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Freshman

bikes for

Rwandan

farmers Mary Davis GUEST WRITER

Profess iona l bicycl is ts f r o m all o v e r

t h e wor ld jo in every s u m m e r in a n epic

bike race a c r o s s France. T h e s e t e a m s race

eve ryday for t h r e e w e e k s a n d b ike m o r e

t h a n 2 ,200 mi les . T h e p r ize for t h e w in -

n i n g t e a m of La T o u r de F rance is over

$3.5 mil l ion. However , H o p e Col lege

s t u d e n t Luke T u b e r g e n ('11) is p r e p a r i n g

to bea t all t h e o d d s as he b ikes wi th fou r

of his f r i e n d s ac ross t h e U n i t e d S ta tes

fo r near ly t w o m o n t h s th is s u m m e r . H i s

cause? It's no t t h e mi l l ion do l l a r p r ize .

T u b e r g e n a n d h is f r i e n d s will b ike

m o r e t h a n 3 ,700 mi l e s f r o m Seat t le , W a s h ,

t o N e w York, N.Y. to raise a w a r e n e s s for

a p r o g r a m cal led P r o j e c t R w a n d a . Wel l

k n o w n in t h e b ik ing c o m m u n i t y , P ro jec t

R w a n d a w o r k s w i t h R w a n d a n f a r m e r s

to p rov ide t r a n s p o r t a t i o n for the i r co f -

fee b e a n s to t h e m a r k e t s us ing bicycles.

P ro jec t R w a n d a sells f a r m e r s b icycles o n

m i c r o - l o a n s in o r d e r to d e v e l o p ini t ia-

tive a n d help b o o s t t h e e c o n o m y .

"It's b e t t e r t h a n just g iv ing ( the bike)

to t h e m b e c a u s e it gives t h e m s o m e t h i n g

to be r e spons ib l e for," T u b e r g e n said.

T u b e r g e n first h e a r d a b o u t t h e o rga -

n i za t i on a n d t h e t r ip t h r o u g h h is bes t

f r i end . Layton Cusack , w h o s e f a the r is

o n the b o a r d of P ro jec t Rwanda . T u b e r -

gen said a f t e r C u s a c k m o v e d ou t to Cal i -

fo rn i a fo r col lege, he got m o r e a n d m o r e

i n t o b ik ing a n d t h e idea of t h e t r i p flour-

i shed f r o m there . A l o n g wi th T u b e r g e n

a n d Cusack , Alex M a n i o n , C.J. E c k m a n

a n d G r e g C h r i s t i a n will fly to Seat t le a n d

SEE BIKING, PAGE 2

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P H O T O E D I T O R D A V I D M O O R E

C E L E B R A T I N G A W A R E N E S S — M e m b e r s of t h e S tuden t Deve lomen t s t a f f , inc lud-

i n g Louise Shumake r , Ju l ie Da iman , A m b e r S ib ley, a n d Cindy Voge lzang, en joy an Ice

c r e a m soc ia l in t h e Kletz as pa r t of D isab i l i t y A w a r e n e s s w e e k .

Wheeled for a day Disability Awareness Week highlights uncommon challenges

Christopher Broe GUEST WRITER

A c c o r d i n g to t h e specia l

ed i t i on D V D of "My Left

Foot : T h e S to ry of C h r i s t y

Brown," Danie l Day-Lewis

w a s so c o m m i t t e d t o a s s u m -

ing t h e role of his cha rac te r ,

a d isabled individual , t ha t he

b o u n d h imse l f to h i s w h e e l -

chai r fo r m o n t h s .

H e felt t h e on ly way to t r u -

ly u n d e r s t a n d t h e c h a r a c t e r

w a s to e x p e r i e n c e first-hand

t h e c o n s t a n t s t rugg les of ev-

ery day life.

Apri l 7 w a s t h e s ta r t of

Disabil i ty A w a r e n e s s W e e k at

H o p e . T h e goal w a s t o s h o w

o t h e r s t h e di f f icul t ies a n d

s t ruggles tha t a re o f t e n cas t

a s ide a n d t a k e n for g r a n t e d

in o u r wor ld a n d o n o u r c a m -

pus. S o m e H o p e s t u d e n t s d o

no t have t h e l u x u r y of b e i n g

ab le to s l eep unt i l five m i n -

u tes b e f o r e thei r c lass s t a r t s ,

t h r o w o n s o m e c lo thes , r u n

a c r o s s c a m p u s , a n d a r r ive in

c lass w i t h just e n o u g h t i m e

to have a little cha t w i t h a

f r i end .

For m a n y p e o p l e even the

s imples t t a sks c a n b e i n c r e d -

ibly f r u s t r a t i n g a n d t i m e c o n -

s u m i n g cha l l enges .

M a n y p e o p l e a r o u n d c a m -

p u s w e r e r i d ing a r o u n d all

week in whee l cha i r s to s i m u -

late t h e feel ing of no t b e i n g

able t o m o v e the i r legs.

W h i l e th is t y p e of exerc i se

c a n be an eye o p e n e r to those

w h o a re able t o walk unass i s t -

ed , H o p e Col lege w e n t o n e

s t e p f u r t h e r . S t u d e n t s w e r e

e n c o u r a g e d to e m p a t h i z e

wi th w h a t it wou ld b e like

to no t be able t o see, hea r o r

walk as they usual ly a re able.

O n Tuesday, H o p e o f fe red

act ivi t ies tha t s i m u l a t e d a va-

riety of i m p a i r m e n t s , r a n g i n g

SEE AWARENESS, PAGE 6

Cosmopolitan fraternity, Habitat build a bond Ashley Joseph GUEST WRITER

T h e Phi K a p p a Alpha C o s -

m o p o l i t a n Fra te rn i ty at H o p e

Col lege has recen t ly s t a r t e d

f o r m i n g a r e l a t ionsh ip w i t h the

L a k e s h o r e Hab i t a t for H u m a n i t y

wi th h o p e s of he lp ing to m e e t

t h e n e e d s of t h e H o l l a n d c o m -

mun i ty .

A c c o r d i n g to t h e Uni t ed N a -

t ions , m o r e t h a n a bil l ion peop le

a r o u n d t h e w o r l d live in sub -

s t a n d a r d hous ing . Mi l la rd Fuller

f o u n d e d Habi ta t for H u m a n i t y

w i t h t h e mis s ion of e l imina t ing

s u c h h o u s i n g for t h e wor ld ' s

p o o r e s t c i t izens .

Lakeshore ' s Hab i ta t for H u -

m a n i t y webs i t e s ta tes tha t , "As

of 2 0 0 6 L H F H has c o m p l e t e d

80 h o m e s , b e t t e r i n g t h e lives of

h u n d r e d s of ch i l d r en in t h e area .

(The o r g a n i z a t i o n ) is b a s e d o n

the p r inc ip le tha t all God ' s peo -

ple dese rve a d e c e n t p lace to live

a n d tha t o u r c o m m u n i t y is a bet-

te r p lace w h e n t h a t occurs."

C h a z She l ton ('09), a m e m b e r

of the C o s m o p o l i t a n Fraterni ty ,

said tha t G r e e k o r g a n i z a t i o n s

t e n d to sp r ink le s o m e serv ice

h e r e a n d t h e r e bu t tha t h i s f r a -

t e rn i ty w a n t s t o a d o p t Hab i t a t

for H u m a n i t y as thei r m a i n ser-

vice p r o j e c t .

She l ton said that t e a m i n g

u p w i t h Hab i t a t is a w a y to get

o t h e r G r e e k o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d

t h e c a m p u s involved. M a t c h -

ing G r e e k Life wi th Habi ta t fo r

H u m a n i t y will h igh l igh t H o p e

Col lege G r e e k O r g a n i z a t i o n ' s

c o m m i t m e n t to c o m m u n i t y o u t -

r each .

T h e C o s m o p o l i t a n Fra te rn i ty

p l ans t o s t a r t b u i l d i n g the i r re-

l a t ionsh ip wi th Habi ta t by vol-

u n t e e r i n g as an o rgan i za t i on fo r

o n e day b e f o r e t h e e n d of th is

s emes t e r .

T h e f ra te rn i ty ' s goal is to

work wi th Hab i t a t to bui ld a n

en t i re h o u s e in a week next year.

T h e C o s m o p o l i t a n Fra te rn i ty

m e m b e r s a r e l ook ing f o r w a r d to

s p e n d i n g a week o n t h e p r o j e c t

r a t h e r t h a n jus t p u t t i n g in a f ew

h o u r s h e r e a n d t h e r e to m e e t

se rv ice r e q u i r e m e n t s .

" W e are really exci ted be -

c a u s e it won ' t b e just c lock ing

in hou r s ; w e will bui ld a n en t i r e

house," She l ton said.

C o s m o p o l i t a n Fra te rn i ty

m e m b e r Jeff H a t c h e r ('09) p l ans

on publ ic iz ing t h e u p c o m i n g

serv ice o p p o r t u n i t y wi th Habi -

tat by s h o w i n g a v ideo h e m a d e

a b o u t Hab i ta t in o n e of h i s c o m -

m u n i c a t i o n classes to s t u d e n t s

at Chape l .

T h e C o s m o p o l i t a n Fra te rn i ty

p l ans t o o p e n t h e serv ice pro j -

ect up to the C e n t e r for Fai th-

SEE BOND, PAGE 6

Students win Goldwater scholarships

( H O P E ) - Th ree H o p e Col-

lege j u n i o r s have received p res -

t ig ious G o l d w a t e r Scho la r sh ip s

for the 2008-09 a c a d e m i c year

ou t of on ly 321 a w a r d e d n a t i o n -

wide .

T h e t h r e e rec ip ien t s , all of

w h o m a r e c h e m i s t r y m a j o r s at

t h e college, a re Kris t in Di t t en -

ha fe r ( '09) of M i d l a n d ; J o n a t h a n

M o e r d y k ('09) of Paris; a n d A m y

S p e e l m a n ( '09) of Dar i en , III.

T h e s c h o l a r s h i p s w e r e

a w a r d e d by t h e Board of T rus t -

ees of t h e Barry M. G o l d w a t e r

Scho la r sh ip a n d Excel lence in

E d u c a t i o n F o u n d a t i o n to un -

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

j un io r s . T h e G o l d w a t e r Schol-

a rs w e r e se lec ted o n the bas is

of a c a d e m i c m e r i t f r o m a field

of 1,035 m a t h e m a t i c s , s c i ence

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

w e r e n o m i n a t e d by t h e facul -

t ies of col leges a n d univers i t ies

na t i onwide .

T h e scho la r sh ips a re for o n e

o r t w o years, d e p e n d i n g o n the

rec ip ient ' s year in school , a n d

cover t h e cos t of tu i t ion , fees,

books , a n d r o o m a n d b o a r d up

to a m a x i m u m of $7 ,500 pe r

year.

"Amy, Kris t in and Jon a re

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

we l l -dese rv ing of this p h e -

n o m e n a l r ecogn i t ion . As par-

t i c ipan t s in co l l abora t ive fac-

u l t y - s t u d e n t r e sea rch h e r e a t

the college, they have b e e n no t

only o u t s t a n d i n g l e a r n e r s bu t

a lso ac t ive c o n t r i b u t o r s to t h e

p roces s of discovery," said Dr.

M o s e s Lee, w h o is d e a n for t h e

na tu r a l a n d app l ied sc i ences

a n d a p ro fe s so r of c h e m i s t r y at

H o p e . "1 a m especial ly p leased

b e c a u s e H o p e Col lege has o n e

of the largest s u m m e r resea rch

p r o g r a m s a m o n g p r e d o m i n a n t -

ly u n d e r g r a d u a t e ins t i tu t ions in

t h e na t ion . T h e s e a w a r d s a r e

h ighly compe t i t i ve , a n d th is

level of r e cogn i t i on exempl i f i e s

the inc red ib le e d u c a t i o n tha t

we p rov ide for o u r s t u d e n t s at

Hope."

Several H o p e Col lege s tu -

d e n t s have received the p res t i -

g ious a w a r d s o r h o n o r a b l e m e n -

t ion in t h e p r o g r a m t h r o u g h

the years . Kei th M u l d e r ('08)

of Po r t age ho lds a G o l d w a t e r

Scho la r sh ip for t h e c u r r e n t ,

2007-08 schoo l year.

D i t t e n h a f e r c o n d u c t s re-

sea rch w i t h Lee a n d his r e s e a r c h

SEE SCHOLARSHIPS, PAGE 2

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

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VOICES

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DIPLOMACY — President Bush and Russia's

President Putin end t e rm on a rocky note

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POSTCARDS FROM A B R O A D - V i t a l detai ls

about upcoming May Term tr ips

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2 T H E A N C H O R CAMPUS A P R I L 1 6 , 2 0 0 8

T H I S W E E K AT H O P E

Thursday Apri l 17

Mei jer Run DeWitt Flagpole 8 p.m. - 1 0 p.m.

Yoga Club Kollen Hall basement. 8 p.m. - 9 :30

p.m. Open to anyone - bring a yoga

mat or a towel. Admission is free.

Friday Apr i l 18 Cont inuing the Conversation "Hope 6" Week Follow-Up Discussion

Fried Hemenway. 4 p.m.

Sponsored by Black Student Union,

Hope's Asian Perspective Associa-

tion. La Raza Unida. Campus Minis-

tries. and the Office of Mult icultural

Education.

Biology Seminar "Engineering Yeast to Find New Anti-

parasitic Drugs."

Tim Geary, director of the Institute of

Parasitology at McGill University in

Montreal. Quebec.

VanderWerf 102. 3 p.m.

HHMI Sponsored Event and jo in t

seminar w i th the Nursing Depart-

ment .

Sunday Apri l 20

Gathering: "Cloud of Witnesses - John" Trygve Johnson. Dimnent Chapel.

8 p . m . - 9 : 3 0 p.m.

Monday Apri l 2 1

Chapel Matt Wixson. class of 2 0 0 8 . Dim-

nent Chapel. 10 :30 a.m. - 1 0 : 5 2 a.m.

2 0 t h Anniversary Open House for Van Wylen Library Van Wylen Library. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Tuesday Apri l 2 2

In t ramura l Cornhole (Bean Bag Toss) Tournament DeVos Fleldhouse. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Questions? Contact Kristen Morrison

at x7956 or [email protected]

Wednesday Apr i l 2 3 West Michigan Teacher Search School distr icts f rom West Michigan

will be looking to hire teachers.

Calvin College Prince Conference

Center. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Spon-

sored by Career Services.

I N B R I E F

VOTING FOR STUDENT CONGRESS

B e g i n n i n g W e d n e s d a y , you

m a y v o t e fo r o n e n o m i n e e fo r

p r e s iden t , o n e n o m i n e e for vice

p re s iden t , a n d o n e n o m i n e e in

c lass r e p r e s e n t i n g yourse l f for

t h e 2008 -2009 a c a d e m i c year

( s o p h o m o r e , junior , sen io r ) .

A link wil l b e avai lable via

K n o w H o p e o n W e d n e s d a y .

STUDY ABROAD PHOTO CONTEST DISPLAY

S t o p by t h e M a r t h a M i l l e r

Fi rs t F l o o r H a l l w a y t o s e e

t h e p h o t o d i sp l ay of t h e 2 0 0 8

S t u d y A b r o a d P h o t o C o n t e s t .

S t u d e n t s w h o s t u d i e d o v e r s e a s

in t h e s p r i n g o r fall 2 0 0 7

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

t o t h e t h e m e of " G l o b a l

U n d e r s t a n d i n g . " T h e p h o t o s

a r e o n d i sp l ay 8 a . m . - 5 p . m .

f r o m Apr i l 14-25 .

S H U H L E V A N

C a m p u s S a f e t y is c u r r e n t l y

u n d e r g o i n g t a l k s a b o u t p o s s i b l y

d i s c o n t i n u i n g t h e S h u t t l e Van

s e r v i c e fo r n e x t year.

Students win Goldwater scholarships

P H O T O BY K A L L I E W A L K E R

P R O G R E S S — K r i s ten D i t t enha fe r ( ' 09 ) , Jona than M o e r d y k ( ' 09 ) and Amy Speel-

man ( '09) pose before an i n t e r e s t i n g s c i e n t i f i c appa ra tus .

• S C H O L A R S H I P S , f r o m page 1

assoc ia t e s Drs . Ton i B r o w n a n d Hi la ry

Mackay . The i r r e s e a r c h is f o c u s e d on t h e

d e v e l o p m e n t of smal l m o l e c u l e s capab le of

r e c o g n i z i n g spec i f ic D N A s e q u e n c e s in the

h u m a n g e n o m e , wi th t h e goal of con t ro l l i ng

t h e expres s ion of de l e t e r i ous d i s e a s e - c a u s -

ing genes . She has b e e n c o n d u c t i n g resea rch

w i t h Lee s ince t h e s p r i n g of 2007, i nc lud ing

d u r i n g b o t h t h e schoo l year a n d s u m m e r .

H e r p l ans i n c l u d e p u r s u i n g e i the r a d o c -

to r a t e in b i o c h e m i s t r y o r a t t e n d i n g an M D /

Ph.D. c o m b i n e d p r o g r a m a n d c o n d u c t i n g

med ica l ly r e l a t ed r e s e a r c h in t h e f u t u r e . She

is t h e d a u g h t e r of M a r k a n d D i a n e D i t t e n h a -

fe r of M i d l a n d a n d a 2005 g r a d u a t e of M i d -

land High School .

M o e r d y k a n d S p e e l m a n b o t h w o r k in Dr.

Jason Gi l lmore ' s o r g a n i c p h o t o c h e m i s t r y re-

sea rch g r o u p , w h e r e t h e y a r e b o t h actively

w o r k i n g o n t h e g r o u p ' s p r i m a r y e f fo r t of

m a k i n g a n d e v a l u a t i n g n e w o rgan ic p h o t o -

c h r o m e s fo r e l ec t ron t r a n s f e r app l i ca t ions

in m a t e r i a l s sc ience . S p e e l m a n also w o r k s

w i t h G i l l m o r e on us ing c o m p u t a t i o n a l m o d -

el ing t o p red ic t t h e r e d u c t i o n p o t e n t i a l s of

o r g a n i c mo lecu le s , w o r k recen t ly a c c e p t e d

for pub l i ca t i on in t h e " Journa l of Physical

Chemis t ry . "

M o e r d y k h a s b e e n c o n d u c t i n g r e s e a r c h

w i t h G i l l m o r e s ince t h e s u m m e r of 2006,

i n c l u d i n g d u r i n g b o t h t h e schoo l year a n d

s u m m e r . H e p lans to p u r s u e a d o c t o r a t e in

c h e m i s t r y wi th a p r o b a b l e f o c u s on t h e m a -

ter ia l s c i ences as p r e p a r a t i o n fo r a ca ree r

as a n o r g a n i c o r ana ly t ic r e s e a r c h c h e m i s t .

H e is t h e s o n of Phil a n d Peggy M o e r d y k of

Par is , a n d a 2005 g r a d u a t e of Reed Ci ty H igh

School .

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

wi th G i l l m o r e s ince t h e s p r i n g of he r s o p h o -

m o r e year, i nc lud ing d u r i n g t h e s u m m e r .

She p lans t o a t t e n d g r a d u a t e schoo l in

physical c h e m i s t r y w i t h a focus o n c o m p u -

t a t iona l m o d e l i n g a n d to p u r s u e a c a r e e r in

t h e p h a r m a c e u t i c a l i n d u s t r y us ing c o m p u t a -

t ional m o d e l i n g t o des ign s y n t h e t i c t a rge t s

a n d u n d e r s t a n d m o l e c u l a r behavior . She is

m a j o r i n g in F r e n c h in a d d i t i o n to c h e m i s t r y ,

a n d p lans to s p e n d t h e fall 2 0 0 8 s e m e s t e r in

N a n t e s , France . She is t h e d a u g h t e r of David

a n d Linda S p e e l m a n of Dar i en , a n d a 2005

g r a d u a t e of T i m o t h y C h r i s t i a n H igh School .

Of t h e 321 s t u d e n t s se lec ted fo r G o l d w a -

te r S c h o l a r s h i p s t h i s year, 189 a r e m e n a n d

132 a re w o m e n , a n d vi r tual ly all i n t end t o

ob t a in a Ph.D. as the i r d e g r e e objec t ive . A

to ta l of 33 a r e m a t h e m a t i c s m a j o r s , 2 2 7 a re

sc i ence a n d re la ted m a j o r s , 52 a r e m a j o r i n g

in e n g i n e e r i n g a n d n i n e a re c o m p u t e r sci-

e n c e m a j o r s . M a n y have dua l m a j o r s in a

var ie ty of m a t h e m a t i c s , sc ience , e n g i n e e r i n g

a n d c o m p u t e r d i sc ip l ines .

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The Olympics are normally an event to p r o m o t e internat ional communi ty ,

but this year they are at t ract ing cont ro-versy. The Olympic torch relay a round

the world began in Mt . Olympia, Greece

March 24 and will end in Beijing Aug. 8 dur ing the opening ceremony of the

Olympic Games . At every s top the torch

has been met by protesters. The international communi ty is ris-

ing up due to China's h u m a n r ights poli-

cies regarding Tibet. China took Tibet

by force in 1951, and the area has been a source of turmoi l ever since. O n March

10, Buddhist monks and ethnic Tibet-

ans were protest ing for their f r eedom f rom C h i n a s control when Chinese se-

curity forces intervened, and the situa-

t ion tu rned violent. A marketplace was b u r n e d and, according to the N e w York

Times, 16 people were killed, a l though

there is no official casualty count because t he press is no t allowed into Tibet.

Ant i -China protes tors c ame out in

high number s on April 6 in London, causing scuffles and several ar res ts along

the torch's path. The next day officials

in Paris deployed 3,000 officers on foot ,

motorcycle, horseback and roller blades

in order to try and contain the protes-tors as the torch came to Paris. Protes-

tors caused commot ion , scaling the Eiffel

Tower, grabbing at the torch and chant ing "Free Tibet" relentlessly. The

torclvand those guarding it

encountered such intense opposi t ion that the relay

route was cu t short .

The torch made its appearance in San

Francisco on April

9. Protes tors had prepared by climb-

ing the Golden Gate

Bridge and hanging banners that said "Free

Tibet" and "One World,

O n e Dream, Free Tibet."

The parade's organiz-ers feared for chaos

si tuations like those

in London and Paris and changed the torch's rou te last minute

in order to s ide-step the protests . China's Foreign Ministry lashed out

against the protests and said, "We express

our s t rong condemna t ion to the deliber-ate d is rupt ion of the Olympic torch relay

by Tibetan separatist forces." World leaders such as G o r d o n Brown,

pr ime minis ter of London, and Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France, have ex-

pressed their intent ion to boycott the Olympic opening ceremony to express

G R A P H I C BY D Y L A N A P I N T E R

their disapproval of China's actions. Presidential candi-

dates Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack

O b a m a have called on President Bush to boycott the ceremony, while Sen. John

McCain says the president should keep his

opt ions open. Currently, President Bush does not intend to boycott the ceremony.

"I do no t view the Olympics as a politi-

cal event; 1 see them as a spor t ing event,"

Bush said.

H o p e College s tudent Esther Dwyer ('08) disagrees.

"The Olympics are abou t the global

communi ty coming together despite problems," Dwyer

said. "No coun-try that hosts the

Olympics is going

to be perfect; how-ever, China did

promise to change

i f cer ta in things to

f M A S e t t h e bid to host w J 0 the Olympics and

' y g / they haven't come

th rough with those

promises."

Dwyer believes Chi-na's host ing the event could turn out to

be a positive thing.

"This is an oppor tuni ty for China to be forced into making some changes in their

h u m a n r ights policies because it gives t he

rest of the world a voice to directly ques-t ion China about their behavior," Dwyer

said.

The International Olympic Commi t tee (IOC) vice-president Kevin Gosper said

that this relay would continue despite the

protests, but the possibility of fu ture Olym-pic relays would have to be reviewed.

Zimbabwe election leads to controversy Christopher Broe GUEST WRITER

Political unrest cont inues to cause tension across t he nat ion of Z imbabwe as

opposi t ion leaders plan to challenge a re-

count of the presidential election votes The controversy s tems f rom a sus-

tained delay in the nation's government

to release the results of the election held

two weeks ago. The opposing force, Zimbabwe's Movement for Democra t ic

Change (MDC), claims that the 28 year

reigning president, Robert Mugabe is just buying t ime in order to rig the results.

Leaders represent ing sur rounding Af-

rican nat ions gathered for an emergency

conference on Sunday as tens ions moun t -ed last week in Zimbabwe. Authori t ies

declared after the night-long meet ing that they would recount the votes f rom

nearly two dozen par l iamentary races.

The decision fails to satisfy opposi-tion leaders who pushed for the council

to pressure Mugabe to resign. The M D C

will challenge the upcoming recount , that they claim is in tended to help Mugabe

sway the election results in his favor. Following the March 29 election con-

fusion, 11 election officials were arrested

and accounts of violence have been re-por ted across the country. H u m a n r ights

officials agree with the M D C pres iden-tial candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai w h o

claims that these cr imes are endorsed by Mugabe's party in order to int imidate

those recount ing the votes. Over the past eight years, Mugabe's

A P P H O T O / M U J A H I O S A F O D I E N

D E M A N D I N G R E D R E S S — Lawyer for t he opposi t ion MDC (Movement for Democrat ic Change) Alec Muchadehama outs ide the High Court in Harare, where the MDC is seek ing to compel the release of e lect ion results.

party, ZANU-PF has destroyed hundreds

of thousands of homes belonging to m e m b e r s of the political opposi t ion. Last

year, ZANU-PF kidnapped, beat, and ar-

rested n u m e r o u s opposi t ion authori t ies ,

including Tsvangirai. M D C officials state that the violence

against their party has worsened since the recent election. Over 200 of its sup-por te r s and campaign workers have been

seized and beaten since Z A N U - P F lost

control of the legislature for the first t ime in 28 years.

Hope professor of political science. Dr. Virginia Beard, relates the cur rent state of

Z imbabwe to what Makau Mutua wro te in his recent book, "Kenya's Ques t for

Democracy: Taming Leviathan," a book

about t he crises sur rounding the Afr ican

political order. " W h e t h e r it is the repressive nature of

the state, its disdain for civil society, its inability to pe r fo rm the basic funct ions of

s ta tehood, or its proclivity for corrupt ion, the Afr ican state s tands at the center of

SEE ZIMBABWE, PAGE 4

Polygamist

compound raided SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Police

wore body armor, toted automatic weapons

and were backed by an armored person-nel carrier for a raid on a West Texas po-

lygamist retreat, photos and video released

Tuesday show.

Four still photos and a slice of video were released to The Associated Press by

Rod Parker, spokesman for the Fundamen-talist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day

Saints, which owns the raided Yearning for

Zion Ranch near San Angelo in Eldorado.

Sect members took the photos and video during the first few days of a seven-day

raid that involved police agencies from six

counties, the Texas Rangers, the stale high-way patrol and wildlife officers. Authori-

ties were looking for a teenage girl who

had reported being abused by her 50-year-

old husband. A sect member whose wife shot the vid-

eo said sect members got the impression that slate officials "were doing something

more than they said they were going to do." The man declined to give his name for fear that speaking out would cause problems for

his children, who are in stale custody. Tela Mange, a slate Department of Pub-

lic Safety spokeswoman, said officers are

trained to protect themselves. "Whenever we serve a search warrant,

no matter where or when, we are always as

prepared as possible so we can ensure the operational safely of the officers serving

SEE RAID, PAGE 6

I N B R I E F

AIRLINE CRISIS CAUSES STRESS ACROSS THE COUNTRY; PRESIDENT BUSH TO MONITOR CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -

President Bush is "keeping a close

eye" on airline woes that are ham-pering travel for thousands and

hurting an already cash-strapped industry, the White House said

Friday. Since last month's revela-

tion that Southwest Airlines flew

planes that had missed inspections - a violation of federal standards

- the Federal Aviation Administra-

tion has stepped up its scrutiny of

aircraft inspections. The result is misery for the flying public.

Thousands of flights have been canceled just this week. The

grounding of American Airlines

flights because of safety inspec-tions on its MD-80s alone has

affected at least 250,000 passen-

gers. Also, Frontier Airlines sought

bankmptcy protection Friday, the

fourth carrier to do so over the past

several weeks as exorbitant fuel prices eat into earnings and a weak

U.S. economy keeps more people

on the ground.

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Missile defensesystem fails to launch

Taylor Hughes ASSISTANT ARTS E o r r o R

It s eems like just yesterday when Pres-

ident G e o r g e W. Bush m e t wi th Russia's

p res ident , Vladimir Put in in Slovenia;

however, tha t w a s seven years ago o n

June 16, 2001. Their first e n c o u n t e r was

cons idered a r o u n d the wor ld as w a r m ,

f r iendly a n d hopefu l . Bush w a s even q u o t -

ed shor t ly af ter the e n c o u n t e r as saying, "I

was able to get a sense of his soul." Bush's

c o m m e n t abou t the fo rmer KGB agent = = = = =

was cri t icized by

many as naive. H o w -

ever, his w o r d s were

also seen as a re-

spec table effor t and

s tep in a posit ive di-

rect ion for the rela-

t ions that have b e e n

historically rocky

be tween t h e Uni ted States a n d Russia.

A little over a week ago, the two presi-

den t s m e t for w h a t has b e e n said to be

the i r last mee t ing , a d i n n e r at a Russian

president ial vacat ion h o m e o n the Black

Sea shore . Both are t ry ing feverishly to tie

u p loose e n d s as their pres ident ia l t e r m s

c o m e to an end . T h e main focus of the

mee t ing was w r a p p e d u p in t h e nat ional

"The U.S. relationship with

Russia is an important and

evolving one.19

— Jack Holmes,

professor of political science

in teres ts of their respec-

tive nat ions. But

as they might , the

two power fu l lead- •*=

ers have had w h a t

Bush has called

their "diplomatic

head-but ts ."

Put in has been

qui te vocal, c la iming,

" W h a t is th is nonsense?" in his dis-

approval of Bush's s u p p o r t of the all iance

of Ukra ine and Georgia in their goal to

join NATO. Put in was also upse t by Bush's

e n d o r s e m e n t of the plan to place missile

in te rceptors and radars in Poland and the

Czech Republic, s o m e t h i n g tha t has cost

the U.S. billions of dollars in p lann ing a n d

deve lopment . These in te rceptors and ra-

dars w o u l d in ter fere wi th Putin's missile

defense system and

" would u n d e r m i n e

Russia's posi t ion as

a power fu l na t ion .

Bush, however, shot

back by c la iming the

p lan is in tended to

not only p ro t ec t the

Uni ted States b u t

• Europe and possibly

Russia as well f r o m

missiles d ischarged by e n e m y na t ions in

the Midd le East.

H o p e College political sc ience pro-

fessor Jack Ho lmes , r e spond ing to re-

cent events said, "The U.S. re la t ionship

wi th Russia is an i m p o r t a n t and evolving

one . . . t he U.S. should s t and for its p r in-

ciples and nat ional interests , b u t a t the

s ame t ime s i tuat ions shou ld be set t led

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w h e n e v e r feasible."

W i t h all the goodbye rhe tor ic in play,

it is not far f r o m the world's m i n d s that

t h o u g h Bush will s tep d o w n as pres ident

in January of 2009, Put in is hardly going

anywhere .

Al though he c a n n o t run for a third

consecut ive t e rm, Put in will b e work ing

as p r ime min is te r of Russia u n d e r his

handp icked a n d e lected successor, Dmit -

ry Medvedev. Putin could be pres ident of

Russia o n c e again due to a loophole in the

Russian democra t i c sys tem tha t al lows

a f o r m e r pres ident to r u n again af ter a

four-year pause. H e has c la imed tha t this

is exactly his plan, a n d the Russian people

thus far seem to be beh ind h im.

"The incoming Amer i can pres ident

will have to address the U.S.-Russia rela-

t ionsh ip on a regular basis," H o l m e s said.

Bush is p lann ing to m e e t wi th M e d -

vedev to c rea te a re la t ionship and set up

g r o u n d s for a s o m e w h a t new s ta r t be-

tween Russia a n d the U.S. He has also

b e e n se t t ing for th a sugges ted p lan in re-

gards to Russia and nuclear prol i fera t ion

as well as c o u n t e r - t e r r o r i s m for whoeve r

will be voted to t ake his place c o m e N o -

vember 2008 as pres ident of the Uni t ed

States .

Zimbabwe's

election results

cause tension • Z I M B A B W E , f r o m page 3

the crisis," M u t u a wro te .

Beard believes tha t M u g a b e plays a

crucial role in the c u r r e n t s tatus of Z im-

babwe.

"Mugabe 's refusal t o release his t ight

grip on power, and his regime's use of

nat ional resources for personal gain, and

oppress ion of real oppos i t ion are pa r t of

the instability of Z i m b a b w e as a state,"

Beard said.

Economic troubles

Zimbabwe ' s e c o n o m y took a s h a r p

dive in recent weeks . The unemploy -

m e n t rate rose over 80 percen t , and basic

essentials like soap and bread can n o lon-

ger b e found on marke t shelves. Mill ions

are fleeing Z i m b a b w e to ne ighbor ing na -

t ions like South Afr ica .

"Add to tha t the e n d e m i c pover ty and

unfavorable in terna t ional political and

policy c l imate t owards Afr ica . . . and the

g rowing H I V / A I D S crises, and such cha-

otic upheava ls a re sadly n o t surpr is ing,

b u t a larmingly likely," Beard said.

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MAGIC WITH COLOR AND LIGHT- Rose, Rachel Wells ('08), meets the Rime Witch, Whitney Thomas ('08).

'Rose and the Rime' heads to capital city HOPE— It has been a year

since "Rose and the Rime" origi-

nally appeared on the DeWitt stage. Now, the cast and crew are

back together one more time. The Hope College Theatre

production of "Rose and the Rime" is one of a select group of

plays nationwide invited to be

presented during the Kennedy

Center American College Theater Festival (ACTF) National Festival

in Washington, D.C., in April. "Rose and the Rime," which

was wri t ten at the college, is one

of only three full-length college/

university-staged plays chosen

for this year's national festival f r om among the best p roduc-

t ions highlighted dur ing the

eight A C T F regional festivals held a round the U.S. in January

and February.

"Rose and the Rime" was the

only produc t ion f rom the ACTF Great Lakes Region festival in

Milwaukee, Wis., to have the honor of pe r fo rming in the na-

tional festival. Dur ing the recent theater

d e p a r t m e n t t r ip to the Region

Three Kennedy Center Ameri -can College, professor Michelle

Bombe kept a journal of her ex-

periences. She wrote, "Theater professional, Kate Snodgrass

told us that she saw some of t he

mos t beaut iful images of her ca-

reer in our production."

'Itjelt like we were creating a new kind of theater,"

— Theater professional Cindy Gold

Another , Cindy Gold, said "It felt like we were creat ing a new

kind of theat re that was repre-

sentative of the s tudents ' gen-

eration." For the first t ime the H o p e

College Theater D e p a r t m e n t will allow you to follow the

happen ings t h rough their n e w

blog as they travel to Washing-ton DC. Look for pos t s f r o m

faculty, cast m e m b e r s and crew

m e m b e r s in the coming weeks. To keep up with what they are

up to in and leading up to their

D.C. trip, log in at www.Rosean-

dtheRime.blogspot .com.

Concerts to showcase

symphony, symphonette

G R A P H I C BY G I N A H O L D E R

Amy Soukup GUEST WRITER

As the academic year winds down, the Hope College music

depa r tmen t is showcasing the

talent of s tudent groups through

various concer t per formances . Hope's Wind Symphony will

pe r fo rm Friday, April 18 as part of a new series, "The Spotlight

Series" which showcases the

musical talents of the music de-pa r tmen t here at Hope.

Directed by Dr. Gabriel Southard, the Wind Symphony

will present works of influen-tial Amer ican composers such

as "Star Wars Trilogy" by John Williams and "Fanfare for the

C o m m o n Man" by Aaron Cop-land. "Fanfare" will also include

a modern dance pe r fo rmance that will be pe r fo rmed by stu-

dents of the Hope dance depart-

ment . Another concer t on Tues-

day, April 22 will feature a com-

bined-effort pe r fo rmance of

Mozart 's "Requiem for a Dream" by the Hope College Sympho-

nette, directed by Dr. Southard and Hope's-choral groups. Cha-

pel Choir and College Chorus ,

directed by Dr. Brad Richmond. "If you want to look at o n e of

Mozart 's biggest and best pieces,

that one's it," says Dr. Southard about the upcoming perfor-

mance. The concer t will also open

with a Symphonet te perfor-

mance of Joseph Schwantner ' s

"September Canticle," a piece wri t ten in m e m o r y of the Sep-

t e m b e r 11 terrorist attacks. The pe r fo rmance of "September

Canticle" will highlight faculty m e m b e r Dr. Huw Lewis on organ

as well as some interesting string and percussion techniques, in-

cluding the use of over 20 differ-ent percussion ins t ruments .

Both concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnen t Chapel,

the public is welcome and the admission is f ree of cost.

and G^/iere

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8:00 pm Sophomore Recital - Mictielle Pascoe, flute. Wichers Audito

WtssittM tiSjb wsfasm 'is> w s j •jagmsimtifi, <3msi

Tmstein pCuyetftlie viofiru • • • Better.)

Saturday 4-19 4:00 pm Junior Recital. Jennifer Bockstege - uiola, Wichers Audito-

rium J tin i tfendrix supposedTy started' his musicaC career on viofa. (Jennifer is just as coofand'wiCCsign auto-

graphs)

6:00 pm Senior Recital, Christopher Turbessi - piano, Dimnent Chapel

The worCcf record time for ji faying the piano is 70 hours and'56 minutes (courtesy

www. first co as tne'\ vs. com)

T H I S W E E K I N A R T

Wednesday April 16 Kletz Performers 9-11 p.m.

Sophomore Recital Sally VancJerPloeg - piano

Dimnent Chapel, 6 p.m.

Visiting Writer's Series Karen Joy Fowler

Knickerbocker Theatre, 7 p.m.

Sophomore Recital Michel le Pascoe - f lute

Wichers Audi tor ium. 8 p.m.

Thursday April 17 Departmental Student Recital Dimnent Chapel, 11 :00 a.m.

Friday April 18 Wind Symphony concert Dimnent Chapel, 7 :30 p.m.

Junior Recital Alexandru Hamzea - viol in

Wichers Audi tor ium, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday April 19 Junior Recital Jennifer Bockstege - viola

Wichers Audi tor ium 4 p.m.

Senior Recital Christopher Turbessi - piano

Dimnent Chapel, 6 p.m.

Guest Artist, Matthew Deely Classical Guitar, Free Admission

Wichers Audi tor ium. 8 :00 p.m.

I N B R I E F

PROFESSOR EXAMINES GENESIS LINGUISTICALLY

Dr. Barry Bandstra of the re-ligion faculty provides a detailed

linguistic analysis of the first 11

chapters of Genesis irv his new book. Titled "Genesis 1-11: A

Handbook on the Hebrew Text,"

the book is geared toward inter-mediate and advanced students

of biblical Hebrew. It is the sec-

ond volume in "The Baylor Hand-book on the Hebrew Bible" series

published by Baylor University

Press of Waco, Texas. The 695

page book's emphasis is on en-hancing students ' unders tanding

of the Hebrew language and the biblical text. It uses an approach

to linguistic unders tanding called

"functional grammar," which ex-plores why clauses are worded

and used together as they are.

VISITING WRITERS SERIES

The Jack Ridl Visiting Writ-

ers Series of H o p e College will

feature fiction writer Karen Joy Fowler on Wednesday, April 16,

at 7 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre. The public is invited

and admission free. Karen Joy Fowler is the au thor of several

novels and short s tory collec-tions, including "The Jane Aus-

ten Book Club," a novel widely

popular with readers and crit-ics alike. Michael Dirda wrote

in "The Washington Post Book

World" that "Karen Joy Fowler creates a novel that is so win-

ning, so touching, so deli-cately, slyly witty that admirers

of Persuasion and Emma will simply sigh with happiness."

Fowler's book "The Jane Aus-ten Book Club" was recently

adapted into a major mot ion

picture starring Lynn Redgrave, Maria Bello and Hugh Dancy.

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R E V I E W S

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'Smart People' stars Ellen Page

M o v i e : S m a r t P e o p l e

D i r e c t o r : N o a m M u r r o

G e n r e : C o m e d y / D r a m a

R e l e a s e d : Apr i l 11, 2 0 0 8

Julie Kocsls STAFF WRITER

Tak ing a c u e f r o m r e c e n t m o v i e s like

"Litt le M i s s S u n s h i n e " a n d "The Sav-

ages," t h e n e w fi lm " S m a r t Peop le" suc-

cessful ly h igh l igh t s t h e fami ly d y n a m i c s

of t h e W e t h e r h o l d s .

In t h e film, D e n n i s Q u a i d plays Law-

rence W e t h e r h o l d , a n angry, s l u m p y a n d

genera l ly u n p l e a s a n t Engl ish p r o f e s s o r

at C a r n e g i e Me l lon Univers i ty . T h e an -

ger s t e m s f r o m t h e d e a t h of his wife, his

inabili ty t o get h i s b o o k p u b l i s h e d a n d a

var ie ty of o t h e r l e t d o w n s .

H i s daugh te r , Vanessa , p layed by Ju-

no's Ellen Page, is q u i t e s i m i l a r — s m a r t ,

d e t e r m i n e d a n d s t u b b o r n , a N a t i o n a l

H o n o r s Socie ty m e m b e r a n d a Young

Repub l i can . Vanessa 's c h a r a c t e r is a c t u -

ally q u i t e s imi la r t o Juno's. Still p r o m i -

n e n t a re t h e qui rky , wi t ty c o m m e n t s ,

bu t th is t i m e d r e s s e d in a c o n s e r v a t i v e

argyle swea te r .

A f t e r ge t t i ng a m i n o r c o n c u s s i o n ,

L a w r e n c e e n d s u p in t h e hosp i t a l wi th

Janet (Sarah Jessica Parker ) as h i s doc -

tor. A l t h o u g h 1 usual ly love t h e c h a r a c -

te rs SJP plays, he r c h a r a c t e r in " S m a r t

People" w a s n o t te r r ib ly m e m o r a b l e .

T h e c h a r a c t e r of Jane t s e e m s t o se rve

as m o r e of a n e l e m e n t of c o n t r a s t u s e d

to b r i n g o u t t h e c h a r a c t e r s of L a w r e n c e

a n d Vanessa t h a n a n i m p o r t a n t , i nde -

p e n d e n t cha rac te r .

A f t e r m e e t i n g , a r o m a n c e b e t w e e n

Janet a n d L a w r e n c e quickly deve lops .

Th i s r o m a n c e , however , s e e m s t o t ake

a b a c k s e a t to t h e o t h e r a s p e c t s of t h e

movie . T h e m o s t i n t e r e s t ing a s p e c t s

a r e t h e r e l a t i onsh ips b e t w e e n t h e f a m -

ily m e m b e r s a n d t h e s low revea l ing

of t h e c h a r a c t e r s ' e m o t i o n a l baggage .

T h e complex i t i e s t h a t exist w i t h i n a n d

a m o n g t h e c h a r a c t e r s a r e ve ry real is t ic

a n d in t e re s t ing .

C h u c k , Lawrence ' s " a d o p t e d " b r o t h e r

(i.e.- d id no t inhe r i t t h e " smar t gene") ,

a lso plays a n in t e r e s t ing c h a r a c t e r in

t h e movie . H e is t h e f r ee load ing fami ly

loser w h o d o e s n o t have a f u l l - t i m e job

a n d w h o s leeps o n L a w r e n c e s couch .

W i t h a sa rcas t i c a n d wi t ty sense of hu -

mor , C h u c k ac t s as t h e movie 's m u c h -

n e e d e d c o m i c relief.

A l t h o u g h t h e r e is a def in i te , s t r o n g

plot r u n n i n g t h r o u g h th is mov ie , it

t h e r e l a t i onsh ips t h a t m a k e th is m o v i e

so w o r t h w h i l e to see. " S m a r t People"

pe r fec t ly ba l ances a r t sy / ind i e wi th

m a i n s t r e a m , m a k i n g it u n i q u e a n d real-

istic. W h a t it a lso b a l a n c e s well a re t h e

d r a m a t i c , c o m i c a l a n d r o m a n t i c a s p e c t s

of t h i s m o v i e to h igh l igh t t h e fami ly dy-

n a m i c s .

( g r a d e : 8 . 5 /10 )

Reviews published here are reflec-tions of the opinions of the individual writers and not necessarily of the An-chor staffas a whole.

Cosmo, Habitat team up • BOND, f rom page 1

ful L e a d e r s h i p a t H o p e , wh ich ,

a c c o r d i n g t o i ts webs i te , a i m s t o

" e n h a n c e c a m p u s - w i d e e f fo r t s t o

e d u c a t e s t u d e n t s fo r lives of lead-

e r s h i p a n d se rv ice in a g lobal soc i -

e ty t h r o u g h a c a d e m i c a n d c o - c u r -

r i cu la r p rograms ."

S h e l t o n said t h a t bu i ld ing a

h o u s e t o g e t h e r is a g rea t t e a m -

bu i ld ing act iv i ty a n d tha t p e o p l e

w h o d e c i d e to p a r t i c i p a t e in th is

serv ice o p p o r t u n i t y will get a lot

ou t of it.

"It will be w o r t h it b e c a u s e w e

will see r e su l t s a n d w e will be able

t o bui ld a s t r o n g e r r e l a t ionsh ip

w i t h t h e communi ty , " he said.

M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t ge t t i ng

involved w i t h H a b i t a t fo r H u m a n -

ity is avai lable at t h e L H F H webs i t e

at h t t p : / / w w w . l a k e s h o r e h a b i t a t .

o r g / a b o u t . h t m l .

Disability Awareness Week highlights challenges

• AWARENESS, f rom page 1

f r o m l e a r n i n g disabi l i t ies to vis ion a n d h e a r i n g

i m p a i r m e n t s .

T h e men ' s baske tba l l t e a m f o u n d t h e m s e l v e s

p lay ing a n e w t y p e of g a m e o n W e d n e s d a y , o n e

w i t h whee l s . They c o m p e t e d aga ins t s o m e of

t h e b e s t p layers in W e s t Mich igan , t h e G r a n d

Rap ids Pace r s W h e e l c h a i r Basketba l l t e a m .

H o p e Col lege h e l p e d r e m i n d us of t h e s e

t y p e s of cha l l enges w i t h e v e n t s like t h e d e s c r i p -

t ive v ideo ve r s ion of t h e film "Pre t ty W o m a n "

tha t w a s s h o w n in t h e Kletz o n Thursday . T h e

v ideo w a s ac tual ly d e s i g n e d for a u d i e n c e s w i t h

vis ion i m p a i r m e n t s a n d inc luded aud io d e s c r i p -

t i on of o n - s c r e e n a c t i o n .

By t h e e n d of t h e week , m a n y s t u d e n t s a n d

p a r t i c i p a t i n g facu l ty d e v e l o p e d g rea t e r u n d e r -

s t a n d i n g a n d a p p r e c i a t i o n fo r t h o s e less f o r t u -

na te .

"At s o m e po in t , if I 'm lucky, a life will beg in

t o e m e r g e . A s ensa t i on first a n d fo remos t , " Day-

Lewis said.

Images show police well armed for raid on polygamist retreat

• RAID, f rom page 3

t h e w a r r a n t , as well as t h e sa fe ty of t h o s e

w h o a re o n t h e p r o p e r t y in ques t ion ,"

M a n g e said.

F o c u s o n t h e c h i l d r e n

T h e 4 1 6 ch i l d r en he ld by Texas au -

tho r i t i e s h a d b e e n a c c o m p a n i e d by 139

w o m e n unt i l M o n d a y , w h e n officials

o r d e r e d all t h e w o m e n away excep t fo r

t h o s e w h o s e ch i l d r en a re u n d e r 5.

T h e m o t h e r s have c o m p l a i n e d t h e

s ta te dece ived t h e m , revea l ing t h e p lan

on ly a f t e r t h e y a n d the i r ch i l d r en b o a r d e d

b u s e s f r o m h i s to r ic Fort C o n c h o , w h e r e

t h e y h a d b e e n s taying, to t h e la rger San

Ange lo C o l i s e u m . State officials d e f e n d e d

tha t dec i s i on Tuesday .

Texas Ch i ld ren ' s P ro tec t ive Serv ices

s p o k e s w o m a n M a r l e i g h M e i s n e r sa id

officials d e c i d e d tha t ch i l d r en a re m o r e

t r u t h f u l in i n t e rv i ews a b o u t poss ib le

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a b u s e if t h e i r p a r e n t s a re no t a r o u n d .

"I can tell you w e believe the chi ldren

w h o are vic t ims of abuse o r neglect , and

part icularly vic t ims at the h a n d s of thei r

o w n parents , cer ta inly are = = ^ ^ = =

going to feel

safer to tell their

s tory w h e n they

don ' t have a par-

en t there that 's

coaching t h e m

with h o w to re-

spond," Meisner

said.

M e i s n e r said

child we l f a r e

officials still can ' t find b i r th cer t i f ica tes

for m a n y of t h e ch i ld ren , m a k i n g p a r e n t -

age a n d age d e t e r m i n a t i o n s imposs ib le .

She sa id m a n y of t h e ch i l d r en d o n ' t k n o w

w h o the i r p a r e n t s a re a n d m a n y have t h e

s a m e last n a m e bu t m a y o r m a y no t be

re la ted .

"It just feels like someone is trying

to hurt us. I do not understand how

they can do this when they don't

have a for sure knowledge that any-

one has abused these children"

— Paula, Eldorado resident

"It's a d i f f icul t process," s h e said.

A b o u t t h r e e d o z e n of t h e w o m e n w h o

r e t u r n e d to t h e E l d o r a d o r a n c h s p o k e o u t

M o n d a y . They said in i n t e r v i e w s tha t po -

lice s u r r o u n d -= = = = = = = = = = ed t h e m M o n -

day a n d gave

t h e m a c h o i c e

b e t w e e n re -

t u r n i n g h o m e

o r r e loca t ing

t o a w o m e n ' s

shel ter .

"It just feels

like s o m e o n e is

I t r y ing to h u r t

us," said Paula ,

38, w h o like o t h e r m e m b e r s of the sec t

dec l i ned to give he r ful l n a m e . "I do n o t

u n d e r s t a n d h o w t h e y c a n do th is w h e n

they don ' t have a fo r su re k n o w l e d g e t h a t

a n y o n e has a b u s e d t h e s e chi ldren."

T h e r e n e g a d e M o r m o n sec t is led by

W a r r e n Jeffs, w h o w a s c o n v i c t e d last year

in U t a h of b e i n g a n a c c o m p l i c e t o r a p e

a n d is awa i t ing trial in A r i z o n a on s imi la r

cha rges .

A c o m p a n y f o u n d e d a n d r u n by m e m -

b e r s of t h e c h u r c h rece ived m o r e t h a n

$1.1 mi l l ion in g o v e r n m e n t c o n t r a c t s

b e t w e e n 2003-2007 , a federa l on l ine da -

t a b a s e s h o w s . M o s t of t h a t m o n e y w a s

s p e n t by t h e D e p a r t m e n t of D e f e n s e o n

a i r c ra f t whee l a n d b r a k e pa r t s .

N e w E r a M a n u f a c t u r i n g ' s p r e s iden t

a n d C E O is John W a y m a n , a s ec t m e m b e r

w h o r u n s t h e Las Vegas bus iness .

In a 2 0 0 5 aff idavi t filed w i t h a U t a h

lawsui t , f o r m e r c h u r c h m e m b e r a n d

W e s t e r n Prec i s ion w o r k e r John Nie l sen

sa id w o r k e r s w e r e u n d e r p a i d o r no t pa id

at all fo r w o r k t h e y d id b e c a u s e t h e y w e r e

to ld t h e i r t i m e a n d e a r n i n g s w e r e b e i n g

d o n a t e d to the c h u r c h .

Did you know?

...Van Wylen Library is celebrating its 20th Anniversary!

When: Monday, Apr i l 21st f rom 2pm - 4pm Where: First f loor of Van Wylen

Help us ce lebrate 20 years of service by jo in ing us for our open house. Refreshments

and en te r ta inmen t w i l l be prov ided.

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Galapagos Islands: Trip Advisor: Professor Harvey

Blankespoor

Term: May Classes and Credits: Biology credit;

possible Senior Seminar credit if arranged

through the Registrar 's Office. Activities: Service and philanthropy

projects with local schools and orphanages Housing: Roofed huts with bunk beds

and mosquito netting for the first week,

houseboats

Josh Warner ( '08) : ' T h e r e is nothing else

like the Galapagos Islands on this planet; visiting there is like stepping into a nature

documentary. It was my first time to a country whose primary language was not

English. 1 am not fluent in Spanish, which

made me a bit nervous. I was struck by

how friendly and helpful Ecuadorians

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Activities in Holland during May Meghan Fore ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR

Tulip Time Festival 2008:

Saturday, May 03 - Saturday, May 10

Tulip Time is one of the best small town

festivals in the country with three excit-

ing parades, klompen dancing, big name

entertainment, free concerts, music and

variety shows, a Dutch market, trolley

tours, children's events, fireworks and

much more.

Tulip Time Runs: 8K, 5K & IK Kids Fun Run

Sa tu rday , May 03, 8 a . m . - C h r i s t Memorial Church

595 Graafschap Rd„ Holland, MI

49423 Beginning at Chris t Memoria l Church , this family fun event will get your hear t

rate up and please your senses as you wind through the Historic District of

downtown Holland, filled with thousands of beaut iful b looming tulips and flower-

ing trees.

Tulip Time Art and Craft Fair Saturday , M a y 03, 9 a .m. - 5 p . m .

- C e n t e n n i a l Park 250 Central Ave., Holland, MI 49423 Over 130 exhibitors, located in the cen-

ter of town, provide a variety of fine ar ts

and original craf ts at the 8th annual Tulip

Time Art & Craf t Fair.

Admission: Free

Histor ic D u t c h T r a d e Fair at Windmil l Is land Saturday , M a y 03, 10 a .m. - 6 p . m .

- W i n d m i l l Island Gardens 7th Street and Lincoln Ave., Holland, MI

49423 You'll find a historic c a m p filled with co-

lonial merchan ts and re-enactors. Learn what Dutch t rade i tems were sought af-

ter 200 years ago and shop for your own

piece of the past to take home! Admission: Adul ts $7, Youth (5-15) $4

Tul ip T i m e D u t c h M a r k t p l a a t s Tuesday, M a y 0 6 , 1 0 a . m . - 6 p .m.

- C i v i c Center 150 W e s | 8th Street Holland, MI 49423 Enjoy the largest selection of traditional Dutch food in town! The Marktplaats

features genuine Dutch ar ts and crafts, souvenirs, lace, music, Klompen dancers

and more. Admission: Free

Other Fun Events in May:

River City I m p r o v Tuesday , M a y 06, 7 :30 - 8:30 p . m .

-Knickerbocker Theater River City Improv per forms short - form Improvisational comedy based on audi-

ence suggestions. Their style of clean,

wholesome humor and witty Improv is

similar to that seen on ABC's "Whose

Line is it Anyway?" Approximately 60

minutes. Admission: $18.00

Farmers Market Opens for

the Season W e d n e s d a y , May 14, 8 :00 a . m .

- E i g h t h Street Marketplace 150 Wes t 8th Street Holland, MI

49423 Over 50 vendors part icipate in this market to provide you with freshly har-

vested produce, flowers and plants. The

majori ty of p roduc t s sold at this market

are locally grown. Baked goods, cheese, eggs and meats are also available. The

Market is full of activities including street per formers , cooking demons t ra -

tions, things for kids to do and even tips and training f rom the area's master

gardeners .

Information pwvided by wwyv.holland.org

O VOICES O T H E A N C H O R A P R I L 1 6 . 2 0 0 8

In pursuit of knowledge —

Evelyn Daniel

Dialogue needed When I first visited Hope College as a

high school student, 1 was struck by the welcoming, friendly community I found

here. Wherever I went on campus, the

students were happy and optimistic; the

atmosphere was unlike that of any other college or university I encountered in my

search. My first impression was not merely an

illusion — in my almost-four years here, I

have witnessed firsthand how much Hope

students love their school and how deeply

they care about one another. In the midst of this positive environment,

however, uncharacteristicallydarkproblems

continue to surface: a racial slur appears on

a dry erase board; Campus Safety reports

a sexual assault; an openly gay professor

is denied tenure; an advocate of tolerance resigns his position on the faculty. The

student body briefly expresses outrage over

these incidents — then a similar incident

happens again. I struggle to reconcile this side of Hope with the people that I have

come to know and love. In case I was tempted to ignore this dark

side of Hope, I was reminded of it last week,

as the Anchor staff held conversations with

students regarding a satirical piece printed

in the April 2 issue of The Ranchor. Some students expressed their appreciation that

the article pointed out important problems

at Hope and encouraged discussion; others were profoundly hurt. The article

exaggerated stereotypes and prejudices

within the Hope community that were, perhaps, too close to reality. It uncovered

existing fears among the student body that

Hope is not the place that we imagine it to

be. Furthermore, amidst good intentions on all sides, it led to many instances of

miscommunication. Communication is the first step in

overcoming these problems. We cannot

move forward without confronting the fact

that Hope is an imperfect place. While there is love, openness and education,

there is also hate, prejudice and ignorance.

Every week The Anchor seeks to tell the news of Hope as it is, not as Hope pretends

to be. Many times last week, people told me

that they were offended by something they read in The Anchor. They wanted to see

more coverage of diversity at Hope or

acknowledgement of the problems that

plague the community here. Most of all, they wanted someone to step up and take

action to make Hope a better place.

Because communication is so important to solving problems, I was saddened by the

fact that most of the people who told me

they were offended never wrote letters to tell The Anchor staff or the student body

exactly what offended them. Discussions

about crucial issues such as race and

diversity were held in closed rooms and

spoken with hushed voices. If discussion continues in this fashion, nothing is likely

to change. The Anchor serves as both an objective

news source and an open forum for

discussion for the Hope community. We cannot begin to take action until we can

freely discuss the problems that we ' re

facing. Does something about Hope or The Anchor bother you? Tell us at anchor@

hope.edu - we will do everything in our power to publish your letter.

My progress on this column has been slowed considerably because I keep

obsessively checking The Anchor inbox

for letters to the editors. With only a

few hours left until the letter deadline, my biggest fear is that despite all of my

discussions with students last week, these pages will run blank. I do not want to be

wrong about the vision of Hope that I had

when I first visited — I want to be a part

of a community that confronts the darkness and emerges even stronger for it. Dear

Hope, please do not let apathy prevail.

Evelyn was amused to read the headline

"Fed up with politics, man eats vote"on

Reuters this week. The Italian businessman

ate his ballot in protest of the political

system. Although she understood hisfrustra-

tion, Evelyn did not believe his methods were

particularly effective.

Beautiful feet

Bryant Russ

The family name My s h a m p o o conta iner instructs: "For

external use only." Taking a look at my life

and the life of o the r Chris t ians I some-

t imes w o n d e r if the Holy Spirit comes with an opposi te label: "For internal use

only." To be honest , it somet imes seems

like it. But that 's not the way it should be.

So of ten we have m o m e n t s in our lives

when we receive God's grace and remem-

ber that he is Lord, bu t then live t he rest

of our lives oblivious to his will. W e have

faith, bu t wha t does that have to do with

school? My behavior? Relationships? Pardon my pathet ic s h a m p o o analogy

for a m o m e n t and let's see what the Bible

has to say: " W h a t good is it, my brothers , if a man

claims to have faith bu t has no deeds? Can such a faith save him?...You believe

that there is one God. Good! Even the

d e m o n s believe tha t—and shudder . You

foolish man, do you want evidence that faith wi thout deeds is useless? Was not

our ances tor Abraham considered righ-

teous for what he did when he offered

his son Isaac on the altar? You see that

his faith and his act ions were working to-

gether, and his faith was m a d e comple te

by what he did."

- James 2: 4, 19-22 Receiving Christ 's dea th as payment

for our sins is a beaut iful thing, bu t let

us no t forget that he rose f rom the grave to give us life as a m e m b e r of his fam-

ily. As God's ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:20),

our mos t dis t inguishing fea ture mus t be

love. God , the one whose love is so fa-m o u s t h roughou t the entire earth, has

called us to be His people and represent

h im on earth. So shouldn' t we be people

of love as well? O u r tes t imonies can be pretty confus ing if we claim to know the

Lord yet choose to live in debauchery and

sexual immorality.

O n e of my favorite me taphor s in the

Bible is when God and his people are de-scribed as a husband and wife. We are to

live with God everyday ou t of a lifelong

devot ion to love; just like marriage. God is not interested in "hooking up." By only

acknowledging our Lord a few minutes

out of the week we are missing the great-

est oppor tuni ty that life has to offer! Liv-ing in love with God and act ing in faith is

the only way to live. Let us embrace our t rue identity as

m e m b e r s of God's family, a family not

only of faith, bu t also of action. O u r love

can't just stay in our hear ts and minds, bu t mus t be exemplified in our hands, feet,

speech and at t i tude. Romans 8:14 says,

"Those who are led by the Spirit of God

are sons of God." A life of adventure and love is in s tore for those who give t h e m -

selves to Chris t in the knowledge that t he

Holy Spirit is not for internal use only.

LETTERS TO THE E D I T O R S

Ranchor article harsh, offensive To the Editors:

This letter represents the collaborative

efforts of several students and is a response

to an article published in the April 2 edi-

tion of the Ranchor entided "New Diversi-

ty Campaign Draws Public Attention." The article, although written in a satirical man-

ner, has managed to offend many people

on campus. We as engaged Hope students

would like to set aside these differences

and come together to embrace die true meaning of diversity, while putting an end

to the negative stereotypes perpetuated by

the Ranchor article. Many lines in the article stepped be-

yond the bounds of satire, highlighting a

viewpoint that is detrimental to the devel-

opment of a healthy community. The au-

thor's tone is harsh and seems designed to

promote conflict rather than generate true

discussion addressing untrue stereotypi-

cal viewpoints about diversity on campus. The historical "separate but equal" phi-

losophy of the early 1900s is but one of the

ideas posited in the article. "At Elope, we

realize that equality doesn't always mean 'equal.'..(and) affirm the...practice of equal-

ity through segregation." Additionally, the

text implies an all-too-familiar criticism of the Phelps Scholars program that builds

upon the allegations of separatism and iso-

lation. These stereotypes are illegitimate

ways to express concern for diversity from

even a satirical writing standpoint, espe-

cially as the Phelps Scholars program con-

tinues to successfully promote and develop an all-inclusive environment for the study

of diversity. Rather than continue to divide the Hope

community through stereotypes, a prac-tice that foments ignorance and ultimately

leads to discrimination, we must begin to

critically evaluate issues of diversity on our

campus. Taking the time to learn about a new culture, religion, or racial identity and

digging deeper than the unidimensional

media-derived images of "diverse people"

will help us to build a strong community

rooted in the ideals of Hope, love and rec-

onciliation. Hopefully this letter will not be merely

a response; it is intended as a beginning,

to spark increased dialogue on the issue

of diversity on campus. No longer can we accept diversity as a taboo subject, or as

merely a flagged requirement for gradua-

tion. Rather, we need to truly embrace not only the differences but also the essentially

human commonalities that unite us all as

God's treasured creation. —David A. Paul ('10)

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Rumbleweeds

Jeremy Benson

The idiotbox Usually, when 1 sit down to wri te this

co lumn, I think about what 's been hap-

pening on campus , what 's been happen-

ing in the world and what I've been think-ing about . I settle on something , sort of

kind of make it enter ta ining and send it

off to my editors . But this t ime, as I boot up my comput -

er, my mind is blank. This might be due

to all t he surf ing I've done recently: this past weekend I spent abou t 12 hours o n

Saturday watching Frodo and Sam pitch

against the W h i t e Sox, while in Rohan,

Gandalf the Whi te and Whatsh is face the

dark and h a n d s o m e helped Rachel Ray

prepare a meal in just about the t ime it takes the T V guide channel to roll back

a round to channel 2 .1 rode this wave un-

til I fell asleep, about every hour and a half or so for a period of approximately

10 minutes . The surf ing is no doub t a symptom of

being a senior with 250 pages left to read ancj 40 pages left to write in my college

career— mostly, jus t being a senior. I have

little to no motivat ion to get myself ou t of pajamas when I don't have any where to

go. . .or even when I do. And when I ac-

tually have to shower and get dressed, I usually end up wearing my flannel shirt ,

just because it r eminds me of pajamas. O n the History Channe l (it might 've

been the Travel Channel?) a few weeks

ago I saw that the Romans built sewers

under their cities for wells and stuff. You

r e m e m b e r when Jesus tells his thirsty

homies to go down to the cistern and pull

up a couple kegs of water? He was refer-ring to the Roman sewer system. Any-

ways, what would happen to these cis-te rns when they sat s tagnant is that they

would grow mold and bacteria. That 's where the t e rm cesspool—as well as t he

plague—was born. Don't doub t me; 1 got this f rom the Public Broadcasting Sta-

t ion. . .or Lifetime? I don ' t remember . My point is that with the limited

a m o u n t of work 1 did (really, that should

be do), the more 1 feel like a cesspool. I'm

no t referr ing to only school work here because 1 cannot do any homework and

feel like I'm doing something. W h a t I'm

mostly referr ing to is actually my current rate of television consumpt ion . (I did not

expect to arrive here when I s tar ted writ-

ing. bu t I'm glad I've made it.) These days, it's so easy to flip on the b o o b - t u b e and

let its boob-ness envelope you. And those

research papers calling my name? I just t u rn up the vo lume to d rown t h e m out.

I'm adopt ing a new policy, though, for spring— sort of a post-Lent self-control

exercise. I've just decided. I'm going to

go to the library and check out a stack of books. W h e n I'm feeling procrastinatory,

I'll go outside and read some William

Stafford or Bill Bryson—try and flush ou t some of that s tagnant brainwater. Feel

f ree to join me. Jeremy Benson warns you that read-

ing large amounts of Bill Bryson will

make you do crazy things, like walk 1,000

miles—just like Rachel Ray makes you

want to whip up some 'sammies'for game

night. Respond to jeremy.benson@hope.

edu or [email protected], or Jeopardy

Clue Crew, P.O. Box 90524, Ohai, Califor-

nia, 90036.

From the inside out

Gina Holder

Hard to say goodbye I really hate goodbyes. I've never been

very good at them; the idea of leaving

people or having people leave me just freaks me out . But as the year winds down, I find myself having to say goodbye

to so many things that I've b e c o m e ac-

cus tomed to: friends, classes and my two roommates who I have grown to love so

much . And while most of these goodbyes

are only temporary, a goodbye to one of

my r o o m m a t e s is tearing me apar t . No t because I love one of t h e m more than the

other, but because o n e isn't coming back

next year. I r emember the exact day we got our

r o o m m a t e cards in the mail. I was pan-

icking about gett ing some psycho, trashy,

neat freak, smelly chick who I had noth-

ing in c o m m o n wi th and who would drive

me to the brink of insanity. So, I opened

that letter, p repa red for the worst . And to my absolute horror, there were two cards:

I was living in a triple. I actually cried I was so upse t . I was totally convinced that

at least one, if not bo th of them, would be

terrible people, and I was going to have

the wors t year ever. I went straight to my compute r to

Facebook stalk them, and to my relief

their profile conta ined no pictures where they were par taking in ex t reme partying,

no in-depth bios abou t their significant

o the r and no obession with anime. So, I took a deep brea th and told myself that I

could handle this. And the more we talk-

ed, the more 1 thought things were going to be fine and I began to look fo rward to

my f r e shman year. It took about a week before I felt like 1

had known these girls my entire life, and

now I can't even r emember how I m a n -

aged without them. We've laughed, cried, had 4 a .m. dance offs and intense pillow

talks, and made videos that will surely

embar rass us in the long run. We've taken

road trips, gone to concer ts , had ext reme-ly late night food runs and been there for

each other th rough new boys, boyfr iends and breakups . An unspoken, unbreak-

able b o n d exists be tween the three of us

that will remain forever. However, an evil

force has c o m e in and broken us up, geo-

graphically wise, in the fo rm of the H o p e

College Nurs ing Program. I would like to say for the record that I

think it's absolutely absurd that the nurs-ing p rogram here doesn't have an inter-

view process. Sure the applicants have to

wri te an essay, bu t you can pre tend to be anyone you want to be on paper. It's much

harder to pretend to be someone you're

not when you're face to face in a one -on-one interview. And if this was the case, I'm

sure that my roomie would have gotten

in. She is the ep i tome of a people-person, which is my opinion is a major part of t he

nurs ing field, but her grades weren' t qui te

good enough. And because she didn't get

into the program here at Hope, she's de-cided to go to Valparaiso University next

year in order to pursue her dreams. And while I want nothing more than

for her to succeed and reach her full po-

tential, part of me (maybe a bigger part than I'd like to admit) is very selfish and

wants her to stay. But I know God has a

plan for her, and in the end her leaving

won't end our f r iendship that has grown

so strong th roughou t this year. Delaney Renae Selby, I love you so

much. You always bring a smile to my

face and life is never dull when you're a round. You're thought fu l , smar t , beauti-

ful and one of the best f r iends I've had in my entire life. I'll miss you more than you

could ever know, and there will always

be a special place in my hear t for you. As you leave us, know that I will always be

here for you, no mat te r what , and if you

ever get lonely, there will always be room for you in Gi lmore r o o m 101 next year. I

wish you all the happiness in the woj-ld!

Gina Holder wants her other room-

mate Shannon to know that she's super

excited to room with her next year, and

knows that the two of them will have an

amazing semester.

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L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R S

Derogatory use of 'gay' unacceptable T o t h e Ed i to r s :

In the past four years here at H o p e Col-

lege, m a n y things have stirred m y e m o -

tions. If you k n o w m e then you are aware

that 1 have a tendency to cons tandy de-

m a n d change and progress. O f t e n t imes

m y frus t ra t ions have been directed towards

people in posi t ions of authori ty; however,

someth ing has occur red to m e in the past

few m o n t h that has finally pushed m e to

speak ou t and address the entire c a m p u s

because w e a re the ones to blame.

O n a Saturday night earlier this mon th ,

1 was walking to a fr iend's house. It was late

and I was alone. As I was just abou t a block

away f r o m my destination a car pulled into

the driveway in f ron t of me. T h e driver

rolled d o w n his window, showed m e a

choice m e m b e r of his fingers and called

m e a fag. I walked on by as the passengers

laughed at their f r i ends clever remark. 1

laughed it off and kept walking. I acted

cool and did exacdy as my mothe r told m e

to do w h e n conf ron ted by a "bully": ignore

them. 1 use the word bully in this case

because that 's h o w this seemed . It didn't

s eem any different f r o m four th grade w h e n

the kids discovered the word "fag" a n d re-

alized it was someth ing they could use to

make f u n of s o m e o n e else.

T h e t ru th is that I was truly hu r t and of-

fended. First of all, I 'm not gay. Second,

I didn't even k n o w these guys. W h a t did

they have against me? N o w you see, you

may not realize it yet, but I've just s h o w n

you the ex t reme issue that has been both-

er ing me. The first, a n d mos t obvious, issue

in this episode relates to the general c ru -

elty and lack of respect that these individu-

als directed towards me. As I've thought

abou t it, I've realized what a c o m m o n thing

this is o n campus . People are m e a n to each

o ther for no apparent reason at all. As a

sor t of joke, I like to call it a " r andom act of

unkindness." As w e know, in all jest, there

is s o m e t ruth . This, however, is the lesser

of the issues at hand.The second, a n d m o r e

impor t an t issue is the one that was com-

mit ted by bo th the g roup of guys in the car

as well as I. The issue he re is in the treat-

m e n t of the words "gay" and "fag." In d ie

m o d e r n colloquial of Amer ican English,

these words are b o t h used in a derogatory

m a n n e r regarding homosexuals . T h e ways

in which these words have always been

used against m e have been used in a way

that was m e a n t to be harmful . T h e t ru th is

that it really is harmful . Whi le it is not nec-

essarily terribly ha rmfu l to me, it is truly

ha rmfu l to our communi ty .

T h e mistake that 1 m a d e was in my reac-

tion. W h y did I feel the need to convince

people that I was "not gay"? Did I think I

was I saving m y reputation in some way?

W h a t difference does it make if I am "gay"?

It doesn't make any difference in who I a m

or h o w m u c h respect I deserve. In the past

century we have c o m e to better unders tand

the power of words. In the past year, the

N A A C P retired the N-word and even gave it

a funeral. W e finally unders tand that being

of African descent cannot be used as some-

thing bad. So when will we unders tand that

being a homosexual should not either?

The quest ion is: h o w does one retire

the G-word? It can't be d o n e because be-

ing gay means being happy or joyful even

though in o u r colloquial language it hasn't

been used in that way for a long t ime.

Homosexual , heterosexual, black, white,

b rown, yellow, red, male, female, Christ ian,

Jew, Musl im or whatever else with which

w e associate ourselves, w e are all people

w h o live, breathe, and love together. It is

the responsibility of all of us to s top this

discr iminat ion that is so hurtful . So again,

wha t is to be d o n e abou t this "gay" issue?

W h a t needs to be d o n e is to resculpt

and, in a way, reinvent the perception of

this word in o u r o w n heads. I know of

an exper iment that is going o n in specific

pockets of our count ry that involves this

very idea. Al though i ts not so c o m m o n

any more , we have gotten very used to

hear ing the phrase "that is so gay!" all the

t ime. In this sense, the word gay has been

used to replace any word that m e a n s bad

o r undesirable. W h a t I propose, and what

has been d o n e on o ther college campuses ,

is that we reinvent this phrase. Instead of

using it as a bad thing, use it when you're

trying to say someth ing good; and, per-

haps, accompany it with a high-five. Okay,

maybe not so m u c h on the high-five. Use

the words in their p roper sense and make

people think abou t t h e m wi thout the sense

of someth ing bad. That way the s t igma sur-

rounding the words might just dissipate.

My hope, then, is that the s t igma a round

being gay might just dissipate as well. It's

no secret that this c a m p u s isn't exacdy

friendly to gay culture. Just think abou t it.

If we were able to help make this campus a

friendlier place, in any way, that would be

so gay!

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C o u l a s s p e n t t h e . s p r i n g of

2007 s t u d y i n g at Vic tor ia Un i -

vers i ty of W e l l i n g t o n in N e w

Z e a l a n d . She p h o t o g r a p h e d t h e

r o a d - c r o s s i n g s c e n e in F e b r u a r y

of t h a t year o n S o u t h Is land, N e w

Z e a l a n d , o n a h i g h w a y b e t w e e n

Mi l fo rd S o u n d a n d Te A n a u .

"I t h ink it d o e s a ve ry g o o d

job of s u m m i n g up Kiwi life-

style - it is so laid back - you

don ' t get s tuck in t raff ic j a m s ,

bu t r a t h e r s h e e p jams," she said.

" W e e n d e d u p hav ing t o wai t

fo r a b o u t 4 5 m i n u t e s t o let all of

t h e s h e e p c o m e t h r o u g h ! It w a s

a n exper ience!!"

T h e first-, s e c o n d - a n d th i rd -

place p h o t o s in t h e c o n t e s t w e r e

c h o s e n by Kerala G o o d k i n , ed i -

to r a n d chief of " G l i m p s e M a g a -

zine." Of Coulas ' s p h o t o , G o o d -

kin n o t e d , " O n m e s s a g e a n d

c o m p o s i t i o n - th i s p h o t o g r a p h e r

is t h e clear w inne r . T h e c h o i c e

to f o c u s t h e image a r o u n d t h e

po in t at wh ich t h e f lock m e e t s

t h e h o r i z o n r a t h e r t h a n a r o u n d

t h e vehicle bri l l iantly r e p r e s e n t s

mi:

P H O T O COURTESY A U S T R A L E A R N

S H E E P G O T O H E A V E N - "Sheep Traf f ic Jam, " a pho to tak -

en by Tar ln Coulas ( ' 08 ) , w o n f i r s t p lace In t h i s yea r ' s A l u m n i

Photo Con tes t , sponso red by Aus t raLearn .

a key cu l tu ra l e l e m e n t of N e w

Z e a l a n d C u l t u r e - t h e s h e e p to

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

of t h e p h o t o , w i t h a d o m i n a n t

sky a n d d i s t a n t h o r i z o n l ine a d d s

to t h e v iewer ' s abil i ty to perce ive

t h e absu rd i t y of th is s i tua t ion .

T h e s h a d o w s of the s h e e p cas t

by t h e s e t t i ng sun , w h e n c o m -

b i n e d wi th t h e s t r i p ing of t h e

h ighway in t h e f o r e g r o u n d , cre-

a tes a br i l l iant se r ies of r ight

angles t h a t d r a w the eye d e e p e r

in to t h e photo."

C o u l a s is a psycho logy m a -

jor a t Hope , a n d he r act ivi t ies

have i n c l u d e d in tercol leg ia te

golf. She is a 2 0 0 4 g r a d u a t e of

G r a n d L e d g e H i g h School , a n d is

t h e d a u g h t e r of D o n n a C o u l a s of

Lans ing a n d Paul Cou la s .

D u r i n g 2006-07 , 134 H o p e

s t u d e n t s spen t e i the r t h e aca-

d e m i c year o r a s e m e s t e r in

2 7 d i f f e ren t coun t r i e s , wi th 18

s t u d y i n g ove r seas t h r o u g h Aus-

t r aLea rn . Also d u r i n g the 2006-

0 7 schoo l year, H o p e h o s t e d 6 7

in t e rna t iona l s t u d e n t s f r o m 29

c o u n t r i e s .

SPORTS APRII 16, 2008 T I I F A N C H O R

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Lacrosse clubs aim high in spring season James Ralston SPORTS EDITOR

The Hope College lacrosse

clubs are coming to the conclu-sion of what has been a season

affected heavily by the weather.

Despite Mothe r N a t u r e s at-t empts , each team has partici-

pated in s trong contests. The women's p rogram fin-

ished their season April 5, as

their remaining two games were cancelled. Despite the setbacks,

the t eam has had many success-

es. "Although (our season was)

very shor t , we showed a lot of

dedicat ion and promise as a team," Ashley T impner ('09)

said. "I'm just sorry we were not able to play as many games

due to cancellations beyond our

control." The season was shor tened to

eight total games due to weather,

and the young team was able to improve th roughou t the sea-

son and finish with some close

games. "Our greatest game had to be

against Nor th Western Illinois. We just played smar t lacrosse,"

Timpner said. "We were aggres-

sive, bu t very clean. We played

hard and did a really good job of communica t ing as a team."

O n top of the compet i t ive as-

pect of the team, Caitlin Lamade ('09) pointed ou t a unique quali-

ty of the women's lacrosse team.

"I feel as though the women's lacrosse t eam is one of the few

spor t teams at Hope that you

can join wi thout any experience and just c o m e out and learn," La-

m a d e said. "The girls w h o have

experience are more than willing to take you under their wing and

help you learn." The men's team has had more

success with the wea ther and

has been able to get more games in. They also have a few weeks of

play remaining. The t eam cur-

rently holds a 3-4 record despite

injury problems. "We've been plagued by in-

juries which has been tough,"

captain Keith Trojniak ('08) said. "But people have really s tepped

up to fill in the posi t ions that are needed. We have had some

good newcomers improving a

lot and taking on key roles." The t eam hopes to cont inue

to improve as they head into a

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P H O T O BY K E V I N R A L E Y

T E A M H U D D L E - The men's lacrosse team ci rc les to dis-cuss tac t i cs earl ier th is week. The t eam faces Calvin Col lege

on Apri l 19.

game against rival Calvin Col-

lege on April 19 at Holland

Chris t ian High School. "Calvin is always very tough

compet i t ion; they are a con-sistently s t rong t eam with a lot

of numbers," Trojniak said. "It

should be an excellent match up. We're going in very confident .

W e just hope to go into the game and not hold anything back and

see who comes ou t on top."

Following the game against

Calvin, the team will head into the end of the season with bo th

conference and regional tourna-

ments . "Our goals in t he tourna-

ments at t he end of the season

are just like any o the r game we

go into," Trojniak said. "We want to play like it is our last

game, with hear t and desire. It will come down to whether we

can execute on the field as we

have prepared in practice."

Hope golf teams play through schedule and weather Nick Hinkle SPORTS EDITOR

From playing in 30 degree

weather to hit t ing golf balls off

pads in the Dow Center, the

H o p e College men's and wom-en's golf t eams are doing all they

can to play their best golf for the spring season. The men's t eam

has already qualified for the na-

tional t o u r n a m e n t by winning the MIAA title in t he fall sea-

son, while t he w o m e n are trying

to improve on their fall perfor-

mances .

The men, led by four seniors

Ryan Sheets, Tommy Yamaoka,

Mat t Lapham and Steve Mar-tindale, already won the M a n -

chester College t o u r n a m e n t by

four strokes on April 12. Mos t recently, on Monday, the Dutch-

m e n traveled to the Spring Ar-bor University Tournament ,

where they placed second losing

by only five shots . Despite already having an in-

vitation to the national tourna-

ment , the team is still focused

on compe t ing well leading up to

nationals. "This spr ing we are down to

business to win every tourna-ment and the compet i t ion has

been different than the fall,"

captain Yamaoka said. "We are he re to prove we are the

top t eam in our region." In trying to stay compet i -

tive this spring, the men's

and women's t eams have struggled with adverse

weather condi t ions and gett ing oppor tuni t ies

to pract ice ou tdoors on

the course. O n the women's

side, coach Eva Folkert uses the Dow Center 's

racquetball cour ts . "We're only able to

do so m u c h inside,"

Folkert said. "We only have one hit t ing

pad and have to share the bigger gym (at t he

Dow Center) with other

teams." While only having lim-

ited space and practice

time, Folkert was pleased with the women's four th -

ace finish at an MIAA

t o u r n a m e n t held at

Zollner Golf Course.

"We are here to prove we are

the top team in our region"

— Tommy Yamaoka,

senior captain

"We stayed consis tent with

how we finished up last fall by

finishing fourth," Folkert said. "We played pret ty good with

only four or five days of practice.

I was actually pretty hear tened

by that (355 team total)." Similar to t he w o m e n , the

m e n have tried to do all they can in dealing with the weather and

have placed third or be t te r in ev-

ery t o u r n a m e n t this spring.

"It has been a tough spring

for us with

t he wea th-

er no t co-

opera t ing ," Y a m a o k a

said. "We have prac-

ticed in-doors and i i ^ = = = = =

o u t d o o r s to get ready, bu t t o u r n a m e n t s are the bes t way to get ready for

nationals." Although the m e n have ex-

per ienced poor weather like the women's team, they were able to

play over the team's spring break

trip. "Spring break was a good op-

por tuni ty to play golf as a team

outs ide and we had great weath-er," Yamaoka said. "We were able

to build t eam camaraderie." Don Kring ('09) was one of

nine member s on the t eam who

went to Florida. "Actually, we played the na-

tional t ou rnamen t course on our way down, and we got to see

what it was like," Kring said. As bo th teams progress

through their spring schedules,

the N C A A tournamen t is the ul-t imate goal. The women's team

will head to the Medalist Golf

Course for their final 36-hole

MIAA tou rnamen t .

"The Medalist is probably one

of t he top three mos t difficult

courses in the league," Folkert said. "It is tight and has a n u m -

ber of places with carry over

marsh areas." Folkert is hoping the upper -

classmen will be able to rely o n

past experiences at the Medalist to help them a round the tough

course. "They (upperclassmen) have

their scouting repor t on that with jour-

= = : = = = = = = = = nals in their

bags," Folk-

ert said. "It will be up

to the up-

p e r c l a s s -m e n to

5 = = = e d u c a t e

(the under -

classmen)." Even if the t eam does not

qualify for t he N C A A tourna-ment , capta in Julie Hoogerhyde ('08) has a shot to qualify indi-

vidually. Hoogerhyde has led

the team in scoring averaging 83

strokes overall. Folkert has enjoyed coaching

Hoogerhyde over the years. "She didn't play in the fall of

her f reshman and junior years, but she's a s tudent with a lot of

interests which is great," Folkert said. "She has been a fantast ic

leader this year and done well

with that." O n the men's side, the N C A A

t o u r n a m e n t on May 13-16 is al-

ready in their future . It is only

a mat ter of s tepping up and per-

forming at this point . "As a team, we want to play

like any o the r t o u r n a m e n t and

try to win," Yamaoka said. "We have the talent to do it, and we

will take it one round at a time."

T H I S W E E K I N S P O R T S

Wednesday April 16 Baseball Home vs. Tri-State University at 2

p.m.

Softball Home vs. St. Mary's College at 3 :30

p.m.

Men's Tennis Home vs. Calvin College at 4 p.m.

Thursday April 17 Women's Tennis Away vs. Calvin College at 3 p.m.

Friday April 18 Men's Golf Malone College Tournament in Alli-

ance, Ohio at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Saturday April 19 Baseball Away vs. Tri-State University at 1 p.m.

Softball Away vs. Kalamazoo College at 1 p.m.

Track & Field Northwood Invitational at 1 1 a.m.

Men's Tennis Home vs. Albion College at 1 p.m.

Men's Golf Malone College Tournament In Alli-

ance, Ohio at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Men's Lacrosse Calvin College at Holland Christian

High School 7 p.m.

I N B R I E F

SOFTBALL PLAYERS NAMED MIAA PLAYERS 0FTHE

WEEK

First baseman Kelli Duimstra

('09) and pi tcher Leah Van Enk

('10) were bo th named MIAA

player of the week. Duimstra bat ted .481 (13 for

27) over eight games, which helped the Dutch improve their

record to 6-2 for the week. Van Enk won all th ree of her s tar ts

last week. In her previous 20 in-

nings, Van Enk only walked one

bat ter and struck ou t 11. She also helped the t eam in offense

by batt ing .375 (3 for 8).

In addi t ion to the two honor -ees, Jessica Regnerus ('08) broke

Hope's all-t ime stolen base re-cord. Regnerus had four stolen

bases on in the Illinois Wesleyan

University Tournamen t on April 11 and 12, which improved her

career total to 66 surpassing the

old record of 63. Regnerus im-proves her record to 13-for-15

stolen bases this year and is 66-for-76 over her career.

HOLLAND POLICE PLAY FRATERNITY TO BENEFIT

CHILDREN

Hope College's Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity will team up with

the Holland Police Department

for a charity basketball game to

benefit the children of Lori and ken DeKleine. Funds raised will

go towards supporting the chil-

dren, whose mother was recently killed. The game will take place

on Tuesday April 22 at 7 p.m. at

DeVos Fieldhouse. Tickets will be sold for three dollars each and

are available at the DeVos ticket

office.

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P H O T O E D I T O R D A V I D M O O R E

F I N D I N G H I S GROOVE— Pitcher Ma t t Richardson ("09) hurls the bal l towards the plate in the Adrian game on Apri l 15.

Hope baseball strikes out against Adrian

James Ralston SPORTS EDITOR

Nick Hinkle SPORTS EDITOR

T h e H o p e College baseball

t eam con t inues to s t ruggle in

the 2008 season . T h e t eam d r o p p e d two

g a m e s to Adr ian College o n

Apri l 15, 5 - 2 and 5-4, ex tend-ing Hope ' s losing s t reak to six

games .

H o p e cu r ren t ly ho lds a 3 -9 r eco rd in t he M1AA and are

5 -17 overall . T h e y s t and in

last place overall in t he M I A A wi th 16 games r ema in ing in the

M I A A season.

T h e team's next g a m e will

be h o m e at Boeve S tad ium against Tr i -State Univers i ty

W e d n e s d a y at 2 p.m. Tri -State is s e c o n d to last in the M I A A

c o n f e r e n c e s t and ings with an

M I A A record of 4-11 and 10-

16 overall .

Athlete profile: tennis player John Pelton Nick Hinkle SPORTS EDITOR

This season, the H o p e College men's tennis t eam has

remained undefea ted in the MIAA. In addi t ion to the team, John Pelton ('09) has also managed to keep a per-

fect record in conference play. In the n u m b e r o n e singles

position, Pelton has only lost th ree matches all year.

Last year, Pelton's c i rcumstances were much differ-

ent , since he was playing as n u m b e r five singles and

two or th ree doubles for Western Michigan University. He t ransferred to H o p e this year to join the Du tchmen

squad for his junior season. His pr imary reason for

t ransferr ing was academics. In adjus t ing to Hope College and the tennis team,

Pelton was well received and has enjoyed his exper ience

thus far. "It's actually been pretty easy," Pelton said. "Everyone

has been super nice, and the t eam is a bunch of great

guys." Capta in John Schlotz ('09) has also noticed Pelton

make a great t ransi t ion in fitting in with the team.

"Pelton gets a long great with the team," Schlotz said. "He fits r ight in with the family that is H o p e College

Men's tennis . His witty, t imely c o m m e n t s always get a

good rile out of t he team." • The transi t ion f rom Division I to Division III athletics

has been noticeable by Pelton. Everything f rom the play

to the mindse t opera tes a little differently.

"The difference is definitely there," Pelton said. "Win-

ning is a little less impor tan t and it isn't everything. At

Western , winning was a lmost our job, but the level of

play was great." Fellow t eammates have also noticed the intense at-

t i tude Pelton has b rought with him f rom training with

a Division I program. If anything, this is helping the

Dutchmen ' s t ra ining habits. "Pelton has b rought a new definit ion of work ethic to

HOTO BY JEFF VRENDENBLR&

NO. 1— John Pelton ( 09) has led the Dutchmen as

their number one singles player.

this t eam in more ways than one," Schlotz said. "Play-

ing against people bet ter than yourself is the best way to improve your game, and, therefore, the whole t eam has

benefi ted skill-wise with h im being on the team."

Despite coming f rom a Division I program, Pelton still faces tough compet i t ion . This season two ou t of Pelton's

three losses were to Aquinas ' n u m b e r one singles player

Pat Bruining. "He's a very good player," Pelton said. "I played well

in bo th matches. Maybe I could have been a little more

aggressive f rom the baseline, but I didn't play poorly."

Looking ahead Hope will play Calvin College on

Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pelton and the team faced Calvin earlier this year at the West Michigan Invitation, which

was a non-scor ing event. "1 know they are supposed to be very good," Pelton

said. "I'm sure it will be an intense match." Along with switching programs, Pelton has adjusted

his personal goals. Admittedly, Pelton was not sure

about how he would pe r fo rm individually at the Divi-

sion III level. "To be honest , I did not know what to expect and

what the level of compet i t ion would be," Pelton said. "I

definitely wanted to beat the players in the conference. I want to go to nat ionals but don't know if that 's a realistic

goal." Currently, H o p e is second in the conference rankings

at 3-0 and 12-6 overall. Kalamazoo College is leading the MIAA standings at 4-0. Hope will face Kalamazoo

at h o m e on April 22 at 4 p.m. The conference season will conclude with the MIAA

tou rnamen t at Kalamazoo April 25-27. Last year, Kal-

amazoo defeated Calvin College 7-2 for the title.

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