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H o p e C o l l e g e • H o l l a n d , M i c h i g a n • A s t u d e n t - r u n n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n • S e r v i n g t h e H o p e C o l l e g e C o m m u n i t y f o r 113 y e a r s

Class

Discussions • DISCUS hoards increasingly affect the course of education and communication nationwide.

CARRIE ARNOLD

campusbeat co-editor

Hope Col lege, U S A Today, and

Harvard Universi ty all have some-

thing in c o m m o n .

Each of these insti tutions utilizes

the D I S C U S discuss ion boards de-

veloped by Hope chemistry profes-

so r Dr. W i l l i a m P o l i k a n d h i s

f o r m e r r e sea rch as s i s t an t Kev in

Paulisse ( 499) .

Polik and Paul isse original ly de-

signed D I S C U S to be a discussion

board just for chemistry classes. A s

a part of Paul i sse ' s undergraduate

research project , Paulisse des igned

a working version of the D I S C U S

sof tware in about t w o months . It

was a year until the pair fel t it was

good enough to release to the pub-

lic.

Since then, D I S C U S ' s popular -

ity has s k y r o c k e t e d . A l t h o u g h

D I S C U S was c rea ted fo r educa -

tional use, many of the current or-

ganizat ions us ing the sys t em are

not aff i l ia ted with any learning in-

stitution.

"People f r o m every conce ivab le

o rgan iza t ion began to d o w n l o a d

and use it," Pol ik said. " I t ' s usu-

al ly a c o m m u n i t y of u s e r s w h o

have a c o m m o n interest but d o n ' t

live in the same area ."

The U S A Today newspaper cur-

rently uses it on its World W i d e

Web publicat ions to al low the read-

ers to interact.

. "US A Today uses D I S C U S to get

popu la r f e e d b a c k on cu r r en t i s -

sues," Polik said. "Reading a news-

paper has now g o n e beyond read-

ing a newspaper ."

T h i s s a m e t y p e o f i n t e rac t ive

communica t ion was what attracted

many First Year Semina r profes -

sors to use the sys tem when it was

released to the H o p e c o m m u n i t y

last fall , said Maura Reynolds , Di-

rector of A c a d e m i c Advis ing.

" M a n y of the people w h o used

it were those for, wha tever reason*

were more hesitant to speak in class

and were more vocal on D I S C U S , "

Reynolds said.

T h e m a j o r i t y of H o p e ' s a c a -

demic depar tments all utilize DIS-

C U S as some componen t of c lass more DISCUS on 8

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Photo cour tesy of Public Relat ions

M O V E Y O U R F R I D G E , M A ' A M ? : Orientation Assistant Dave Van Ops tall ('01) carries one oj tne many dormitory ice boxes which earned him the illustrious title of "guy who carried the most refrigerators," with Ramon Rowden ('01).

N e w beginnings fo r a new class

C i r c l i ng

t h e G lobe • Phelps Scholars find diversity close to home.

JULIE GREEN

cam pus beat co-editor

Much of H o p e ' s diversi ty is n o w

concent ra ted in Scott Hall, where

the Phe lps Scholars are living this

year, to meet , learn f r o m and inter-

act with each other.

" [ I t ' s ] a p r o g r a m fo r incoming

students to explore cultural diver-

s i ty ," sa id C h u c k G r e e n , Phe lp s

Scholar Program (PSP) Director.

Th ree ob jec t ives will be filling

the g roups f ree- t ime.

T h e first goal is to facil i tate the

c o l l e g e t rans i t ion fo r the g roup ,

which is all f r eshmen. T h e second

is to promote academic support and

success, which will be done through

AMDREW LOXZ

spotlight editor

F r o m g iv ing a f r i e n d l y j u m p

start to l ife a w a y f r o m home, to

b e g i n n i n g to bui ld f r i e n d s h i p s

with their fe l low classmates , Ori-

entat ion 1999 gave incoming stu-

den t s an o p p o r t u n i t y to get to

k n o w the Hope Col lege c o m m u -

nity.

Orientat ion at H o p e Col lege is

geared to give new students a safe

w indow in which they can begin

to ad jus t to co l lege life.

Orientation Assistants tradition-

ally work to present a posit ive and

f r iendly a tmosphere for each new

student.

O n e of the mos t v is ib le wel-

comes the Class of 2 0 0 3 received

started the m o m e n t they c l imbed

f r o m t h e i r c a r s , as t h e y w e r e

swamped by hordes of Orientation

Assistants .

"Help ing students m o v e in is a

g rea t o p p o r t u n i t y to w e l c o m e

them to Hope ," said O.A. Becky

Dignum ( '02) .

As in years past, new students '

be longings were ported in quick

fashion , mak ing the -first hour or

two at Hope less s t ressful .

" T h e y ' r e g r e a t , " sa id M a r y -

Margare t Kezlarian, mo the r of an

incoming student, speaking of the

orientation staff movers . "I h a v e n ' t

ca r r ied any th ing . We d o n ' t e v e n

have to ask fo r he lp . "

H e r d a u g h t e r Joe l l e K e z l a r a i n

( ' 03 ) was similarly impressed.

' T h i s is get t ing m e exci ted ," said

Kezlar ian.

Not only does Orientat ion he lp

settle new students, but it p rov ides

t hem with a mul t i tude of oppor tu -

nit ies to get to know c lassmates .

" T h i s is t h e s t a r t o f m i k i n g

f r iends fo r a l i f e t ime , " said Josh

Brandenburg ( '03) .

M a n y n e w s tudents sha red his

opinion that Orientat ion weekend

w a s building relat ionships that

more 2003 on 4

a world of

their First-Year Seminars , and the

last goal is to br ing the students an

oppor tuni ty to d iscover cultural di-

versity.

" T h e r e a r e 3 9 s t u d e n t s w h o

s i g n e d up . A b o u t 6 0 pe rcen t are

white, Amer ican students . T h e oth-

ers are Amer ican students of color

and some international s tudents , "

Green said.

S u c h h i g h i n v o l v e m e n t f r o m

w h i t e s t u d e n t s s h o w c a s e d t h e

co l l ege ' s wants and needs.

"It c a m e about because Hope more PSP on 2

Bultman promotes healing in Address DANA LAMERS

infocus editor

President James Bul tman did not

shy away f r o m diff icult issues, but

immedia te ly began encourage and

begin the process of mending the

w o u n d s of the tu rmoi l of recen t

years dur ing his Sta te of the Col-

lege Address on Thursday, Augus t

26.

"I have no i l lus ions abou t the

c h a l l e n g e s b e f o r e u s , " B u l t m a n

said. "I am prepared to do what is

necessary to meet them — more for

the insti tution and for you than for

m e . "

Bul tman greeted staff honestly,

speaking "cand id ly" and "transpar-

ent ly" about a posit ion he greets

with both "apprehens ion and ex-

c i tement ."

Bultman had the task of address-

ing an audience of faculty and staff

as a n e w c o m e r f o l l o w i n g l a s t

spr ing 's controversial and turbu-

lent events , most of which dealt

with rel igious life.

Address ing the condit ion of the

co l l ege in recent years , and the

state of the col lege dur ing his first

eight weeks on campus , Bul tman

focused upon these m a j o r fronts:

m i s s i o n , a d m i s s i o n s , a c a d e m i c

p rog ram, spir i tual d e v e l o p m e n t ,

s tudent l ife, financial affa i rs , ad-

vancement , and relationships.

"I really appreciated his f rank-

ness and willingness to talk candidly

about di f f icul t issues," said Cur t i s

Gruen le r , of the E n g l i s h Depa r t -

ment . "He went a long way jus t dur-

ing his speech to his goal of renew-

ing a j o y f u l spir i t on c a m p u s . It

m a d e m e very hope fu l . "

Bul tman talked directly of ' l .e tur-

moi l of the recent years and work-

ing hard to "create and sustain an

env i ronment where each one of you

is accorded worth, dignity, and re-

s p e c t . " H e s p o k e of w o r k i n g to

reach "an overarching goal" which

will cap ture our att i tude and our e f -

fort.

"I have chosen the theme 'Re-

storing the Joyfu l Spiri t ," he said.

Bul tman also expressed his fai th

in the col lege and i t 's history, and

h is opposi t ion to mediocri ty. We

spoke with h o p e fc r the fu ture of

the col lege.

" M y r eac t i on w a s very pos i -

t ive," said Todd Steen, professor

of e c o n o m i c s . " H e s e e m s like a

very s t rong leader ."

Bu l tman spoke of mis take, ac-

cusat ions , untruths, and walls that

h a v e b e e n bui l t up in p lace of

br idges, of fer ing ideas for recon-

ciliation.

"I am n o w going to ask you to

do something more Christ like than

anything you may have been asked

to do b e f o r e . . . . W h e r e v e r you

more BULTMAN on 2

check it out.

Orientat ion l W

Bookstore vs. Internet I n f o c u s , page 3.

H A NEW BEGINNING

Orientation '99 is over, see the overview, page4-5.

Nykerk set for new organ I n t e rm i ss i on , page 6.

Spring sports recapped Spor t s , page 8.

Campus Beat the Anchor September I . I 999

Cr i t i ca l Issues Sympos ium postponed fo r inaugura t ion JULIE GREEN campusbeat co-editor

H o p e hos t s eve ry yea r a Cr i t ica l I ssues

S y m p o s i u m (CIS ) to b r ing va r ious con t ro -

versial and current i ssues to the c o m m u n i t y ,

but this year H o p e will ho ld the pres ident ia l

inaugura t ion instead.

" T h e S y m p o s i u m h a s been pos tponed for

one year ," said A l f r e d o G o n z a l e s , Ass is tant

Provos t .

"The re we re jus t too m a n y th ings [in O c -

tober ] , " G o n z a l e s said, re fe r r ing to H o m e -

c o m i n g , C I S and the inaugura t ion . " W e did

no t wan t to have them c o m p e t i n g wi th each

o the r . "

T h o u g h s tuden t s will get a c lass day off

for the inaugura t ion of new Pres ident J a m e s

B u l t m a n , schedu l ing was o n e of the r easons

the inaugura t ion is rep lac ing the CIS .

" T h e r e w a s no way w e cou ld take m o r e

d a y s f r o m the a c a d e m i c ca lendar , " G o n z a l e s

said.

M a n y felt the m o n t h of O c t o b e r w o u l d b e

too conges t ed .

" W e wanted to spend t ime p repa r ing for

the inaugura t ion of Bu l tman and to ce lebra te

this . To d o ano the r m a j o r p r o g r a m in that

m o n t h w o u l d be a m a j o r impos i t ion in the

l i v e s o f t h e s t u d e n t s a n d t h e f a c u l t y , "

G o n z a l e s said.

A f t e r this year , the S y m p o s i u m will con -

t inue as usual .

In m a n y ways , the inaugura t ion will re-

s e m b l e t he C I S . T h e r e wi l l b e a k e y n o t e

speaker . R ichard M o u w , p ro fe s so r of Chr i s -

tian Eth ics and Pres iden t of Fu l le r T h e o l o -

g ian S e m i n a r y in Cal i f .

H o p e will a l so b e u s e d a s a f o r u m to the

c o m m u n i t y , bu t no t necessar i ly for a con t ro -

versial i ssue .

" O u r h o p e will b e to use part of the inau-

gura t ion to invi te the c o m m u n i t y to address

the miss ion of H o p e , " G o n z a l e s said.

T h e inaugura t ion will be Oct . 2 2 to 24 . "The re we re j u s t too m a n y th ings [in O c - S d , u -

N e w facu l t y f i nd o p p o r t u n i t y and cha l lenge a t H o p e Unive r s i ty of T e x a s and g radua te w a n t s to b r ing a n e w o u t l o o k to rector will b e superv i s ing s tuden t s s imple reason: " I t ' s my Alma-mate :

JULIE GREEN cam pus beat co-editor

Afte r s tudy ing at large un ive r s i -

t ies , f i r s t -yea r E n g l i s h P r o f e s s o r

J e s u s M o n t a n o is e x c i t e d to b e

w o r k i n g at a smal l co l lege .

With the start of c lasses on T u e s -

day, 27 new fu l l - t ime facul ty m e m -

b e r s wi l l b e g i n t h e i r c a r e e r s at

Hope .

S o m e will s imp ly b e a d j u s t i n g to

a new c a m p u s a n d n e w po l i c i e s ,

wh i l e for o the r s , l ike M o n t a n o , it

will t ruly b e a n e w beg inn ing .

" [Here ] I have the abil i ty to teach

top-grade s tuden t s a n d the abil i ty

to t e a c h v a r i o u s c l a s s e s , " s a i d

Mon tano .

H e did unde rg radua t e s tud ies at

PSP from I

wanted to p r o v i d e an educa t iona l

o p p o r t u n i t y f o r s t u d e n t s . [ W e ]

shou ld be d o i n g m o r e to e d u c a t e

s tudents on d ivers i ty ," sa id G l i n d a

R a w l s , A s s i s t a n t D i r e c t o r o f

Mul t icu l tu ra l L i f e and Scot t Hal l

R D .

Any i n c o m i n g s tudent in teres ted

in the p r o g r a m was a l l owed to ap-

ply.

" E v e r y b o d y accep ted to the co l -

lege got a b r o c h u r e and an appl ica-

t ion," G r e e n said.

Par t i c ipan t s h a d d i f f e r i n g rea-

sons for j o i n i n g the p rog ram.

"I love peop le , " said Jenn i fe r Hill

( ' 03 ) . " E a c h pe r son has a d i f f e ren t

story. B y lea rn ing e v e r y o n e e l se ' s

story, you can b e c o m e a m o r e wel l -

rounded pe r son . "

Break ing socia l bar r ie rs was on

of the r easons in te rna t iona l s tudent

S a m Kanaan ( 403), nat ive to Jordan ,

wan ted to jo in the PSP.

" E v e r y o n e h e r e i s s o o p e n , "

K a n a a n said.

T h e g r o u p m e m b e r s rece ive no

scho la r sh ip money , no r a n y o the r

kind of credi t , but has m a d e a c o m -

m i t m e n t s to do ing ext ra act ivi t ies .

" T h e r e a r e s o m e m a n d a t o r y

events eve rybody has agreed to par-

t icipate in," sa id G r e e n , such as a

field trip to the M u s e u m of Af r i can -

A m e r i c a n His tory in Det ro i t .

T h e r e a r e a l s o m a n y o p t i o n a l

events , that are open to m o r e than

Un ive r s i ty of T e x a s and g radua te

s tud ies at O h i o Sta te .

W h i l e it was the smal l c lass size

that interested M o n t a n o the most ,

it w a s a bit d i f f e ren t for Kenne th

B r o w n , ano the r first year professor .

B r o w n , a c h e m i s t r y p r o f e s s o r ,

w a s d r a w n to H o p e ' s a tmosphe re .

"I hea rd H o p e had a great r epu -

tat ion. Al l the p ro fe s so r s I ta lked to

sa id it was Libera l Arts and yet had

a Chr i s t i an f o u n d a t i o n . "

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

w o r k at O r a l R o b e r t s in T u l s a ,

O k l a . , a n d h i s g r a d u a t e w o r k at

O k l a h o m a State Univers i ty .

Both are exc i ted to work wi th the

s tudents and to b r ing their o w n in-

terests to the col lege .

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

w a n t s to b r ing a n e w o u t l o o k to

Hope with his U .S . -La t ino Li tera-

ture class.

" I t ' s a very i m p o r t a n t w i n g of

A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e , " M o n t a n o

said.

Th i s class will cen te r around both

the l i terature and the p lace La t ino

cu l ture holds in A m e r i c a n society.

With the he lp of m a n y peop le ,

M o n t a n o was ab le to cons t ruc t this

c lass . "

Th i s is m y mons ter , if c rea t ing

F r a n k e n s t e i n i s l i k e c r e a t i n g a

c lass , " M o n t a n o said.

A n o t h e r n e w f a c u l t y m e m b e r

Scott Vander S toep , a p sycho logy

p ro fe s so r w h o will concen t r a t e his

t ime at the Fros t C e n t e r a s director .

" M y ma in responsibi l i t ies as di-

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F O O D F O R T H O U G H T : Phelps scholars Kendra Terryn ('03), Janice Greca ('03), Sujin Park ('03), and Terah Moraitis ('03) dip into culture and M&M's at their first meeting.

j u s t the PS group .

T h e expec ta t ion is that the ideas

of the P S P will g o fu r the r than the

c o r e g roup .

"I h o p e that it will b e l ike the

r ipp le e f f e c t t h roughou t the c a m -

p u s , " sa id G r e e n , w h o p l a n s on

b r ing ing in gues t speakers .

A s a H o l l a n d nat ive , Chr i s t ina

van R e g e n m o r t e r ( 4 03) w a n t s to be

par t of the g r o u p w h o s tar ts th is

r ipple e f fec t .

"I wan ted to m a k e sure I w a s n ' t

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rector will b e superv i s ing s tuden t s

do ing socia l r esearch and o ther in-

ternal and ex te rna l w o r k , " Vander

S t o e p said.

H e i s

t e a c h i n g n o

c l a s s e s t h i s

f a l l , b u t

h o p e s h e

will be a b l e

to r e s u m e

his work as a

professor .

V a n d e r

S t o e p has t augh t p s y c h o l o g y f o r

s even years , two of t hem at H o p e ,

f r o m 1992 to 1994, three years at

Ca lv in , a n d two at N o r t h w e s t e r n

C o l l e g e in I o w a .

V a n d e r S t o e p r e t u r n e d f o r a

BULTMAN from I

s imple reason: " I t ' s my Alma-ma te r

a n d I l o v e the s c h o o l . T h a t was

e n o u g h f o r m e . "

A l o n g wi th his work at the Frost

C e n t e r ,

V a n d e r

S t o e p is

w o r k i n g on

a b o o k

project . He

is the edi tor

a n d is wri t -

i n g s o m e o f

t h e c h a p -

ters , bu t he in tends to put his work

for H o p e f irst .

"I w o u l d l i k e to c o n t i n u e t he

s t rong w o r k the F ros t C e n t e r has

d o n e f o r H o p e and f o r the c o m m u -

nity at l a rge . "

This is my monster, if creating

Frankenstein is like creating a

c / o s a l ® K i

—Jesus M o n t a n o

Ass is tant Professor o f English

m a y b e on this issue, I ' m ask ing

e a c h of y o u to s e a r c h y o u r o w n

heart on this matter. W h e r e you f ind

a dark side to your thoughts , words ,

or deeds , I ' m a sk ing you

to be c o u r a g e o u s e n o u g h to seek

a n d / o r gran t f o r g i v e n e s s . A n d fi-

nally, I ' m urg ing y o u to b e coura -

g e o u s e n o u g h to beg in a new rela-

t ionship as of this d a y - t o m o v e for -

ward wi th a special g r ac iousnes s . "

R e s p o n s e was pos i t ive .

"I thought Pres ident B u l t m a n did

a r e m a r k a b l e j o b a d d r e s s i n g the

s t rengths a n d l imi ta t ions of the co l -

lege c o m m u n i t y , " said J a m e s G e n -

tile, D e a n of Na tu ra l Sc i ences .

"I w a l k e d a w a y wi th a f i r m con-

vic t ion that w e we re tak ing a step

in the r ight d i rec t ion , " h e said.

in a Dyks t ra c lus te r wi th e ight oth-

ers f r o m Hol land High . (He re are)

peop le wi th open m i n d s and o p e n

h e a r t s , " v a n R e g e n m o r t e r s a id .

" W e ' r e all wea r ing m a s k s , we all

have s o m e t h i n g w r o n g with us . "

T h e P S P isn ' t qu i t e sure w h e r e it

will be in the future , but knows what

it w a n t s to d o in the present .

" (The ) goa l is to crea te m o r e ra-

cial h a r m o n y and e m p h a s i z e that

w e c a n l ea rn f r o m e a c h o t h e r , "

R a w l s said.

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DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COM-PANY

September 20 &. 21 DeWitt Theatre, 8:00 p.m.

N E W ENGLAND SPIRITUAL ENSEMBLE October 20

Dimnent Chapel, 8:00 p.m.

A C T O R Actors from the London Stage

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare November 4, 5, &. 6

DeWitt Theatre, 8:00 p.m.

SERGIO TIEMPO, p ian is t January 21

Dimnent Chapel. 8:00 p.m.

VOGLER QUARTET OF BERLIN with guest pianist, ANGELA CHENG

March 27 Dimnent Chapel, 8:00 p.m.

JOE LOVANO TRIO, jazz April 14

Knickerbocker Theatre, 8:00 p.m.

September I . I 999 the Anchor In Focus

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DANA LAMERS

infocus editor

C o l l e g e s luden l s will d o a n y t h i n g

to s ave a b u c k .

T a k e a n e x t r a s ix c o o k i e s f r o m

Phe lps for a l a te -n ight s n a c k . C r a m

every i t em of c l o t h i n g in to o n e l o a d

of w a s h to s a v e a f e w q u a r t e r s .

H a v e a r o o m m a t e c u t t he i r hair .

S o m e H o p e s t u d e n t s h a v e g i v e n

the la test o n - l i n e c r a z e the o ld c o l -

l ege try th is s e m e s t e r : b u y i n g t e x t -

b o o k s .

B u t s t u d e n t s h a v e h a d m i x e d e x -

p e r i e n c e s .

"I hea rd (on - l i ne t e x t b o o k s ) a d -

v e r t i s e d o n T V , " s a i d S h a r o n

K o n o p k a ( ' 0 2 ) . " I l o o k e d u p

E c a m p u s . c o m o n t h e w e b a n d I

l ooked u p the requ i red b o o k s f o r m y

c l a s s e s t h a t w e r e p o s t e d "on

K n o w H o p e . S o m e w e r e c h e a p e r ,

s o m e w e r e n ' t . "

K o n o p k a h a d t w o b o o k s s h i p p e d

to he r w i t h i n t w o w o r k i n g d a y s .

E c a m p u s . c o m o f f e r e d f r e e s h i p -

ping, an o f f e r that o n l y se lec t o n -

line b o o k s e r v i c e s m a k e .

" I m a y b e s a v e d $ 5 o n e a c h

b o o k , " s h e sa id . " I t ' s n o t a lot , bu t

e v e r y little bi t h e l p s s o m e t i m e s . I

w o u l d d o it a g a i n , b u t I ' d h a v e to

c h e c k a r o u n d aga in a n d s e e w h o is

t he c h e a p e s t . "

M a r k C o o k , H o p e - G e n e v a B o o k -

s to re M a n a g e r , is we l l a w a r e of the

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

t e x t b o o k s o n - l i n e ve r sus t he loca l

c a m p u s b o o k s t o r e .

" I t ' s a b ig i s sue r igh t n o w wi th

c o l l e g e b o o k s t o r e all a r o u n d t h e

coun t ry . W h a t w e ' r e see ing is s o m e

b o o k s a r e c h e a p e r , bu t o u r b o o k s

s e e m c o m p e t i t i v e , " he said. " W e ' v e

b e e n e n c o u r a g e d , s o m e k i d s c o m e

in a n d say that in te rne t b o o k s a r e

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

O n - l i n e b o o k s t o r e s s u c h a s

e f o l l e t . c o m try to lure s t u d e n t s wi th

u p - t o - d a t e b o o k l i s t s f o r m o r e than

8 0 0 c a m p u s e s a n d 16 mi l l ion b o o k s

in s tock . T h e y t e a m w i t h c o l l e g e

b o o k s t o r e s to p r o v i d e fas t a n d e a s y

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

b o o k s t o r e s . L o c a l c o l l e g e s s u c h as

C a l v i n , t he Un ive r s i ty of M i c h i g a n ,

M i c h i g a n S ta t e a n d G r a n d R a p i d s

C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e h a v e b e c o m e

p a r t n e r s wi th e f o l l e t . c o m .

" W e ' r e w a i t i n g to see h o w m u c h

in te res t t he re is on par t of the s tu-

d e n t s b e f o r e w e ge t i n v o l v e d wi th

an o n - l i n e b o o k s t o r e , " C o o k said .

" B u t w e m a y d o it o u r s e l v e s , c o n -

t ro l t h e o n l i n e s e r v i c e o u r s e l v e s

r a t h e r t h a n p a y a c o m p a n y f o r a

p a r t n e r s h i p . "

T h e b o o k s t o r e is no t p r e p a r e d to

j o i n t he o n - l i n e b a n d w a g o n .

" T h e m a i n tiling with i n f o r m a t i o n

o n the internet is y o u h a v e to be ab le

to fil l o r d e r s , a n d w e h a v e e n o u g h

w o r k ge t t ing b o o k s o n o u r s h e l v e s , "

C o o k said . " O u r f o c u s is h a n d l i n g

c u s t o m e r s in o u r s tore . W e w o u l d

n e e d a s h i p p i n g o p e r a t i o n , to b e

a b l e t o p a c k b o o k s u p a n d s h i p

t h e m . I t ' s no t a s m a l l d e c i s i o n . "

L u k e S m i t h ( ' 0 0 ) a l so l ooked into

b u y i n g a t e x t b o o k o n - l i n e . H e

l o o k e d u p i n f o r m a t i o n o n a

l a n g u a g u e t e x t b o o k f o r a J a p a n e s e

c l a s s .

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" I w a s s u p r i s e d , " S m i t h sa id . " I t

w a s m u c h m o r e e x p e n s i v e o n

t e x t b o o k s . c o m , $ 1 5 to $ 2 0 m o r e ,

bu t I h e a r on the n e w s that s t u d e n t s

a r e b u y i n g t e x t b o o k s l ike c razy . I

d i d n ' t c h e c k a n y m o r e . "

T h e ava i l ab i l i ty of m a n y b o o k s

is l e s s t h a n d e p e n d a b l e o n m a n y

sites, espec ia l ly s ince H o p e s tudents

o f t en n e e d to buy b o o k s that a r e less

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

b o o k s at la rge un ive r s i t i e s .

" T h e b o o k s t o r e h a s t he r igh t ed i -

t i o n s , t he e x a c t b o o k s p r o f e s s o r s

wan t s . H o p e o rde r s the exac t b o o k s

s t u d e n t s need by c o l l e c t i n g i n fo r -

m a t i o n f r o m the f a c u l t y , " C o o k

said .

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

ava i l ab i l i ty p r o b l e m s .

" S i n c e H o p e is a p r iva t e s c h o o l

wi th lots of d i f f e r e n t b o o k s than b ig

u n i v e r s i t i e s , i t ' s p r o b a b l y h a r d to

f i nd a lot of the t e x t b o o k s o n - l i n e ,

l i k e b o o k s o u r o w n p r o f e s s o r s

wr i te . I l ike t ak ing c l a s se s f r o m pro -

f e s s o r s w h o w r i t e t h e b o o k s b e -

c a u s e t h e y rea l ly k n o w the s u b j e c t

t h e y ' r e t e a c h i n g , " h e sa id .

C o o k s a y s t h e o n - l i n e r u s h is

k e e p i n g the t ex tbook bus ines s on its

toes .

" O n - l i n e b o o k s t o r e s h a v e c rea t ed

a s e n s e of c o m p e t i t i o n wi th c o l l e g e

b o o k s t o r e s , " h e sa id . " W e ' r e l o o k -

ing o v e r p r ices , o u r c u s t o m e r ser -

v ice . W e d o a lot of th ings to m a k e

it m o r e s i m p l e to b u y b o o k s , w e try

to se rv ice c u s t o m e r s , s h o w t h e m w e

v a l u e the i r b u s i n e s s . "

At t h i s po in t t he H o p e - G e n e v a

B o o k s t o r e h a s no t s e e n a n y d ras t i c

c h a n g e s in b u s i n e s s d u e to t he c o m -

pe t i t ion of o n - i n e b o o k s e l l e r s .

" O u r sa les are u p this year ," C o o k

sa id . " W e ' r e f e e l i n g pos i t '* ,e a n d

g e t t i n g p o s i t v e c o m m e n t s . T h e

b o o k s t o r e i sn ' t a l w a y s the m o s t e x -

p e n s i v e . W e c e r t a i n l y a r e n ' t o u t

t he re to r ip s t u d e n t s o f f . "

E x p e n s i v e b o o k s are no t a n e w

c o m p l a i n t of s t u d e n t s . T e x t b o o k s

a r e n e v e r c h e a p b e c a u s e b o o k s a r e

e x p e n s i v e to p r o d u c e a n d h a v e a

r e l a t i v e l y s m a l l m a r k e t . M a n y

b o o k s sel l at list p r i c e s e s t a b l i s h e d

by the i r p u b l i s h e r s .

" S t u d e n t s c o m p l a i n e d a b o u t

b o o k p r i c e s w h e n I w a s in s c h o o l , "

C o o k sa id . " T h e p r o b l e m is the stu-

d e n t i sn ' t r ea l ly c h o s i n g to bu^' t he

b o o k s — t h e y h a v e to b u y J i e m .

T h e r e is n o w a y y o u w a n t t c b u y a

$ 1 0 0 t e x t b o o k . W i t h a s w e a t s h i r t if

y o u d o n ' t w a n t it, y o u d o n ' t h a v e

to b u y it. W i t h o u r t e x t b o o k s , w e

pu t t h e m ou t on the s h e l v e s , a n d

p e o p l e buy t h e m . B u t if i t ' s a g o o d

b o o k , a n d the p r o f e s s o r u ses it we l l ,

i t ' s a g o o d v a l u e to t he s t u d e n t . "

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d, 1 CIRC U L AR REASON IN G: Orientation Assistants Allyson Boggess ('01) and Lindsay Beckner ('01), center, meet with their orientation group to discuss a variety of issues that face incoming Hope students.

E h r o l l w i e n f i n f h e c l a s s o f z o o s i s

T h a t ' s f a c e s , n e u i f r i e n d s , a^<i n e u ; s f o r c e s .

m / • >

XHEY SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY: f „ l Freshmen don party hats in an activity designed to teach them about JIMBO MEETS THE GAMG: Orientation Assistants Steve Alles CO l)f Kate Hoesch

ive influence of stereotyping. This and other informational (*01), and Alison Fouts ('01) shake hands with another new face- Hope's new President, Dr. James the negative influence of stereotyping. This and other informational games allowed students to learn while getting to know each other. Bultman.

D r September I. 1999

>9:A. New Beginning

>V IN' O N UP: Orientation Assistant Jessica endorf ('02) helps haul pieces of a loft. Each incoming student •ed assistance in moving their stuff into the residence halls.

ope Welcome Mat )3 f r o m I

d exist throughout their

at Hope.

v-eryone's trying to get to

J somebody . " said Phil

:ice ( '03) .

d with 732 members in

in-

ing

r e

; a

Yeah, they were silly games but everyone got into them. They took

0f you out of your comfort zone, but

p i e

/ to

to

everyone was, so it was OK. —Sara Haverdink ('03)

New Student

lere d many names and faces,

ard to put them together,"

fody Murray ( '03) .

my Orientation activities

designed to bring stu-

; together and help them

i bonding with one an-

•. From small groups to

f a i r . O r i e n t a t i o n w a s

ed to b reak d o w n any

at ions to mee t ing new

le. really has helped me get

my nervousness ," said

• Danstrom ( '03) .

yfair especially, with its

:ap style of making stu-

dents meet new people, helped

the social integration of the

Class of 2003.

" Y e a h , t hey w e r e s i l ly

games," said Sara Haverdink

( '03) , "but everyone got into

t h e m .

They took

you out of

your com-

for t zone ,

but every-

o n e w a s ,

so it w a s

OK," Or ien ta -

t i o n

groups also provided new stu-

dents with an opportunity to

get to know one another. The

groups, which met a number

of times throughout the week-

end, were designed to provide

each s t u d e n t w i th a smal l

group of fellow students who

a re m o r e than j u s t n a m e s

paired with faces.

"The orientation group is a

place where you can ask ques-

tions and meet other people,"

said Erica Krolik ( '03). "They give you a home-base

kind of thing," chimed friend

Leslie Aronson ( '03) .

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mmdt LE AVI N G X H EIR MARK: New students line up to make handprints on the 1999 Oreintation Banner.

MOMMY D E ARESX: A freshman watches in the mirror as her mother assembles a loft for the room. For many incoming students, preparing their room for life at Hope is the first major task they face.

A N D Y O U ARE?: Assistant Direc-tor Steve McBride COO) works at the Parent Regis-tration Desk. Orientation 1999 not only had activities geared for the new students, but also a whole schedule for parents including informational seminars and trolley rides of senic Hol-land.

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n c e r m i s s i o n the Anchor September I . I 999

Organ enhances music program SARA E LAMERS intermission editor

Ten years ago ihc music d e p a n -

menl recognizee! a need for additional

space lor organ siudenls lo pracl ice.

Wilh the addit ion of an organ loft

onto the Nykerk Hall of Mus ic and

the upcoming del ivery of an organ,

the process of fulf i l l ing this need is

almost comple te .

"In 1990. the President . Provost ,

and Dean of Arts and Humani t ies re-

alized there was a need for a space

for an organ which could be used fo r

s tudents to prac t ice on and by me

p r o f e s s i o n a l l y . " said H u w L e w i s ,

professor of Music .

In 1997 design plans for the organ

were finally started.

Because the chapel is not a lways

ava i l ab le . L e w i s and his s t u d e n t s

have been l imited in the t imes in

which they can use the current organ.

Lewis noted that the n e w organ

will give more people the opportu-

nity to pract ice.

"I t ' s sort of a d ream-come- t rue . "

he said. "For the first t ime in ten years

1 will be able to do my own profes-

sional work without having to reserve

the chapel . "

T h e organ, which will be del ivered

Photo courtesy of Public Relat ions

TEARING DOWNXHEWALLS:This summer's construction of an organ loft on Nykerk Hall of Music

will house a custom-designed organ built in England.

in January, is being built by J.W.

Walker & Sons Ltd. of Suffo lk ,

England, a company whose archi-

t e c t u r e h a s w o n n u m e r o u s

awards .

"The front work of the organ

will be the s a m e as the one at St.-

Mart in- in- the-Fields in London . "

Lewis. "I t ' s beautiful and very im-

press ive ."

The organ, which will be 20 feet

wide. 12 feet high, and six feel

deep, will be built specif ical ly for

Hope ' s music program, based on

s p e c i f i c a t i o n s r e q u e s t e d by

Lewis .

As it is built , it is a s sembled

e n t i r e l y , t u n e d , and then d i s -

man t l ed be fo re it is sh ipped to

Hol land

"This organ is des igned to play

a wide variety of musical styles

and the loft will provide a won-

der fu l a l ternat ive space in which

to t each w h e n the chape l is not

avai lable ." Lewis said. "I t ' s qual-

ity will a lso be equal to o rgans at

ma jo r universi t ies ."

A n u m b e r of sites for the new

organ were considered, including

the c h a p e l b a s e m e n t , unt i l the

present one was chosen.

"The organ is des igned so that it

can be placed on a sort of pedestal

which will rotate, mak ing it move-

able and more accessible to every-

one w h o will use it," Lewis said.

T h e cos t of the en t i re p ro jec t

nears the $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 mark and is

f u n d e d by a g i f t f r o m G e r r i t

H o s p e r s ( ' 4 9 ) , a re t i red chemis t

w h o has also been a church organ-

ist for the past 60 years .

In addit ion to the construct ion of

the loft , the project will a lso pro-

vide a n e w t each ing s tud io , two

p rac l i ce r o o m s and m o r e o f f i c e

space.

A R T A N D S O U L

Sara E. Lainers

Creative listening,soulful searching This semester I 'm trying

something new; I 'm taking a

painting c lass . Al though I have

never painted before , nor feel I

have some buried talent, I 'm

heading down to the Art Annex

in search of palettes and brushes.

1 decided to take Basic

Painting after my advisor . Jack

Ridl. suggested it could help me

explore my creativity through

new venues.

At first 1 was hesitant ,

convinced I could never be an

"artist." But then I watched as

my roommate enrol led in the

class and unearthed an unknown

love for canvas and color. Then I

stalled wonder ing . "Could I do

this too?"

Perhaps I won ' t en joy painting

as much as I hope. Maybe the

colors will run together in a

horrible mess. Maybe I won ' t

effect ively c o m m u n i c a t e my

thoughts through images. Maybe

I'll g row frustrated if my e f fo r t s

go unappreciated and decide my

fingers feel more natural around

a pen than a brush.

Bui maybe I II love it.

Regardless of what m y

venture brings. I know it won ' t

be a lost cause. I know it will

heighten my exposure to art.

Isn't that someth ing we could all

benefi t f rom?

Wri ter Joyce Carol Oates once

said that art is " the highest form

of express ion of the human

spirit" and 1 def ini te ly agree.

How else can we effect ively

communica te the ava lanche of

emot ions we exper ience each

day, but through art ?

T h r o u g h music , wri t ing,

d rawing , painting, dance ,

sculpture , or photography we

can speak a thousand shades of

anger, passion, sadness , and

love.

I spent part of this s u m m e r

s tudying art history in Austr ia

with the Vienna S u m m e r School

Program. Surrounded by a

culture whose roots reach

thousands of years deeper than

those of the U.S. . I began lo fall

in love with Gothic cathedrals ,

marble statues, and ornate

paint ings. O n e of the issues that

we somet imes addressed in class

was the inevitable "what is ar t?"

One defini t ion the professor

gave was that art communica t e s

a message . Art has something to

say to all w h o will listen.

This semes ter as Intermission

Editor I hope to not only

enhance my interest in the arts,

but that of o thers as well.

All of us have exper iences and

emot ions we want to share with

others but too of ten we a l low our

creativity to stay bottled up,

buried underneath the weight of

the things we "have" to do,

underneath our "eve ryday" lives.

But why can ' t art slip into

these parts of our lives, even

become our lives?

Many hesitate lo let a little

cul ture enrich their lives. They

fear it takes too much energy or

requires some sort of skill they

don ' t feel they have .

But art, in any form, can be

appreciated by anyone. You need

no formal training lo lose

yourself in the choreography of

a dance piece, the subtle phrases

of a j a z z trio, or the beauty of an

oil painting.

Hope offers a mult i tude of

venues for you lo unleash and

stretch your creativity, no mat ter

how "art is t ic" you consider

yourself to be. This semes ter I

encourage you to wander the

exhibits in the DePree Art

Gallery, wrap yourself in the

drama of the theater product ions ,

and drink the words and souls of

the Visi t ing Writers.

Perhaps then we can hear the

message another yearns to tell

us. Perhaps w e can learn lo

whisper back.

A r t s a b o u n d as n e w

s e m e s t e r begins SARA E LAMERS intermission editor

Editor's note: The beginning of the

new semester ushers in a variety of

arts. No matter whether one's in-

terest lies in writing, painting, or

music, he/she is sure to find some-

thing to stretch their boundaries

and speak to their souls.

• M U S I C

Last winter the Student Activi t ies

Commi t t ee ( S A C ) exper ienced the

energy of one of West Mich igan ' s

most you th fu l bands . T h e resl of

H o p e ' s c a m p u s can do the s a m e

w h e n D o m e s t i c P r o b l e m s t akes

center s tage at the Labor Day pic-

nic.

"We heard the band last Febru-

ary and w e r e very impres sed by

thei r energy , ta lent , and en thus i -

a sm," said S A C co-director Laura

Evans ( ' 01 ) .

The band, whose members are all

col lege-age, or iginates f rom Grand

Rapids and has played at several lo-

cal venues .

"We fel t it would be nice to have

s o m e o n e f r o m the a r e a . " E v a n s

said. "The band can relate to H o p e

students because they are famil iar

with the area."

T h e band has sha red the s tage

with T h e Verve Pipe, Rusted Root ,

and Better than Ezra.

T h e p e r f o r m a n c e will begin at

4 :30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 6 in the

Pine Grove.

• O P U S

Opus editor Craig Tommola ( ' 00 )

hopes to demons t ra te that art and

writ ing are for eve ryone to enjoy

with the publication of this fal l 's lit-

erary magaz ine .

"The best thing about Opus is that

it e x p o s e s more peop le to m a n y

f o r m s of writ ing, like poetry and

fiction, as well as pho tography and

other ar t ," T o m m o l a said.

Increasing the amount of art work

in the publ icat ions and the number

o f s t u d e n t r e a d i n g s w i l l be

T o m m o l a ' s goals for the year.

Dead l ines for submi t t i ng work

are T h u r s d a y . Oct . 14. T h u r s d a y

Dec. 2. and Wednesday. March I.

Submiss ion fo rms will be avai lable

in the Engl ish Depar tment in Lub-

bers Hall.

• V I S I T I N G W R I T E R S S E R I E S

T h e V i s i t i n g W r i t e r ' s S e r i e s

promises to provide a mix of po-

etry and prose f rom a n u m b e r of

writers. It begins on Thursday, Sept.

23 wi th D i a n e A c k e r m a n w h o s e

works span the fields of poetry, non-

fiction. memoir , and chi ldren ' s lit-

erature.

A c k e r m a n ' s mos t recent book .

The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing

Animals, Timeless Worlds is a col-

lection of six previously published

essays which celebrate endangered

species.

This work weaves fact and infor-

ma t ion with persona l e x p e r i e n c e

a n d r e f l e c t i o n to c o n v e y h e r

t hough t s on l i fe , love, and o ther

human exper iences .

T h e fall series will a lso feature

Andrea Barrett and Tony Hoagland

on T h u r s d a y , O c t . 21 and K i m

Barnes and Janis Arnold on Thurs -

day, Dec 2.

U p a n d C o m i n g

events f o r this week...

Sept. I

A r t exh ib i t " Jord i B o l d o "

o p e n s in D c p r e e A r t Ga l l e ry

t h r o u g h

O c t o b e r 10.

Sept. 2

T h e a t r e D e p a r t m e n t O p e n

H o u s e in D e W i t t M a i n

T h e a t r e . 7 p . m .

Sept. 3

S A C hos t s c o m e d i a n R e n e

H i c k s . 8 : 3 0 p . m . in t h e Kle lz ,

S A C m o v i e T h e M a t r i x at 7

p .m. , 9 p . m . . a n d 12 a .m. in

W i n a m s A u d i t o r i u m

AM Sep't'. 4

T h e Mat r ix ar 7 p . m . . 9 p .m. ,

and 12 a .m.

AM Sept. 5

Last c h a n c e to see T h e Mat r ix

a t 3 p . m .

*Votv AM Sept. 6

L a b o r D a y p i c n i c f e a t u r e s

b a n d " D o m e s t i c P r o b l e m s . "

4 : 3 0 p . m . in t h e P ine G r o v e

y

• T H E A T R E

T h e Thea t r e Depar tmen t will

stage Electra by playwright Frank

M c G u i n e s s , which exp lores the

Trojan war and its a f te rmath .

T h e p l a y c e n t e r s a r o u n d

E lec t ra . the Greek he ro in w h o

s p e n d s her l ife wai t ing for her

b ro the r to a v e n g e the dea th of

their father, A g e m e n n o n who is

killed in the war.

Electra will be staged on Oct.

22 , 23 and 27 to 30. Open audi-

t ions wil l be held on Tuesday ,

Sept. 7 and Wednesday, Sept. 8

f r o m 7 to 10 p.m. at the DeWitt

Thea t r e . T h e r e wil l a l so be an

open house on Thursday. Sept. 2

in the DeWit t Theat re .

• A R T

The DePree Art Center will fea-

ture the paint ings of Mexican art-

ist Jordi Bo ldo for its first exhibit.

T h e e x h i b i t w i l l run f r o m

Wednesday, Sept. I through Fri-

day, Oct . 8.

A recept ion for Boldo in the

gal lery on Friday, Sept. 10 from

5 lo 7 p.m.

Jack Wilson, professor of Art

His tory noted that m a n y of the

p ieces exp lo re ideas associa ted

wilh life and death.

T h e D e P r e e A r t C e n t e r and

Gal lery is open from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. on Monday through Satur-

day and I lo 5 p.m. on Sunday.

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F R O M T H E S T A N D S

Andrew Kleczek

Fall Spo r t s 101 G o o d morn ing c lass a n d

w e l c o m e to Fall Spor t s 101. It 's

a swea t school , a school of hard

knocks a n d big hits . I t ' s a l so a

c lass for no credi t and a l m o s t no

benef i t s .

We ' l l start the c lass at 9 : 3 0

a .m. wi th a t imed th ree mi le run .

You will b e graded on this, s o d o

y o u r best . Af te r that w e ' l l m o v e

on to s o m e grue l ing 110-yard

sprints and tes t ing in bench

press , squa t , 40 -ya rd dash ,

ver t ical j u m p and shut t le run. O h

yeah , y o u be t te r save y o u r

energy. T h i s e v e n i n g w e ' l l b e

doing s o m e d i s t ance running .

A f t e r this e v e n i n g ' s 5 to 10

mi le run we ' l l t ake a qu ick coo l -

d o w n s w i m in L a k e M i c h i g a n .

T h e rest of the sy l l abus invo lves

da i ly runn ing and , on W e d n e s -

day w e ' l l don the pads and beg in

fu l l con tac t dri l ls . All this c lass

a sks f o r is the total c o m m i t m e n t

of your t ime a n d ene rg ies f o r the

next week . W h e n the w e e k ' s u p

you ' l l have a l i t t le m o r e f ree

t ime, but no t m u c h .

N o w let ' s ge t s o m e tes t imoni -

als f r o m actual s tuden t s w h o

have comple t ed the c lass .

"I t was in tense . I w a s t he mos t

tired I had eve r been . In the

even ings , w h e n w e got d o n e , I ' d

s leep for e ight to n ine hours and

still be t i red," said Karen Cla rk

( ' 0 3 ) . i 4We have little b reaks in

b e t w e e n , but tha t ' s abou t

e n o u g h t ime to g rab a new shirt

and h e a d out the door , " said

Danie l K loos t e rman ( ' 0 3 ) of the

c l a s s ' s t ime d e m a n d s .

" T h e r e are s o m e days you

j u s t run on ad rena l ine , " said

Vince S c h e f f l e r ( ' 03 ) .

J o e Phi l l ips ( ' 0 3 ) e s t ima tes h e

ran b e t w e e n 50 and 8 0 mi les

du r ing the c l a s s ' s first week .

D o e s th is c lass s o u n d a little

to d e m a n d i n g ?

Well i t ' s j u s t w h a t these

s tuden t s h a v e been go ing

t h rough the pas t w e e k . C la rk is

an ou t s ide hit ter on the vo l ley-

ball t eam. K loos t e rman and

S c h e f f l e r c a n b e f o u n d in pads

a n d he lme t s w e e k d a y s a f t e r

three. Phi l l ips s p e n d s his

e v e n i n g s j o g g i n g a long s o m e

scen ic trail wi th the rest of the

c ross count ry team.

A l m o s t 10 percent of H o p e

C o l l e g e ' s 3 , 0 0 0 s tudents are

invo lved in or go ing out f o r a

fal l sport . So w h e n y o u f ind

yourse l f wi th an hour or two

this fal l , check out a g a m e . I

d o n ' t think you ' l l regret it.

This week in sports

Wednesday, September 1 H o m e

Men's Soccer vs. Concordia, 4 p.m.

Women's Soccer vs. Orchard Lake, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 3 A w a y

Women's Soccer at Denison Ohio.

Saturday, September 4 H o m e

Cross Country Hope Invitational, 11 a.m.

Football vs. Queretaro, Mexico, 6:30 p.m. A w a y

Volleyball at Wittenberg, Ohio Tournament

Men's Soccer at Ohio Wesleyan Tournament

Women's Soccer at Ohio Wesleyan

Spr ing spor ts spil l In to s u m m e r ANDREW KLECZEK

sports editor

Spr ing sports d o n ' t end wi th the

school year a n d last year was n o

excep t ion .

Whi le most s tudents we re settling

in at h o m e or seek ing s u m m e r j o b s

s o m e of H o p e ' s top a thle tes we re

still c o m p e t i n g . H e r e ' s wha t hap-

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

away:

• In sof tba l l , h e a d coach Kar la

Wol te r s ' t eam pos ted a 2 1 - 3 record

and p laced second in the Mich igan

Intercol legiate Athlet ic Assoc ia t ion

b e h i n d A l m a . P i t c h e r K i m

Gro tenhuis ( ' 01 ) was n a m e d a G T A

A c a d e m i c A l l - D i s t r i c t H o n o r e e .

Gro tenhuis had a record of 11 -6 and

a g r ade poin t ave rage of 4 .0.

• T h e basebal l team won six of

i ts last seven g a m e s to cap tu re the

M I A A ti t le. T h r e e p l aye r s , R y a n

Tan i s ( ' 9 9 ) , S e a n B a t e m a n ( ' 0 1 )

and D e a n Esteves ( ' 99 ) we re n a m e d

to the All M I A A first t eam. Tanis

w a s a l so n a m e d the l eague ' s m o s t

va luable player. Es teves also was

the l eague leader in h o m e runs .

• T h e w o m e n ' s t e n n i s t e a m

scored big in w inn ing the con fe r -

e n c e title. T h e t eam a lso pos ted a

17-5 overa l l record . P layers h o n -

ored f o r their on-cour t success in-

c l u d e d J e n n i f e r S m i t h ( ' 0 0 ) a n d

Jul ie Murray ( ' 01 ) w h o were named

to the A l l - M I A A first t e am.

• M e n ' s tennis p l aced s econd in

t h e l e a g u e w i t h a 1 5 - 3 o v e r a l l

record. Paul Lill ie ( ' 0 0 ) was n a m e d

to the All M I A A first t eam. Robe r t

B r a n t ( ' 9 9 ) w a s a w a r d e d t h e

L a w r e n c e G r e e n Scho la r sh ip , and

Er ik Be rg ( ' 0 0 ) w o n the M I A A ' s

DISCUS from I

Last spring's all-America award recipients

Carrie Scott ('01) 29 game consecutive hit-

• ting streak. Batted .448, 27 RBIs, 4 HR.

Emily Sowers ('01) Placed 5th in discus with

a Throw of 142 feet. 1 inch at nationals.

Jenny Ernst ('00) Placed 7th in the 10,000

meter run at nationals with a time of36:23.70.

Photos cour tesy of Public Relations

S t o w e S p o r t s m a n s h i p A w a r d .

T h e t eam was a l so n a m e d to the

ITA A l l - A c a d e m i c h o n o r rol l .

T h e y h a d a c u m u l a t i v e g r a d e

poin t ave rage of 3.2.

• W o m e n ' s t r a c k w o n t h e

l eague title a n d p laced 38th out

of 7 0 t eams in the N C A A Div i -

sion III C h a m p i o n s h i p s . E m i l y

S o w e r s ( ' 0 1 ) a n d J e n n y E r n s t

( ' 0 0 ) we re n a m e d a l l -Amer ica .

• M e n ' s t rack p laced third in

the l e ague with a 3 -3 dua l m e e t

record . Pau l B e r k e ( ' 0 0 ) was the

t e a m ' s l o n e M I A A c h a m p i o n

w i t h h i s p e r f o r m a n c e in t h e

10,000 mete r run in which h e ran

a 32 :49 .68 .

• In m e n ' s golf , Er ic Wohlf ie ld

( ' 0 2 ) w a s a w a r d e d the So f t sp ike s

F r e s h m a n of the Year a w a r d by the

C o l l e g e Go l f C o a c h e s Assoc ia t ion .

H e is the first H o p e s tuden t to re-

c e i v e tha t hono r . W o h l f i e l d a l s o

compe t ed in the N C A A Divis ion III

m e n ' s g o l f c h a m p i o n s h i p in

W i l l i a m s t o w n , M a s s . w h e r e h e

p l aced 19th.

• W o m e n ' s g o l f e r , E l l e n

C o l e n b r a n d e r ( ' 0 0 ) . c o m p e t e d in

the w o m e n ' s c h a m p i o n s h i p , w h i c h

w a s he ld in O r l a n d o , Fla. It was

Co lenbrander ' s third trip to the tour-

n a m e n t .

work , a l though s o m e d e p a r t m e n t s

u s e it m o r e than o thers .

" D i f f e r e n t facul ty use it in d i f fe r -

en t w a y s , " Pol ik said. " I t ' s a w a y

to e x p a n d the wa l l s of the c lass -

r o o m . "

Both Polik and R e y n o l d s be l ieve

that D I S C U S and o ther d i scuss ion

b o a r d s should b e used to e n h a n c e

the s tuden t /p ro fes so r re la t ionship ,

not rep lace it.

" I t ' s never go ing to rep lace one -

o n - o n e con tac t wi th p rofessors to

talk an issue th rough , e v e n with a

g r o u p of s tuden t s , " R e y n o l d s said.

Pol ik agrees that D I S C U S will b e

a c o m p o n e n t of educa t ion in c o m -

ing years , a l though he d o e s n ' t think

it will eve r supp lan t the m o r e tradi-

t ional lec tures a n d labs.

M a n y o ther co l l eges and un iver -

sit ies, such as Harva rd Univers i ty

L a w Review, Univers i ty of Ca l i fo r -

n i a , B e r k e l e y , O b e r l i n C o l l e g e ,

F lor ida State Univers i ty , Univer -

si ty of Texas , K a l a m a z o o Co l l ege ,

D e P a u w U n i v e r s i t y , H o n g K o n g

Univers i ty , and t he Un ive r s i ty o f

M e l b o u r n e in Aust ra l ia , have a l so

seen the potent ia ls of D I S C U S .

Th i s f o l l o w s a s imi lar t rend of an

increased u s e of t echno logy in the

c l a s s room.

"I th ink tha t ' s j u s t b e c a u s e p ro-

fessors wan t to g ive s tudents lots of

o p t i o n s to c o m m u n i c a t e , " s a i d

Rebecca Van D y k e Robrahn of CIT.

In spring semester 1999, the D I S -

C U S boards averaged 1,000 hits per

m o n t h .

Any person can read the boards ,

a l though one mus t have a regis tered

u s e r n a m e a n d p a s s w o r d f r o m a

par t icular c lass in o rde r to post in-

fo rmat ion .

Pol ik has been cont inual ly devel-

op ing the s o f t w a r e to m a k e it e v e n

m o r e user- f r iendly .

Po l i k b e l i e v e s tha t o n e of t he

grea t aspec t s of D I S C U S is that it

a l lows m a n y p e o p l e to c o m m u n i -

cate with m a n y others , wi thout hav-

ing to b e in the s a m e place at the

s a m e t ime.

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