04-17-2002

April 2002

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Joseph gives annual Chavez address This year's speech focused on immigration issues with U. S. and Mexico

Courtney Klein C A M P U S BEAT EDITOR

On M o n d a y , April I4 lh , H o p e col lege

hosted the fourth annual Cesar E. Chavez

Address. The address, tilled "Crossing Bor-

ders Mending Bridges; US- Mexico Immi-

gration Debate and C h a l l e n g e s " was given

by Daniel Hernandez Joseph , Consu l of

Mex ico and brother of Lorna Hernandez

Jarvis, professor of Religion at Hope.

Joseph has been a Diplomat in Lardeo, TX

since 1999, and has held many positions that

dealt with migratory issues. Joseph was quick to def ine what the mi-

grant worker is, and what their goals are.

"Migrant workers are workers looking for

jobs that pay better than the ones they already

have," Joseph said. O n e idea that Joseph focused on in his

speech is the idea of the migrant worker liv-

ing in fear. "The experience of the worker is that of

Chavez, living in fear of immigration offi-

cials. They have lost the right to exist be-

cause they live in fear," Joseph said.

Whi le highlighting the feelings of immi-

grants, Joseph also mentioned the feelings

of those who live in the United States.

"Some [Americans] believe they [immi-

grants] should have no rights, because of their

immigration s ta tus / ' Joseph said.

Joseph 's speech focused on the relation-

ship between the United States and Mexico

regarding the immigration issue. What Jo-

seph mentioned was the fact that Mexico

d idn ' t want to talk about immigration issues,

because they didn ' t want to talk about pre-

venting people f rom leaving their country,

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ANCHOH PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

Walter Nelson ('05) and Prabhu Tamilarasan ('05) enjoyed the warm weather covering much of the midwest on Tuesday by tossing around a frisbee near the Fried International Center.

Stein addresses campus

ANCHOff PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

Ben Stein spoke to a capacity crowd in Dimnent Chapel last week for the Student Congress Speaker Series.

Speaker series de-clared a success by organizers

James Pierce C A M P U S BEAT E D I T O R

Ben Stein came to campus last

Tuesday and left on Thursday, as

of ten happens with speakers in the

Student Congress Speaker Series.

T h e t ime in between Stein 's arrival

and depar tu re , t h o u g h , was de-

scribed as "amazing" and "the high-

light of the year" by Amy Avery

( '02) , chairperson of the Speaker

Series Task Force, and Matt Scogin

( '02) , Student Congress president.

"He was here for two nights "

Scogin said. " H e spent t ime on

campus , he spent t ime with stu-

dents, he played fr isbee with stu-

dents, he checked his email in the

library - it was just cool ."

Stein could be frequently seen

obliging students' requests for pic-

tures and autographs, and was also

spotted pounding nails at Habitat

for Humani ty ' s Habifest event on

the Dewitt Patio. "The re was nobody he would

turn down for a picture or an auto-

graph or anything," said Avery, who

also chaired last year ' s commit tee

to bring Maya Angelou to campus

for the series. "In the midd le of

checking his email he would get up

and take a picture with somebody.

I thought it would get really old and

really annoying at first for him and

he totally would d o it. When we

first brought him here it was almost

10:30 and he didn ' t want to check

in. He wanted to go meet people.

He was jus t really excited to be

here." Scogin feels that Hope students

are still saying positive things about

the Ben Stein visit, and it seems that

Hope has left a lasting impression

on Stein himself.

" H e emailed me and told me that

he wants to live in Holland," Scogin

said. "He said it 's the warm center

of the universe and he ' s like, 'For-

get Mal ibu, forget Miami , forget

Washington D.C., 1 want to move

to Hol land . ' " Avery relates a similar sentiment

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Former Hope student, Nobel prize winner to speak r . j i n u n i v e r s e . " s a i d nronerties [of nanotubesl , Smalley said ii

New technology innovations may lead to replacement of

computer chips

Danielle Koski BUSINESS MANAGER

N a n o t e c h n o l o g y s e e m s l ike a fo r e ign

planet to most pebple, but in short t ime it

could become a part of everyday life.

Richard Smalley won the Nobel Prize in

1996 for his preparation of fullerenes, which

e v e n t u a l l y led to B u c k y b a l l s a n d

Buckytubes, and has become one of the main

c o m p o n e n t s in nano technology research .

Smalley will be speaking at Hope on Friday,

April 19, at 4 p.m. in VanderWerf 102, and

will be talking about "Bucky tubes ! New

Materials and Devices from Carbon."

"Folks used to think that carbon occurred

only as diamond or graphite, [but] Smalley

f o u n d a t h i rd f o r m of t h e e l e m e n t ,

Buckyballs," said Don Williams, a Hope pro-

fessor of chemistry. Buckytubes are extremely small carbon

tubes that are arranged in a net-like pattern

similar to the pattern of soccer balls, if they

were made into cylinders. T h e tubes have

amazing propert ies, like being 30 to 100

times stronger then steel, and having superb

conducting capabilities. "Well, when you pull on [a buckytube], it's

the stiffest damn object in the universe," said

Smalley in an interview he gave to Essential

Science Indicators (ESI) in March 2002.

These propert ies have opened doors in

technology, especially in the field of elec-

tronics. " [Buckytubes] might replace silicon as

computer chips " Will iams said.

To use Buckytubes in areas of the com-

puter industry could mean super thin flat

screens with high definition, and micro-sized

transistors. "Within five years, I 'm confident we will

f ind single-wall nanotubes in commercial

products, and most likely those will be prod-

ucts that exploit the electronic conduction

properties [of nanotubes]," Smalley said in

the March 2002 ESI interview. Smalley has won multiple awards for his

research in nano techno logy , bes ides the

Nobel Prize. He was elected to the National

A c a d e m y of S c i e n c e s in 1990, and the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences in

1991. His work has been published and cited

in various scholarly journals, including Sci-

ence, "[Smalley] is personable, charming, smart

and won a prize mos t of us only d ream

about ," Williams said. Smalley was a Hope student from 1961 to

1963, then left to comple te his chemistry

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G a m p l i s Beat V^nchor A p r i l 17, 2002

ANCHOR PHOTO COURTESY PUBLIC RELATIONS

Harvey Blankespoor, Robert Elder, Ronald Wolthius, and Donald Williams (from left) are retiring from Hope after a combined 109 years of service.

Four Hope profs plan to retire after this year Biology, political science, chemistry and education will all lose professors

Becca Haynes STAFF REPORTER

Four longl ime members of

the Hope Col lege faculty will

say goodbye this year Harvey

B l a n k e s p o o r , t h e F r e d e r i c h

Garrett and Helen Floor Dekker

Professor of Biology; Robert

Elder Jr., professor of political

science; Donald Williams, pro-

fessor of chemistry ; and Ronald

Wolthuis, associate professor of

education will be retiring at the

end of this school year.

Blankespoor jo ined the H o p e

faculty in 1976. In 1980 Hope

students presented him with the t 4Hope Outs tanding Professor

Educator" (H.O.P.E.) Award.

Since 1990, he has conducted

May terms for Hope students in

South America and East Africa.

B l a n k e s p o o r a n d h i s w i f e

Marlene were Resident Direc-

tors in Cosmopoli tan Hall from

1993-2001.

Elder joined the Hope faculty

in 1969. He helped to establish

Hope 's May term in Washing-

ton D.C. in the early 1970^, and

the Hope Washington Honors

Semester in 1976.

In 1993 he instituted a faculty

exchange with Bishop Herber

College in Tamil Nadu.

He was also a faculty consult-

ant to the political science de-

par tment at the Universi ty of

Colombo in Sri Lanka through

a Fulbright grant.

In 2000, he was Hope ' s ex-

c h a n g e p r o f e s s o r at M e i j i

Gakuin University in Japan.

E lde r co -au thored the text

"American Government: Essen-

tials and P e r s p e c t i v e s " with

Jack Holmes, professor of po-

litical science and Dr. Michael

Engelhardt. Williams has been a member

of the Hope faculty since 1969.

Wi l l i ams has c rea ted courses

concerning the environmental con-

sequences of electrical power gen-

e r a t i o n , and the h i s to ry of the

atomic bomb. He has developed the

course "Science and Human Val-

ues," since the implementation of

the Sen io r S e m i n a r p rog ram in

1969. He has also consulted with the

Holland Board of Public Works and

has served on the Board of Gover-

nors of the Michigan Low-Level

Radioact ive Waste Authority. He

has won state and national Ameri-

can Nuclear Society Communica-

tion Awards for his ability to com-

municate with the public.

Wil l iams ' wife Susan is retiring

this year as director of the college's

F O C U S and SOAR programs.

Will iams' feelings about retire-

ment are bittersweet.

" I ' v e k n o w n t r emendous stu-

dents who have helped me grow.

But I 've been an eighteen year old

student for 46 years, and it 's t ime

for me to move on. I want to retire

at the top of my game. I 've loved

teach ing , but I look fo rward to

other things," Will iams said.

Will iams intends to pursue a va-

riety of interests.

" I 've got to feel useful. But I a lso

plan to do a lot of traveling and

photography. I 'm going to take my

slide show of my funny signs col-

lect ion to r e t i r ement centers in

June, where I'll also do talks on the

history of the atomic bomb. If it

works , I ' l l take it on the road , "

Will iams said.

Wolthuis is a 1964 graduate of

Calvin College.

Wolthuis became a member of

the Hope faculty in 1985, focusing

in special education.

During the current school year he

has t a u g h t " T h e E x c e p t i o n a l

Child," "Introduction to Emotion-

a l ly I m p a i r e d , "

"Psychoeduca t iona l S t ra tegies ,"

and "Senior Seminar."

Wolthuis has also been active at

the state and national levels, includ-

ing the P r o f e s s i o n a l A d v i s o r y

Boards of the Autism Society of

Michigan and the Michigan As-

s o c i a t i o n fo r C h i l d r e n wi th

Emotional Disturbance, Institu-

tions for Higher Education Ad-

visory Commit tee , and the Edu-

cation Commit tee of the Autism

Society of America. . He was

elected recipient of the fall. 2000

" H o n o r a r y P r o f e s s o r / S t a f f

Member Award" award by the

student body. He will present the

co l l ege ' s C o m m e n c e m e n t ad-

dress on Sunday, May 5.

Wolthuis intends to continue

teaching after his retirment.

"We |Wol th ius and Sherr ie

Wolthius lare going to teach in

schools for miss ionary ' s kids.

I ' l l use my special educa t ion

training and work with special

needs students. My wife has a

cons iderable ESL background

which will also be useful . We

share a vision for this kind of

work. I will also probably work

in recruitment, training special

education teachers to use their

s k i l l s in t e a c h i n g a b r o a d , "

Wolthuis said.

Wolthuis considers retirement

as a window to several years of

numerous opportunities.

"Retirement closes a phase of

my career life and opens another.

It 's a wonderful exper ience to

take all of the gifts I have been

given and to use those further,"

Wolthuis said.

Wolthuis considers his years

at Hope to be invaluable.

"Hope has been a wonderful

experience for me and my fam-

ily. Each of my sons has had a

great experience at Hope. It has

helped me to learn how to inte-

grate my faith and my profes-

sion." Wolthius said. "At Hope

I began to understand how the

two vastly different aspects can

complement one another. I have

also learned more on how to be

an e f f e c t i v e educa to r on this

campus. I have a deep respect

and affection for my colleagues

here, and I know God is doing

important things on this cam-

pus."

Fine Grove to be rocked by Earth Jam Saturday EIG sponsors an-nual Earth-friendly event James Pierce STAFF REPORTER

Earth Day is fast approaching,

and Hope ' s Environmental Issues

Group is throwing a celebration in

the pine grove this weekend.

Live music, poetry readings, and

paper making are all part of this

yea r ' s event , according to Dyan

Couch (404), one of the event ' s or-

ganizers.

Earth Jam will a l so fea tu re a

raf f le and prizes, with p roceeds

going to buy a tree to replace the

ones near DeWitt that fell down

recently.

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"Earth Jam is a day of celebrat-

ing the Ear th ," Couch said. "I t 's

about trying to enjoy being outside,

learning about how to protect the

Earth, and teaching people about

how to make simple decisions on

how to help the environment ."

W T H S will be broadcasting live

from the pine grove as Earth Jam

is taking place between 11:30 am

and 5:30 pm this Saturday, April 20.

Earth Jam has been an annual

feature at Hope for more than 12

years, according to Couch.

Admission to the Earth Jam is

free, and the only expense for par-

t ic ipants is in the raf f le t ickets ,

which cost 25 cents each.

In the event of rain on Saturday,

Earth Jam will move to the Kletz.

AKCHOFi PHOTO BY COURTNEY KLEIN

Daniel Hernandez Joseph delivered the fourth annual Cesar E. Chavez Address in the DeWitt Center theater.

but that Mexico finally met with the

United States to discuss Mexican

human rights. One of the problems

wi th th is i ssue is that M e x i c o

merely wanted to "renew the pro-

gram, not solve it, like the U. S.

Wanted to do ," Joseph said.

Joseph also highlighted the fact

that American government officials

in the tend to stray away from im-

migration issues, because dealing

with them is "political suicide."

And contrary to popular belief,

most who immigrate are not poor.

"It is not the poorest of the poor

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in the immigration cycle. It takes

money to immigrate," Joseph said.

The government took the initia-

tive to form the IRCA, the Immi-

gration Reform and Control Act ,

which gave illegal immigrants al-

ready existing in the United States

a green card, but that we would

"shut the door behind them," Jo-

seph said. T h e immigration issue is a con-

tinuous one, but Joseph explained

what he believed would happen.

"Immigration will continue, but

it will change phases," Joseph said.

"He really loved it," Avery said."He

told me y e s t e r d a y tha t h e w a s

speaking at Baldwin-Wallace Col-

lege in Cleveland, and he said he

didn ' t think it was going to be one

tenth as good as Hope was."

Compared to last year ' s speech

from Maya Angelou, which had a

price tag larger than Stein's $20,000

fee, Avery and Scogin described

t h i s y e a r ' s i n s t a l l m e n t of t h e

speaker series as much more stu-

dent oriented. They felt that this

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year 's was more in line with how

the speaker series is supposed to be,

since it is essentially financed with

tuition money. Scogin estimated the audience in

Dimnent at around 1300, most of

whom were students. " H e was asking us a f t e rward ,

'How many people go to Hope? '

and we said about 3,000, and so he

said 'Holy cow, that 's almost half

of the student body. ' It will be hard

to top next year." Scogin said.

degree at the University of Michi-

gan in 1965. According to Will-

iams, Smalley took all the courses

Hope had to offer, and left after a

key professor died.

He then earned his master and

doctorate from Princeton. Smalley

is now a professor of chemistry and

physics at Rice University in Hous-

ton, Texas, where he is also the di-

rector of the Center for Nanoscale

Science and Technology at Rice.

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Senior art show shines in DePree gallery Maureen Yonovitz SENIOR STAFF REPORTER

For those who haven ' t been to

the DePree gallery in a while, the

senior art show "Art Addicts: Deal-

ers Welcome" is now underway.

The display, featuring the work of

senior art majors , began Friday,

April 5 and will continue through

Sunday, May 5.

From its initial planning to the

hanging of the artwork, the show

is run completely by the senior art-

ists. Each artist chooses four works

to display and presents an artist 's

statement. ' i t is a time when they [the art-

ists) can truly show what their

work is about ," said Jenna Ander-

son ( '02).

A n d e r s o n is p r e s e n t i n g f o u r

paintings in the show. For two of

them, enti t led Resurrect ion and

White as Snoe, she used encaus-

tic, which she explains is a wax-

paint like substance that must re-

main heated in order to keep f rom

drying and then fused to the surface

of the painting with a heat gun after

being applied.

"I am relieved because I worked

so long to think of and finish the

works for this show and I can finally

j u s t s t a n d back and a p p r e c i a t e

them," Anderson said.

T h e show includes work from a

range of artistic forms. Anna Kohls

( '02) , whose major focus is in ce-

ramics, has a number of bowl and

cup sets in the display. "Most people think of art as just

painting, or just drawing. T h e art

show provides viewers an access to

many other media and a variety of

styles," Kohls said.

All s tudents are encouraged to

come to the show and experience the

many different types of art on dis-

play. The artists hope everyone will

— BY ROB ONDRA

Monique Murray's ('02)"My Skin and Soul", right, and Steve Haulenbeek's ('02) "Suicide Machine", left, are a few of the works featured in the annual Senior Art Show.

find some enjoyment in seeing what

others have done and possibly gain

some inspiration in learning-some-

thing new about what they see.

' i t ' s just fun to wander around a

gallery and wonder 'what is that big

blue square supposed to mean? ' "

Kohls said. "Art opens up a new

line of thinking."

Also, in addition to their artwork

being displayed, two graduating art

history majors Jennifer Chalifoux

( '02) and Lauren Hermes ( '02) will

be presenting their senior papers

Thursday , April 18 at 7 p .m. in

Cook Auditorium of DePree,

Creativity award given to artistic seniors ^ r, . • .i . i : . a 'trytrxravciyif* Kfr-aiic** I u/hq n n m i n a f p H

Emily Moellman A R T S EDITOR

Three Hope seniors in the arts

will graduate with something to

show for all their hard work, dedi-

cat ion and creativity. Susan De

Kam of the mus ic d e p a r t m e n t ,

Rachel Pr idgeon of the Engl ish

d e p a r t m e n t and C h a r l o t t e van

Coevorden of the dance depart-

ment were recently awarded the

Mary Van Tamelen Prize for Cre-

ativity in the Arts. T h e prize Is awarded annually to

a graduating senior or group of se-

niors on the basis of extraordinary

creativity in the general arts dem-

onstrated by original work worthy

of critical acclaim in the larger

world, appearing in print or other

medium. In addition to the honor

of the award, the students are also

given a cash prize.

Each department in the arts, lit-

erature, creative writing, music the-

atre, fine arts, film or television, has

the opportunity to nominate one stu-

dent. After the student is nominated,

he or she is required to present a

portfolio Up a selection commit tee

highlightmg their accomplishments

in creativity while at Hope.

This year, a selection commit tee

comprised of professors f rom the

arts headed by William Reynolds,

Dean for the Arts and Humanities,

deliberated several hours over the

candidates materials before award-

ing the Van Tamelen Prize to the

lucky three artists.

It 's always a difficult decision

to make because we have very tal-

ented students here at H o p e who

r e c e i v e g b o d t e a c h i n g a n d

men to r ing , " sa id Reyno lds . 44 In

picking the best of the best, you are

presented with some j m p r e s s i v e

artists" Van C o e v o r d e n r e c e i v e d the

award for her work in choreogra-

phy. "I was happy when I heard the

news," van Coevorden said.4 4 T h e

dance department hasn't had a re-

c ip ien t of the award in severa l

years. It is not only a good thing

for me but also for the department."

Van Coevorden has incorporated

many other forms of art into her

choreography, including the poetry

of Hope student Ben Falk (402) and

the painting "New York Ci ty" by

abstract artist Mondrian>

Pr idgeon was selected for her

work in creative writing including

fiction, nofiction and poetry. She

also included original photography

in her portfolio.

"It has been a huge honor, mostly

because I was nominated by the

faculty I have admired for the past

four years," Pridgeon said. 44 The

nomination is actually more impor-

tant to me than the award itself."

Pridgeon plans to put the prize

money towards the purchase of a

new lap top computer to use while

attending Western Michigan Uni-

versity next fall for graduate stud-

ies in creative writing.

De Kam was awarded the Van

Tamelen for her performance work

in piano and organ. She recently

placed second in the collegiate or-

g a n c o m p e t i t i o n at the M u s i c

Teachers National Association an-

nual conference in March.

All of Van Tamelen awardees

will be publically honored at the

annual H o n o r s C o n v o c a t i o n on

T h u r s d a y , Apri l 24 in D i m n e n t

Chapel.

Late night jazz concert will jive local restaurant Rebecca Haynes STAFF REPORTER

On Thursday, April 18, the Hope j azz en-

sembles and the Anchor Band will give reason

to stay up past your bedtime. T h e Jazz Cham-

ber Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble I, and the An-

chor Band will present a concert beginning at

10 p.m. at 84 East Restaurant downtown,

Hope jazz faculty member and director of the

Jazz Ensembles Brian Coyle considers the con-

cert to be an important experience for student

musicians.

"We try to have a concert at least once a year

in a club setting. It's the best place to see jazz

music, because the atmosphere is more relaxed.

It 's important for the musicians; the students

always play better in this kind of situation be-

cause they ' re more relaxed," Coyle said.

D r u m m e r M i k e K o p c h i c k ( ' 0 4 ) e c h o e s

Coyle ' s sentiments. • "When you ' r e playing in a c lub it 's more in-

timate of an environment. It doesn' t feel so much

like you ' r e putting on a concert because there's

less pressure. It seems to lessen the gap between

A/VCHOfi PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE KOPCHICK

The Jazz Ensemble performs at concert this year held in Dimnent Chapel, This Thursday, the Ensemble will perform at 84 East Restuarant

the [musicians] and the audience," Kopchick

said. "I t 's going to be fun. There aren't a lot of

oppor tun i t ies to hear live j a zz this c lose to

Hope ." The Jazz Chamber Ensemble I, consisting of

five musicians, will play selections f rom a rep-

ertoire including "Lennies Pennies," by Lennie

Tristano; Michael Brecker 's "Tea Bag"; "Stop,"

by Paquito D'Rivera ; Duke Ell ington's ' 'Cara-

van"; and "Witch Hunt , " by Wayne Shorter,

among others. T h e 16-member Anchor Band, directed by

faculty members Steven Ward and Thom Work-

ing, will play a selection of songs such as Shelly

B e r g ' s " M i l e s M o o d , " " L o a f i n , " by Frank

Mantooth; Jeff Jarvis ' "The Right Track '; and

"Cuaba ," by Frank T. Williams. The Jazz Ensemble I, consisting of 16 mem-

bers with a different array of instruments, will

play selections from a diverse repertoire such

as "Three and One ," by Thad Jones; Charles

Mingus ' "Fables of Faubus"; "The Diver," by

Malt Harris; "April in Paris," by Vernon Duke;

Dizzy Gil lepsie 's "Be Bop"; and a commis -

sioned piece: "Stella by Holland," written by

James Miley. Coyle anticipates an exciting show. "Every

time we play |in this type of setting], it 's a blast.

Students should come down, see their friends,

have something to eat. It promises to be a great

concert ." The public is invited and admission is free.

What's going down?

Nightlife:

C o m m o n G r o u n d s C o f f e e

House: Tues. & Sun.: Chess.

Call Ahead for current sched-

ule of offerings. Grand Rap-

ids. 454-2999.

Uncommon Grounds Cof fee

House: poetry readings and

book signings. Call ahead for

dates. Located in downtown

Saugatuck.

D i v e r s i o n s : Ka reoke . Call

ahead for dates. Grand Rap-

ids. 451-3800.

T h e G r o t t o : d a n c i n g and

theme nights. Grand Rapids.

956-9790.

Howlin ' Moon Saloon: Con-

temporary country music and

linedancing. Thrus.-Sat.: live

music.

Hope Happen ings :

S A C movie "Harry Pot te r"

Fri. and Sat. 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.,

and M i d n i g h t , Sun 3 p .m.

Graves Hall.

April 17: Cof fee House in the

Kletz 9-11:00. With Corey

Adomi t i s and Matt Work-

man..

April 22: "Something Every

Tuesday" sponsored by Of -

f i c e of S tuden t Ac t iv i t i e s :

Organizing 101.

Apri l 19: Hypono t i s t Fred

Winte rs in Phe lps at 8:30.

Free for all.

Concer t s :

April 17: Beta Band at St.

Andrews in Detroit.

Apri l 18: Pe te Yorn at the

Riviera in Chicago.

April 19: Super Furry Animals

at the Abbey in Chicago.

April 20: Chemical Bros, at

the Allstate Arena in Illinois.

April 23: Dave Mathews Band

at the Palace in Auburn Hills.

Do you have an event you

want to be advertised in

WHATS GOING DOWN?? If

so. please drop off information

(including date. time, price,

telephone number of venue,

etc.) about your arts-related

event in the box outside the

Anchor office in the Dewitt

Building.

Opinion Vmchor A p r i l 17, 2002

B I G E D

Matt Cook

editor in chief

The Best and Worst of 2001-2002 Next week will be the last

issue of the Anchor for the year

and we will be running a "year

in review" page, highlighting

the campus happenings of the

past school year. This year has been a strange

one for me. On one hand, I 'm

editor of the Anchor and inextricably involved with

Hope College. On the other

hand, I 'm a graduating senior,

sick of Hope College, eager to

move on with my life and not

interested at all in being involved. I think this has given

me a unique vantage point for

what 's gone on. Next week, we'll take a

closer look at this year, but for now, here is my top four list of

the best and worst Hope

College moments of the 2001-

2002 school year. 4 (worst): SAC and Hope Asian

Perspective Association (HAPA). In October (Anchor,

10/17), HAPA asked for an

apology from SAC for showing

the film "Sixteen Candles," which

featured a racist depiction of an

Asian character. My problem is

not with SAC, who did the right

thing in apologizing, but in the campus in general, who re-

sponded with a resounding

"what ' s the big deal?" The big deal is that any group has the right

to speak out in their own defense.

Hope college students still have a

lot to learn about diversity. 4 (best):

Ben Stein. Who would have thought that a deadpan Jewish

gameshow host would become

Hope College's patron celebrity

(Anchor, 4/17)? Although his speech was a little cheesy and

much too long. Hope 's bubble

expanded that much more because

finally someone from outside the

Dutch Michigan world showed

interest in us. 3 (worst): Hockey Club not allowed to

play on Sunday. When the Hope

College powers-that-be told the

Hockey Club that if they made it to the championship game they

wouldn't be allowed to play

(Anchor, 2/27), the story was

picked up by the local press and

Hope became the laughingstock of college sports. It 's ironic that a

college so obsessed with image

shot itself in the foot by showing itself to be hypocritical and

backwards. Why would anyone

want to.play sports at a college

that cares more about old-

fashioned rules than winning a

championship? 3 (best): Gay-Straight Forum (GSF)

fights on. Despite being denied

official recognition two years in a

row, the GSF showed determina-tion this year both before and

after the Campus Life Board

decision, even enlisting the help

of the ACLU and some gay-supporting alumni. It's still an

uphill battle away, but I predict

the GSF will be recognized

officially in the next two years.

2 (worst):

Post 9/11 intolerance. In the

weeks that followed the terrorist

attacks of September 11, religious

articles were stolen from an Islamic student's room, a bulletin

board about Islam was defaced and a racist flyer was seen on

campus (Anchor, 10/31). These

things may not have been caused by Hope students, but if they

were, they were an embarrass-

ment to us all. Racial and reli-

gious hatred is just not acceptable

ever. I still hope that the perpetra-

tors will have the guts to apolo-

gize for what they did and then make the effort to become friends

with a person of a different

religion. 2 (best): Post 9/11 unity. September 11

changed the country forever and

scared the hell out of us (Anchor, 9/12). 9/11, and the few days

after, was one of the few times

that I 've actually seen the campus

getting along, as we stopped

being stupid for a little while to

help each other regain some

purpose in our lives. Don ' t

forget what that felt like. 1 (worst): GSF denied recognition. I

think I 've already said enough

about this in past Anchors. Actually I 've gotten quite

notorious for it. The long and short of it:

unless Hope College fully

accepts gay people and their lifestyle (because they're not

changing), students and faculty

will continue to feel unwanted

and a Hope College education

will completely lose its rel-

evance. 1 (best); Michael Brecker plays

Great Performance Series. When the great saxophonist was

on stage in Dimnent Chapel

playing a virtuoso solo rendition of John Coltrane's "Naima,"

even unspiritual people experi-

enced what it means to be divine

(Anchor, 11/28). Hope College

should teach us more lessons

like that.

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Anchor the 2001 tall semester, Issue #24 of 25

Your voic Your voice

Student clarifies some pronunciations To the Editor:

In last week's "Dialogue on Di-

versity (Infocus, 4/10)" Treasure

Givan pointed out that Oregon is

pronounced like organ, not Or-e-

gone. At Hope College, people of-

ten unfairly mispronounce words. So 1 have complied a list of my own

frequently mispronounced words to

better Hope College's diversity. A

NonChape l -Goer is p ronounced

" m i s l e a d - d e m o n i c - s i n n e r . " En-

counter with Cultures is most prop-erly pronounced "the polit ically

correct propaganda I took because

I couldn't get my cultural diversity

credits waved." Finally, cultural di-

versity should be pronounced "no

big deal because Hope College is a

racial Utopia where students love each other so much that no minor-

ity could ever feel misunderstood."

Phil Waalkes( l 04)

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Apr i l 17, 2002 Vmchor SpotligHt

Hope "Iron Chefs": secrets and passions

Oi

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Hope's culinary pro-fessionals speak from the kitchen.

Jen Troke SPOTUGHT EDITOR

Todd Van Wieren, Certified Ex-

e c u t i v e C h e f fo r the H a w o r t h

Center and Cook Hall, got his first

j ob in the food industry at the ten-

der age of 13.

"My dad was a chef, so I started

e a r l y , "

V a n

W i e r e n

said.

H e has

now been

in t h e

f o o d ser -vice for 24 years. He graduated

f rom Grand R a p i d s C o m m u n i t y

College, then G. R. Junior College,

which boasts one of the top three

c u l i n a r y s c h o o l s in the U n i t e d

States.

Van Wieren worked at the Hol-

land Holiday Inn before coming to

Hope.

He cooked there for the hotel 's

first 10 years and was the Execu-

tive chef for the last six. Until the

Haworth Center was built, Holiday

Inn was the only conference center

of that size.

"This was going to be our direct

competi t ion," Van Wieren said.

He interviewed for the position

and d e m o n s t r a t e d h i s c o o k i n g

skills. He was chosen over about

12 to 15 other candidates.

Now, Van Wieren is in charge of

food aspect of the dorm and con-

ference center. His favorite part of

the arrangement is the diversity.

"During the week, we cook for

the students, and on the weekends,

we'l l cook something a little more

upscale for the conference center,"

Van Wieren said.

Accord ing to Van Wieren. the

kitchen fa-

cilities are

among the

bes t in

H o l l a n d .

T h e set-up

e v e n in-

cludes air-

c o n d i t i o n i n g - a rar i ty for large

kitchens. Van Wieren doesn ' t have

as much time to enjoy the facilities,

however.

" I ' m more management . " Van

Wieren said. "1 do the training and

the scheduling and basically over-

see the kitchen. 1 have a staff of

chefs that work for me ."

Six chefs work for Van Wieren,

three of whom have taken the culi-

nary courses at G. R. C. C.

O n e of the c h e f s is R e b b e c a

Russcher ( '96). Although Russcher

was a history major at Hope, she

has followed a different path since

graduation.

"As much as 1 enjoyed my time

time you just have to your passion. } i I

-Rebecca Russcher ('96), Chef

Todd Van Wieren is the Certified Executive Chef for Cook Hall and the Haworth Center.

here [at Hope] , sometimes you just

h a v e to f o l l o w y o u r p a s s i o n , "

Russcher said.

Russcher loves cooking, and she

says the job at Hope seemed tailor-

made for her. They are able to make

some of the dishes f rom scratch.

" I t ' s really very gratifying- do-

ing food well and having people

appreciate it." Russcher said.

Dur ing the s u m m e r , she will

teach classes out of her kitchen and

return to her n ickname at Pedi ' s

pastries: "pastry goddess."

Hope's Culinary Hopefuls Culinary aspirations of two Hope students

Jen Troke SPOTUGHT EDITOR

Profess iona l chefs are not the

only ones at Hope interested in the

culinary arts.

H o p e s t u -

dents are also

into cooking.

M o s t d o n ' t

h a v e the fa -

c i l i t i e s and

opportuni t ies

to c o o k that

certified chefs

have, but they

m a k e d o a s

best they can.

L e n e e

L i g t e n b e r g

( '04) says ex-

ercise is what got her interested in cooking. She

ran in high school, and she was al-

ways hungry for something good.

"Sometimes to find good food,

you have to seek it out ," Ligtenberg

said.

Her interests in food have been

pushed somewhat to the side since

she came to Hope, though.

"1 tend to put it on hold during

the year, but I work at the Kletz, so

it 's kind of the feel ing of food."

Ligtenberg said. "Right now, it 's

basically one of my hobbies."

She also looks at magazines to

keep in touch with the world of

food. She sees food as art.

L ig tenberg is cons ide r ing the

culinary school at Grand Rapids

Community College, either as an

Lenee Ligtenberg ('04)

alternative to finishing Hope or as

an option for later. She is also look-

ing at ways to explore the world,

such as a culinary school in Pasa-

dena.

"One of my aspirations, at least

at the moment , is to be a che f , "

L i g t e n b e r g

said.

She thinks

she would be

a career chef

in an upscale

restaurant or

o w n a bak-

ery.

"I m i g h t

get into be-

ing a pastry

chef, because

it allows for a

lot of creativ-

i t y . "

L i g t e n b e r g

said. For Marianne Hoyt ( '02) ; cook-

ing has been a

p a r t of l i f e

f rom a young

age.

"My family,

m y p a r e n t s ,

have a lot of

f r i e n d s f r o m

o t h e r c o u n -

t r i e s . " H o y t

said.

S o m e

f r i e n d s f r o m

India come ev-

ery yea r and

cook. Her fam-

ily began attempting Indian food

themselves.

The family tradition first got her

i n t e re s t ed in the c u l i n a r y ar ts .

Hoyt 's background is Italian, so she

comes f rom a long line of good

cooks. Hoyt said.

At Hope. Hoyt has kept up with

cooking through a favorite maga-

zine, along with reading recipes and

watching the cooking channel.

" I ' m obsessed with Food and

Wine Magazine" Hoyt said. "That

is my goal- to write for that maga-

zine."

She took a trip during her time at

the college that encouraged her in-

terest in cooking as well.

"I was really inspired by a trip I

did to Paris last May." Hoyt said.

Hoyt has also pursued other in-

terests, including creative writing.

She was torn be tween en te r ing

graduate school to pursue a creative

writing degree and heading to a cu-

linary school. "I threw out all my grad school

applications without thinking, and

that was my

a n s w e r , "

H o y t s a id .

" I 'm going to

t h e F r e n c h

Cul inary In-

s t i t u t e [ in

New York] in

the fall."

She wi l l

e n t e r a s ix-

month accel-

e r a t e d p ro-

gram there.

T h e f i r s t

three months

will be spen t p r ac t i c ing in the

kitchen, and the last three months

Jalapeno and Cheddar Corn Bread Recipe by:

Servings:

. Todd Van Wieren, C E C

1 1/3 cups all-purpose

flour

1 1/2 cups corn flour

2/3 cups sugar

5 teaspoons baking pow-

der 1/2 teaspoon kosher sa l t

1 large egg

1 1/3 cups milk 5 tablespoons unsalted

butter

1 teaspoon bacon drip-

pings

1 cup cheddar cheese 3 tablespoons jalapeno,

seeded and chopped

1. Preheat oven to 350.

2. Combine flours, sugar,

baking powder and

salt in large bowl.

3. Lightly beat egg, then whisk in milk, butter

and bacon drippings in

small bowl. 4. Pour wet ingredients in

the flour mixture and

mix until smooth.

5. Fold in cheddar cheese

and jalapenos.

6. Transfer into baking

pan and bake 50 min-utes, until golden

brown.

In Love A food poem by Mar ianne Hoyt

This 15 not to say I'm not afraid

fear drapes like a feather blanket or like an artichoke split doujn the center, the sharp

leaf

once nothing more than a commodity

severed from duty

to protect the one inch, tear shaped heart

nouj left to be prepared

soft alone on a flat rim

white plate

garnished

u j i thas l ice of tomato,

melted butter

basil

on the side

r /7b find good food, you have^*™ 11 . • i m x (£& n e c t i n

to seek it out. ^ ^ and a nL

-Lenee Ligtenberg ('04) c e s s i t y

Marianne Hoyt ('02)

will be filled with cooking for the

french restaurant connected to the

school.

For the

s u m m e

Hoyt will

be c o o k -

ing at an

u p s c a l e

res taurant

in Oxford, near her home in Ohio.

She cooked two nights to audition

for the job at the Governor 's Room.

The future plans will not over-

shadow past loves, however. Hoyt

will continue in her creative writ-

ing, despite the busy months that

are sure to lie ahead. " I ' m going to still write," Hoyt

said. "But

t h e r e ^ s

con-

about eat-

i n g a n d

about sharing in a meal, and I just

feel really passionate about it ."

W h e t h e r r u n n i n g , wr i t i ng or

someth ing comple t e ly d i f fe rent ,

Hoyt and Ligtenberg can agree on

one thing: food is an art, and it takes

creativity and persistence.

Infocias The Anchor A p r i l 17, 2002

Lake Mac has problems but solutions too Erica Heeg I N F O C U S EDITOR

M a n y may rea l i ze thai L a k e

Macalawa isn ' t the cleanest lake

around but probably didn ' t know

that it is the sight of intense envi-

ronmental work and c leanup ef-

forts.

"The state of Michigan collected

samples f rom various lakes, ran

them through the lab, and discov-

ered Lake Macatawa had a phos-

phorus p r o b l e m , " said G r a h a m

Peaslee, professor of geological

and environmental sciences. "We

had a lot of phosphorus; it's prob-

ably one of the highest in the state

of Michigan."

According to Peaslee the lake

used to be different: in 1927 an

eighty-pound carp was caught in

Lake Macatawa.

"There are no longer 80 lb carp

because the lake is not that healthy,

and the reason it's not that healthy

is because it 's called eutrophic ,"

Peaslee said. "Eutrophic means nu-

trient rich, too many nutrients...and

to you and I that means too much

fertilizer." T h e Lake Macatawa watershed

is 50-60 percent agriculture, ac-

cording to Peaslee. And, for farm-

ers, fertilization is necessary.

T h e watershed is topographi -

ca l ly d e f i n e d h e r e as the a r ea

around Lake Macalawa where any

drop of water hilling the ground

w o u l d u l t i m a t e l y get to L a k e

Macatawa. The watershed includes

100,000 acres in Southern Ottawa

and Northern Allegan counties.

" T h i s i n c r e a s e in n u t r i e n t s

causes.. .algae blooms and things

like this which basically reduces

the water quality," said Jonathan

Pe te rson , p ro fesso r of env i ron-

mental science. "I t 's primarily af-

fecting surface water, its uses, rec-

reational things...also the ecosys-

tem. Algae growth takes away oxy-

gen f rom fish and other things in

the water."

Pollution was really bad in the

late 'GO's and early 'TO's and con-

sequent ly , says Peterson, in the

'70s some major regulations and

laws were passed, specifically the

Clean Water Act.

"Part of that was the regulation

of point sources—point sources are

literally lha l - someth ing you can

point to where you see discharge

or contamination coming out...like

a f ac to ry ' s d ischarge ," Peterson

said. "Point source regulation has

been very effective. In the last 25

years we have reduced the con-

taminat ion and have essential ly

m .

ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

Sludge and run-off pool along the shores of Lake Macatawa. While the water quality has improved considerably since the '70s, in recent years high levels of phosphorus have been found in the lake, affecting plant and animal life.

cleaned up a lot of the surface wa-

ter."

Peaslee agrees.

"Since the '70s water quality has

improved considerably. The lake is

much cleaner in terms of toxins;

there is very little D D T or mercury

being added," Peaslee said.

Also, according to Peaslee, en-

vironmental indicators have turned

around; the numbers of hawks re-

ally came up f rom the '70s , which

means more fish.

" W e have been very g o o d at

regulating the contaminants from

point sources. We can ' t get much

better on the point sources. Now the

challenge is what we call non-point

sources or runoff from parking lots,

ag r i cu l t u r a l f i e ld s , and r o a d s , "

Peterson said.

In 1996, the Macatawa Area Co-

ordinating Council (MACC) agreed

to oversee a comprehensive water-

shed project aimed at reducing the

l eve l of p h o s p h o r u s in t h e

Macatawa Watershed. The M A C C

f o r m e d a p a r t n e r s h i p wi th the

Michigan Department of Environ-

mental Quality (MDEQ) .

"The M D E Q is lending techni-

cal expertise to water quality sam-

pling and data col lect ion, and is

Virfcr

ANCHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA

A dead f ish lies on the shores of Lake Mac; phosphorus increases algae growth, taking away oxygen f rom fish.

acting as a liaison to the US EPA

who is funding part of this water-

shed," said M A A C ' s website.

M A A C , a nongovernmental and

non-for-profit organization, began

in 1999 and is a ten year program

with the goal of reducing phospho-

rus by seven ty -pe rcen t in Lake

Macatawa by 2009.

• "So the state is involved, agricul-

tural groups are involved, munici-

pal townships, etc are involved in

t ry ing to rec t i fy this s i tua t ion ,"

Peterson said.

H e r m a n Mi l l e r Inc . , H o l l a n d

Country Club, Hope College, and

Zeeland Township are among the

many of M A C C ' s community part-

ners. "Basically, everybody's working

together to try and to do it the right

way," Peaslee said.

Both professors say that M A C C

is implementing a series of BMPs

( B e s t M a n a g e m e n t P r a c t i c e s ) ,

which are ways to reduce the input

of fertilizers into the water.

Bes t m a n a g e m e n t p r a c t i c e s

might include suggestions for farm-

ers to try di f ferent c rop rotat ion

techniques and may include state

matching money.

P e a s l e e , w h o is in c h a r g e of

M A C C ' s technical subcommittee is

looking at the technical aspects and

prioritizing what needs to be done

first and foremost.

"There are so many things to do;

you don ' t want to wait forever to

. have some results," Peaslee said.

Lake Maca tawa ' s problem cer-

tainly isn ' t unique. Peterson says

that the Clean Water Act is up for

reauthorizat ion in the U.S. Con-

gress, and one of the sticking points

is non-point sources.

"How do you regulate not-point

sources in an intelligent economic

and effective way? It 's not as easy

as the point sources and agriculture

will be a f fec ted , " Peterson said.

"Agriculture is very important to

our economy and our society. We

have to do this in a careful and pru-

dent manner."

In addition to agricultural prob-

lems, the Macalawa watershed only

has one lake, which is an unusual

topography.

"That means there is nothing to

s low a par t ic le of dirt that gels

washed down the river here all the

way into the lake. We have very

mobile soil, and when it rains the

river gets brown really quickly,"

Peaslee said.

Peaslee adds that M A C C is try-

ing to educate the consumer about

soil testing and retention ponds.

For the

p a s t 7

y e a r s

P e t e r s o n

has been

w o r k i n g

on labo-

ratory ex-

p e r i -

m e n t s

that will

h e l p us

u n d e r -

stand how to cleanup contaminated

groundwater, particularly regarding

fuel contaminants , gasol ine con-

taminants, spills from underground

storage tanks. "This summer will be the first

summer I 'm taking a turn in the

research, and I'll actually be inves-

t igat ing the g r o u n d w a t e r in the

Maca t awa wa te r shed , " Pe te r son

said. "Now this will not be for pe-

troleum contaminants, but it will be

looking at nutrient contaminants-

nitrates and phosphates which are

f rom fertilizers."

Peterson says that the surface wa-

ter has been studied extensively,

and the connection between surface

water and groundwater is just be-

ginning to be realized.

" T h e last t h o r o u g h s tudy of

groundwater was published in 1958

state is involved, agricultural groups are involved, and municipal townships are involved in trying to rectify this situ a-

t i o n " * -Jonathan Peterson^) ^

so it 's t ime to get back into ground-

water," Peterson said.

Both professors also claim that

it 's easy for any student, science

major or not, to get involved.

"Students can begin by getting

involved in our environmental sci-

ence minor program at Hope. In

those courses we talk a lot about

s o l v i n g p r o b l e m s t e c h n i c a l l y , "

Peterson said.

Also offered is a public policy

c o u r s e : e n v i r o n m e n t a l p u b l i c

policy, which is cross-listed with

economics and political science and

GES.

"An environmental studies pro-

g r a m

w h i c h is

n o n - s c i -

e n c e ori-

ented and

i n c l u d e s

the p h i -

l o s o p h y

of e n v i -

r o n m e n -

tal s t e w -

a r d s h i p

a n d t h e

sociological aspects of the environ-

ment is emerging as well," Peterson

said.

Peaslee says that students can do

a lot in terms of the sciences: re-

search, s u m m e r related projects ,

volunteer organizations, and espe-

cially education.

" T h e way the M A A C is ap -

proaching this is they are going to

educate at the K-12 level because

those are the people you have to

ca tch . S o m e d a y they ' l l be land-

owners," Peaslee said. "They are al-

ways looking for volunteers; I 'm

looking for volunteers to read rain

gauges. I encourage everyone to be

aware of what 's going on." He adds that something even as

simple as voting in a local election

can make a difference for the fu-

ture of Hol land 's Lake Macalawa.

A p r i l 17, 2002 T1Aric±vor 7

Rob Ondra

L O O K AT THIS, I D O N ' T G E T I T

Photo Editor

Having received the assign-

ment of taking pictures of the

s ludge which fo rms a f ine

layer on Lake Maca tawa , I set

of f last Tuesday to comple te

the task set be fo re me. Tuesday

was the first truly nice day of

spring; the sun was shining

which kept the c louds that had

haunted Western Michigan for

the last month at bay. C a m e r a

bags over both shoulders , I

started my quest , walking

north on C o l u m b i a Avenue to

Maca t awa River .

T h e rancid f r ag rance of the

Hol land Area Wastewater

Trea tment Facili ty waf ted on

the chill spr ing breeze. An old

red brick bui lding stood a long

the"waterfront , long s ince

abandoned . It had a newer,

wooden walkway built a round

it so people could gaze upon

the river. I look that path with

the assumpt ion that it would

lead me direct ly to the afore-

ment ioned s ludge. I guessed

right.

Sur rounded by the tall,

b rown grass that g rows along

r iverbanks w a s a little c lear ing.

A good port ion of this water

was surpris ingly clear: I could

see d o w n to the bo t tom, which

cou ldn ' t have been more than

half a foot . Buil t up a long the

A Sludge Tour of Lake Macatawa edges and entangled in the grass,

however was the gr ime I had set

out to find. Aside f rom the more

natural bu i ldup of twigs, leaves s and grasses , there was fo r some

reason, an area that was an

unheal thy shade of light green

and one of myster ious tan. T h e

water in the river proper was a

m u d d y b rown. Tha t made sense,

as it had rained the day before . I

snapped a f ew pictures of

wha tever was in the water with

both cameras .

Then I saw someth ing new.

There were t w o otters building a

nest, in be tween the green and tan

water. I a lso grabbed a picture of

them before I left . I wondered

what it was like to live in per-

petual toxicity.

Fur ther d o w n the path, 1 c a m e

across the first of several drain/

runoff pipes leading into the river.

A s imple steel pipe, e m b e d d e d in

concre te with a loose-f i t t ing cap

on the end , it looked like it was a

ove r f l ow pipe. Water was f lowing

f r o m it, but someth ing about the

si tuation seemed out of place.

Perhaps it was the fact that

every th ing this water trickled

over w a s a hearty fust color. Dir t ,

garbage, rocks , plants, every-

thing. W h a t was c o m i n g out of

this p ipe? 1 later wondered if it

was related to the mys te r ious

'rust dus t ' that settled upon

Hol land and the immedia te area a

f ew years back .

Several pools of this water had

fo rmed , ref lect ing the late

a f t e rnoon sun with an i r idescence

usually reserved for e ro t i c beetle

shells . This intr igued me, so I

moved in closer to get a good

picture. Whi le I was wa lk ing over

. the dead fo l iage , I felt a bit like

L u k e Skywalke r wad ing through

the Death S ta r ' s ga rbage pit.

F rom what I could tell, the pipe

originated at the Wastewater

Trea tment Facility. 1 wondered

how treated our was tewater really

is.

L o o k i n g back the way I c ame , 1

not iced another pipe, this one

concrete . It was slightly h idden

by a rise in the topography. I

inspected this one and found it to

be emi t t ing the tan liquid I s aw

col lect ing near the ot ters ' den.

I took s o m e m o r e pic tures and

moved on. I had my second

encounte r with wildl i fe as I s aw

two d u c k s sitting on the sur face

of the river. I was going to take a

picture of them, but they saw m e

first and hasti ly left , c ry ing

fur iously, what I can only

translate as ' f i l thy h u m a n ! f i l thy

h u m a n ! ' I met them later on ,

d igg ing for food amongs t the

probably po i sonous muck .

Cont inu ing now to where River

Avenue crosses the Maca t awa

River, I noticed a rather large fish

that was c a m p e d out on the land,

well picked over. More pictures

of the fish and the marve lous

array of litter and f i l t h 'were

stored in my cameras . As I

crossed the bridge, I realized that

•litter fo rms a sort of a border

be tween civil ization (the bridge)

and nature ( the river).

I made my way across the

street to Windmil l Park, which is

opposi te Pfizer. I still wonder

what comes out of that large,

concre te dra inpipe that is well

fenced off . T h e dock area of

Windmil l Park is a lmost c o m -

pletely covered in sludge. Most of

the solid matter is made up of

var ious pieces of trees and some

garbage, all of which was covered

in a f i lm of someth ing industrial .

Disgusted (and hungry, as it

was now six o ' c lock) , 1 headed

back to Hope , I could imagine a

tour guide dr iving around town,

c o m m e n t i n g on how Hol land has

not only it 's share of solid waste,

but an abundance of l iquid

pollut ion combin ing for a truly

squalid ef fect .

M y faith in humani ty w a s

restored when a girl in a whi te car

rolled her window d o w n and

shouted ' H e y sexy! ' as I walked

by. I doub t she ' s evpr seen the

gr ime that c logs Lake Maca t awa

have.

T h e Wastewater Trea tment

Faci l i ty m a y filter out raw

sewage and the like so that we

don ' t immedia te ly keel over

dead f r o m dr inking the water,

but can they catch all of the

pest ic ides and fert i l izers that

H o p e Col lege and many

individual residents like to pour

on their l awns f rom spring to

au tumn? H o w about all the rock

salt that is d u m p e d on roads

every winter? T h e r e ' s a whole

lot more than that. We can ' t

really avoid it either.

Water is essential to l ife, and

tap water c o m p o s e s the major i ty

of every drink in Phe lps with the

except ion of milk.

So I 'm wonder ing: W h a t kind

of industrial s ewage hell are w e

set t ing ourse lves up fo r? O n e

reoccurr ing thought I had during

my walk was that of the whole

incident with G E and the

Hudson River back home in

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only be shuff led around, but it

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Both men's and women's ultimate teams place third at sectional tournament.

In the true spirit of the game, both

the Hope Col lege M e n ' s and

W o m e n ' s U l t i m a t e t e a m s ,

overcame muddy fields and 1

solid d iv is ion I o p p o n e n t s U

fo r r e g i o n a l c o m p e t i t i o n , ^

each placing third in their re- \

s p e c t i v e s e c t i o n a l t o u r n a -

ments last Saturday. Each team

used a combina t ion of inten-

sity, fun , and t eamwork in or-

der to win. t4I thought we p layed really

well, and the keys w e r e that

w e p l a y e d t o g e t h e r as a

t eam," said m e n ' s co -

c a p t a i n B r a d

Johnson ( '03) .

" I t w a s the best

w e ' v e ever p layed as a team,

it w a s the f i rs t t ime this s e a s o n

w e ' v e had the whole team together

f o r a t o u r n a m e n t , " s a i d C l a y

Cress ler ( ' 03 )

T h e sen t iment was the s a m e for

the w o m e n ' s t eam.

"It was the best tournament I ' ve

e v e r b e e n to wi th the w o m e n ' s

t eam," said S a m Sandro ( '02) .

Throughou t the day, the men de-

feated Eastern Michigan University

15-5, Universi ty of Michigan B 15-

1, Calv in Col lege 12-10, Western

Mich igan Univers i ty 15-5 and fell

to Univers i ty of Michigan A 15-

12 and Michigan State Univer-

sity 15-10 in two very c lose

games .

Against M S U , Hope was

temporar i ly confused by an

unor thodox zone de fense

and fell behind early, be-

ing forced to play catch up

for the rest of the game . In

the semif inals against U of M,

H o p e once again fell behind

by a score of 7-2 , be fo re ral-

lying a 5 -0 run before half t ime.

U of M gradual ly pulled away,

b u t H o p e m i s s e d s e v e r a l

c h a n c e s in the end zone that

could have made up the dif-

ference.

" U of M w a s rea l ly s ca r ed , it

c a m e d o w n to the wi re . We j u s t

b lew o u r last c h a n c e , " said John

Goupel l ( ' 04 ) .

On the w o m e n ' s side, H o p e was

AMCMOff PHOTO BY JOHN RODSTROM

Tony Cappa ('02) lays out for

victorius against Calv in 11-4, Uni-

vers i ty of M i c h i g a n B 11-2, and

Western 8 -4 ( t imecap) , but lost to

M S U 11-4, and to Univers i ty of

Mich igan A 11-5.

Each team is looking fo rward to

doing well at regionals , and toward

next yea r ' s season . T h e m e n espe-

cial ly a re looking to gain exper i -

e n c e to m a k e an even bet ter run

next year. They will only lose one

senior, Tony C a p p a ( ' 0 2 ) , this year

and have several y o u n g promis ing

a disc to score against the University of Michigan.

players re turning, but n e w m e m - big t e a m s . "

bers of the team, even people w h o

have never thrown a disc before are

a lways w e l c o m e at pract ices .

" E v e n though w e are reg ional

contenders , w e are a lways looking

for people w h o want to play, jus t

t a l k to B r a d J o h n s o n , K e n

Diekema, or mysel f , " said Goupel l ,

" W e ' r e de fmate ly an up and c o m -

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

played against M S U and U of M . It

jus t shows that we can play with

" I jus t want to have fun, and play

well as a team. I don ' t think w e ' d

have any p rob lem getting into the

top 8 at regionals ," Johnson said.

" I t ' s a b igger tournment , just be-

cause it could end our season any-

t ime. You want to go out and play

really hard and make it your best

e f fo r t . Its going to be tough, but I

think on any given day, w h o e v e r

w i n s is j u s t w h o e v e r w a n t s it

more , " Goupe l l said.

Flying Dutchmen baseball extends winning streak BJ Maas's grand slam lifts Hope past Aquinas College

It is every little league p l aye r ' s

d ream to be able to hit a grand slam

in the bot tom of the ninth with two

ou t s to win the game . Hope first

baseman B.J. Maas ( ' 03 ) m a y not

have done that in little league, but

Ben DeHaan

that d idn ' t seem to af fec t him as he

app roached the plate on Tuesday

even ing .

Wi th the b a s e s l o a d e d , H o p e

t r a i l i n g 10-7 , a n d the s c h o o l ' s

record winn ing streak on the line,

M a a s c r a n k e d a s h o t o v e r

centerf ie ld , removing any doubt of

whe the r the streak would cont inue

o r n o t , g i v i n g H o p e an 1 1 - 1 0

victory.

T h e w i n put H o p e ' s o v e r a l l

record at 19-3, whi le their confer-

ence record r e m a i n s at 6 - 0 s ince

Aqu inas is non-conference .

T h e g a m e turned into a s lugfest

f r o m the very first inning, and the

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

throughout the a f te rnoon. Aqu inas

wen t up 2-0 in the first inning on

t w o solo h o m e runs, H o p e would

score a run in the second inning,

then Kyle T r a p p ( 4 05) and Just in

Kr ibs ( ' 04 ) would be w a v e d h o m e

in the third to put Hope up 3-2.

T h e g a m e wou ld r e m a i n c lose

until the sixth inning, when H o p e

responded to an Aquinas run with

a t h r e e - r u n h o m e r by E r i c

M a c k e n z i e ( 4 0 4 ) . C l i s b y Ja r r ed

( l 0 3 ) was then dr iven in to extend

Hope ' s lead to 7-3 .

A q u i n a s w o u l d o v e r t h r o w the

Hope de fense in their f inal two at -

bats, however , scor ing seven runs

of f f ive hits and a f e w Hope errors

to m a k e t h e s c o r e 10-7 in t h e

bo t tom of the ninth. Af te r H o p e

loaded the b a s e s wi th t w o o u t s .

M a a s ' s big hit secured the victory.

H o p e c y c l e d t h r o u g h f o u r

pi tchers dur ing the game . A n d r e w

Vlasek (405) pitched seven innings,

giving up f ive hits and striking out

three, but it was M i k e Bil l ingsley

( ' 05 ) w h o picked up the win in the

f inal inning.

T h e Fly ing Dutchmen will travel

to A d r i a n t h i s w e e k e n d f o r an

M I A A t r i p l e h e a d e r a g a i n s t the

A d r i a n B u l l d o g s . G a m e t i m e

begins Fr iday at 4 p.m.

T H E EXTRA POINT

xtra Sports editor Unbreakable?

W h e n H o p e m e n ' s tennis

coach Steve G o r n o addressed

his team in a mee t ing last fall ,

he d iscussed typical issues: o f f -

season workou ts , t ryouts ,

etc. O n e thing he m a d e sure not

to leave ou t . though, was a

p iece of N C A A history.

" I ' v e a lways told Ray Smi th ,

H o p e Co l l ege ' s Athlet ic

Director, that I plan to coach

m e n ' s tennis at H o p e until I

e i ther die, get fired, o r beat

Ka lamazoo . Howeve r . I d o n ' t

plan on dying or get t ing f ired

any t ime soon, so it looks like

there is only one way out of

here ." Gorno laughed.

T h e Hornets have w o n the

M I A A title every year s ince

1936. T h a t ' s a total of 75 titles in

a row. the most by any col lege

sport . K a l a m a z o o has not been

totally f lawless in their winning

streak, though. In 1962. the

Horne t s lost an M I A A dual match

to Hope . T h e Du tchmen were

unable to take d o w n Ka lamazoo

in the confe rence championships ,

however , giving the Hornets a

share of the title and a l lowing

them to keep their record alive.

When K - Z o o takes the court

against H o p e today, they will be

looking to take the first s tep

towards their 76th title. Tha t is,

unless G o r n o ' s Du tchmen have

any th ing to say about it.

In his ten years coaching Hope

tennis, G o r n o has not been able to

score a s ingle point against

Ka lamazoo . H i s team enters

today ' s match at 8-7 overal l ,

with a 2 - 0 M I A A record.

"Th i s is the first year that

every person on the team

bel ieves they can break the

s t reak," G o r n o expla ined .

"We unders tand that be ing

mental ly tough is the mos t

impor tan trait a team needs to

have against Ka lamazoo . In

the past , they have a lways w o n

the key points when they

appeared , and I feel that if w e

win those key points , i t ' s going

to be a d i f ferent result. T h e

team is walking into the match

tomor row with the heart that

they can do it....they can win . "

ANCHOR ALL-STAR bj. mnns M a a s ' s ( ' 03 ) grand slam in

the last inning gave Hope the

win over Aquinas and put their

winning streak at 17.

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