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anchor January 2000 Politics as Usual H o p e C o l l e g e H o l l a n d , M i c h i g a n A s t u d e n t - r u n n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n S e r v i n g t h e H o p e C o l l e g e C o m m u n i t y f o r 113 yea rs

Praters charged Two members of the Fraternal Society were charged with selling alcohol to minors.

JULIE GREEN c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

Adding lo a chargc aga in si ihc^ Fralcrs and Dc lph i s o rgan iza l ions f o r a H a l l o w e e n p a r l y he ld in Overisel T o w n s h i p on Oc i . 30 . iwo indiv iduals of ihe IValernily have heen charged wilh sel l ing

"The invesl igat ion pari is d o n e , " said F reder i ck A n d e r s o n , p rosecu t -ing Allorney for Al legan counly .

Two separa le c h a r g e s have been issued.

The newes i charge is aga ins l i w o i n d i v i d u a l s w h o w e r e n o l y e l named.

" T h e i w o i n d i v i d u a l s c h a r g e d planned and provided ihe a lcohol lor pe r sons u n d e r 2 1 , " A n d e r s o n said.

T h e charge is aga ins l iwo f ra le r -niiy m e m b e r s w h o par l ic ipaied in ihe organiza l ion of a par ly w h e r e a lcohol w a s p r o v i d e d lo p e r s o n s under 21, or inquir ies were fai led lb be m a d e as lo whe lhe r s luden l s

we re under x 21 , a Jan. 25 news re-lease slaled.

T h e c h a r g e is a m i s d e m e a n o r wilh a poss ib le penal ly of a $ 1.000 f ine , up lo 6 0 days in jai l , and c o m -muni ly service .

T h e second charge is aga ins l ihe f ra lerni ly and ihe sorori ly under a Mich igan law lhal can charge ihe o r g a n i z a l i o n or pe r son w h o pro-v ided ihe s e l u p a n d loca l ion for underage dr ink ing . The penal ly is a poss ib le six m o n l h s incarceral ion and /o r a $ 5 0 0 line.

T h e charges s lem f r o m produc t of an Ocl t 3 0 par ly w h e r e buse s w e r e c h a r t e d , a $ 1 5 f e e w a s cha rged , and a lcohol w a s se rved . Dur ing the parly, iwo Hope s ludenls we re also hit by a vehicle hau l ing a U-Haul .

" N o w lhal there have been for-mal charges , ihe co l lege can seek lo d e t e r m i n e lo see if there are any v io l a t i ons of s tuden t [ c o n d u c t ] , " sa id T o m Renner , Di rec tor of Pub-

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R E A C H I N G FOR "THE L O R D : Darnisha Taylor, director of the Hope College Gospel Choir, leads her group in song during the annual Gospel Fest on Jan. 22. More on Gospel Fest on page 2.

M A X t ranspor ts s tudents across t o w n MEREDITH CARE staff r e p o r t e r

Instead o f b e g g i n g for r ides f rom f r i ends , s l u d e n l s w i t h o u t c a r s n o w h a v e a new transportat ion option w h e n lhey need to travel off c a m p u s .

T h e n e w M a c a l a w a A r e a E x p r e s s ( M A X ) , former ly k n o w n as D i a l - a - R i d e , h a s e x p a n d e d p u b l i c transportat ion services for ihe Ci ty of H o l l a n d , H o l l a n d T o w n s h i p , a n d Zee land Townsh ip .

T h e new i ranspor la l ion sy s t em has been in t roduced in r e sponse to

r e s i d e n t s ' r e q u e s t s , a c c o r d i n g to G r e g R o b i n s o n , A s s i s t a n t C i t y Manage r .

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a need for e x p a n d e d p u b l i c

t r a n s p o r t a -l i o n , "

Rob inson said. T h e M A X serv ice h a s two op-

tions: C a t c h - a - M A X and Reserve-

a - M A X . C a t c h - a - M A X will be the most c o m m o n opt ion , with regular routes and bus s tops at scheduled t imes. Two of the slops, one at River Avenue and 8lh Street , and one at River and 9ih Street , are especia l ly conven ien t for H o p e Co l l ege stu-dents .

An exac t fa re of $1 is required for C a t c h - a - M A X . Mon th ly passes and punch passes are also avai lable. B u s e s run M o n d a y through Friday, 7 a .m. to 7 p .m. , and Sa tu rday 9 :30 a .m. to 5:30 p.m.

R e s e r v e - a - M A X is another new opt ion. Riders can call the M A X and m a k e reserva t ions for a one-t ime or regu la r ly -scheduled pick-up, for a fa re of $2 each r ide. Exact fare a m o u n t is requi red .

R e s e r v e - a - M A X is a v a i l a b l e

M o n d a y th rough Friday, 6 a .m. to 7 p .m. , and Saturday, f r o m 9 : 3 0 a .m. to 5 :30 p .m.

Since the M A X service began last w e e k , t h e c o m m u n i t y h a s h a d mixed reac t ions .

" W e ' v e received m a n y pos i t ive c o m m e n t s so far ," Rob inson said. "Bu t there has a l so been s o m e con-fus ion abou t the c h a n g e s f r o m the old way. T h a t c o n f u s i o n will p rob-ably be e l imina ted as p e o p l e learn about the new s y s t e m . "

Whi le many Hope s tudents d o not even real ize any changes have been t a k i n g p lace in H o l l a n d ' s p u b l i c t ranspor ta t ion, m a n y a l so think the M A X is a good idea.

" I ' l l p robably use it jus t to g o to M e i j e r ' s or M c D o n a l d ' s , " Rache l

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Throwing punches Hope students invent Fight Club of their own in dorm lounge.

A M D R E W UOTZ spot l ight e d i t o r

M a y b e y o u caugh t sn ippets of a conversa t ion in the ca fe te r ia .

M a y b e there was a guy in your m a t h c l a s s w h o l o o k e d a l i t t l e b ru ised and c o m p l a i n e d about a re-cen t b l o o d y n o s e ; or m a y b e you h a v e n ' t hea rd a b o u t it yet : Hope C o l l e g e has a F igh t C lub .

A g r o u p o f s t uden t s w h o mee t late at n ight to get rid of stress and f rus t ra t ions by spar r ing wi th each o t h e r in the b a s e m e n t of o n e of H o p e ' s r e s idence halls.

T h e unde rg round box ing organi-za t ion on H o p e ' s c a m p u s go t its slart wilh a g r o u p of b o x i n g en thu-s ias ts w h o got bored .

" O n e n ight two guys jus t felt l ike f ight ing," said a f emale fr iend of the o rgan izers , w h o was a specta tor at the first even t . "They got g loves , a n d h a d a re f . Jus t a f e w p e o p l e w a t c h e d . E v e r y o n e w a s c h e e r i n g them on and laughing . It was fun to wa tch them b o x . "

A f t e r that initial fight, a n u m b e r of o ther p e o p l e expres sed interest in fighting, and the H o p e Co l l ege Fight C l u b was born .

Organ ize r s of the F igh t C l u b de-veloped a set of ru les for the fights. E a c h m a t c h w a s c o m p o s e d of three o n e - m i n u t e rounds , wi th an off icial t imekeepe r and re fe ree . Both con-t ende r s w o r e b o x i n g g loves , and mos t used m o u t h guards . N o b lows we re a l lowed b e l o w the belt.

41lf a guy started b leeding pretty bad , t h e y ' d s top the fight. T h e y ' d break it up if it got out of hand , " sa id a male s tudent w h o had par-t ic ipated in a fight.

T h e r ing was m a d e by specta tors s tanding in a circle. If they got too c lose to the specta tors , the fighters

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Student Congress chooses speaker w h o c l imbed M. LOFQUISX staff r e p o r t e r

W h e n S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s w a s c h o o s i n g a s p e a k e r for th is year , they dec ided that b igger wasn ' t al-w a y s belter.

T h e S tuden t C o n g r e s s S p e a k e r Task Force wan ted s o m e o n e w h o would be interest ing and enter ta in-

ing, a l t h o u g h nol necessa r i ly fa-m o u s .

" W e w e r e v e r y i n t e r e s t e d in br inging a w o m a n to c a m p u s be-c a u s e it h a d n ' t been done in this se r i es b e f o r e , " sa id M e g a n Brax ( ' 0 1 ) , cha i r of the task force. "We wanted s o m e o n e fun and interest-ing w h o would not cause a con t ro -versy."

A f t e r con tac t ing speake r agen-cies and rev iewing biographies , the task force presented S tudent C o n -g r e s s w i t h t w o c h o i c e s : S h a r o n W o o d , the f i rs t N o r t h A m e r i c a n w o m a n to c l i m b M o u n t Eve re s t , and Wil l Mil ler , a c o m e d i a n w h o talks on the impac t of the med ia on A m e r i c a n s ' l ives. A l though there was interest in Miller, the task force

d i d n ' t feel that the topic h a d the s a m e d raw that Wood did. Congress agreed wi th them and dec ided to br ing Wood to c a m p u s as the C o n -gress ' S p e a k e r for 2000 .

W o o d h a i l s f r o m C a n a d a a n d r e a c h e d t h e s u m m i t o f M o u n t Everes t on M a y 20 , 1986. She has a l s o s e r v e d a s a h e l i c o p t e r s k y

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Are you the only one? Roommates at Hope I n f o c u s , p a g e 3 .

Student teaches martial arts in club Spo t l i gh t , page 5.

InSync performs in annual dance concert. I n t e rm i ss i on , page 6.

Women's basketball wins two games in a row. Spor t s , page 8.

lanuary 26, 2000 the Anchor In Focus

R A N D O M S A M P L I N G S Jane Bast

Just t h e t w o of us When I shared a room wi ih

my sisier. we nearly killed eaeh other.

In my d e f e n s e . I should men! ion lhal we have very coniras l in i j personal i l ies . I cons ider myse l l lidy, whi le my sisier lives in ab jee l lillh. W h e r e a s I g o lo bed a f t e r 2 a .m. and s l eep in unlil noon, m y sisier is early lo bed and ear ly lo rise. Plus, she lalks in he r s l eep . And loves N ' S y n e . For years , we lived in a f ragi le i ruee w h e r e one foul m o v e reigni led ihe war.

N o w 1 love my s i s i e r d o n ' l gel me wrong . O n c e w e f inal ly received our own r o o m s a few years ago , ou r s t ando f f e n d e d . I leared lo apprec ia te my sisier as a person , nol jusl as an a n n o y i n g roommale .

Bui I ' v e known m y sisier for ihe pasl s ixteen years . W h a l ' s shock ing aboul co l lege is lhal we are expec led lo live amiab ly wilh lolal s t rangers .

Each year , S luden l D e v e l o p -ment sends 700 f resh- faced first year s luden t s hous ing ca rds , ask ing such in-depth ques t ions as, " D o you s m o k e ? " a n d " A r e you an ou tgo ing p e r s o n ? " Based on this knowledge , they m a t c h each s ludenl to another , and the. two mus t then p repare to share a pr ison-cel l si/.ed space for the next school year.

G o i n g pol luck feels a bit l ike an ar ranged mar r iage . You d o n ' t meet your r o o m m a t e lill m o v e -in day, but be fo re hand you each negotiate wha t you will con t r ib -ute to the par tnersh ip . Fo r my first r o o m m a l e , I b rought ca rpe t , a compute r , a f r idge and a she lv ing unit. She b rought the phone . T V and s te reo .

I say my first r o o m m a t e , because a l t h o u g h I ' ve on ly been here one semester . I ' v e a l ready

been separa ted once . In my de fense . I should

ment ion that she was an only chi ld , w h o loft her fa ther and boyf r i end home in Ca l i fo rn ia . I threw mysel f into life at Hope .

N hut 1 grew up 45 minu te s away . I am used lo Dutch j o k e s and whole mon ths wi thout sunshine . So she re tu rned h o m e at ihe end of fall semes te r and d idn ' t c o m e back .

I would say that ad jus t ing lo two s t rangers has taught me a lot aboul myse l f , but it really hasn ' t . Instead, l iv ing wilh s o m e o n e has taught me the art of c o m p r o -mise .

I c a n ' t s lug my r o o m m a t e each l ime she d o e s s o m e t h i n g I d o n ' t like, the way I did my sisier. And she c a n ' t sc ream or g o tell M o m each l ime I annoy her. W e s imply deal wilh our d i f f e r ences , c o m p r o m i s e and lake it in s tr ide. And life, lo s o m e extent , is a ser ies of c o m p r o m i s e s .

In life, we d o n ' l get to c h o o s e our fami l ies , c o - w o r k e r s or c l a s smates . We deal wilh what w e ' r e g iven and they deal wilh us. If we g ive it a chance , in the midst of the c r o w d o f s t rangers , we ' l l find peop le to love and respect .

I ' m s ta r l ing to apprec ia te my new r o o m m a t e as a person. We began the semes te r as s t rangers and s lowly bu t surely, w e ' r e learning to respect each o ther as individuals .

A f t e r l iv ing wi lh m y sisier, I never thought I ' d wan t a r o o m m a t e . But l iving with s o m e o n e really i sn ' t so bad . I k n o w every day w o n ' t be perfec t and I d o n ' l expec t them to be. I lake life with my r o o m m a l e in str ide, thankfu l for the small g races each day wi th her br ings .

Learning t o live w i t h a live-in As students plan living situations for next year, choosing the right roommate can make the difference between a happy or unpleasant college experience.

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A L O V E - H A T E R E L A T I O N S H I P : Roommates Jenny Folkert ('02) and Emily Snyder ('02) stress out while roomies Tracy Haveman ('03) and Jessie Davis ('03) show the love.

JANE BAST infocus e d i t o r

A f t e r l iving wi lh ihree d i f fe ren t r o o m m a t e s in o n e s e m e s t e r , A m a n d a W h i t m e r ( 4 0 3 ) k n o w s wha t to look for in a r o o m m a l e for next year.

44I got a long with everyone , it was jus t a mat ter of d i f f e ren t schedu les and c i r cums tances , " W h i t m e r said.

H o r r o r s t o r i e s s u g g e s t l h a l a r o o m m a t e should be as m u c h like you as poss ib le , but that i sn ' t nec-essar i ly true.

"Odd ly e n o u g h , it d o e s n ' t have to be s o m e o n e w h o does th ings the w a y y o u d o , " s a i d D i r e c t o r o f Counse l ing Krislen Gray.

In fact, f r iends d o n ' t a lways m a k e ihe best r o o m m a t e s .

" R o o m m a t e s w h o are acqua in -tances and have a lot in c o m m o n , but d o n ' t spend a lot of social t ime toge ther are the best r o o m m a t e s , " said C o o k Hall Res ident Director Mon ica Marcel is . " I t ' s impor tan t to have other out lets bes ides the per-son w h o m y o u ' r e l iving wi lh . " .

W h i t m e r has a l ready learned this lesson.

"L iv ing wilh a f r iend can restr ict you and if you have conf l i c t s it can ru in y o u r f r i e n d s h i p , " W h i t m e r said. " M y second r o o m m a t e is a fr iend of mine . We ' r e great f r iends , , bui our personal i t ies m a d e it d i f f i -

cul t to be roommate s . We ge t a long m u c h bel ter now that we d o n ' t live together ."

N o mat ter w h o the r o o m m a t e is, c o m m u n i c a t i o n can m a k e the di f -fe rence in success fu l l iving s i tua-t ions .

" I t ' s impor tan t to f ind s o m e o n e w h o y o u can c o m m u n i c a t e wi th about a variety of topics inc lud ing the uncomfor t ab le and conf l i c t ing ," Gray said. " C a l m l y d i scuss ing d i f -f e r e n c e s o f s t a n d a r d s , i n c l u d i n g th ings l ike c lean ing , s l eep sched-ules, do ing h o m e w o r k in the r o o m and how m u c h t ime y o u spend to-gether , is impor tan t . "

Conve r sa t ion can be the key to avo id ing conf l ic t , Marce l i s said.

" W h a t n e e d s to happen , but o f -ten doesn ' t , is an actual conve r sa -tion abou t g round ru les , " M a r c e l i s said. People jus l assume. I t ' s impor-tant to c o m m u n i c a t e a n d r e s p e c t e a c h o the r s ' t ime and space . "

T h i s respect can be s u m m e d up in two words , a cco rd ing to Gray -Be poli te .

"Tha t a lmost covers eve ry th ing , " Gray said. " W h e n someone is sleep-ing, if y o u ' r e poli te you w o n ' t wa lk in, turn on all ihe l ights, c rank up the s te reo and invite four f r i ends Over. You d o n ' t borrow without ask-ing and you r e m e m b e r to say thank y o u . "

H o w e v e r , n e x t fa l l is s e v e r a l

months away. R o o m m a t e s currently hav ing p r o b l e m s should a t tempt to . s o l v e t h e m as s o o n a s p o s s i b l e . Gray said.

" C o u n s e l i n g for r o o m m a t e prob-lems is like counse l ing for marr iage p r o b l e m s , " Gray said. " I t ' s belter to d o il ea r ly w h e n ihe d i f f icul ty first a r i ses . "

Marce l i s feels that s o m e s tudents procrast inate when it c o m e s to solv-i n g r o o m m a t e p r o b l e m s or mi s iden t i fy the d i f f icu l t ies that d o ar ise .

"I th ink s tuden t s c o m e to a real-izat ion that t he re ' s a p roblem loo la te ," M a r c e l i s said. " T h e y d o n ' t wan t to rock the boat , .so they d o n ' t men t ion p rob lems . T h e first s tep is to address that there is a p rob lem. T o o o f t en p e o p l e d o n ' l address be-hav iora l issues, they attack charac-ter."

Marce l i s sugges t s s tudents w h o are h a v i n g d i f f i cu l t i e s should try to s o l v e t he p r o b l e m t h e m s e l v e s or speak to their res ident assistant or res ident d i rec tor be fo re they con-s ider m o v i n g out.

Fo r r o o m m a t e s w h o do need to separa te , hones ty and cour tesy can save hur t fee l ings .

" I t ' s real ly impor tan t for ihe per-son w h o is m o v i n g to explain lo the r o o m m a t e why , " Marce l i s said. "Il requi res matur i ty ."

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Cluster men ta l i t y just f ine for Dyks t ra residents JANE BAST infocus e d i t o r

T w e n t y - s i x w o m e n f o r c e d lo share three shower s may seem like the recipe for domes t i c dis t ress , but i t 's jus l another day in the life of a c lus ter for Dyks t ra Hall res idents .

" I t ' s a m a / i n g we d o n ' l r iot ," said resident Kalie Veldman ( ' 03 ) . 'Bui by and large eve ry th ing s e e m s to work out . "

.Dyks t ra Hall, the second largest res idence hall on c a m p u s , h o u s e s over 2 6 0 w o m e n in c lus ters , most of w h o m are first year s ludents .

The d o r m has been pr imar i ly un-derclassmen for more than 30 years . Iiiiures Resident Director J e n n i f e r Krnela .

"Dyksl ra s been a f r e shmen girls ' d o r m longer than a n y o n e can re-m e m b e r . " Krnela said.

Clus ters are un ique to Dyks t ra , a s\ s iem where res idents ' r o o m s sur-round a c o m m o n living area. The

shared space creates a unique a tmo-sphere where res idents are in con-stant con tac t wilh each other.

"The c lus ter g ives the oppor lu-nily lo gel out of the r o o m / ' Krnela s a i d . " S l U -den t s can u s e t h e c l u s t e r for study-i n g a n d s o c i a l i z -ing or to s t o r e

the i r e x -t ra j u n k . E s p e -cial ly for f r e s h m a n w o m e n , they have the oppor tuni ty lo meet a lot of s ludents a lot quicker. Il provides a good a tmosphe re to bond . "

D y k s t r a r e s i d e n t Kris t i R i d g e ( ' 0 3 ) a g r e e s tha t c l u s t e r s f o s t e r f r iendship .

i met some really great people

[Dykstra] feels so much like a family. . I feel like I know my residents a lot better because I

really live with them. S a r a Johnson (*02)

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h e r e I w o u l d n ' t h a v e o t h e r w i s e met , " R idge said. " T h e r e ' s a lot of v a r i e l y of p e o p l e . Il g i v e s y o u someth ing d i f f e ren l . "

C l u s t e r m a t e Me l K u i k e n ( 4 0 3 ) f e e l s t he c lus te r sys-t e m m a k e s co l lege l i fe m o r e m a n -

a g e a b l e for n e w s t u -

dents . "I l m a d e

t h e t r a n s i -t i o n a s a f r e s h m a n a lot e a s i e r , "

K u i k e n sa id . " I t ' s l ike h a v i n g a bunch of s is ters ."

Resident Assis tant Sara Johnson ( ' 02 ) thinks that the fami ly a tmo-s p h e r e o f c l u s t e r s a r e o n e o f D y k s t r a ' s greatest benef i t s .

" T h e r e ' s a l w a y s s o m e b o d y around. It 's fun . " said Johnson . "I

think socia l izat ion is a lot easier . Il f e e l s so m u c h like a family. As an RA, I feel l ike I know my res idents a lot belter because I really l ive wi lh t h e m . "

Unfor tuna te ly , the large a m o u n t of l ime c lus te rs spend toge ther can also be bit a s t i l l ing.

"It gets loo comfor t ab le , " Kuiken said. " A lot of peop le feel they don ' t need lo g o ou t s ide the c lu s t e r lo m a k e f r i e n d s . T h e y s t i c k r ea l ly c lose together ."

By nol e x p a n d i n g t h e i r soc ia l circle beyond their c luster , Dyks l ra res idents can be in l imidal ing .

' ' W h e n you meet new peop le and br ing them back, the c lus ter int imi-dates peop le , " Kuiken said. " S o m e p e o p l e d o n ' t r ea l ly w a n l y o u lo hang out wi lh peop le ou ts ide the c luster ."

Krne la rea l izes the social pres-sures l iving in a c lus ter can br ing .

" T h e r e ' s a lot of pressure to hang out wi th your cluster, even if you

wan l to s leep , s tudy or hang out wilh o ther f r i ends . " Krnela said.

C lus te r s can also gel noisy, mak-ing it d i f f i cu l t for less social stu-dents .

" T h e c lus te rs Have a t endency lo be loud ," Krne la said. "I think you really have lo be ou tgo ing and ex-i raver ted to live in Dykstra . I think if y o u ' r e int rover ted, it can be over-w h e l m i n g . "

Still, Johnson said, the benef i t s o u t w e i g h any cha l lenges .

" Y o u h a v e 12 p e o p l e to f i n d s o m e o n e to relate to," Johnson said. " O n e of ihe best th ings aboul c lus-ters is learning lo live wilh some-one w h o may be comple te ly d i f fer -enl f rom y o u . "

R i d g e a g r e e s t h a t l i v i n g in Dyksl ra has been a most ly posi t ive exper ience .

" I ' m nol sure I 'd live here sopho-m o r e year ." Ridge said. "Bu t I 'm glad I had the oppor tuni ty as f resh-m a n . "

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l a n g u a g e o f t he a r t i c l e , r a t h e r t han f o c u s i n g o n the n o t i o n that th i s e v e n t m a y h a v e a c t u a l l y o c c u r r e d . T h e a r t i c l e w a s g r a p h i c , a s t he v i c t i m sa id s h e w a s r a p e d a n d f o r c e d to g i v e ora l s ex , b u t t h e r e w a s l i t t le r e f e r e n c e to t he f ac t O that th i s m a y h a v e h a p p e n e d at H o p e .

P e r h a p s t ha t ' s w h a t s o c i e t y h a s t u r n e d to. P e o p l e w o u l d r a t h e r l ive in t i ny U t o p i a s t h a n f a c e the g r i m r ea l i t y o f s e x u a l a s s a u l t . A n d t h a t ' s t he a t t i t u d e tha t m a n y in the c o l l e g e c o m m u n i t y s e e m to be t a k i n g .

T h e v i c t i m sa id in t he a r t i c l e tha t s h e t u r n e d to H o l l a n d P o l i c e r a t h e r t h a n H o p e o f f i c i a l s o u t f e a r tha t t he i s s u e m a y b e " s w e p t u n d e r t he r u g . " E v e n t h e i d e a tha t a s t u d e n t h a s a f e a r tha t H o p e o f f i c i a l s w o u l d d o this , m e a n s the c o l l e g e n e e d s to e x a m i n e h o w it d o e s t h i n g s .

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R e a l i t y s a y s that s e x u a l a s sau l t a n d d a t e r a p e o c c u r s at H o p e m o r e o f t e n than j u s t o n e i s o l a t e d a l l e g e d i n c i d e n t f r o m an O c t . 9 pa r ty . M o r e t h a n l ike ly , t h e r e are s c o r e s o f i n d i v i d u a l s t h a t h a v e p a s s e d t h r o u g h H o p e tha t w e r e s e x u a l a s s a u l t , i n c l u d i n g m o t h e r s , s i s t e r s , c o u s i n s , f r i e n d s , e tc . P e r h a p s m o r e v i c t i m s o f s e x u a l a s s a u l t w i l l h a v e t he c o u r a g e to c o m e f o r w a r d a n d s t a n d u p f o r the i r r i gh t s . T h e c o l l e g e n e e d s to e n c o u r a g e t h i s m o r e .

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I w a s a l s o a l a r m e d w i t h a s t a t e -m e n t t h e v i c t i m m a d e . In h e r in te r -v i e w w i t h A n c h o r e d i t o r M i k e Z u i d e m a ( ' 0 0 ) , t h e v i c t i m sa id tha t she w e n t to the H o l l a n d P o l i c e be -f o r e H o p e o f f i c i a l s b e c a u s e o f t h e f e a r tha t it w o u l d b e " s w e p t u n d e r the r u g . " S h e d i d n ' t t rus t t h a t the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d s t a f f w o u l d p u t h e r i n d i v i d u a l s a f e t y b e f o r e t h e c o l l e g e ' s r e p u t a t i o n . Pa r t o f the e d u -c a t i o n tha t w e n e e d is r e a s s u r a n c e tha t the c o l l e g e is o n o u r s ide . If s h e h a d t aken a c t i o n a g a i n s t t h e a t t a c k -e r s e a r l i e r s o m e t h i n g m a y h a v e b e e n d o n e , b u t s h e w a s n ' t s u r e h o w the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n w o u l d r eac t . B y f u r t h e r i n g e d u c a t i o n , the s t u d e n t s w o u l d b e c o m e m o r e s e c u r e in t h e f a c t tha t t h e c o l l e g e is o n the i r s ide . W e n e e d to b e r e a s s u r e d tha t w e a re n o t g o i n g to b e " s w e p t u n d e r the r u g , " b u t r a t h e r s w e p t u r ide r t h e w i n g s o f t h e c o l l e g e . W e n e e d to k n o w tha t p e o p l e wi l l b e t h e r e f o r u s a n d w o n ' t turn u s a w a y .

S e x u a l a s s a u l t o n c a m p u s e s a r o u n d the c o u n t r y a re n o t u n c o m -m o n . F B I s t a t i s t i c s s h o w t h a t o n e in f o u r w o m e n a re r a p e d in c o l l e g e . M o s t c o l l e g e s r ea l i ze th i s a n d the re -f o r e p r o v i d e a s p e c i a l c o u n s e l i n g c e n t e r a n d s u p p o r t g r o u p s f o r v i c -t i m s . H o p e a l s o p r o v i d e s t h e s e f a -c i l i t i e s f o r s t u d e n t s . W e a c t u a l l y h a v e h i g h e r s t a n d a r d s t h a n m o s t c o l l e g e s b e c a u s e w e a re a p r i v a t e i n s t i t u t i o n a n d c a n set t h e m o u r -se lves . H o p e ' s s exua l a s sau l t po l i cy is 21 p a g e s l o n g a n d is d e s i g n e d to pro tec t o u r s tuden t s . H o p e h a s m a d e g r e a t s t r i d e s in p r o v i d i n g s t u d e n t s w i t h the p r o t e c t i o n t h e y n e e d , b u t I d o n ' t t h i n k the s t u d e n t s k n o w h o w

fa r t he i r r i g h t s can b e e x t e n d e d . . I w a s a l s o f r u s t r a t e d w h e n I o v e r -

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s e r v e d it, s h e w a s t r a s h e d a n d h i g h . W h a t d i d s h e e x p e c t to h a p p e n ? " Wel l , I d o n ' t th ink s h e e x p e c t e d th i s to h a p p e n . W h e n t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e i s sue in o n e o f m y c l a s s e s , m y p r o -f e s s o r J a n e D i c k i e m a d e t h e c o m -m e n t , " T h e r e is n o e x c u s e f o r a b u s e . " I a g r e e w i t h h e r s t a t e m e n t . T h e v i c t i m w a s in a v u l n e r a b l e s ta le a n d t aken a d v a n t a g e of . S h e d i d n o t a s k f o r th i s to h a p p e n o r e x p e c t it to h a p p e n . W e a l s o m u s t r e m e m b e r tha t b o t h p a r t i e s w e r e at the p a r t y and it is a p o s s i b i l i t y that b o t h par -t i es w e r e i n c a p a c i t a t e d . I t h i n k it i s i m m o r a l lo s a y it w a s t h e v i c t i m ' s f a u l t j u s t b e c a u s e s h e m a y h a v e b e e n i n t o x i c a t e d . W e c a n ' l j u d g e a p e r s o n w e h a v e n e v e r m e t .

I ' m n o t s a y i n g w h a t the v i c t i m d i d w a s r igh t , I ' m s a y i n g s h e is not the o n l y o n e to b e h e l d r e s p o n s i b l e . W h e n w e d r i n k , w e j e o p a r d i z e o u r s a f e l y in m a n y w a y s . It i s a s c i e n -t i f i c f a c t t h a t o u r i n h i b i t i o n is im-p a i r e d w h e n w e d r i n k a n d w e a r e m o r e a p t t o m a k e b a d d e c i s i o n s . C A A R E m e m b e r J o s h S p a l s b u r y ( ' 0 2 ) p o i n t e d o u t lo m e , " P o o r j u d g -m e n t is not i l l ega l , r a p e i s . "

L a s t y e a r A l a n J o h n s o n s p o k e o f p a t r i a r c h y d u r i n g the Cr i t i c a l I s s u e s S y m p o s i u m . H e sa id g e n d e r e d a t -t a c k s a r e not m e n ' s f au l t , b u t t h e y a r e the i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . W e n e e d to l o o k at th i s a d v i c e s e r i o u s l y . I e n -c o u r a g e m e n n o t to v i e w w o m e n a s s e x u a l o b j e c t s . L o o k at u s a s h u m a n b e i n g s tha t y o u s h o u l d b e c o n s i d -e r a t e o f a n d r e s p e c t .

T h i s s c h o o l h a s e x c e l l e n t e d u c a -to r s , f acu l ty , p o l i c i e s and r e s o u r c e s . B y a t t a c k i n g i h e i s s u e s h e a d o n , w e h a v e n o t h i n g lo b e a s h a m e d of . T h i s is n o t a r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f o n l y the s c h o o l , b u t t h e c u l t u r e tha t w e l ive in . I n s t e a d o f a v o i d i n g w h a t h a p -p e n s o n t h i s c a m p u s , l e t ' s a t t a ck t h e i s s u e s a n d w o r k lo m a k e th i s w o r l d a b e l t e r p l a c e . I a m p r o u d o f the c o l l e g e f o r the o p p o r t u n i t i e s it h a s g i v e n m e . the p e o p l e it h a s b r o u g h t i n to m y l i f e , a n d the c h a l l e n g e s it h a s c o n f r o n t e d m e w i t h . I w a n t lo

b e p r o u d o f t h e c o l l e g e fo r t a k i n g a s t a n d a g a i n s t v i o l e n c e and p u l l i n g t h e a l u m n i d o n a t i o n s o n t h e b a c k b u r n e r .

I h a v e s o m e s u g g e s t i o n s t h a t w o u l d a l l o w t h e s t u d e n t b o d y to b e b e t t e r e d u c a t e d . F i r s t , t h e C A A R E p r o g r a m c u r r e n t l y h a s a p r o g r a m f o r a l l r e t u r n i n g s l u d e n t s , b u t is a v a i l a b l e o n l y f o r r e s i d e n c e ha l l s . I f e e l t h e s e w o r k s h o p s s h o u l d b e m a n d a t o r y f o r all o n c a m p u s h o u s -i n g f ac i l i t i e s and p o s s i b l y e v e n fo r s o m e c l a s s e s . M y w o m e n ' s s t ud -ies c l a s s h a s a l s o b e e n e x t r e m e l y h e l p f u l a n d h a s h e l p e d m e t o u n -d e r s t a n d t h e d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n m e n a n d w o m e n . I t h i n k tha t this w o u l d b e a g r e a t c l a s s lo add to the c o r e c u r r i c u l u m .

S p a l s b u r y a l s o s a id , " C A A R E is an o r g a n i z a t i o n tha t is v e r y p a s s i o n -a l e a b o u t t h e a s p e c t o f s e x u a l a s -sau l t . T h e y a re w i l l i n g l o e d u c a t e an a n y a s p e c t o f a s s a u l t . "

C A A R E a l s o is i n v o l v e d in T a k e B a c k t h e N i g h t . M o c k R a p e Tr ia l , a n d t h e W h i t e R i b b o n C a m p a i g n . T h e y a re s u c h a g r e a t r e s o u r c e tha t is n o t t aken a d v a n t a g e o f e n o u g h o n

c a m p u s . I w a n t to c h a l l e n g e p e o p l e l o

s t a n d u p f o r th i s c a u s e . P e o p l e that s u p p o r t w o m e n ' s r i g h t s a re not a b u n c h o f m a n - h a t i n g , b r a - b u r n i n g w o m e n . W e a r e y o u r s i s t e r s , b r o t h -e r s , p a r e n t s , and f r i e n d s . If w e s t and a r o u n d a n d w a t c h t h e s e ac t s t a k e p l a c e , w e a r e n o b e l t e r t h a n t h e p e o p l e i n v o l v e d d i r ec t ly . W e n e e d lo d o s o m e t h i n g . W a t c h o u t fo r e a c h o t h e r , w a t c h o u t f o r y o u r s e l f , a n d b e r e s p o n s i b l e . W e c a n m a k e a d i f -

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not fac t , e v e n t h o u g h s o m e a re used to s u p p o r t m y o p i n i o n . W e all h a v e d i f f e r e n t o p i n i o n s o f w h a t h a p -p e n e d . R e m e m b e r tha t b y c h a l l e n g -ing the i d e a s , w e b e c o m e s t r o n g e r , m o r e c o n s c i o u s p e o p l e .

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R e c e n t a l l e g a t i o n s o f s e x u a l as -s au l t o n the H o p e C o l l e g e c a m p u s h a v e s h o w n o u r c o m m u n i t y t h a t m o r e a w a r e n e s s o f the s e r i o u s n e s s o f s u c h i n c i d e n t s is n e e d e d . T o o o f t e n s o m e m i g h t a s s u m e t h e s e o c -c u r r e n c e s a re l imi t ed lo l a rge u n i -vers i t i es , f a i l i n g lo r ea l i ze they h a p -pen h e r e a s we l l .

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a c t i o n s a s a s s a u l t , d u e lo c i r c u m -s t a n c e s that s u r r o u n d t h e m . A c c o r d -ing to M i c h i g a n L a w , s exua l a s s a u l t is d e f i n e d a s f o r c e d o r c o e r c e d p e n -e t r a t i o n o r s e x u a l c o n t a c t (no t o n l y s e x u a l i n t e r c o u r s e ) . In o t h e r w o r d s , th i s d e f i n i t i o n h o l d s t r ue r e g a r d l e s s o f f a c t o r s tha t m a y c h a n g e in e a c h s i t ua t i on , s u c h a l c o h o l c o n s u m p t i o n b y e i t h e r pa r ty . In t h e s e s i t u a t i o n s , an i n d i v i d u a l is h e l d r e s p o n s i b l e fo r h i s / h e r a c t i o n s d e s p i t e i n c a p a c i t a -

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i s s u e s m u s t b e r e c o g n i z e d a n d a c -k n o w l e d g e d . W i t h th i s a w a r e n e s s o f w h a t c o n s t i t u t e s s e x u a l a s s a u l t , o u r c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y wi l l b e m o r e k n o w l e d g e a b l e , a n d a n i n c r e a s e in k n o w l e d g e wil l l e ad to an i n c r e a s e

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In " T h e b ig c o l l e g e p a y o f f . " y o u m e n t i o n tha t t h e A n c h o r h a s as -s i s t ed o t h e r s t uden t o r g a n i z a t i o n s in the p r o d u c t i o n of t h e i r w o r k , a n d d e s c r i b e h o w y o u s p e c i f i c a l l y h a v e h e l p e d t he se o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h r o u g h t h e A n c h o r . In a c t u a l i t y , t h e re-s o u r c e s y o u s o g e n e r o u s l y lend o u t d o n o t b e l o n g to y o u or the A n c h o r . T h e y a re c a m p u s r e s o u r c e s , a n d I

t h i n k i t ' s o n l y f a i r tha t o t h e r s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n s a r e a l l o w e d t o u s e t h e m . Yes, it w o u l d b e n i c e if w e c o u l d all h a v e o u r o w n c o m p u t e r s , b u t w e c a n ' t . S o w e s h a r e - not o u t o f g e n e r o s i t y , but o u t o f n e c e s s i t y .

In " O u r Voice: T h e p r o h i b i t i o n o f H o p e , " y o u e n c o u r a g e the c o l l e g e to c o n t i n u e e d u c a t i n g the c a m p u s c o m m u n i t y a b o u t a l c o h o l i s s u e s , a n d I a g r e e . B u t y o u a l s o ca l l u p o n ihe c o l l e g e lo d r o p the n o a l c o h o l ru le in t h e s a m e p a r a g r a p h tha t y o u s ta te " k i d s wi l l b e k i d s . "

A l t h o u g h I too b e l i e v e the c o l -l e g e s h o u l d g i v e u p t h e d e l u d e d no t ion o f h a v i n g a " d r y c a m p u s , "

y o u r a r g u m e n t d o e s not m a k e s e n s e . If w e a re " k i d s , " w e n e e d ru l e s . If w e a re a d u l t s , w e d o not . D o n ' t a r -g u e f o r t h e c o l l e g e to g r a n t u s t h e r i gh t t o m a k e o u r o w n d e c i s i o n s b y

r e d u c i n g u s lo c h i l d r e n . A d d i t i o n a l l y , I f o u n d y o u r u se o f

t h e p h r a s e " k i d s wi l l b e k i d s " d a n -g e r o u s l y c l o s e t o " b o y s wi l l b e b o y s " in an i s s u e c o v e r i n g a s e x u a l a s s a u l t . In m a n y d i f f e r e n t w a y s , y o u t h c a n n o t c o n t i n u e to b e an e x -

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

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lanuary 26, 2000 the Anchor Spotl ight Underground boxing organization grows through word of mouth

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were pulled back . One lo three ma tches were organized each evening. ' Even with three f ights, it was only about 15 to 20

minutes lor all of it. Then they 'd go outs ide and smoke together, and decide w h o would fight next. It was a good study break." said a friend of the organiz-ers.

Each match was lined up by the g roup s organizers .

"They would arrange a fight if you wanted lo. They matched up in size and weight . Most ol the people w h o loughl were f r iends and hadn ' t boxed before ," said a male student who wished to remain anonymous .

Specta tors and compet i to rs staled that the matches themselves were a great spectacle.

"II goi pretty physical . S o m e guys were bleeding, and people got mad at each other. It was pretty intense. Before the fight, it seemed l ighthearted. In the fights it was awfu l - they went at it so hard. Bui when it was done, it w a s left there," said a female s tudent w h o had at tended a few of the events.

Whi le passions ran high during the f ights, s tudents stressed that any anger or resentment was never brought out of the ring.

"It was a lways f r iends l ighting fr iends. Af te r the match the two w h o fought would usually sit together and laugh about it," said a f ema le spectator.

One student who part icipated in the boxing shared his interest in the Fight Club .

" I 've a lways wondered what it would be like lo punch somebody full in the face," he said. "I wanted lo feel what it 's like to box ."

He also described his fight. T h e rounds seemed like forever. It was the longest

three minutes of m y life. I got hit real hard and saw black, but I got back up and kept going. After my fight, I walked away with the dude ' s blood all over my shir t ."

When asked what about boxing attracted him, he replied thai he boxed because of the nature of boxing.

"I boxed because it 's a manly sport . It a f f i rmed my manhood . Boxing brings out our caveman instincls."

Others had more practical explanat ions for why the c lub got started.

"We did it because it was somelhinsi new and different ,

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said a close friend of the organizers. "It was something we put together ourselves. It was a bonding thing. Everyone was really close. Everyone who boxed was glad ihey tried it."

T h e boxing organizat ion 's populari ty as an event quickly grew in reputation around Hope Col lege . Head counls at the events were said to range between 75 and 100 students.

"The last couple of l imes the entire lounge was f i l led," said one spectator.

Contr ibut ing to the Fight C lub ' s popular-ity was the fact that ils repulalion had spread by word of mouth .

"It was excit ing because it was a big underground boxing thing. Everyone knew about it," said a female spectator.

Dean of Students Richard Frosl was unaware of the c lub ' s existence. As a rule, Hope Col lege does not tolerate unwarranted or mal ic ious vio-lence against any person. If Hope off ic ia ls discovered the organiza-tion, they would have slopped it.

"If these individuals wished lo legit imately pursue boxing, we would have provided them with ihe oppor-

It was the longest three minutes of my life. I got hit real hard and saw black, but I got back up and

kept going. P a r t i c i p a n t in t h e F i g h t C l u b

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A i k i d o t e a c h e s a n c i e n t a r t A N D R E W LOXZl spot l igh t e d i t o r

Thomas Groendal ( '00) is spread-ing his own unique brand of mar-tial arts on Hope ' s campus .

G r o e n d a l . a p r a c t i t i o n e r of Aikido. organized a c lub on cam-pus lo introduce other Hope slu-dents to Aikido.

"Aikido is an art based on the idea of using your a t tacker ' s energy lo defuse a si tuation and defend your-self." Groendal said.

"In o t h e r w o r d s , it is t a k i n g someone ' s 'k i ' and using it against them." Groendal said. "Ki" is taught to the students as a term for mind and body energy.

The Hope Col lege Aikido Club is an informal g roup of individuals w h o have an interest in teaching, practicing, and learning Aikido.

There are no dues for the organi-zation, only interest and dedicat ion are expected. N o ranks are awarded. Currently, Groendal is the primary teacher of the group.

"I may be able lo gel m y teacher to come in periodically," Groendal said, referring to occasional visitor, Sensei David Rodr iguez .

Groenda l ' s goal in organizing the A i k i d o o r g a n i z a t i o n is lo b r i n g Hope ' s communi ty lo a greater un-ders tanding of the art.

" I l is an art f o r m , s o m e t h i n g wh ich bene f i t s the daily l ives of most everybody thai come in con-tact with it." Groendal said.

Not only does Groendal leach his s tudents , but he also learns form them as well.

"1 am teaching II so that I have the opportunity lo cont inue practic-ing this art myse l f , and lo try to

spread this wonder fu l pari of my l ife," Groendal said.

T h i s is t h e t h i r d l i m e t h a t G r o e n d a l has t a u g h t A i k i d o at Hope.

He taught regularly in 1997 and 1998, before he went to Japan.

C la s se s have s lar led, and cur -rently Groendal is leaching a small , regular group.

"I would prefer a f ew more , but I greatly prefer people who can be the re r egu l a r l y . A n y o n e is we l -come , " Groendal said.

While the classes are open lo all those interested in learning aboul the art of Aikido, Groendal prefers thai he be contacted first via e-mail al gt [email protected].

The Aikido c lub meets on Tues-days and Thur sdays in the Jul iana Room, in the basement of Dur fee Hall, f rom 5 lo 6 p.m.

lunily to propose a new student organizat ion which would lake the appropriate safely measures , " Frost said.

Another factor that added exci tement lo the g roup s t emmed f rom the s tudents ' feel ings that there isn't enough exci tement in their lives.

' T h e r e ' s not a whole lot lo do in Holland or on campus , " said one student. "It was a way to relax and release stress. It shows that w e as s tudents are able lo c o m e up with fun things lo do that are chal lenging but not harmless . "

T h e Fight C l u b became more of a spectacle as ils audience grew.

"One guy came in with taped hands and a sweatshir t , the whole Rocky thing," said a sludenl. "He even had a spit bucket . "

The Fight C l u b has yet lo hold a match this semester . Students had mul t ip le explanat ions for why the event hasn ' t resumed.

"Il sort of s lopped as eve ryone got busy," said a fr iend of the organizers . 4 i know that s o m e people w h o wanted lo

fight d idn ' t gel lo ." Another s tudent said that the g roup lost one of its pairs of boxing g loves over break, and that is the

main reason the Fight C l u b hasn ' t started up again. "It would be slarled again if they could gel some

g loves ," he said.

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The Knickcrbockcr Thea te r will c o m e a l i v e i h i s w e e k e n d w i t h rhythm and dancing as ihc InSync Dance Thea lc r g ives ihcir annual concert.

T h e InSync Dance Concer l will lake place on Friday and Saturday. January 2S and 29. at 8 p .m. in the K n i c k e r b o c k e r I h e a t e r . T i c k e t s

a rc S6 Cor a d u l t s and S4 lor students and will be avail-able at the door.

A l t h o u g h t h e y give a concer l ev-er ) yea r . I n S y n c strives to keep the show Iresh and en-tertaining.

"Because w e are a r epe r to ry d a n c e c o m p a n y , w e d o some ol the s a m e p i e c e s e a c h year , but t h row out the ones that have been around for a longer l ime," said participant Danny Tay-lor ( '01) .

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INSYNC: Dancers give each other a boost.

fourth year , is the resident dance company at Hope, d rawing on the rich talent of Hope ' s dance students, professors , a lumni and other area dancers .

In addit ion to Taylor. Hope stu-dents Jodi Kur i / c ( '01) . Mat thew Stehlc ( '02) . and Kristin Sabol ("02) arc member s .

Hope professors Terri Filips and D a w n Mcl lha rgey-Wigcr t are the

coarlislic directors for the company . They did the ma-jori ty of the chore-o g r a p h y fo r the concert .

T h e c o m p a n y not only does an annual concer t at Hope College, but lours ihc Midwest t h r o u g h o u t t h e year.

T h e i r c o n c e r t s focus on lap and j a z z dance, and in-c o r p o r a t e Broad-way. h ip-hop, mu-sic of the Roar ing T w e n t i e s , s a l s a ,

swing , gospel and Irish styles into their pieces .

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S O N G A N D DA N C E: Members of InSync perform a piece called "A Tribute to Fosse "It is choreographed by Hope professors Terri Philips and Dawn Mcllhargey-Wigert.

Some of the pieces depict stories selection titled '"How C o m e ? "

InSync Dance Theatre , now in its Th i s year ' s concer l will include

approximately thirteen pieces, four of which have been per formed pre-viously.

Some of the new works to expect are " A Tribute to Fosse ," a celebra-tion of B r o a d w a y c h o r e o g r a p h e r Bob Fosse, as well as ' 'Cabaret" and "Steam Heal ."

or events , such as "A Fe l low and His Gal" , a 1920s "boy meets gir l" s tory , and " D r i n k of S u m m e r , " which descr ibes a day at the beach with f r iends .

Other works include a lap piece, "Rai l road Junct ion" and a h ip-hop

O n e l a p p i e c e , " U r b a n P lay -g r o u n d , " w i l l be p e r f o r m e d a capel la .

"If y o u ' r e in teres ted in dance , going to this concer l is a great way to support the p rograms at Hope ." Taylor said.

Native Amer i can woven works shown in DePree SARA E LAMERS staf f r e p o r t e r

Lauren Hermes ( ' 02 ) has learned how the past can c o m e to life in the present.

As an art history major , she spent more than 30 hou r s r e s e a r c h i n g Native Amer ican weav ing and bas-ket making in preparat ion for the exhib i t . " W o v e n Works : Baske t s and B lanke t s of the T l i n g i t and Southwes t Nat ive Amer icans . "

He rmes began her research as a request from Senta German , assis-tant p ro fessor of art history, who needed someone to compi le infor-mation for the exhibit pamphle t .

"As an art history major , Lauren has dis t inguished herself as being capable of doing thorough work and good wri t ing," G e r m a n said.

H e r m e s noted that despi te her unfamil iar i ty with the pieces, she welcomed the opportunity to learn more about them.

"I hadn ' t had m u c h exper ience with Nat ive American art, but when I was asked to do the project , I was immedia te ly in te res ted ," H e r m e s said.

Hermes started her research f rom brief descr ip t ions of the pieces that were given by the acquisi t ion list that c a m e with the exhibi t .

T h e research focused on the tra-

dit ion behind weaving , as well as the variat ions in patterns and styles from tribe to tribe.

"I had never thought about the l ime and effort that went inlo this type of art be fo re , " she said. "I t ' s amaz ing that they have been pre-served and are still around, consid-e r i n g h o w de l i ca t e m a n y of the items are."

T h e p i e c e s c o m e f r o m t h r e e stages in Nat ive Amer ican history, P reContac t . Contac t , and Tour is t and Revital izat ion. T h e major i ty of them were original ly used for har-vest, food preparat ion, s torage and rel igious ceremonies .

Nat ive Amer ican tr ibes featured

in the exhibit include the Apache , Papago, P ima, Pomo, C h e m h u e v i , Yokuts, Mono . N e z Perce. Tlingit , and Nava jo .

T h e exhibit is on display at the D e P r e e Art Gal le ry until Fr iday , Feb. 11 and is recent addit ion to the p e r m a n e n t co l l ec t i on . It w a s r e - ; ceived as a gift f rom Hugh DePree , f o r m e r chief execu t ive o f f i ce r of Herman Miller Inc and long-t ime supporter of the arts at Hope Col-lege.

"The addit ion of this exhibit into the pe rmanen t col lect ion expands our avai lable resources on Nat ive Amer ican ar t ," Ge rman said. "Ide-ally an art col lect ion should have

ar t i facts f rom as many cul tures as possible and this exhibit helps us achieve that."

H e r m e s fee l s the exhibi t is an important tool by which much can be learned about cul tures that our society is not of ten exposed to to-day.

"I hope people are able to see someth ing they aren ' t able to see every day and then realize and ap-preciate the great amount of t ime, effor t , and skill that went into the weav ing , " Hermes said.

T h e g a l l e r y is o p e n M o n d a y through Friday f rom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from I p.m. to 5 p.m.

Local coffee shop hosting student poetry readings MATT C O O K i n t e r m i s s i o n e d i t o r

A local business is promot ing the shar ing and e n j o y m e n t of poet ry from Hope Col lege and other local poets.

A n e w series of poetry read ings called the Inspired Poets Series will

be held for the first t ime on Friday at the G o u r m e t Ga rden , a nature store and co f fee bar in d o w n t o w n Sauga tuck .

T h e first installat ion of the In-spired Poets Series will take place at the Gourmet Garden on 322 Cul-ver St. In Saugatuck. A reception will begin at 6 :30 p.m.. and there

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will be readings f rom 7:00 to 9 :00 p.m.

"The owner wanted to establish a weekly scheduled reading where area poets could read and get rec-ognit ion for their work ." said Craig Tommola( 'OO). the organizer of the series.

T o m m o l a . who was referred to the owner of Gourmet Garden by the English depar tment , has a per-sonal interest in reading his poems publicly.

" I ' v e just f inished putting a book together and I 'm hoping I ' l l be able to sell some books at the readings ," he said.

Tommola will be among the first

C r a i g T o m m o l a readers at the event . Also giving readings are two poets with whom

T o m m o l a has gotten to work many times before: Erin Selmer COO) and Andrew Lang ( '99) .

" I t ' s going to be very excit ing. I 've been in class with them, so I 've been exposed to their poetry for a couple of years, " T o m m o l a said. " W e ' v e worked together to get to this point. I 've feel I 've learned to know and respect their poetry."

The Inspired Poets Series is in-tended to be a weekly event, with r e a d i n g s e v e r y F r i d a y n i g h t . T o m m o l a plans on keeping a con-sistently high level of poetry. "It wil l have as many quali ty Hope readers and area readers as I can f ind."

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C H E E S E & W I N E Michael Zuidema

Innocence lost T h e s i a l c of H o p e C o l l e g e

m e n ' s b a s k e l b a l l s e e m e d a s l ight ly s k e w e d lo me d u r i n g ihe i r a n o t h e r c l a s s i c m a t c h u p Calv in lwo weeks ago.

The Civic Cen le r was ready lo b low dur ing iheir M i c h i g a n In-l e rco l l eg ia l e A th l e t i c A s s o c i a -tion m a t c h u p on Jan . 12. T h e bui ld ing dubbed as " the best col-lege a t m o s p h e r e in the c o u n t r y " was a se l lout and the fans threat-ened to br ing d o w n the C i v i c ' s d i lapidated ce i l ing tiles. Bui the a tmosphe re still d idn ' t feel qu i te right.

M a y b e ii w a s the cons t an t in-t e r r u p t i o n s f o r T V t i m e o u t s . M a y b e ii was the M o u n t a i n D e w s p o n s o r e d s t u d e n t s e c t i o n g rouped in their br ight o range l-shir is . M a y b e it w a s ihe usual sen ior se lec t ion of a l u m n i and a r e a r e s i d e n t s c i r c l i n g t h e b l e a c h e r s e a t s f r o m the i r ba l -cony. M a y b e ii was the unusual amoun t ol" fan suppor t Hope was gell ing, when o ther h o m e g a m e s were far f rom packed af fa i rs .

But I think wha t really got m e was the r ea l i za t ion tha t H o p e Co l l ege m e n ' s baskelbal l was no longer the innocent , sma l l col-lege e n v i r o n m e n t it had thr ived on for so many years .

Spo r t s has long a g o forgot ten about the educa t iona l aspect of co l l ege l i fe , and it s e e m s that H o p e may have i n a d v e r t e n t l y fallen into this s a m e pit.

M e n ' s baske lba l l at Hope is the show. T h e r e is n o other spor ts t eam at th is s c h o o l that cou ld p o s s i b l y c o m p e t e w i t h t h e amoun t of my th , fan and m e d i a support and hype that the F ly ing D u t c h m e n g e l . N o t e v e n t he footbal l t eam.

The t eam has b e c o m e o n e of the c o l l e g e ' s s t ronges t s e l l i ng points. And why not?

The team has the mos t M I A A c h a m p i o n s h i p s , two N C A A Fi-nal F o u r appea rances in the past 10 years , and head coach G l e n n Van Wie ren . an individual w h o pract ical ly o w n s Hol land .

They a l so have a s to r ied ri-valry with Ca lv in , a co l lege that

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a r g u a b l y h a s as rich a bas-k e t b a l l t r ad i -tion as Hope . It 's a t radi t ion t h a t t he c o l -lege has taken the l iber ty of e x p l o i t i n g at l imes.

T h e t w o c o l l e g e s s t aged an ap-p e a r a n c e at the Van Ande l A r e n a , m a r k -ing the largesl a t t e n d a n c e ever for a Di-v i s i o n III g a m e . The ri-valry has been f e a t u r e d in S p o r t s I l l u s -t r a t e d . T h e i r b a t t l e s a r e b roadcas t a round the wor ld , via television and the Internet, mark-ing the r iva l ry ' s m o v e lo the big l ime.

T h e a r ea has a l m o s t a l w a y s had a por t ion of its heart devo ted to H o p e basketba l l . Team m e m -bers are regarded as local heroes , the t e a m ' s m o v e s are f o l l o w e d daily, and lo get s ea son t ickets fans mus t wai t s o m e t h i n g l ike 149 years .

Co l l ege athlet ics , especia l ly in Divis ion III where athlet ic schol-a rsh ips are looked d o w n up. are ideal ly abou t spor t and e d u c a -tion. T h e even t s are supposed lo be contes t s , not s t ages for enter-l a i n m e n t , bu l H o p e ba ske lba l l h a s b e c o m e in m a n y w a y s Hol l and ' s version of The Beatles. T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n a r e a s m u c h en te r t a ine r s a n d " m o n e y m a k e r s " a s the U n i v e r s i t y of Mich igan football t eam is or the C h i c a g o Bul ls are.

W h i c h may not necessar i ly be ent i re ly horr ible . T h e fans love c o m i n g lo Hope g a m e s and the media , of w h i c h I a m a par t icu-larly gui l ty m e m b e r , p l ays to the t eam like Pav lov ian dogs .

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Anchor photo by Jen Bodine JUMPER: Craig Veldman (y0I) takes a jump shot from the outside against Alma. Hope defeated Alma 86-64, on Jan. 19.

ball v a c u u m yea r s ago. I was hypno t ized by the idea that the m e n ' s basketbal l team was the end-al l-be-al l of Hope athletics.

But as I sat in my seat in press row, l is tening to a T V c o m m e n -tator, t w o sets of radio D j s and a r o u n d 3 . 0 0 0 fans , I rea l ized this wasn ' t any th ing unique or d i f f e r e n t f r o m p r o f e s s i o n a l sports . T V still con t ro l s the ac-tion, f ans are still fickle, and the a thle tes are forced to put on a good show.

H o p e m e n ' s baske tba l l had lost its innocence .

Hope should never p romote i t se l f as a p u r e s p o r t s a t m o -sphe re . T h e m e n ' s baske lba l l t eam is held to the s a m e s tan-da rds that p rofess iona l and m a -j o r Divis ion I t e a m s are. W i n s and i m a g e are n u m b e r one , and educa t ion is jus t a nice bonus .

S o m e t i m e s I jus t long for the d a y s w h e n c o l l e g e c o n t e s t s we re jus t foo tno tes in the news-paper, and wins d i d n ' t mat ter as m u c h a s s p o r t s m a n s h i p d i d . T h e n a n o t h e r H o p e - C a l v i n g a m e looms on the ca lendar and I get sucked into the pagean t ry of the w h o l e th ing.

BATTLE U N D E R T H E BOARDS: Hope's Lisa Hoekstra COO) scores in the paint against St. Mary's, Hoekstra finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds as the Flying Dutch won 87-54. Hope takes on first place Alma this Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Dow Center.

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g u i d e a n d a m o u n t a i n c l i m b i n g guide. S h e r e c e i v e d t h e f i r s t T e n z i g N o r g a y A w a r d a s P r o f e s s i o n a l Moun ta inee r of the Year.

W o o d n o w s p e n d s h e r l i m e s p e a k i n g on h e r e x p e r i e n c e on Eve re s t , t e a m w o r k a n d h o w she w o r k e d to a c h i e v e h e r p e r s o n a l be si.

" W e are not sure wha t topic ex-ac t ly s h e w i l l b e p r e s e n t i n g at H o p e . " Brax said. " S h e has a large list of possible keynote topics and our c o m m i t t e e has not chosen one yet. We will be choos ing a topic in

t he bes t i n t e r e s t of t he s t u d e n t body . "

T h e t e n t a t i v e d a l e f o r W o o d ' s visit is Apri l 6, t w o m o n t h s later than the tradit ional l ime of the C o n -g r e s s s p e a k e r s e r i e s . H o w e v e r , C o n g r e s s hopes this will a l low for bei ler adver t i s ing , w h i c h they be-lieve to be the key to a large audi-ence turnout .

" W e ' r e a little worr ied . We had such a great turnout last year be-cause of the big n a m e and profes -sors really e n c o u r a g e d s tudents to go ." Brax said. " W e d o n ' t think that will happen this year bul Wood will

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really capture students. If we do lots of adver t i s ing , we shou ld have a good tu rnout . "

Brad He r r ema ( ' 00) , a l so on the task fo rce , agrees that Wood is a good cho ice .

"Las t year we had a b igger bud -get because ( former) President John Jacobson gave us some money . So we had a big n a m e , " He r r ema said. "None the l e s s , I think Wood will be really good and very exc i t ing . "

Las t y e a r ' s S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s S p e a k e r was Rober t Kennedy, Jr., w h o spoke on various e n v i r o n m e n -tal issues.

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If Hope Co l l ege head w o m e n ' s baskelbal l coach Brian M o r e h o u s e has a favor i te stat ist ic o the r than w ins and losses, i t 's pretty s a f e to say it 's r ebounds .

" T h e g a m e s that w e ' v e lost w e h a d n ' t r e b o u n d e d v e r y w e l l , " M o r e h o u s e said.

His t eam con t ro l l ed the b o a r d s this past w e e k a s they cru ised lo two league wins , first aga ins t St. M a r y ' s ( 8 7 - 5 4 ) and then aga ins t Adr ian (70-45) .

In T u e s d a y ' s g a m e the F l y i n g Dutch used three-poin ters to spark a 7-1 run against Adr ian . T h e run w a s led by t h r e e - p o i n t e r s f r o m B e t h W o o l l e y ( ' 0 3 ) a n d S a r a h Zou lek ( ' 02 ) . A l m a ' s Ann Terps t ra w o u l d a t tempt to get he r t eam back in the g a m e when she scored three points o f f of a basket and a foul , but it wasn ' t e n o u g h a s Zou l ek an-swered with ano the r three-pointer . Hope w o u l d finish the half leading 35-19 .

"I thought the threes were the key lo the g a m e , " M o r e h o u s e said. He was a l so espec ia l ly impressed with Z o u l e k ' s shoot ing .

"She has the ability to hit the ball a n y w h e r e within 24 f ee t . " he said.

If th ree -po in le r s h igh l igh ted the first half , d e f e n s e marked the sec-o n d f o r t he F l y i n g D u t c h . J o d i B o o m ( ' 0 2 ) and A m y B a l l m a n i s ( ' 0 3 ) w o u l d start the second half with a re lent less d e f e n s e that lead to t h r e e ea r ly s t ea l s . B a l t m a n i s w o u l d e n d t he g a m e w i t h f i v e s tea l s , m o s t c o m i n g ear ly in the second half . B o o m , Woo l l ey a n d Col leen C o r e y ( ' 0 3 ) w o u l d e a c h add two steals .

B a l l m a n i s w a s a l so the t e a m ' s l e a d i n g s c o r e r w i t h 15 p o i n t s . Zou l ek w o u l d finish wi th 14 and Koen igsknech t had 10 points .

Overa l l , M o r e h o u s e is sa t i s f ied with his t e a m ' s p e r f o r m a n c e .

" W e lost s o m e of the sk i rmishes , bul w e won the war , " M o r e h o u s e said. " I ' m pleased with the win, I ' m p l e a s e d w i l h t he w a y p e o p l e s tepped up and p layed wel l . "

In the first g a m e , on Sa turday . J a n . 2 2 t h e y o u t - r e b o u n d e d St . M a r y ' s 63-30 . Tha t , accord ing to M o r e h o u s e , w a s t he l a r g e s l re-b o u n d i n g d i f f e r e n c e with h im a s

coach . T h e F ly ing Dutch won that g a m e

behind the shoo t ing of Ba l tmanis , L i s a H o e k s t r a ( * 0 0 ) , K r i s t i n K o e n i g s k n e c h t ( ' 0 1 ) and A m a n d a Kerks t ra ( ' 03 ) .

Ba lmanis ' pe r fo rmance especially impres sed M o r e h o u s e .

"In the first half Ba l lmanis had 12 poin ts and she really sparked us ," M o r e h o u s e s a id . A n o t h e r p l a y e r w i t h a s u c c e s s f u l h a l f w a s K o e n i g s k n e c h t w h o had a doub le -d o u b l e by ha l f t ime with 10 points and 11 rebounds . She would finish wi th 18 r ebounds and 11 points , her four th doub l e -doub l e this season .

Hoeks t r a would finish the g a m e the t e a m ' s leading score r wilh 13 poin ts and 11 rebounds .

M o r e h o u s e was sa t i s f ied with his ent i re t e a m ' s p e r f o r m a n c e .

" T h e r e w a s n o var ia t ion in ou r p l a y w h e n w e s u b s t i t u t e d , " M o r e h o u s e said. " E v e r y o n e p layed at a really high level ."

He is a l so keep ing his t e a m ' s fo-cus on their next opponen t . A l m a .

" T h a t ' s go ing to be a real bat t le ," M o r e h o u s e said. "You a l w a y s have a little bit m o r e for the t eams that beat y o u . "

A l m a de fea t ed Hope on Dec. 8.. 58-52 . A lma . H o p e and Calv in are current ly tied f o r first p lace in the M i c h i g a n In t e rco l l eg i a t e A th l e t i c Assoc ia t ion . Hope p lays A l m a , Sat-urday. Jan . 29 at 7 :30 p .m. in the D o w Center .

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