without excluding stu-

dents who don ' t share them. 4,We will always work with stu-

dents where they are," Frost said.

"In the past, we haven ' t always ar-

ticulated our commitment to be in-

clusive as well as we should. We

are a body. Every student is a part

of us. So our challenge is, how do

we create within students the sen-

sitivity that there are other perspec-

tives that need to be understood and

not judged? We're all part of the

same body, but we express our faith

differently." Perhaps the most visible expres-

sion of Christian faith on Hope ' s

c a m p u s is the Chape l p r o g r a m ,

w h i c h is h e a d e d by T i m o t h y

Brown, dean of chapel. Brown sees

the chapel program as a key com-

ponent to H o p e ' s miss ion state-

ment. "Part of the mission statement is

that faculty members should be re-

lating their disciplines to the Chris-

tian faith," said Brown. 4iA central

part of the Christian faith is the role

PIE from 6

of worship . The chapel program

maintains vibrant worship, provides

opportunities for service and rep-

resents a particular kind of relation-

ship to the Word of God ." Brown believes that it is the job

of professors to approach a biblical

text in a scholarly and more critical

way by asking questions of the text.

The sort of questions that the chapel

programs ask of the Bible are dif-

ferent. Both sets of questions are

essential to the Christian life of the

college. "In [the case of the chapel pro-

g ram] , we use the Bible for teach-

ing and worship," Brown said. "We

ask, 'Wha t is this Word saying to

the community of fai th? ' The scrip-

tures are our resource for living."

Brown feels that the chapel pro-

gram is unique at Hope because of

Hope ' s unwillingness to demand a

Christian faith

s t a t e m e n t

f r o m a p p l i -

c a n t s . T h i s

means that a

w ide var ie ty

of C h r i s t i a n

a n d n o n -

Christian stu-

d e n t s a t t end

Hope.

" I t m a k e s

H o p e m u c h

more real and

reflective of the way we ' l l live our

lives once we leave Hope College,"

B r o w n said. t 4 0 u t in the wor ld ,

you ' l l have to find a way to nurse

your own soul as a practicing Chris-

tian in a pluralistic environment ."

Brown, who converted to Chris-

tianity whi le a s tudent at Hope,

feels that Hope's ecumenical nature

brings an interesting challenge to

the campus ministries staff.

"The fact that

V "Calv in Col lege is a comprehen-

s ive l iberal arts co l l ege in the Re -

f o r m e d tradit ion of his toric Chr i s -

tianity. . . We p l edge f ideli ty to Jesus

Chr is t , o f fe r ing our hearts and l ives

to d o G o d ' s w o r k in G o d ' s w o r l d . "

- F r o m the Calv in Col lege mission

s ta tement

p e o p l e

l ike me

c a n c o m e to

Hope as

n o n b e -

l i e v e r s

a n d h a v e t h e i r l i v e s V

changed represents a happy challenge for

me ," Brown said. 44At the s ame

time, I must respect the rights of

people w h o

/r " T h e miss ion of Trini ty

Chr is t ian Co l l ege is to provide

bibl ical ly i n f o r m e d liberal arts

e d u c a t i o n . . . o u r f u n d a m e n t a l

basis of g o v e r n a n c e and

instruct ion is the infa l l ib le

Word of G o d . "

—From the Trini ty Co l l ege

miss ion s ta tement

a r e n o n -

C h r i s t i a n s .

We h a v e a

spiritual re-

sponsibi l i ty

to the whole

of the cam-

pus. I get to

b e a per -

s u a d e r and

n o t a

c o a r s e r . I

like that. I 'm

not nervous or afraid of how the

truth will stand up. I 'm happy to

let it c o m m e n d itself. T h e truth

doesn ' t return empty. At the same

time, we have the space here to

think a wide range of thoughts. I

think that 's how Jesus operated. He

shared the truth. He d idn ' t walk

around yelling lo people how wrong

they were." While Bultman may be confident

tha t H o p e ' s

^ s t a t u s a s a

Chr is t ian col-

l e g e is o b v i -

o u s , h e is

aware that the

special nature

o f H o p e ' s

Christian com-

mitment makes

it a fragile con-

nection. 44We have to

b e v ig i lan t to

maintain it," Bul tman said. " W e

could lose it in a hurry. The quick-

est way would be for our hiring

policy to disregard the Chris t ian

fa i th d imens ion . You would not

long have a Christian institution if

you did^iot have a Christian fac-

ulty."

In l o s i n g the

Chr is t ian faith di-

mens ion , Bul tman

and Brown are con-

vinced that Hope ' s

spiritual life would

change.

" I t ' s h a r d to

imagine the chapel

program continuing

w i t h o u t i n s t i t u -

t i ona l s u p p o r t , " B r o w n sa id .

"There ' s a reason why there aren ' t

chapel programs like ours at schools

r

like Hillsdale, Albion or Alma. Both

Paul Boe r sma and I occupy en-

dowed chairs. I am the Dean of the

Chapel, which means I am a mem-

ber of the Hope faculty. It is vitally

important to the chapel program

that Hope is a Christian college. We

couldn ' t do it as we do it now if we

weren ' t . " Bultman feels that if Hope was

no longer a Chris t ian col lege , it

would lose the very th ings that

make it unique.

"I suppose there are those who

wish we were more secular, there's

that tension," Bultman said. "But

the advantages of the uniqueness of

Hope with the Christian dimension

far outweigh the disadvantages. If

we were to lose that, we would be a

reasonably good liberal arts college.

We would be smaller. We would

struggle for support. Hope would

have a lot more sameness and a lot

less uniqueness."

For B u l t m a n , the s t r u g g l e to

maintain Hope ' s Christian dimen-

sion is a matter of

the heart. " A t t e n d a n c e at

Hope is dependent

on o u r C h r i s t i a n

c o m m i t m e n t , "

Bultman said. "That

c o m m i t m e n t is

harder to maintain

because there aren't

any creeds to sign.

It depends on the

convict ion of the human spirit to

ma in t a in it. T h a t ' s what m a k e s

Hope special ."

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CC women 1st, men 2nd Ben DeHaan and John Rodstrom STAFF REPORTERS

The sun was out, the sky was

clear, the course was in great shape,

and Calvin wasn ' t there. The Hope

Co l l ege w o m e n ' s c ross coun t ry

team had everything but a road map.

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

some mass confusion, as the run-

ners mistakenly took a wrong turn

on the course, consequently cutting

half a mi le of f of the in tended

course. The Hope cross country teams

got their season off to a great start

with a meet at home Saturday at Van

Ralte farm. The women finished

the day on top, taking first place at

the invitational (with every girl on

the team breaking their personal

record on the "short course"). The

men's team finished an exceptional

second place to a s t rong Albion

squad. "I thought our teams did well.

Both teams had a set game plan to

run as a pack and to build as they

ran, and that 's just what they did "

said head coach Mark Northuis. "I

was really p leased with our top

group of guys, and also our young

guys, especially with adjusting from

three to five miles. With the girls, it

was a great win. It wasn ' t an ugly

a win at all; it was a win with biyle."

Heather Wickman ( '02), who was

calling times at the two-mile mark,

said, "We were waiting for the run-

ners to come by. and we just kept

looking at our watches and wonder-

ing where they were. Then we saw

Coach Nor thu i s run by, and w e

knew something was wrong! This

course has a l w a y s been kind of

screwy, and they change it every

year. I t ' s not really marked that

well, which can be pretty confus-

ing." Hope was the overall team win-

ner of the w o m e n ' s invi tat ional ,

ending up with 29 points. Corner-

s t o n e c a m e in s e c o n d wi th 6 0

points, Albion placed third with 70

points, and Alma took fourth with

74 points.

"1 thought Albion looked strong,

and it gave us a good idea of what

we ' re going up against in the con-

ference." Northius said.

The winner of the women ' s race

was Stacey Courtright, from Cor-

nerstone Col lege (16:59). Hope

was lead by Sarah Golden ( ' 0 2 )

September 5, 2001

% ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

RUN DYLAN RUN'. Dylan Wade ('02) runs during the Cross Country meet on Saturday. [ 3 r d , 1 6 : 5 9 ] , M a r t h a B o u w e n s

( ,05)(4th ,17:131. Tina Pike ( ' 0 5 )

l5ih,17:18], Jenna Anderson ( '02)

[7 th ,17 :21] . and Kat ie Veldman

( ' 03 ) [10th,17:27].

" I t h o u g h t S a r a h did w e l l , "

Nor th ius said. " S h e loves be ing

here and does great for us. Our

f reshmen were great today as well."

"It was kind of frustrating when

we were pointed the wrong way,"

said Golden. "However , it was a

good start to the season, especially

since we were at home and to get

support ."

On the men ' s side, Hope finished

second as a team with 57 points.

Albion took the win with a score of

33. T h e Striders club team took

third with 79 points. Cornerstone

placed fourth with 82 points. Alma

took f i f th with 115 po in t s , and

Olivet had 169 points.

"The guys did great today. It was

difficult going up against Albion,

because they have four great seniors

on their team that really wanted to

do well, and I knew they would be

strong," Northius said.

The winner of the men's race was

Pres ton Grey, f rom Corners tone

[26:09]. Leading the Hope squad

were Dylan Wade( '02) [4th,26:49],

Peter Derby ( ' 0 4 ) [10 th ,27 :31] t

Kyle Morrison ( '04) [12th, 27:42],

Keith Cravotta ( '02) [15th,27:55],

and Donavon Hombeck ( '04) [ 16th,

27:5 "Dylan and Peter were great to-

day. Our captains helped out im-

mensely and were key to doing well

at the home meet ," Northuis said.

" W e m a d e some solid improve -

ments, and we will continue to keep

improving."

"It was a good start, and we ran

pretty smart. We ' re right where we

need to be in regards to the season,

and it was a good warm-up for us,"

said Wade. "The support was awe-

some, and it's been one of the best

years for it."

Hope ' s next meet is the North

Central, 1L Invitational on Friday.

"We 've got eight weeks until the

conference championships. We 've

got plenty of time to improve. We

came out of this meet injury-free,

and we just have 'more horses in

the b a m ' . I know we ' r e just going

to improve and be ready." Northius

said.

Women's soccer starts year 2-0 Ben DeHaan STAFF R E P O R T E R

Forget the memory that they went

5-11-1 last year. The women ' s soc-

cer team showed up in Pennsylva-

nia last Friday with a new attitude,

a new field formation, and a new

outlook.

"We came back this year know-

ing that we didn't want a repeal of

last year." head coach Leigh Sears

said. "Wc made a big commitment .

We decided to get after it."

And that 's exactly what they did.

Hope ' s w o m e n ' s t eam took that

mot iva t ion into their f i rs t g a m e

against Grove City, PA and walked

out a winner in overtime. 1-0. Cap-

tain Liz Dornbos ( '02) scored the

lone goal on a direct kick, just min-

utes into o v e r t i m e . G o a l k e e p e r

Mary Ayres ( '03) had six saves and

was credited with the shutout in her

very first collegiate start.

"Friday was really tough, but it

went really well for us. It was a

great challenge," Sears said.

After pulling off an incredible

win. the ladies came into Saturday's

game against Geneva, PA with even

m o r e f i r e . H o p e s t o r m e d o v e r

Geneva , 7-0. T h e t eam ' s scoring

was incredibly spread out. Laurel

Albonico ( ' 0 5 ) was the top con-

tributor with two goals and an as-

sist. Hope ' s remaining goals were

scored by Dornbos , A m y D o b b

( ' 02 ) , C a n d a c e Kool ( ' 02 ) , Kim

Lesmes ( ' 01 ) , and D a w n Gil lam

( ' 0 1 ) . Ayres saved four Geneva

shots as she gained her second shut-

out.

"This was a great game for our

underclassmen. We got them a lot

of really good p laying t ime and

some good experience," Sears said.

H o p e d e f e n d e r Ka te D o r n b o s

( '03) was awarded MI A A player of

the week honors after leading the

Flying Dutch defense to the two

shutout victories.

H o p e ( 2 - 0 ) g o e s u p a g a i n s t

Aquinas on Wednesday, and MIAA

competit ion starts September 15th

against Adrian.

"The past years, the soccer team

h a d b e e n on a p r o g r e s s i v e

downslide, and we 've worked so

hard over the summer ," Sears said.

"Now we 've put ourselves in posi-

tions to win the games we barely

lost or tied last year. It's a good feel-

ing to have going into this year."

Men's Soccer wins Ben DeHaan STAFF R E P O R T E R

T h e m e n ' s soccer team ar-

rived at the Anderson tourna-

ment with a coup le goa ls in

mind, and came out with most

of them accomplished.

"We wanted to win both of

our games, score more than one

goal, score on a corner kick, and

win the tournament ," said head

coach Steve Smith.

The only goal that the team

did not complete was scoring on

a comer kick, but with the at-

tacking power that the Dutch-

men have, that objective should

be accomplished in no time.

Hope got their season off to a

k i c k i n g s t a r t by d e f e a t i n g

Anderson, 1 -0, in the first game

of the season.

"We played really well, and

it was great to beat Anderson on

their own field," Smith said.

T h e g a m e ' s lone goal was

scored by Ed Huebner ( '04) on

a header f rom six yards out. Jon

Kuc insk i ( ' 0 2 ) w a s c red i t ed

with the assist. Marcus Voss

( 403) , manned the Du tchmen

net, saving three shots. H o p e

outshot Anderson 22-11 as well.

Hope ' s second game of the

tournament wasn ' t as close. The

Dutchmen rallied Manchester ,

Ind. by a score of 6-0. H o p e

outshot Manches te r 39-6 and

scored four goals in the first

half.

"It was also a great game, be-

c a u s e all of our p l aye r s saw

playing t ime," Smith said.

S c o r i n g fo r the D u t c h m e n

were Huebner , Bryan Johnson

(404), Tyler Basler (405), Adam

C h a f f e e (*03), Todd C h a p p a

(*05), and Andrew Riker ( '02) .

Voss picked up his 20th career

s h u t o u t a g a i n s t M a n c h e s t e r ,

even though he did not have to

make one save during the game.

Along with walking out as the

t ou rnamen t c h a m p i o n s , H o p e

also fea tured some individual

M V P ' s . Huebner picked up the

t o u r n a m e n t ' s o f f e n s i v e MVP,

and Voss snatched the defensive

MVP. Huebner and Voss were

also named MIAA players of the

week.

"Everyone came out ready to

play this weekend, and we did

awesome," Voss said. "If we can

c lean up the back a l i t t le bit ,

we ' r e going to be dynamite this

year."

H o p e (2-0) re tums to action

this Friday in their own tourna-

ment. T h e Dutchmen will be

p l a y i n g W h e a t o n a n d O h i o

Northern, two perennial power-

houses.

"These are the types of teams

that you want at your tourna-

m e n t " Smith said. "We ' r e off

to a good start, and I believe we

can win the conference. Th i s

past tournament shows what our

team has. We play all out, all

the t ime."

T h e games will be played at

Buys Athlet ic Fields, 11th St .

and Fairbanks Ave.

ANCHOR ALL-STAR

LIZ DORNBOS

Dornbos ('02) scored two goals this weekend for the women's soccer team, including the only goal in the overtime win over Grove City, PA.

"Anchor All-Star" is a new addition to The Anchor sports

page this year. The Sports section will pick a Hope athlete each

week.

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