02-22-2006

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F E B R U A R Y 2 2 . 2 0 0 6 • S I N C E 1 8 8 7 S P E R A I N D E O " 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

W H A T ' S I N S I D E

Bush's budget 2

Proposal requests $2.8 trillion

Moving In 3 Dance department finds new home

Student Congress Series 4 Speaker talks

on environmental racism

Resurfacing 5

Documentary explores

Janet Chandler's death

N E W S S N I P P E T S

HOPE MURDER SUSPECT AWAITS HEARING

R o b e r t M i c h a e l L y n c h o f

T h r e e O a k s , f o r m e r s e c u r i t y

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

o f 1 9 7 9 H o p e s e n i o r J a n e t

C h a n d l e r , r e m a i n s j a i l e d w i t h o u t

b o n d a w a i t i n g a p r e l i m i n a r y

h e a r i n g in H o l l a n d Di s t r i c t

C o u r t on W e d n e s d a y , Feb . 2 2 .

A t t h a t h e a r i n g , t he cou r t wi l l

d e c i d e w h e t h e r e n o u g h e v i d e n c e

e x i s t s to w a r r a n t a t r ia l .

L y n c h w a s a r r a i g n e d

W e d n e s d a y , Feb . 8 , on t h r e e

c o u n t s o f m u r d e r .

If L y n c h s t a n d s t r ia l , a j u r y

c o u l d f ind h i m gu i l t y o f a n y o f

t he t h r e e c o u n t s , i f c o n v i c t e d ,

e a c h c o u n t c a r r i e s a m a n d a t o r y

l i fe s e n t e n c e .

BILL SUGGESTS THAT ENGLISH BE THE OFFICIAL

STATE LANGUAGE

A bil l h a s c u r r e n t l y b e e n

i n t r o d u c e d by R e p r e s e n t a t i v e

J ack H o o g e n d y k o f K a l a m a z o o

in a c o m m i t t e e o f t he s t a t e

h o u s e t h a t w o u l d m a k e E n g l i s h

t he o f f i c i a l l a n g u a g e o f t he S t a t e

o f M i c h i g a n .

According to Hoogendyk,

immigrants w h o enter this country

need to learn English. He argues

that catering to other languages is

simply too expensive, costing the

state millions o f dollars.

SURVEY REPORTS FEMALE GRADS' SALARIES

A 2 0 0 3 g r a d u a t e s u r v e y

r evea l ed th is m o n t h tha t f e m a l e

H o p e g r a d s r ece ive s ign i f i can t ly

less sa la ry t h a n ma le c o u n t e r p a r t s

wi th in the s a m e d i sc ip l ine .

T h e s u r v e y a l s o d i s c o v e r e d

that o f r e s p o n d e n t s w h o said

t h e y w e r e d i s sa t i s f i ed wi th

the i r e m p l o y m e n t , 50 pe rcen t

had sa l a r i e s less than $ 2 2 , 0 0 0

per year .

T h e s u r v e y in i t i a l ly s ta r ted in

t he ea r ly 1 9 8 0 ^ . It is a o n e p a g e

s u r v e y c o n t a i n i n g 20 q u e s t i o n s

tha t a s s e s s recen t g r a d u a t e s '

c a r e e r s a n d f a c t o r s that i m p a c t

the i r j o b s .

VAN STRIKES STUDENT

A van co l l ided wi th a s tudent

c ross ing 10th Street , near Lubbers ,

at 9 : 2 5 a .m. Monday , Feb. 20.

'06 BUDGET THREATENS HOLLAND'S AMTRAK LINE Shannon Craig S T A F F W R I T E R

Hope students w h o use Amtrak might need to

start looking for some transportation alternatives.

The Mich igan Legis la ture voted on a bud -

get that dec reased A m t r a k f u n d i n g by ap-

p rox ima te ly $1 mil l ion in S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 5 .

Th i s budge t c h a n g e c a u s e s serv ices on the

Pe re M a r q u e t t e a n d B lue Water lines to end in

A u g u s t 2 0 0 6 f o r the cu r ren t fiscal year , w h i c h

ends Sept. 30 , 2006 . Th i s w o u l d m e a n abou t a

m o n t h lapse in train serv ice , w h i c h w o u l d be

re ins ta ted in the f o l l o w i n g fiscal year.

T h e Pere Marque t t e , w h i c h runs f r o m

G r a n d Rap ids to C h i c a g o , and the B lue Water ,

w h i c h r u n s from Por t Huron to C h i c a g o , are

the two t ra ins that the state o f Mich igan he lps

suppor t . The Pere Marque t t e connec t s G r a n d

Rap ids a n d C h i c a g o wi th s lops in Ho l l and ,

Bangor , St. J o s e p h - B e n t o n Harbor , and N e w

Buf fa lo . T h e e n d i n g o f the Pe re M a r q u e t t e

se rv ice rou te du r ing S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 6 wi l l

leave m a n y H o p e s tuden t s look ing f o r alter-

na t ive m e t h o d s to a n d f r o m Hope .

"I t is m y only way home. I would have to

thoroughly exercise all m y resources in hopes

that I can make it h o m e , " R.J. Casey ( ' 09 ) said.

N o v is ib le cons idera t ion w a s g iven to the

fact that the Pere Marque t t e se rv ices H o p e

C o l l e g e s tudents , and a l so s tuden t s at o ther

schoo l s such as A q u i n a s Col lege , Ca lv in Co l -

lege, Cent ra l Mich igan Univers i ty , and Mich i -

gan State Univers i ty .

A c c o r d i n g to M i k e W h i m s , the execu t ive

c o m m i t t e e chai r o f Mich igan Assoc ia t ion

o f Ra i lway Passenger , bo th o f the train l ines

are a lways cons ide red toge ther in legis la t ion

b e c a u s e they are seen as a c o m b i n e d se rv ice

under the cu r ren t A m t r a k cont rac t .

" I t ' s no t a f u n d i n g cut . I t 's a t r ans fe r o f

f u n d i n g a l loca t ion , " said an A m t r a k m e d i a re-

la t ions representa t ive . "The re is a m o v e m e n t

in the State Leg i s la tu re to m o v e the m o n e y so

that t he t ra ins can run th rough the rest o f the

S E E A M T R A K , PAGE 4

r ' J PHOTO EDITOR J A P E D W l L K E N I N G

CAR CATCHES FIRE ON 14TH STREET

FAITH MEETS WORLD Students, faculty share in Calvin's "International Development" conference

Erin L'Hotta E D I T O R H N - C H I E F

On Feb. 20 a f emale student 's

vehicle caught on fire while driving

near the intersection o f 14th Street

and College Avenue. Holland Fire

Department arrived immediately

on the scene to put out the fire. Col-

lege Avenue flooded and filled with

heavy smoke from the accident.

Ho l l and Pol ice D e p a r t m e n t

ass is ted in the acc iden t by b lock -

ing C o l l e g e Avenue b e t w e e n 14th

a n d 15th Street .

Carolyn Nichols G U E S T W R I T E R

M o r e than 300 s tuden t s lis-

tened to a m e s s a g e on their role in

social j u s t i c e at the "Fa i th and In-

ternat ional D e v e l o p m e n t " con fe r -

ence , he ld f r o m Feb. 9 to Feb. 11.

T h e G e z o n Aud i to r ium at Ca lv in

Co l l ege was filled to capaci ty .

Thir ty- three H o p e s tudents and

facul ty forfei ted par t o f their win-

ter break to g o to the conference .

" T h i s c o n f e r e n c e really d e m -

ons t ra ted that it is not mere ly

doc to rs and pastors w h o can

min is te r to the wor ld . Rather, po-

litical sc ience , bus iness people ,

eng inee r s and o the r s all have a

p l ace in w o r k i n g t o w a r d s inter-

nat ional d e v e l o p m e n t , " Dav id

Ny i t r ay ( ' 0 7 ) said.

T h e c o n f e r e n c e cons i s t ed o f

six p l ena ry s e s s ions ove r t he

t h r e e days , s m a l l e r b r eakou t

s e s s ions a n d f r e e t ime to talk

to s p e a k e r s and s tuden t s . E a c h

p l ena ry a n d ses s ion b r eakou t

f o c u s e d on a d i f f e r en t a spec t o f

in te rna t iona l d e v e l o p m e n t .

" W h e n you w o r k wi th p e o p l e

in pover ty , t he re ' s s o m e t h i n g

abou t their fai th and hope that

s t r eng thens y o u , " sa id A n d y Rysk

, r ep resen t ing Chr is t ian R e f o r m e d

World Rel ie f C o m m i t t e e .

Each presen te r e n c o u r a g e d

t he co l lege s tudents to not lose

sight o f the pass ion they have for

social jus t i ce and the " leas t of

t he se" ( M t 25). T h e y c o m m e n d e d

the s tuden t s w h o bir thed the idea

f o r the c o n f e r e n c e and those w h o

s a w it to comple t ion .

Hope s tudents a l so app lauded

their e f fo r t s .

"I think that pe rhaps the mos t

a m a z i n g th ing abou t the confe r -

ence w a s the fact that it w a s orga-

nized by s tudents . Within a peri-

od o f one year , th is smal l g r o u p o f

Ca lv in s tudents was ab le to o rga -

nize six p l ena ry sess ions and 2 4

d i f fe ren t b reakou t or smal l g r o u p

sess ions , " H o p e s tudent Kath leen

L u d e w i g ( ' 0 6 ) said.

T h e speake r s shared an over-

w h e l m i n g m e s s a g e o f e n c o u r a g e -

ment . Each organiza t ion r emarked

on the p romise o f the impac t pas -

s ion-f i l led you th cou ld m a k e .

" Jus t d o n ' t g ive up ; w e need

you ou t t he r e , " sa id M y l e s Fisch,

Pres ident of Internat ional Aid.

The pass ion for socia l j u s t i c e

is sp read ing across Chr is t ian c a m -

puses . Represen ta t ives from Tay-

lor Univers i ty , Mess i ah Col lege ,

a n d Calv in , a m o n g m a n y o thers

ga the red in special mee t ings dur-

ing the c o n f e r e n c e to figure out

w a y s to con t inue mee t ing .

T h e c o n f e r e n c e gave new in-

s ight to s tudents seek ing a w a y to

sha re their g i f ts .

" T h e r e is s o m u c h w o r k be ing

S E E C A L V I N , PAGE 4

ALPHA PHI OMEGA "UGLY" CONTEST SUPPORTS DANCE MARATHON Nicholas Engel C A M P U S N E W S E D I T O R

Co-ed se rv ice f ra tern i ty A lpha Phi O m e -

ga is sponso r ing an " u g l y " contes t s tar t ing

Tuesday , Feb. 21 and e n d i n g the even ing

o f Fr iday, Mar . 3, in o rder to raise f u n d s for

D a n c e Mara thon .

For t w o w e e k s , s ix f acu l ty m e m b e r s will

c o m p e t e aga ins t each o ther for the p r iv i l ege

o f l ay ing c l a im to the p re s t ig ious ti t le "ug l i -

es t f acu l ty on H o p e ' s c a m p u s , " as wel l a s an

u n d i s c l o s e d p r ize .

P ro fe s so r s Jill VanderS toep , Char l e s Be-

h e n s k y a n d S o n j a T r e n t - B r o w n of the psycho l -

ogy depar tmen t , and p ro fe s so r s Jack Ridl , Ste-

phen H e m e n w a y a n d Wil l iam Pannapacke r o f

the Engl i sh depa r tmen t have a l r eady en tered

into the con tes t .

Alpha Phi O m e g a took pictures o f the par-

t icipating professors , w h o dressed and posed

in a uniquely creat ive and ugly way. They then

at tached these pictures to a series of jars.

O n e set of the jars is located at the Student

Union Desk. Alpha Phi O m e g a will use another

set for door-to-door sessions in residence halls,

as well as for collecting donat ions at a table out-

side Phelps on certain select days. A third j a r

was given to each o f the teachers to help them

elicit money from their students in class.

T h e f ra tern i ty adv i ses the p ro fe s so r s to

dress up for c lass , but it is not required.

A lpha Phi O m e g a is still a ccep t ing part ici-

W H O ' S U G L I E S T ? — Professor Pan-napacker is one of six faculty competitors in the "ugly" con-test. At the end of two weeks, only one pro-fessor will lay claim to the ti-tle "ugliest fac-ulty on Hope's

COURTESY A L P H A P H I O M E G A

pants f r o m any depar tment . Interested facul ty

mus t contac t A lpha Phi O m e g a by the end o f

the w e e k .

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v i c e p r e s i d e n t of t he U n i t e d S t a t e s o f

A m e r i c a , h a d sho t a m a n in t he f ace .

T h e F e b . 11 i nc iden t , n o t e d a s t he

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s h o o t i n g a n o t h e r m a n s ince A a r o n B u r r

k i l l ed A l e x a n d e r H a m i l t o n in an 1804

d u e l , s t o k e d p a s s i o n s a m o n g l ibe ra l s

a n d c o n s e r v a t i v e s a l ike .

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h u n t i n g t r ip g o n e a w r y tha t C h e n e y , an

a v i d s p o r t s m a n , a c c i d e n t a l l y sho t H a r r y

W h i t t i n g t o n , a 7 8 - y e a r - o l d l a w y e r f r o m

A u s t i n , T e x a s .

T h e sp ray o f C h e n e y ' s s h o t g u n

l o d g e d b i r d s h o t in W h i t t i n g t o n ' s ches t ,

n e c k ; a n d f a c e , a n d W h i t t i n g t o n w a s

r u s h e d to a C o r p u s C h r i s t i hosp i t a l .

W h a t f o l l o w e d n e x t , o r r a t h e r w h a t

d i d n ' t h a p p e n , h a s s p a r k e d o u t r a g e

a m o n g m e m b e r s o f t he p r e s s c o r p s a n d

e q u a l l y p a s s i o n a t e r e s p o n s e s a m o n g

d e f e n d e r s o f t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .

T h e p u b l i c a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t he

s h o o t i n g d i d no t t ake p l a c e un t i l t he d a y

a f t e r t he i nc iden t , a n d w a s le f t u p to t h e

r a n c h o w n e r , K a t h e r i n e A r m s t r o n g , w h o

i n f o r m e d a local n e w s p a p e r b e f o r e t he

n a t i o n a l p r e s s w a s no t i f i ed .

S i m i l a r i nc iden t s , i n c l u d i n g a

co l l i s i on b e t w e e n the p r e s i d e n t a n d a

p o l i c e o f f i c e r at a 2 0 0 5 G - 8 c o n f e r e n c e in

G l e n e a g l e s , S c o t l a n d , h a v e been r e p o r t e d

p u n c t u a l l y b y the p r e s s sec re ta ry . T h e

l a ck o f p u n c t u a l i t y in t h i s c a s e h a s r a i s ed

q u e s t i o n s c o n c e r n i n g C h e n e y ' s d i s t a n c e

f r o m the p r e s s a n d his u n i q u e ro le in t he

W h i t e H o u s e .

T h e Feb . 13 p r e s s c o n f e r e n c e t h u s

b e c a m e a p e r f e c t s t o r m o f o u t r a g e a n d a

l a ck of W h i t e H o u s e a n s w e r s . N B C W h i t e

H o u s e c o r r e s p o n d e n t D a v i d G r e g o r y

a c c u s e d p r e s s s e c r e t a r y S c o t t M c C l e l l a n

o f " d u c k i n g a n d w e a v i n g . "

" D a v i d , h o l d o n . . . t he c a m e r a s

a r e n ' t o n r igh t n o w , " M c C l e l l a n r ep l i ed ,

a c c o r d i n g t o a r epo r t by C h i c a g o T r i b u n e

c o r r e s p o n d e n t M a r k S i lva . " Y o u c a n d o

th i s l a t e r . "

" D o n ' t a c c u s e m e of t r y i n g to p o s e t o

t he c a m e r a s , " G r e g o r y r ep l i ed . " D o n ' t b e

a j e r k t o m e p e r s o n a l l y w h e n I ' m a s k i n g

y o u a s e r i o u s q u e s t i o n . "

I ndeed , it w a s no t unt i l Feb . 15, f o u r

d a y s a f t e r t he s h o o t i n g , tha t C h e n e y finally

p a r t i c i p a t e d in a n i n t e r v i e w on F o x N e w s

a n d t o o k r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t he s h o o t i n g ,

c a l l i n g it " t h e w o r s t d a y o f m y l i f e . "

T h e t r ip w a s no t t he first C h e n e y h u n t i n g

e x c u r s i o n t o d r a w na t i ona l a t t en t ion .

T h e v ice p r e s i d e n t t o o k S u p r e m e C o u r t

A s s o c i a t e J u s t i c e A n t o n i n Sca l i a on a

p r i v a t e d u c k - h u n t i n g o u t i n g in J a n u a r y

2 0 0 4 , s h o r t l y a f t e r t he S u p r e m e C o u r t

a g r e e d to c o n s i d e r a c a s e i n v o l v i n g t h e

v i c e p r e s i d e n t ' s 2 0 0 1 e n e r g y t a sk fo r ce .

N o i n j u r i e s w e r e r e p o r t e d .

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Board o f D i rectors : Mick Barney, Mary George, M i l c h Hal l , l ynn Kolecki ,

Cal Langejans, Bill McAndrew, lay Peters, Bob Schu l /e , |ohn Tammi

General M a n a g e r Brian Dykema

Kurt Pyle SENIOR STAFF W R I T E R

T h e B u s h a d m i n i s t r a t i o n r e l e a s e d

its $ 2 . 7 7 t r i l l ion b u d g e t p r o p o s a l f o r

t he 2 0 0 7 fiscal y e a r Feb . 6 , h a i l i n g

the a u s t e r e p l a n a s a w a y t o r e in in a

s p i r a l i n g def ic i t a n d r e m a i n o n t r a c k to

h a l v e t he de f i c i t b y 2 0 0 9 .

In a b u d g e t that s e e k s t o b a l a n c e

c o n f l i c t i n g p r io r i t i e s s u c h a s na t iona l

d e f e n s e , t ax cu ts , a n d the na t i ona l d e b t ,

t he a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s t r u c k a b a l a n c e

tha t wi l l l e a v e f e w s m i l e s in u p c o m i n g

e l e c t i o n y e a r s .

W h i l e i n c r e a s i n g s p e n d i n g f o r t he

D e p a r t m e n t o f D e f e n s e b y a l m o s t

7 p e r c e n t , t he p l a n c u t s s p e n d i n g

in p r o g r a m s s u c h as e d u c a t i o n ,

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d ag r i cu l t u r e , in

a d d i t i o n t o c u t t i n g the cos t o f e n t i t l e m e n t

p r o g r a m s s u c h as M e d i c a r e .

" W o r k i n g w i t h C o n g r e s s , " B u s h sa id

in h i s b u d g e t i n t r o d u c t i o n , " w e h a v e

g i v e n o u r m e n a n d w o m e n o n the front

l ines in t he w a r on t e r r o r t he f u n d i n g

t h e y n e e d to d e f e a t t he e n e m y a n d

d e t e c t , d i s rup t , a n d d i s m a n t l e t e r ro r i s t

p lo t s a n d o p e r a t i o n s . "

A m o n g the m o s t c o n t r o v e r s i a l

p r o p o s a l s in t h e p l a n a r e t he

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s tax cu t s . D e m o c r a t s

c l a i m t h e s e r e d u c t i o n s w o u l d n e g a t e

a n y b e n e f i t s g a i n e d f r o m cu ts in o t h e r

p r o g r a m s tha t t yp i ca l l y target l o w e r -

i n c o m e A m e r i c a n s .

" A b u d g e t is a s t a t e m e n t of m o r a l

c h o i c e s , " s a id J o h n M . Spra t t , Jr. ( D -

S C ) , " a n d th i s b u d g e t m a k e s t he w r o n g

c h o i c e s . "

T h e p r o p o s e d c u t s wi l l no t c o m e easy ,

e x p e r t s say. R e p u b l i c a n s in C o n g r e s s

a r e w a r y o f c u t t i n g p r o g r a m s tha t w o u l d

l e a v e t h e m o p e n to D e m o c r a t i c a t t acks

in t he fa l l .

F i sca l c o n s t r a i n t h a s b e e n h a r d t o

c o m e by as we l l . A r ecen t bill c u t t i n g

s p e n d i n g b y $ 3 9 b i l l ion o v e r five y e a r s

p a s s e d by t w o v o t e s in the H o u s e , a n d

a v o i d e d m a n y o f t he t o u g h e r c u t s la id

o u t in t he B u s h b u d g e t p l an .

M a n y o f t he h u n d r e d s o f p r o g r a m s

s l a t ed f o r c u t s w e r e s c h e d u l e d f o r s i m i l a r

r e d u c t i o n s last yea r , bu t w e r e s a v e d b y

p a t r o n s in C o n g r e s s .

S u c h p r o g r a m s i n c l u d e p o p u l a r

f a v o r i t e s s u c h as m o n e y f o r d r u g - f r e e

s c h o o l s , c h i l d c a r e a s s i s t a n c e , c o m m u n i t y

p o l i c i n g a n d h o u s i n g a s s i s t a n c e f o r

t he e l d e r l y a n d d i s a b l e d . T h e B u s h

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n c l a i m s t h e s e p r o g r a m s a re

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

"A budget is a statement of moral choices,

and this budget makes the wrong choices."

— J o h n M . S p r a t t , j r .

S o u t h C a r o l i n a S t a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e

In a d d i t i o n to s e e k i n g res t r a in t in

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

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d a g r i c u l t u r e , t h i s y e a r ' s

b u d g e t a l s o l o o k s to re in in t he cos t o f

e n t i t l e m e n t p r o g r a m s l ike M e d i c a i d

w h o s e c u r r e n t c o s t s a r e s k y r o c k e t i n g .

M a n y o f t h e c o s t s s a v e d in M e d i c a i d

c o m e f r o m c l o s i n g l o o p h o l e s tha t a l l o w

s t a t e s to o v e r c l a i m bene f i t s , in e f f e c t

r e d u c i n g the i r c o s t s f o r t he p r o g r a m , a n d

a l l o w i n g s t a t e s to r e d u c e e l ig ib i l i ty o r

bene f i t s .

O n e s i g n i f i c a n t cos t no t f a c t o r e d

i n t o t he b u d g e t p r o p o s a l is t he o n g o i n g

cos t o f mi l i t a ry o p e r a t i o n s in Iraq a n d

A f g h a n i s t a n . T h e B u s h a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

d o e s no t c o n s i d e r t h e s e c o s t s fixed

e x p e n s e s . W h i t e H o u s e B u d g e t D i r e c t o r

J o s h u a Bo l t en s a i d , a n d ins t ead re l ies on

s u p p l e m e n t a l to c o v e r t he cos t s .

T h e b u d g e t def ic i t f o r t he 2 0 0 6 fiscal

y e a r b a l l o o n e d to $ 4 2 3 b i l l ion , a r esu l t

o f n e a r l y $ 1 0 0 b i l l ion in s p e n d i n g in t he

a f t e r m a t h o f H u r r i c a n e Ka t r ina . T h e 2 0 0 7

b u d g e t p r o p o s a l p r e d i c t s a def ic i t o f $ 3 5 4

b i l l ion , o r 3 .2 pe rcen t of t he n a t i o n ' s g r o s s

d o m e s t i c p r o d u c t .

A R T S FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 0 6

3 T H I S W E E K IN A R T

Wednesday Feb. 22 Wind Symphony Concert 7:30 p.m: Dimnent Chapel. Free.

Theatre Production: Perfect Pie Feb. 2 2 - 2 5 : 8 p.m. DeWitt Main

Theatre. $4 for students.

Coolbeans Entertainment Tim Kragt - 9 p.m: Kletz. Free.

Shea Tuttle - 1 0 p.m: Kletz. Free.

Thursday Feb. 23 Directing II Scenes 3-6 p.m: DeWitt Studio Theater. Free.

Opera Worskshop Concert 6 p.m: Wlchers Auditorium. Free.

Great Performance Series Imanl Winds. 7:30 p.m: Dimnent Cha-

pel. $5 for students.

Friday Feb. 24 Jazz Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m: Dimnent Chapel. Free.

SAC Movie: "Prime" Feb. 24. 25: 7:00.9:30 p.m, midnight

Feb. 26: 3 p.m: Graves. $2.

Saturday Feb. 25 Mae Concert 9:30 p.m: Dimnent Chapel. $ 1 0 for

students at the Student Union desk.

Travis Kingma: Jazz master in the making

GPS TO FEATURE GRAMMY-NOMINATED ENSEMBLE

T h e H o p e C o l l e g e Grea t Per-

f o r m a n c e Ser ies wi l l fea ture the

2 0 0 6 G r a m m y - n o m i n a t e d w i n d

e n s e m b l e Imani W i n d s on T h u r s -

day, Feb . 23 , at 7 :30 p .m. in D i m -

nent M e m o r i a l Chape l . T icke t s

are $5 for s tuden t s and are avai l -

ab le at the DeVos Ticket Off ice .

The group , w h o s e n a m e m e a n s

" f a i t h " in Swahi l i , exp lo res t he

l inks b e t w e e n Eu ropean , A f r i c a n

a n d A m e r i c a n t radi t ions . K n o w n

for e n g a g i n g their a u d i e n c e in

concer t , t he m e m b e r s o f t he qu in -

tet have a l so recorded three c o m -

pact discs , inc lud ing " T h e Class i -

cal U n d e r g r o u n d , " w h i c h rece ived

t he G r a m m y nomina t ion .

NEEDLE ART FEATURED AT DEPREE ART CENTER

4 tNeedIe Ar t : A P o s t m o d e r n

S e w i n g Ci rc le , " is cur ren t ly b e i n g

d i sp layed in the ga l le ry o f the D e

Pree Art Center .

T h e d isp lay p resen t s 5 0 ob jec t s

by art ists w h o u s e n e e d l e w o r k

f o r m s o r ' t r a d i t i o n a l n e e d l e w o r k

mater ia l s , tools , and t echn iques

to crea te p o w e r f u l and exp re s s ive

w o r k s o f art.

T h e gal lery is open S u n d a y s

and M o n d a y s f r o m 1 p .m. to 5

p .m. ; Tuesday , Wednesday , Fri-

d a y and Sa tu rday f r o m 10 a .m.

to 5 p .m. ; and T h u r s d a y f r o m 10

a .m. to 9 p .m. T h e exhib i t ion wi l l

con t inue th rough Sunday , M a r c h

12. A d m i s s i o n is f r ee .

SPRING FILM SERIES

T h e K n i c k e r b o c k e r Thea t re

con t inues its sp r ing film l ineup

with s h o w i n g s o f "Tur t les Can

F l y " on Wednesday-Sa tu rday ,

Feb. 22-25 , at 7 p .m. and 9 p .m.

"Tur t les C a n F l y " takes p lace

near the I raqi -Turkish borde r on

the eve o f an A m e r i c a n invasion,

wh i l e r e f u g e e ch i ld ren gauge

and awai t the i r fa te . T h e film is

a spir i tual bul le t in f r o m the war -

ravaged Midd le East , and p laced

ch i ld ren at the cen te r o f the ac-

tion.

Rated P G - 1 3 , the film is in

Kurd i sh wi th Engl ish subti t les. It

runs one h o u r 38 minutes . T ick-

ets are $6 at the door.

Erika English SENIOR STAFF W R I T E R

If you h a v e n ' t hea rd o f

Trav is K i n g m a ( ' 0 9 ) yet , i t ' s

t i m e to take not ice . W h i l e

j a zz p i ano m a y not be the

mus ic cho i ce for m o s t co l lege

s tudents , K i n g m a is b reak ing

out a n d b r e a k i n g in to the

m u s i c wor ld right be fo re ou r

eyes , with a popu la r del ivery

tha t ' s all h is o w n .

His is a s tory o f

t r ans fo rma t ion . K i n g m a ' s

pa ren t s m a d e h i m take u p

p i ano as a child a n d insisted

h e pract ice and s t ick wi th it.

But w h e n he m o v e d f r o m

Mich igan to N e w Jersey,

his t a s tes in m u s i c c h a n g e d

wi th the in f luence o f a new

p i ano teacher . It w a s then he

d i scovered j a z z p iano .

T h a t d i scove ry has kept

h i m b u s y eve r s ince . He re

at H o p e , h e ho lds one o f the

compe t i t i ve Di s t ingu i shed

Ar t i s t A w a r d s for his s tudy

o f j a z z p i ano . H e is a l so

pu r su ing a m u s i c minor to

c o m p l e m e n t his goal o f an

e c o n o m i c s major . 4 T v e m o v e d a l o t . . . i t ' s

a leap o f fai th that I ' m even

he r e , " he said.

S ince his N e w Je r sey

j a z z a w a k e n i n g , K i n g m a has

m o v e d back to Mich igan ,

bu t has s tuck wi th the

j a z z under tones . With the

f u n d a m e n t a l s o f c h o r d s a n d

theory back ing h im, he has

b ranched ou t into a un ique

s tyle by wr i t i ng his o w n m u s i c

us ing chord p rogress ions and

pat terns .

" F o r m e , m u s i c a l w a y s

c o m e s be fo re lyrics. T h e r e ' s

a l w a y s a bet ter way to say

s o m e t h i n g , " K i n g m a said.

Twen ty p lus s o n g s later,

he ' s l o o k i n g for a record

label . H i s d e m o C D is

a l r eady popu la r a m o n g H o p e

s tudents .

" I ' m add ic ted to i t ," Leah

Wyat t ( ' 0 9 ) said.

K i n g m a a c k n o w l e d g e s t he

PHOTO EDITOR JARED W I L K E N I N G

"THE KING" — Travis Kingma ('09), practices his guitar. Kingma per-forms on campus and has made a demo CD of Jazz piano and vocals, which he hopes wi l l help him gain at tent ion from record labels.

great task that lies be fo re h i m in

the m u s i c wor ld a n d is a n x i o u s to

see w h e r e the next f e w m o n t h s will

b r ing him.

" I t ' s w h e r e the Lord leads m e , "

he said. " M y favor i te (Bib le ) ve r se

right now is H e b r e w s 11:1, ' N o w fa i th

is be ing sure o f w h a t we hope for and

cer ta in o f wha t w e d o no t see . ' I t 's very

m u c h h o w I ' m fee l ing for t he ftiture."

Excitement grows in dance department over new Dow space Courtenay Roberts SENIOR STAFF W R I T E R

Since the comple t i on o f DeVos F ie ldhouse

m u c h o f the k ines io logy d e p a r t m e n t h a s

re loca ted from the D o w Center , l eav ing

e m p t y o f f i ce a s well a s c l a s s room space

a n d c rea t ing a bit o f a b u z z th roughou t the

d a n c e depar tmen t , w h i c h is compr i s ed o f 95

m a j o r s a n d 3 0 minors . W h a t will happen to

the ex t ra space? Wil l s o m e o f the c l a s s r o o m s

b e conver t ed to n e w s tud ios?

' T h e s e are a c o u p l e o f t he ques t ions

floating t h rough the m i n d s of t he m a n y d a n c e

s tudents , w h o are frequently f rus t ra ted at

t he lack o f rehearsal space ava i lab le in the

D o w at a n y g iven t i m e dur ing the w e e k . In

the spr ing s emes t e r especia l ly , s tudio space

b e c o m e s p rec ious as d a n c e s tuden t s and

p ro fe s so r s c o m p e t e f o r s tudio t i m e under

the p res su res o f the a p p r o a c h i n g facu l ty

cho reog raphed conce r t Dance 3 2 a n d t he

S tudent Dance C o n c e r t , occu r r ing in M a r c h

and Apri l respect ively.

L inda G r a h a m , H o p e d a n c e p ro fe s so r a n d

chai r o f the depa r tmen t , is a w a r e o f such

d i f f icu l t ies and is conf iden t that wi th t he

c h a n g e s that have a l ready been m a d e and the

changes to c o m e , t he d a n c e depa r tmen t wi l l

run m o r e e f f i c ien t ly and m o r e ef fec t ive ly .

Cur ren t ly , the d e p a r t m e n t m a k e s full use

o f three s tud ios located in the D o w , a s wel l

as a new s tudio in DeVos a n d a tap s tudio in

the b a s e m e n t o f D u r f e e that is sha red with the

thea te r d e p a r t m e n t . However , b e f o r e DeVos

w a s buil t , m u c h o f the s tud io space was not

devo t ed sole ly to d a n c e but shared wi th the

k ines io logy depa r tmen t .

O v e r C h r i s t m a s break , t he k ines io logy

of f ices a s well as severa l c lose ts b e c a m e

the d a n c e d e p a r t m e n t of f ices , w h i c h gave

the depa r tmen t m o r e space for s to rage and

admin i s t ra t ive w o r k .

" T h e o f f i ce s are geograph ica l ly loca ted

in such a w a y that increases the col legia l i ty

o f t he d e p a r t m e n t , " G r a h a m said. " I t ' s

m o r e conven ien t , a n d a l l ows for cu r r i cu lum

d e v e l o p m e n t to o c c u r m o r e easily. W e love i t !"

T h e s tuden t s a l so ag ree that the ex t ra space

is he lp fu l .

" A s a s tudent , i t ' s nice to h a v e a space to

iden t i fy wi th , to be ab le to say, 4 Tha t ' s o u r

d e p a r t m e n t , " ' Sharon H a v e n s ( ' 0 7 ) said.

T h e depa r tmen t a l so ga ined a secre tary

devo t ed sole ly to dance , S tephan ie B r u m m e l s .

"1 j u s t c a n ' t say e n o u g h abou t S t e p h a n i e , "

G r a h a m said. " S h e ' s exce l l en t . "

N e x t year , the d a n c e depa r tmen t wi l l b e

go ing th rough t he Na t iona l Assoc ia t ion o f

S c h o o l s o f Dance reaccredi ta t ion p rocess ,

w h i c h m e a n s the cu r r i cu lum, faculty, s t a f f ,

facility, admin i s t ra t ive and fiscal suppor t wi l l

be d o c u m e n t e d by the depa r tmen t a n d then

eva lua ted by ou ts ide ad jud ica to r s to de t e rmine

its educa t iona l e f fec t iveness .

Fu ture p l ans for the depa r tmen t inc lude a

new facul ty m e m b e r spec ia l i z ing in the field o f

d a n c e educa t ion , as well a s the cont inua t ion o f

a n e w posi t ion for gues t art ists to vis i t in t he

fall semester .

Musical showcase set for GR DeVos Hall

A wide r ange o f musica l s ty les

a n d ins t rumen t s will br ing DeVos

Hall a l ive w h e n H o p e C o l l e g e

presents its 18th annua l Musica l

S h o w c a s e concer t on M o n d a y , Feb.

27 , at 8 p .m. in G r a n d Rap ids .

H o p e Co l l ege s tudents l ake the

s tage for this fas t -paced , mus ica l

spec tacular , du r ing w h i c h aud ience

m e m b e r s hea r eve ry th ing f r o m

opera to j a z z .

T h e hardes t par t f o r those

see ing the s h o w is con ta in ing their

en thus i a sm, at least at first. In

the tradit ion o f the q u i c k - m o v i n g

musica l even t , aud ience m e m b e r s

are a sked to hold their app lause

until in te rmiss ion a n d the e n d o f the

pe r fo rmance .

T h e concer t unve i l s the g i f t s o f

all H o p e Co l l ege ' s m a j o r musica l

g roups , a long wi th solois ts , c h a m b e r

g roups and smal l e n s e m b l e s .

T h e even ing wi l l open wi th the

" H o e - D o w n " f r o m A a r o n C o p l a n d ' s

"Rodeo, '^ pe r fo rmed by the

S y m p h o n e t t e . Nex t , organis t Sean

D a e n z e r ( ' 0 6 ) will p e r f o r m Jean

Lang la i s ' "Te D e u m . " Sop rano Sarah

B lakensh ip ( ' 0 6 ) a c c o m p a n i e d

by pianist Chr i s tophe r Turbess i

( ' 0 8 ) will fo l low s ing ing Gabr ie l

F a u r e ' s "Di sca rded F lower . "

T h e Percuss ion E n s e m b l e will

p e r f o r m a p iece titled " A q u a r i u s "

f r o m Kar lhe inz S t o c k h a u s e n ' s

"T ie rk re i s , " fo l lowed by pianis t

S a m u e l A d a m s ( ' 0 8 ) p e r f o r m i n g

G e o r g e G e r s h w i n ' s "E tude , No .

7. Fasc ina t in ' R h y t h m . " The

W o m e n ' s C h a m b e r C h o i r will

s ing " T w o R o m a n i Folk Songs . "

Percuss ionis t s N o a h Liv ings ton

( ' 0 9 ) a n d J o h n Yehl ing ( ' 0 9 )

will p lay Malt S a v a g e ' s "Dese r t

Ce l eb ra t i on . "

W o l f g a n g A m a d e u s M o z a r t ' s

250 lh b i r thday wi l l be recogn ized

w h e n sop rano Kel ly Sina

( ' 0 8 ) a n d ba r i tone D a n e Clark

( ' 0 8 ) wi th pianist a c c o m p a n i s t

Er ika Byke r ( ' 0 6 ) p e r f o r m the

" P a p a g e n a / P a p a g e n o D u e t " f r o m

" T h e M a g i c F lu te . " Viol inist

A l e x a n d r u H a m z e a ( ' 0 9 ) wi th

pianis t Joseph Turbess i ( ' 0 6 )

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SPEAKER URGES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL

PHOTO COURTESY W I L L NETTLETON

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - Dr. Robert Bullard wi l l speak on racism.

Will Nettleton G U E S T W R I T E R

T h e a n n u a l S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s S p e a k e r

S e r i e s wi l l f e a t u r e Dr. R o b e r t Bu l l a rd a d -

d r e s s i n g e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e a n d e n v i -

r o n m e n t a l r a c i s m o n W e d n e s d a y , M a r c h 1

a t 7 : 3 0 p . m . in D i m n e n t C h a p e l in h i s p re -

s e n t a t i o n en t i t l ed " E n v i r o n m e n t a l J u s t i c e

F o r A l l . "

Dr . Bu l l a rd c o i n e d the t e r m s

e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e a n d e n -

v i r o n m e n t a l r a c i s m . H e is re-

n o w n e d f o r his s t u d i e s on h o w

p o l l u t i o n , e n v i r o n m e n t a l d e g r a -

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

to w a s t e s i t es o v e r w h e l m i n g l y

a f f e c t t he p o o r a n d d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y a f -

fec t p e o p l e o f co lor .

A s the l e a d i n g s c h o l a r a n d ac t iv i s t in

t he e n v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e m o v e m e n t . Dr.

B u l l a r d ' s d a t a o n t h e s y s t e m a t i c s i t i ng o f

e n v i r o n m e n t a l h a z a r d s in m i n o r i t y c o m -

m u n i t i e s h a s a l a r m e d p e o p l e a c r o s s t he

coun t ry .

H i s ini t ial r e s e a r c h b e g a n in 1978 in

H o u s t o n . T h e r e h e f o u n d tha t all five l a n d -

fills a n d s ix ou t o f e i g h t i n c i n e r a t o r s c o n -

s t r u c t e d s ince 1920 h a d b e e n p l a c e d in

b l a c k n e i g h b o r h o o d s . S i n c e t h e n s im i l a r

d a t a h a s b e e n c o l l e c t e d a c r o s s the c o u n t y

in rural a n d u r b a n a reas .

" I t ' s i r r e f u t a b l e that all c o m m u n i t i e s a r e

no t c r e a t e d e q u a l . If a c o m m u n i t y h a p p e n s

It's irrefutable that all communities are not created equal."

— D r . R o b e r t B u l l a r d

to b e poo r , or a c o m m u n i t y o f co lo r , o r o n

the w r o n g s ide of t he t r a c k s , it g e t s u n e q u a l

p r o t e c t i o n , " B u l l a r d sa id in r e s p o n s e to t he

a f t e r m a t h o f H u r r i c a n e K a t r i n a .

Dr. Bu l l a rd is c u r r e n t l y t he W a r e Di s t i n -

g u i s h e d P r o f e s s o r o f S o c i o l o g y a n d D i r e c -

to r o f t he E n v i r o n m e n t a l J u s t i c e R e s o u r c e

C e n t e r a t C l a r k A t l a n t a Un ive r s i t y . H e is

t he a u t h o r o f e l e v e n b o o k s tha t a d d r e s s e n -

v i r o n m e n t a l j u s t i c e , e n v i r o n m e n t a l r a c i s m ,

u r b a n land u se , fac i l i ty p e r m i t t i n g , c o m -

m u n i t y r e i n v e s t m e n t , h o u s i n g , t r a n s p o r t a -

t i on , s u b u r b a n s p r a w l , a n d smar t g r o w t h .

H i s a w a r d w i n n i n g b o o k , " D u m p i n g in Di -

xie : R a c e , C l a s s , a n d E n v i r o n m e n t a l Q u a l -

i ty," is a s t a n d a r d t ex t in the e n v i r o n m e n -

tal j u s t i c e field. P r o f e s s o r B u l l a r d h a s a l so

tes t i f ied a n d s e r v e d a s an e x p e r t = = = = = = w i t n e s s in d o z e n s o f civi l r i gh t s

c a s e s o v e r t he pas t d e c a d e .

T h e a n n u a l S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s

S p e a k e r S e r i e s is s u p p o r t e d

t h r o u g h o t h e r H o p e s t u d e n t o r -

= = g a n i z a t i o n s a n d d e p a r t m e n t s . In

t he pas t , t he se r ies h a s f ea tu r ed

M a y a A n g e l o u , B e n Ste in , a n d m o s t r e -

cen t l y A r u n G a n d h i , t he g r a n d s o n o f M o -

h a n d a s G a n d h i .

T h i s yea r , in add i t i on t o R o b e r t B u l l a r d ,

Mr . C l e v e J o n e s , t he f o u n d e r o f t he A I D S

M e m o r i a l Q u i l t , wi l l a l so t ake par t in t he

s e r i e s o n T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 30 , 2 0 0 6 at t he

K n i c k e r b o c k e r T h e a t r e . T h e s e e v e n t s a r e

o p e n t o t he p u b l i c a n d a d m i s s i o n is f r ee .

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P r o f e s s o r E l io t D i c k i n s o n g a v e a b r o a d p r e s e n t a -

t ion on h u m a n t r a f f i c k i n g to an a u d i e n c e o f abou t

th i r ty p e o p l e M o n d a y , Feb . 6, for A m n e s t y I n t e r n a -

t i o n a l ' s o p e n i n g F o c u s W e e k e v e n t .

T h e Feb . 6 e v e n t w a s t he first o f a 4 - p a r t s e r i e s

s p o n s o r e d by A m n e s t y a n d d e d i c a t e d t o d i s c u s s i n g

the c a u s e s , e f f e c t s a n d p o s s i b l e s o l u t i o n s to t he p r o b -

l em. O t h e r p r e s e n t a t i o n s took p l a c e f r o m M o n d a y ,

Feb . 6 to T h u r s d a y , Feb . 9 a n d c o v e r e d pa r t i cu l a r

i s s u e s w i t h i n t he p r o b l e m of h u m a n t r a f f i c k i n g , s u c h

as f o r c e d p ro s t i t u t i on a n d reg iona l i s sues .

A c c o r d i n g t o t he U S S ta t e D e p a r t m e n t , a b o u t

5 0 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s a r e t r a f f i c k e d in to t he U n i t e d S ta tes a

year . T h e n u m b e r o f t r a f f i c k e d p e r s o n s in t he w o r l d

fa l l s b e t w e e n 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 . T h i s i n c l u d e s

h u m a n s m u g g l i n g , a f o r m o f t r a f f i c k i n g w h i c h

m o v e s v i c t i m s a c r o s s na t i ona l b o r d e r s , as w e l l a s

t r a f f i c k i n g w i t h i n a pa r t i cu l a r coun t ry . S o m e i n d e -

p e n d e n t a g e n c i e s e s t i m a t e t he n u m b e r o f m i g r a n t s at

o n e m i l l i o n a y e a r w o r l d w i d e .

" T h e c o n d i t i o n s tha t p e o p l e a r e t r a f f i c k e d in a re ,

as y o u c a n i m a g i n e , hor r i f i c , , , D i c k i n s o n sa id .

L a r g e n u m b e r s o f m i g r a n t s a r e l o a d e d o n t o v e s -

se ls l a ck ing san i t a t ion f ac i l i t i e s a n d e q u i p p e d w i t h

i n su f f i c i en t f o o d a n d water . S ick p e o p l e a r e s o m e -

AMTRAK, FROM PAGErt

fiscal y e a r . "

T h e fiscal y e a r 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 6

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n b u d g e t c o n f e r e n c e

r epo r t s t a t e s that t he A m t r a k s u b -

s i d y w a s r e d u c e d f r o m $7.1 mi l -

lion t o $6.1 mi l l i on .

C u r r e n t M i c h i g a n leg i s la t ion

s ta tes tha t " n o s ta te s u b s i d y sha l l

be p r o v i d -

t i m e s t h r o w n a b o a r d to f r e e u p s p a c e f o r t he r e m a i n -

ing m i g r a n t s .

D i c k e n s o n no t ed the " E a s t S e a , " a s h i p p i n g ves -

sel tha t c r a s h e d o n the coas t of s o u t h e r n F r a n c e Feb .

2 0 0 1 . 894 p e o p l e w e r e f o u n d s u f f o c a t e d on b o a r d .

In add i t i on to t he fac t s , D i c k i n s o n s h a r e d s o m e

p e r s o n a l s t o r i e s f r o m his in t e rna t iona l e x p e r i e n c e , as

we l l as r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s for ac t ion .

" Y o u ge t t he bes t b a n g f o r y o u r b u c k t h r o u g h edu -

c a t i o n , " D i c k i n s o n said .

H e r e c o m m e n d e d that t he a u d i e n c e t ry to ra ise

a w a r e n e s s a n d " c h a n g e m a l e sexua l n o r m s " in o r d e r

to e l i m i n a t e d e m a n d f o r v ic t ims . A s f o r g o v e r n m e n t

s u g g e s t i o n s , he a d v o c a t e d a s t ronge r c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e

s y s t e m , s u p p o r t of a n d re in teg ra t ion f o r v i c t i m s , a n d

a g r e a t e r f o c u s o n g loba l pove r ty .

" [ H u m a n t r a f f i ck ing ] h a p p e n s m o r e than w e t h ink .

S i n c e it d o e s h a p p e n m o r e o f t e n than w e th ink , w e

s h o u l d all t ry to d o s o m e t h i n g abou t it, w h i c h m e a n s

w r i t i n g o u r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , " he sa id .

D i c k i n s o n , A m n e s t y m e m b e r s , a n d p e o p l e from

the a u d i e n c e c o n c l u d e d the e v e n t b y w r i t i n g le t te rs t o

D e b b i e S t a b e n o w , s e n a t o r o f M i c h i g a n , e n c o u r a g i n g

h e r to s u p p o r t l eg i s la t ion o p p o s i n g h u m a n t r a f f i ck -

ing .

K a t h l e e n L u d e w i g ( ' 0 6 ) is p r e s i d e n t o f t he H o p e

c h a p t e r of A m n e s t y In t e rna t iona l .

"I t h o u g h t ( the t u rnou t ] w a s g rea t , a n d I t h o u g h t it

w a s a g rea t k i c k o f f f o r t he rest o f t he w e e k , " L u d e w i g

said .

A m t r a k

c o n -

GRAPHIC BY D Y L A N A PINTER

CALVIN, FROM PAGFr+

t i nued se rv i ce o r a n y po r t ion o f

s e rv i ce b e t w e e n Por t H u r o n a n d

C h i c a g o o r G r a n d R a p i d s a n d

C h i c a g o d u r i n g the p r e c e d i n g fis-

ca l yea r , u n l e s s t he d i s c o n t i n u a n c e

of s e rv i ce w a s f o r t r ack m a i n t e -

n a n c e o r w a s c a u s e d by a c t s of

G o d . . . . a n add i t i ona l $1 mi l l i on

shal l be m a d e a v a i l a b l e . . . i f t he re

is a s i g n e d c o n t r a c t to r e loca t e

A m t r a k m a i n t e n a n c e fac i l i t i e s

to M i c h i g a n . "

It is u n c l e a r w h e t h e r t he

l apse in train s e rv i ce th is

fiscal y e a r wi l l h a v e an

i m p a c t o n f u t u r e A m t r a k

subs id ies .

Fu tu re A m t r a k sub -

s id ies , a c c o r d i n g to cur -

r en t leg is la t ion , d e p e n d

o n A m t r a k ' s " ab i l i t y to

p r o v i d e a p lan a n d a con t r ac t

f o r s e r v i c e s that i n c r e a s e r i d e r s h i p

a n d r e v e n u e , r e d u c e o p e r a t i n g

cos t s , a n d i m p r o v e o n - t i m e per -

f o r m a n c e . "

" I t ' s i m p o s s i b l e t o m a k e h e a d s

o r tai ls of it b e c a u s e t h e y ' r e t r y ing

to h ide f u n d s a n d s n e a k t h i n g s in , "

s a id P r o f e s s o r El iot D i c k i n s o n o f

t he po l i t i ca l s c i e n c e d e p a r t m e n t

G o v e r n o r G r a n h o l m ' s p ro -

p o s e d b u d g e t f o r t he 2 0 0 7 F isca l

Year w o u l d a l l oca t e $8 .2 m i l l i o n

f o r rai l p a s s e n g e r se rv ices . H o w -

ever , cu r ren t f u n d i n g l e v e l s l eave

A m t r a k w i t h o u t e n o u g h m o n e y to

be a b l e t o run the t ra in l ines f o r

t he en t i r e fiscal year .

" T h e bes t a n y o n e c a n d o is

wr i t e the i r local l eg i s l a tu re a s k i n g

t h e m f o r a s u p p l e m e n t a l bill to re-

s to re fimding," M A R P ' s W h i m s

sa id .

d o n e a n d ye t s o m u c h n e e d ! 1 w a s s t ruck b y the

i d e a that as a n u r s i n g s t u d e n t , I c a n he lp t r a n s f o r m

c o m m u n i t i e s t h r o u g h p u b l i c hea l t h a n d e d u c a t i o n -

e m p o w e r i n g p e o p l e t o be a b l e t o c a r e for e a c h o t h e r

u s i n g the i r o w n r e s o u r c e s , " A l i s o n M e j e u r ( ' 0 7 ) ,

H o p e C o l l e g e n u r s i n g s t u d e n t , sa id .

T h e c o n f e r e n c e s h o w e d j u s t s o m e o f t he m a n y

p o s s i b l e p a t h s f o r i n t e rna t i ona l s e rv i ce .

" I t w a s r ea l ly i n s p i r i n g to s e e h o w f e l l o w s t u d e n t s

f r o m all o v e r t he U S a re p a s s i o n a t e a b o u t s e r v i n g

G o d in t e rna t iona l ly . I a p p r e c i a t e d the m a n y t a lks

a n d s e s s i o n s tha t se t m y m i n d t h i n k i n g a b o u t w h a t

I c o u l d d o as a m e m b e r o f t h e In t e rna t i ona l w o r l d .

It h a s o p e n e d m y e y e s to all t he o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d

p o s s i b l e p a t h s tha t G o d c a n u s e m e in , " D e b o r a h Li

( ' 0 7 ) sa id .

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Evelyn Daniel FEATURES EorroR

"Sebben crudele. mi fai Ian-guir Sempre fedele, sempre fedele

ti voglio amar" Crue l o n e , y o u m a k e m e lan-

guish . Fo reve r f a i th fu l , 1 w a n t to

love y o u .

O p e n i n g t he d o c u m e n t a r y f i lm

" W h o Ki l led Jane t C h a n d l e r ? "

C h a n d l e r ' s r esonan t vo ice haunts

he r l is teners m o r e than 25 yea r s

later.

Just a f t e r 2 a .m. , Jan . 3 1 , 1 9 7 9 ,

Jane t C h a n d l e r w a s abduc ted

from H o l l a n d ' s B lue Mill Inn

w h e r e s h e w a s w o r k i n g as a c lerk .

T h e f o l l o w i n g night , a s n o w p l o w

dr iver found C h a n d l e r ' s body, na-

ked and apparen t ly s t rangled , ly-

ing in the s n o w o f f o f 1-196.

C h a n d l e r was a H o p e s tudent , a

23-year -o ld m u s i c m a j o r w h o had

t ransfer red f r o m M u s k e g o n C o m -

m u n i t y Co l l ege . She w a s k n o w n

to b e s h y a n d interacted little wi th

her c l a s smates . H e r abduc t ion a n d

murder , howeve r , shook the H o p e

c o m m u n i t y to its core .

T h e r e we re no eyewi tnes se s to

the abduc t ion . A n "ea rw i tne s s , " a

secur i ty gua rd w i t h w h o m C h a n -

d le r was speak ing on t he phone ,

ca l led t he po l i ce w h e n he hea rd

the s o u n d s o f a poss ib le r obbe ry

on the o ther e n d o f the l ine.

A s a resu l t , whi le leads we re

f o l l o w e d and potent ia l suspec ts

in te r rogated , n o c lear suspec t to

C h a n d l e r ' s m u r d e r w a s ident if ied.

A f t e r a y e a r ' s inves t iga t ion by the

H o l l a n d and Mich igan State Po-

lice, w o r k on the case s lowed .

L e a d s b e c a m e f e w e r and fa r ther

b e t w e e n , until t he inves t igat ion

even tua l ly c a m e to a nea r s tand-

still.

In the spr ing o f 2003 , the un-

so lved case caugh t the at tent ion

o f C o m m u n i c a t i o n P ro fe s so r Da-

vid S c h o c k a n d t he s tudents in his

M e d i a II c lass . He approached

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J a n e t C h a n d l e r • PHOTO COURTESY DAVID SCHOCK

—

1979 —• Janet Chandler abducted f rom Blue

Mil l Inn and murdered

Case closed by Holland Police Dept.

2003 - • David Schock and his Media II class

began investigation of murder

2004 "Who Killed Janet Chandler?" aired

at the Knick and on WGVU

HPD formed cold case t eam

2006 - • Robert M. Lynch arrested and arraigned

for the murder of Janet Chandler

R=. J - .

B o b DeVr ies , n o w ret i red, o f the

Hol land Pol ice Depa r tmen t .

"1 a sked h im, ' W h a t was t he

o n e tha t got a w a y ? W h i c h case

still k e e p s y o u up at n i g h t ? ' "

S c h o c k said.

The fo l lowing fall , S c h o c k

a n d his s tuden t s began conduc t -

ing their o w n invest igat ion into

the Jane t C h a n d l e r murder . T h e y

in te rv iewed state and local po l ice .

H o p e facul ty , and mos t notably ,

t he C h a n d l e r family .

A f t e r long d a y s and n ights

compi l i ng a n d edi t ing v ideo

foo tage , the d o c u m e n t a r y " W h o

Ki l led Jane t C h a n d l e r ? " w a s

comple t ed . O n Jan. 31, 2004 , 25

yea r s to the h o u r o f the d i scove ry

o f C h a n d l e r ' s body, their w o r k

aired on W G V U , the local publ ic

te levis ion s ta t ion. It qu ick ly cre-

a ted a buzz a m o n g the med ia , and

t h rough w o r d o f m o u t h , ga ined

nat ional a t ten t ion .

M a n y be l ieve that th is r e n e w e d

a t tent ion to the case w a s w h a t led

to the fo rma t ion o f a cold case

t eam in Apri l 2 0 0 4 .

" S i n c e the pol ice c losed the

case, I th ink a lot of peop le w h o

k n e w th ings put it in the back o f

their m inds , " sa id A m b e r Ross

( ' 0 6 ) , w h o worked on the docu-

m e n t a r y in 2 0 0 3 . " W h e n the doc -

umen ta ry c a m e out it let peop le

k n o w that w e we re unwi l l ing to

fo rge t abou t her and that w e we re

de t e rmined to find t he person w h o

had done th is ."

T h e d o c u m e n t a r y w a s publ i -

c ized wi th a note a sk ing v iewers ,

" I f you have i n fo rma t ion abou t

this case p lease cal l 1 - 8 7 7 - 4 4 3 -

8 4 7 7 , " a tip l ine at the Hol land

Pol ice Depa r tmen t .

O n Feb. 8, the cold case t eam

a n n o u n c e d that t h e y had finally

m a d e a break in the case . Pol ice

a r res ted Rober t M. Lynch , 66,

and charged h i m wi th the a b d u c -

tion a n d m u r d e r o f Jane t C h a n -

dler. He was a m e m b e r o f a g r o u p

o f secur i ty guards s tay ing at the

B lue Mill Inn at the t ime o f the

murder , w h o m of f ice rs or ig ina l ly

suspec ted . Lynch is a res ident o f

T h r e e Oaks , a v i l lage sou th o f

Hol land nea r the Ind iana border.

T h o s e w h o w o r k e d on the doc -

u m e n t a r y see th is as an answer to

their prayers .

" I ' m thri l led that t h e y ' v e ar-

res ted s o m e o n e , and I ' m p roud to

say that I migh t have had a smal l

par t in a ccompl i sh ing tha t , " R o s s

said. " T h e C h a n d l e r f ami ly migh t

be ab le to heal a little m o r e k n o w -

ing that this pe r son is finally get-

t ing w h a t h e de se rves . "

For many , t hough , the hope of

jus t i ce w a s present all a long .

" I f w e d i d n ' t be l ieve that it

cou ld b e so lved , w e w o u l d not

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THE THOUGHTS

THAT LIE

UNDER HOPE

Erin L'Hotta E0fT0R-lN-CHlEF

Anchor goes to Minneapolis W e w e r e s e v e n m u c k r a k e r s w h o d r o v e 10 h o u r s t o find

frostbite, c h e e s e c u r d s a n d le f t w i n g l iberal w a c k o s a t t e n d i n g

the a n n u a l " B e s t o f t h e M i d w e s t N e w s p a p e r C o n f e r e n c e " in

M i n n e a p o l i s ( c i t y o f " T h e O n i o n " a n d t h e m e park m a l l s ) ,

M i n n e s o t a .

It all s t a r ted on 1-94 . W h e r e t he w i n d - c h i l l r e g i s t e r e d at

- 3 6 d e g r e e s , s p a r e t i res b e c a m e far t o o c o m f o r t a b l e as sea t s ,

n o r m a l i t y w a s s e e i n g s e m i t r u c k s o f b e e r t u r n e d o v e r o n

m e d i a n s t r ips , a n d w e w e r e s o m e w h e r e in t he re .

T h a t ' s w h e n t h e f r o s t b i t e r ea l ly hi t m e . W e p a s s e d the

t i m e c h i s e l i n g i ce s c u l p t u r e s a m o n g o n e inch o f f r o s t g l a z i n g

the ins ide o f v a n w i n d o w s . It w a s n ' t unt i l J a c k s o n C o u n t y ,

W i s c o n s i n w e finally b o u g h t a n ice s c r a p e r f o r t he ins ide o f

t he v a n . W e w e r e e n t i c e d b y W i n c h e l l ' s s i g n : " W e l c o m e ! F i re

D a n g e r : S e a s o n ' s G r e e t i n g s , T o d a y ! " T h e y ca l l ed W i n c h e l l ' s

a g a s s t a t ion . W e c a l l e d it t he h i d d e n g e m , c o m p l e t e w i t h

b e e f j e r k y s n a c k c e n t e r , L o u i s i a n a r o a d m a p , o n e s h e l f o f

i n d i v i d u a l d i c e , d i s p o s a b l e c a m e r a s a n d c o n d o m s f o r sa le .

M a y b e it w a s t he lack o f c i r c u l a t i o n in o u r t o e s , bu t a f t e r

t he e x c i t i n g e s c a p e to W i n c h e l l ' s , t h e v a n r i d e all b lu r r ed .

B e f o r e w e k n e w it, w e w e r e in M i n n e a p o l i s s u r r o u n d e d b y

p u b e s c e n t m i d d l e s c h o o l e r s o n s o m e C h r i s t i a n re t rea t a n d

c o l l e g e n e w s p a p e r s w i t h front p a g e h e a d l i n e s tha t r ead : " T h e

T o p 10 C r i m e s - A g a i n s t V i d e o G a m e H u m a n i t y , " a n d " T h u m b s

U p F o r t he N e w D o r m . " T h e s e o t h e r s c h o o l n e w s p a p e r s

f e a t u r e d ftill p a g e s p r e a d s o f n e o n g r e e n , y e l l o w a q u a m a r i n e

s t o r i e s on B o l i v i a a n d all n i g h t l i m b o pa r t i e s . T h e y f e a t u r e d

p o l l s a s k i n g s t u d e n t s p e r t i n e n t q u e s t i o n s l ike : " I f y o u w e r e an

u n d e r w a t e r a n i m a l w h a t w o u l d b e ? "

A f t e r l o o k i n g at t h e s e n e w s p a p e r s , w e w e r e e m p o w e r e d .

It w a s t h e n tha t w e , t e a m A n k . e x p e r i e n c e d sp i r i tua l

e n l i g h t e n m e n t in r e a l i z a t i o n o f t he g r o w t h w e ' v e e x p e r i e n c e d

w i t h i n t he pas t y e a r as a p a p e r tha t led u s t o n e v e r s t o o p so

l o w a s t h e s e p a p e r s e v e r c a m e t o be . W e w e r e T h e A n c h o r .

A n i n s t r u m e n t o f c h a n g e tha t p u b l i s h e d n e w s w o r t h y s t u f f

( a l o n g w i t h o c c a s i o n a l p i r a t e a n d d e c a p i t a t e d o w l s i g h t i n g s ) .

O u r s t a f f c r i e d toge the r . T h e n w e c e l e b r a t e d .

D o w n the r o a d f r o m t h e M a r i o t t H o t e l l ies F i rs t A v e n u e

— a c l u b o f p s y c h e d e l i c m a y h e m d e c o r a t e d in s i lve r s ta r s ,

s t r o b e l ight b a l c o n i e s , m o s h pi ts w h e r e j o i n t s p a s s e d as f r e e

g a m e . B u t t o d a y w a s a spec ia l day, a d a y w h e r e t e c h n o m e t j u g

b a n d . M a n d o l i n , fiddle, b a n j o , w a s h b o a r d , r o c k e d t h e r o o f . It

w a s h e r e tha t w e a c c i d e n t a l l y s k i p p e d the $ 1 8 c o v e r c h a r g e ,

s l i p p e d in t he s i d e doo r , a n d e n t e r e d a w o r l d u n k n o w n to u s

a l l , w h e r e e v e r y o n e h e a d b a n g e d , k n e e s l a p p e d a n d d a n c e d in

j u g b a n d j u b i l e e .

T h e n e x t d a y w e w e r e e v e n m o r e e m p o w e r e d . L e a r n e d

m o r e a b o u t n e w s p a p e r s a n d m o r e a b o u t us as a s t a f f . W e

c e l e b r a t e d a g a i n . W a l k e d d o w n t o w n w r i t i n g poe t ry , t a k i n g

p h o t o s ; t a k i n g p h o t o s , w r i t i n g poe t ry , un t i l w e a l m o s t go t

sho t w i t n e s s i n g a b a n k robbe ry . I t ' s all f u z z y to m e n o w . T h e

f a c e m a s k , t he g u n , t he w a y t h e y l o o k e d m e in t he e y e w h e n

I b lu r t ed , " L o o k t h e y h a v e a g u n ! " G o o d t h i n g w e t o o k the i r

p i c tu re , n o n c h a l a n t l y w a l k e d in t he b a n k , to ld t he b a n k te l le r

t h e n d i a l ed 9 1 1 . 1 t h i n k I hea rd s i rens . C o p s t u r n e d the o t h e r

w a y , a n d so d id I.

W e s h r u g g e d o u r s h o u l d e r s a n d w e n t b a c k to w r i t i n g poe t ry ,

t a k i n g p h o t o s ; t a k i n g p h o t o s , w r i t i n g poe t ry . F o r d inne r , w e

d e b a t e d g e t t i n g E t h i o p i a n o r L e b a n e s e f o o d d e l i v e r e d to

u s in t he ho te l s a u n a . W e se t t led on G l e u k ' s , f a m o u s f o r its

b r a t w u r s t s , G u l l i v e r - s i z e d sea t b a c k s a n d w a l l s o f m o u n t e d

b u f f a l o , e lk , m o o s e , m a s t o d o n .

It w a s G l e u k ' s tha t b r o u g h t o u r s t a f f t oge the r . It w a s " T h e

B e s t o f t he M i d w e s t N e w s p a p e r C o n f e r e n c e " that un i t ed us

in o u r m i s s i o n to s e e k a n d d e l i v e r n e w s a n d let j u s t i c e p reva i l

a t H o p e C o l l e g e .

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f r o m c o m p o s e r - i n - r e s i d e n c e F r e d

S t u r m . R a c h e l D a l e y ( ' 0 8 ) a n d p i an i s t

L i s a W a l t e r s ( ' 0 6 ) w i l l s h o w c a s e

T h e b a l d B o e h m ' s " G r a n d P o l o n a i s e in

D m a j o r . "

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o r c h e s t r a p e r f o r m i n g N i k o l a y R i m s k y -

K o r s a k o v ' s " F a n d a n g o a s t u r i a n o " f r o m

" C a p r i c c i o E s p a g n o l e . "

T h e s e c o n d h a l f o f t he e v e n i n g

i n c l u d e s t he P o s t B o p E n s e m b l e

p e r f o r m a n c e o f an a r r a n g e m e n t o f

" V a l d e z , " w h i l e M o z a r t ' s w o r k r e s u m e s

w i t h w o r k s h o p m e m b e r s p e r f o r m i n g

a s e l e c t i o n f r o m " T h e M a g i c F l u t e . "

O r g a n i s t A b i g a i l R o c k w o o d ( ' 0 6 ) w i l l

p e r f o r m O l i v i e r M e s s i a e n ' s " S o r t i e "

f r o m " P e n t e c o s t M a s s . " G u i t a r i s t

E r i c B o u r a s s a ( ' 0 9 ) a n d fiddle p l a y e r

K a i l e y S c h r o e d e r ( ' 0 8 ) wi l l p e r f o r m a

t r ad i t i ona l p i e c e t i t led " F o r k e d D e e r /

Bill C h e a t h a m . " G i o c o m o P u c c i n i ' s

" T h e S o n g o f D o r e l l a " f r o m " T h e

S w a l l o w " wi l l be s u n g b y s o p r a n o

M e g h a n M o o r e ( ' 0 8 ) , w i t h p i an i s t

a c c o m p a n i s t C h r i s t o p h e r T u r b e s s i

( 0 8 ) .

P ian i s t E m i l y C h a p m a n ( ' 0 9 ) w i l l

b e t he so lo i s t for C l a u d e D e b u s s y ' s

" G a r d e n s in t he R a i n , " f o l l o w e d by

a s t u d e n t s t r i ng e n s e m b l e , t he Tut t i

S t r i n g Q u a r t e t , p e r f o r m i n g M o z a r t ' s

" M o l t o A l l e g r o " f r o m " S t r i n g Q u a r t e t ,

K . 3 8 7 . " T h e C h a p e l C h o i r wi l l s i n g

Jan S w e e l i n k ' s " G a u d e t e o m n e s et

l a e t a m i n i , " a n d s o p r a n o K e l l y S i n a

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is C a l l i n g for M e ( T h e P r i m a D o n n a

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FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 0 6 VOICES 7

How long will the "Dutchmen" still fly?

To t h e Editor: H o p e Col lege is in the process of looking for a new

mascot . Some students agree it is about t ime the school has

a mascot to go with the name the Fly ing D u t c h m e n . T h e

n a m e the Flying Dutchmen c a m e f rom a sports reporter

w h o wrote in the Ancho r that Hope ' s basketball players

w e r e flying across the court in one game . Put that together

with Du tchman and you have the Flying Dutchman .

Since then, the Flying Du tchmen has been the off icial

name of the school ' s mascot . T h e quest ion remains : is it

really a mascot that w e need, or is it a n e w name? Af te r

doing some research on the n a m e the Fly ing Du tchmen ,

upon hear ing var ious rumors surrounding it, I found out

that some of these rumors are actual ly true. Af te r search-

ing var ious websi tes and on-l ine encyclopedias , 1 learned

that all the webs i t es say the s a m e thing.

T h e Fly ing Du tchman is not the great man that the

school mode l s itself after. So I am here to put an end to all

of the gossip, and the wonde r and give you , the readers,

the real s tory of the F ly ing Dutchmen .

Seventeenth century Dutch captain Benard Fokke , a lso

called Vanderdecken (mean ing on deck) w a s the com-

mande r of the ship the "F ly ing D u t c h m a n " which was set

to sail a round the C a p e of G o o d Hope. T h e capta in v o w e d

that he would m a k e this voyage and nothing or no one

could s top him, even G o d . Af te r a mass ive s torm befell

the ship, horrible c r imes had taken place on board, and

the c rew w a s infected with the plague and not a l lowed to

sail into any port. M a n y of the c r ewmember s wanted to

In the spirit of beating a dead horse...

turn back but the captain refused . H e w a s said to

be dr inking and playing cards with the devil at the

very momen t a shadowy figure appeared on board

the ship. The figure told the captain that he w a s a

s tubborn man. T h e captain answered By saying he

never asked for a peace fu l passage and to clear of f

before he shot h im. When the figure did not move ,

the captain drew his pistol and tried to fire but the

gun exp loded in his hand. T h e figure spoke again

reveal ing h imse l f as G o d . H e told the captain that

he was cursed to sail the Cape of G o o d Hope until

j u d g m e n t day with a crew of deadly men , br inging

death to anyone w h o looked upon the ship.

There have been several plays and operas writ-

ten about this story, and even a movie in 1951

where the ship is a yacht . In this story the on ly

w a y the captain can break the curse if sai l ing for

eterni ty is if he finds a w o m a n that will truly love.

W h e t h e r you wan t to be l ieve that the story is

true, or that it is a myth or a legend, the s tory still

r emains the same. The Flying Du tchman is not the

type of person that should represent our Christ ian

school . When the t ime c o m e s to turn in your vote

fo r a new mascot , think of a new name as well .

Lyndsey Brewste r f O S )

To the Editor: In the spirit of bea t ing a dead horse , I would like to

briefly highlight the p rob lem w e have at Hope with

at tract ing "d ive r se" s tudents . A s m u c h as w e m a y l ike to

believe diversi ty c o m e s from the color of o n e ' s skin, in the

m o d e m day U.S., i t ' s far more likely to c o m e f r o m one ' s

soc io-economic background. Le t ' s be ser ious fo r a minute :

h o w much variat ion can c o m e from a g roup of people w h o

were all b o m into upper midd le class famil ies , no mat ter

wha t their skin color? Sure , maybe some wen t to a private

school instead of public or m a y b e some grew up in a b lue

state instead of a red state, but the point r emains that it

doesn ' t really matter. If this c a m p u s wants diversi ty in thought , bel ief ,

cus toms , whatever , w e need to look to those people w h o

haven ' t had the s a m e oppor tuni t ies and exper iences as

everyone else at Hope. N o w I ' m not advoca t ing g iv ing

ful l - r ides to a bunch homeless people (even though it would

br ing diversi ty) but someth ing does need to be done .

And if w e wan t m o r e than another r andom compla in t

abou t h o w the system isn ' t work ing then I ' l l o f f e r m y

advice, too: look abroad.

I t ' s less r idiculous than it might seem. It might

appear counter- intui t ive based on current political

issues, but there are m a n y s tudents in foreign

countr ies w h o wou ld love to be educated in the

U.S. , and some countr ies even pay their s tudents

to go abroad.

So focus more on Asia , Afr ica , Latin Amer ica

and less on Grand Rapids , Lansing and Chicago.

I would guarantee campus would become more

diversi ty in every way. Cer ta inly this i sn ' t as

s imple or easy as H o p e ' s current plan (which i s . . . ? )

fo r at tract ing diversi ty to campus and the students

w e attract might be f r o m the upper -middle class,

but i t ' s diversi ty that can a f ford to pay 30k a year

and still o f f e r a comple te ly d i f ferent perspect ive

on our wor ld .

Brian Miller ( ' 07 )

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ON FOUR YEARS

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T h e Unce r t a in ty of T o m o r r o w Human beings are habitual creatures . There fo re per iods of

transit ions in our l ives are usual ly diff icult t imes. T h e soon-

c o m i n g graduat ion is a t ime of exc i tement for all graduates.

However , inside w e have di f ferent concems . Graduat ion is

really a t ime of panic and horror for m a n y because mos t peo-

ple haven ' t heard any th ing f rom the grad schools that they

applied to. Others haven ' t secured j o b s that they hope to and

o thers s imply don ' t have plans.

I w a s in the pool of panic-s t r icken people relentlessly

looking fo r emp loymen t until a f r iend of mine recently con-

fided in me. In the process , she opened m y eyes to the great

fu ture that lies ahead.

She had tears in her eyes , confused and dishear tened. She

compla ined that she did not k n o w wha t to do because her

a f te r -graduat ion life was very uncertain. She asked m e what

m y plans were and I told her what I ' ve told m a n y other peo-

ple, " I ' l l work fo r a wh i l e and go back to school ."

She said that I seemed very confident and comfor tab le . 1

took the compl iment , but the truth was that I was jus t as wor-

ried but I w a s better at h id ing m y emot ions .

Her interest in academics had faded away, she said, and

over t ime and all she wanted to do w a s write music , which

has a lways been her greatest pass ion. Her parents have been

pressur ing her to focus m o r e on books and less on mus ic . She

o f t en fal ls as leep w h e n she tries to s tudy but frequently stays

up all night coming up with n e w lyrics and songs.

In the height of her emot ions , she asked m e to play a tune

on the gui tar because she had to let her pain out. She w a r m e d

up her voice as I tuned m y guitar. She f ree-s tyled, express-

ing her innermost fee l ing of insecurity and frustration. She

had the kind of voice that sent chil ls d o w n m y spine and

a presence so magnet ic that I unconsc ious ly started singing,

a long. The lyrics w e r e so power fu l that it w a s hard to bel ieve

that she had jus t m a d e them up. Surely she has a cal l ing as

a music ian .

In these f ew minutes , she had broken a barr ier wi th in m e

that takes most people years to break. Finally, I told her about

m y c o n c e m s too. I told her h o w mos t employers prefer not

to hire in temat ional s tudents because of the extra paperwork

and legal issues they have to deal with. I told her that I have

been act ively searching and interviewing but nothing posi-

t ive has c o m e up. Fur thermore , m y brother, w h o has had me

under his w i n g s for a whi le , is mov ing out of t own in the

summer , so I have to be employed by the t ime he moves

out . M y situation made her feel bet ter about herself because

at least she has her immedia te fami ly around. To encourage

ourselves, w e reflected on t imes in our l ives w h e n w e felt

hopeless but s o m e h o w th ings worked out.

We concluded that worry ing does not so lve anything.

With l ime, every th ing will be all right. The key is push ing on

and keep ing the d reams big and alive. When the t ime is right,

th ings W I L L work out .

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U P C O M I N G H O M E

G A M E S Feb. 22 Men's Basketball v. Alma

7:30 p.m. at the Devos Field-house. 9th and Lincoln

Feb. 24 Men's Tennis v. Alma

7 p.m. at the DeWitt Tennis Center. 12th and Fairbanks

Feb. 25 Women's Tennis v. Wheaton, I L

1 1 a.m. at the DeWitt Tennis Center, 12th and Fairbanks

Feb. 25 Men's Tennis v. Wabash

2 p.m. at the DeWitt Tennis Center, 12th and Fairbanks

March 14 Men's Tennis v. Grand Valley

4 p.m. at the DeWitt Tennis Center. 12th and Fairbanks

TRYOUT FOR THE BLAST

E x p e r i e n c e d d a n c e r s n e e d e d

to p e r f o r m at I .B .L . h a l f t i m e s

as we l l a s m a k e c o m m u n i t y

a p p e a r a n c e s . F o r add i t i ona l

i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t a u d i t i o n i n g

f o r t he h i p h o p d a n c e t e a m ,

c o n t a c t J a i m e A l m a n z a at ( 6 1 6 )

2 1 8 - 5 5 9 5 . A p p r o p r i a t e d a n c e

a t t i re is r e q u i r e d .

B a s k e t b a l l i n f o r m a t i o n

m a y be o b t a i n e d f r o m Ty le r

W h i t c o m b . d i r e c t o r o f b a s k e t b a l l

o p e r a t i o n s . H e m a y b e r e a c h e d

a t ( 6 1 6 ) 5 3 8 - 4 3 6 8 o r l y l e r @

g r f l i g h t . c o m . T h e b a s k e t b a l l

t r y -ou t f o r m is a v a i l a b l e o n l i n e

at w w w . i b l h o o p s o n l i n e . c o m .

T h e r e q u i r e d c h e c k o r

m o n e y o r d e r f o r S 7 5 c a n a l s o

be s u b m i t t e d t o 3 2 9 1 O l i v e t ,

G r a n d v i l l e 4 9 4 1 8 t o b e e l i g i b l e

f o r t he t e a m .

FEBRUARY 2 2 , 2 0 0 6

H O L L A N D B L A S T S

Jenny Cencer SPORTS EOFTOR

O N T O P R O L E A G U E T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l B a s k e t b a l l

L e a g u e , d u r i n g i t s 2 0 0 5 i naugu ra l

s e a s o n , e m b a r k e d w i t h 17 t e a m s ,

w i t h h o m e c o u r t s r a n g i n g from

A k r o n , O h i o t o V a n c o u v e r ,

W a s h i n g t o n . T h e I B L is e x p e c t i n g

t o e x p a n d tha t n u m b e r t o 2 4 t e a m s

f o r t he 2 0 0 6 s e a s o n , w i t h H o l l a n d

b e c o m i n g o n e o f t he n e w e x p a n s i o n

t e a m s .

T h e c l u b wi l l be ca l l ed the

H o l l a n d Blas t ; t he t e a m logo ,

n a m e , a n d m a s c o t w a s d e t e r m i n e d

b y fan r e s p o n s e d u r i n g a pol l h e l d

e a r l i e r in t he yea r . S u g g e s t i o n s s u c h

a s " t h e H e i n z P i c k l e s , " " H o l l a n d

W i n d m i l l s , " o r " H o l l a n d K l o m p e r s "

w e r e vo t ed d o w n t o m a k e w a y f o r

t he n e w I B L H o l l a n d Blas t . H o l l a n d

r e s i d e n t T o m m y W o l f r e c e i v e d f ree

s e a s o n t i cke t s f o r s u b m i t t i n g the

w i n n i n g n a m e .

" W e k e p t c o m i n g b a c k t o

t he w o r d b las t ; i t ' s a n ac t i on

o r i e n t e d w o r d , a n d the ve r sa t i l i t y

o f t h e w o r d m e a n s w e c a n d o a lot

w i t h t he n a m e " sa id T o m M o o r e ,

g e n e r a l m a n a g e r . T h e logo , o f a

r o c k e t , w a s d e s i g n e d b y W e s W o o l e y

o f W - S q u a r e d D e s i g n .

T h e c o m m u n i t y wi l l a l s o b e

i n c l u d e d in f r e e a g e n t t r y -ou t

s e s s i o n s f o r b o t h a th l e t e s a n d d a n c e r s

b e f o r e t he first g a m e o f t he s e a s o n .

T h e c u r r e n t Blas t t e a m , as we l l as t he

G r a n d R a p i d s F l igh t , wi l l be h o s t i n g

o p e n a u d i t i o n s f o r d a n c e r s o n Feb . 2 5

f r o m 12 p . m . t o 5 p . m . at t he H o l l a n d

C i v i c C e n t e r o n R i v e r A v e . ; t r y - o u t s

f o r p l a y e r s M a r c h 4 - 5 f r o m 9 a . m .

to 3 p . m . at t he G r a n d R a p i d s You th

C o m m o n w e a l t h - S e i d m a n C e n t e r ,

l oca ted a t 139 C r o f t o n .

Fo r $ 7 5 , p r o s p e c t i v e p r o

ba i l e r s w i l l r e c e i v e a t - sh i r t ,

a n e v a l u a t i o n , a n d r e c r u i t m e n t

poss ib i l i t i e s f r o m the t w o

W e s t - M i c h i g a n t e a m s . F o u r to

e i g h t p l a y e r s a r e g u a r a n t e e d

t h e c h a n c e to r e c e i v e a n

inv i t a t ion t o a t e a m ' s p r e -

s e a s o n c a m p a n d a c h a n c e to

ga in r e c o g n i t i o n f r o m N B A

scou t s .

F o l l o w i n g t r y - o u t s , t he

s e l e c t e d a t h l e t e s wi l l j o i n

the i r n e w t e a m m a t e s to be

i n t r o d u c e d to t h e c o a c h i n g

s t a f f . T h e c u r r e n t r o s t e r o f t he

H o l l a n d B l a s t i n c l u d e s t w o

H o p e a l u m n i , C h a d C a r l s o n

( ' 0 3 ) a n d D u a n e B o s m a ( ' 9 6 ) ;

as w e l l a s A n t h o n y Pa rke r ,

D o m i n i c k M e l t o n , C o r e y

E p p s , C a r l t o n E p p s , J o n a t h a n

S t e v e n s , a n d K e n d r i c k

C o r n e l i u s . T h e t e a m wi l l b e

in i t ia ted in to t h e l e a g u e o n

M a r c h 31 at 7 : 1 5 p . m d u r i n g

the i r first g a m e a g a n s t . t h e

L a n s i n g C a p i t a l s , on the i r

h o m e c o u r t at t he H o l l a n d

C i v i c C e n t e r .

T h e B l a s t ' s h e a d c o a c h ,

f o r m e r a s s i s t a n t o f t he G r a n d

R a p i d s F l igh t , M i k e A h r e n s ,

c l a i m e d th i rd p l a c e ( 1 4 - 1 6 )

in t he Eas t e rn D i v i s i o n

b y g o i n g 14-6 in t h e first

s e a s o n . "I a m l o o k i n g

f o r w a r d to b u i l d i n g a

so l id f o u n d a t i o n f o r t he

first y e a r H o l l a n d t e a m , "

H e a d C o a c h A h r e n s

sa id .

" W e ' r e v e r y e x c i t e d

t o b r i n g C o a c h A h r e n s o n b o a r d

as h e a d c o a c h , " M o o r e s a i d , " I

h a v e w o r k e d w i t h h i m in t he pas t .

H e b r i n g s e x c e l l e n t c o a c h i n g a n d

b a s k e t b a l l sk i l l s t o t he t e a m as

we l l a s so l id p e r s o n a l v a l u e s . "

T h e f r a n c h i s e h i red T e r r y

S m i t h t h e f o r m e r h e a d c o a c h at

G r a n d Val ley S ta t e U n i v e r s i t y a n d

L a k e S u p e r i o r S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y as

a s s i s t a n t c o a c h . S m i t h h a s a l s o

c o a c h e d a t H a r t H i g h S c h o o l

a n d a l so a s s i s t e d at F e r r i s S t a t e

Un ive r s i t y .

" I ' m j u s t e x c i t e d a b o u t t h e

o p p o r t u n i t y a n d the o p p o r t u n i t y

to h e l p o u t M i k e . I h a v e b e e n t o

a f e w [ I B L ] g a m e s , a n d I ' v e h a d

s o m e f o r m e r p l a y e r s w h o p l a y e d

in t he l e a g u e , a n d I w e n t to s o m e

o f the i r g a m e s . I ' m e x c i t e d a b o u t

w h e r e t he l e a g u e is h e a d e d , " s a id

S m i t h .

" T e r r y ' s an e x c e l l e n t c o a c h

w h o h a s s o m e grea t c r e d e n t i a l s , "

s a id M o o r e . " I t ' s a g rea t c o a c h i n g

s t a f f . W i t h o u t a d o u b t , T e r r y

b r i n g s a d e p t h o f e x p e r i e n c e , at

all l e v e l s . "

T h e Blas t wi l l be r e p r e s e n t i n g

Wes t M i c h i g a n in the i r o p e n i n g

s e a s o n a l o n g wi th t h e G r a n d

R a p i d s F l igh t . T h e c lo se

p r o x i m i t y o f t he t e a m s wi l l

i n t r o d u c e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r y o u n g

t a l e n t f r o m the r eg ion , l i m i t i n g

r ec ru i t s f r o m c o l l e g e s s u c h as

H o p e , C a l v i n , G r a n d Val ley,

A q u i n a s , a n d C o r n e r s t o n e .

O w n e r s o f bo th t he F l igh t a n d

the B la s t , F r e d V a n d e r P l o e g a n d

Ty le r W h i t c o m b , b e l i e v e that

t h e y c a n c o m b i n e s tock c a r

m a r k e t i n g s t r a t e g i e s to i n c r e a s e

t h e a d v a n t a g e s o f o p e r a t i n g t e a m s

so c lo se in local i ty . T h e t e a m s wi l l

be a t t r ac t ing the s a m e fan base ,

bu t t he o w n e r s a r e c o n f i d e n t that

by c o l l a b o r a t i n g r e s o u r c e s , t he i r

t e a m s wi l l i n c r e a s e in s u c c e s s .

" W e h a v e s e e n in N A S C A R

h o w a car o w n e r c a n pu t e v e r y o n e

t o g e t h e r a n d t h e y s h a r e i n f o r m a t i o n

a n d m a k e it w o r k . I m a g i n e b o t h

t e a m s g e t t i n g t o g e t h e r f o r a

p r ac t i ce , a n d t h e n a f t e r w a r d s , t he

c o a c h e s c a n si t d o w n a n d b reak

t h i n g s d o w n , " V a n d e r P l o e g sa id .

PREGAME HONOR: POMS PERFORM FOR THE PISTONS James Ralston W O R L D N E W S E o t r o R

T h e H o p e P o m s s q u a d

h a d a r a r e o p p o r t u n i t y

t o p e r f o r m in f r o n t o f

h u n d r e d s o f b a s k e t b a l l f a n s

a t t he D e t r o i t P i s t o n s g a m e

a g a i n s t t h e L o s A n g e l e s

C l i p p e r s at t he P a l a c e o f

A u b u r n Hi l l s on F e b . 8.

T h e P o m s t e a m w a s

s u p p o r t e d b y H o p e s t u d e n t s

a n d s t a f f w h o h a d w o n

P i s t ons t i c k e t s in a r ecen t

d r a w i n g s p o n s o r e d by

C r e a t i v e D i n i n g S e r v i c e s .

W h i l e t he P i s t o n s d e f e a t e d

the C l i p p e r s 9 7 - 8 7 , t he

P o m s t e a m w a s g a i n i n g

e n t e r t a i n m e n t e x p e r i e n c e .

" I t w a s s u c h an

e x h i l a r a t i n g e x p e r i e n c e

h a v i n g the o p p o r t u n i t y to

d a n c e on t h e s a m e floor a s

Ben W a l l a c e ' s s w e a t . W e ' d

b e e n a n t i c i p a t i n g th i s f o r

a l m o s t t h r e e m o n t h s , s o

s t e p p i n g ou t o n t o t he floor

w a s r ea l ly a m a z i n g , " J e n n a

Wi t t en ( ' 0 8 ) sa id .

" I w o n m y t i cke t to t he

P i s t ons g a m e d u r i n g H o o p s

H a p p e n i n g at P h e l p s , " Sco t t

P e t e r s o n ( ' 0 9 ) sa id .

" I h a d b e e n in l ine

c o n t i n u o u s l y m i s s i n g

sho t s a t t he m i n i h o o p f o r

a t leas t 10 m i n u t e s w h e n

t h e y a n n o u n c e d t h e n e x t

sho t w o u l d be f o r a P i s t o n s

t i cke t . S o m e h o w I m a d e

tha t s h o t first t ry, p e r f e c t

s w i s h . "

S t u d e n t s w e r e

t r a n s p o r t e d t o A u b u r n Hi l l s

o n b o a r d a H o p e l u x u r y b u s

a n d p a r t i c i p a t e d in s eve ra l

d r a w i n g s t h r o u g h o u t t he

n igh t .

S t a f f m e m b e r s s u c h as

S e r v i c e M a n a g e r R h o n d a

D i r e t t e c a m e a l o n g to

o v e r s e e t h e s t u d e n t s , as

w e l l a s be a pa r t o f t he f u n .

" T h e e v e n t h a s b e e n

r u n n i n g at leas t t he n i n e

y e a r s I ' v e been h e r e , "

D i re t t e sa id . " C r e a t i v e

D i n i n g s e r v i c e s p a y s f o r

t he t i cke t s , p r i z e s a n d f o o d

t h r o u g h r e b a t e s tha t w e

r e c e i v e from P e p s i . T h e

r e b a t e s f r o m P e p s i ftind

m a n y o f t he e v e n t s tha t

w e s p o n s o r t h r o u g h o u t t he

y e a r . "

I n c l u d e d in t he t r ip w a s

t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , f o o d a n d

p r i zes . T h e p r i z e s h a n d e d

ou t r a n g e d f r o m P i s t o n s

a p p a r e l t o a digi ta l c a m e r a .

" T h e D i n i n g S e r v i c e s

o r g a n i z e d the w h o l e n i g h t

v e r y w e l l . T h e y p r o v i d e d

g o o d f o o d , t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

a n d w e r e ve ry f r i e n d l y , "

T i m N e l s o n ( ' 0 8 ) sa id . " O n

l o p o f tha t , t h e y t h r e w in

e x t r a s u r p r i s e s l ike p r i ze s ,

g a m e s f o r t he b u s r ide a n d

m o v i e s . It w a s flippin'

s w e e t . "

" I d i d n ' t k n o w tha t

t he H o p e P o m T e a m w a s

d a n c i n g a t t he g a m e , s o I

w a s s h o c k e d w h e n t h e y

t o o k the floor," Kr is t i

D a n n e n b e r g ( ' 0 9 ) sa id . " I

t h o u g h t that t he i r d a n c e w a s

v e r y we l l pu t t o g e t h e r a n d

it w a s f u n to w a t c h t h e m in

s u c h a l a rge a r e n a . "

PHOTO BY JAMES RALSTON

P A I N T I N G T H E P A L A C E O R A N G E ' N B L U E — Pistons fans were t reated by a pre-game rou-t ine f rom the Hope Poms squad Feb. 8. In the stands were several students and staf f who had won t i cke ts to the game who cheered on the Pistons as wel l as the women's performance.

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