the Anchor Gimme back my old ID! September I 996 Hope College • Holland, Michigan • A n independent nonprofit publication • Serving the Hope College Community for IIP years check it out. Soccer Team smells a national champion- ship. Sports, page I I. Whot SAC does with the bucks you shell out. Opinion, page 4. Poetry with Native Ameri- can soul. Intermission, page 8. QQC PR Director hits the big time in Atlanta. Spotlight, page 6. F P 2 T O Z 3 L P E D 4 p E c r D 5 e d r c z p 6 7 8 9 10 11 r E L O P z s Hope's vision checks up 20/20 o n t h e future. Campusbeat, page 2. New core survives close faculty vote NOELLE WOOD staff reporter It's finally here. After three years of investigation, proposals, commit- tees, and votes, the new general edu- cation core curriculum has been de- termined for Hope. The core re- mained virtually the same for over 20 years, with only minor changes. Hope faculty agreed that it was in need of a make-over. "I am enthusiastic about the gen- eral education curriculum that we approved on April 25 and excited about the opportunity that it will give all of us to continue the con- versation about our educational goals and how to achieve academic excellence," said Provost Jacob Nyenhuis in his August 22 address to the faculty. "With the new general education curriculum we are rightly shifting our focus away from simple cover- age of material to the active engage- ment of our students in their own learning." According to Dr. Charles Green, chair of the Committee to Restruc- ture the Core Curriculum, the cur- rent core has its strengths. It encom- passes a broad range of subjects and allows students to experience every- thing from philosophy, to science, to health education. So will the new core. However, changes in the man- ner that these classes will be pre- sented have been made. To promote connections between courses, four-credit survey courses will be taken to lay the foundation of a particular discipline. These courses will be followed by two- credit, half-semester, topic courses. All of the departments on cam- pus will be slowly changing from the three-credit class norm to four credits. This will enable the aver- age student class load to be four four-credit classes, adding up to 16 credits per semester. Anyone who has tried to get a combination of three-credit classes to achieve the 16 necessary each se- mester in order to graduate on time can appreciate this. Also, four classes per semester will be more manageable than five or six. The Committee To Restructure the Core Curriculum first met in July of 1994. They studied national trends in curricula changes at other colleges and attended conventions about general education to gain ideas on how to change Hope's core. They drafted a proposal in De- cember 1995, and, after open meet- ings with faculty and students, changes were made and the pro- posal was submitted to the Aca- demic Affairs Board. In April, the faculty voted be- tween the Modified Proposal, sub- mitted to the Academic Affairs Board by the committee, and the Status Quo, which is the current core. The Modified Proposal won by a scant 84 to 73. Starting in the Fall of 1997, First Year Seminar pilot courses will be- gin. "These seminars will be designed to help freshmen make the transi- tion into college," said Dr. Green. They will be modeled after the se- more CORE on I O Anchor photo by Josh Neucks SPEECHLESS: Nathan Walker, 2 1/2, stops to stare at the American Legion Band at Community Day last Saturday. Festivities unite Hope and community Curriculum Keys • First Year Seminar—2 credits • Math and Natural Sciences—10 credits total Non-majors will take a four-hour interdisciplinary Science course plus a combination of 2 and 4-credit courses in Math and /or Science • Second Language 1. If tested into 201 or 202, either take one semester of that language or 101 of a third language. 2. If no previous language, lake 101 and 102 3. Requirement waived if tested into fifth semester. • Religion—2 credit (1/2 semester) Basic Studies, plus 4-credit course • Social Sciences—4 credits in one discipline group and 2 credits in the other Group 1: Psychology. Communications, or Sociology Group 2: Economics or Political Science • Arts—4 credits theory and 2 credits applied GLYM WILLIAMS sports editor It couldn't have been more pic- turesque if it were copied directly from a Norman Rockwell painting. There were senior citizens who all knew each other. There were a couple of guys off in the corner tossing the old pigskin. Kids were feeding the baked beans to the fam- ily dog and begging to go visit the ice cream lady. There were even Phelps workers dressed as clowns giving balloons to the kids. The Holland American Legion band was playing the crowd with tunes like "God Bless America." It was the 31st annual Commu- nity Day and it took place last Sat- urday, Sept. 7 in the Pine Grove. "I like it better this year than in the past," said Ben Lasky ('99). "I like having it in the Pine Grove in- stead of Windmill Island. The cam- pus is a better setting. It's real pic- turesque with the chapel and the seminary." The day's events were high- lighted by a proclamation of appre- ciation read by City Councilman Craig Rich, directed toward Presi- dent John Jacobson. "I honestly can't think of a bet- ter place to have a college than right here in the heart of Holland, Mich.," said Jacobson, who also received a t-shirt from the stand-in mayor. Mayor A1 McGeehen was out of town on business. Although it may have seemed like members of the community outnumbered students, in actuality only about 600 students usually eat lunch at Phelps on Saturdays. "I don't mind that there are not as many students here as there are old-timers," said Hazel Lawson ('00). t4 I mean, they are supporters of the school and some of them probably went here. If the students chose to pass this up and go to the Bell then that is too bad for them." Familiar faces were spotted working at the picnic, as the Centurian fraternity was asked to more PICNIC on IO Crowds leave standing room only in chapel DAN CWIK and CARRIE "TENMANX staff reporter and campusbeat editor Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning this semester, record numbers have flocked to Dimnent for the morning chapel service. Attendance is at an all-time high, with an estimated 1200-1300 people leaving standing room only for late-comers. They are accompanied by the rock beat of the Chapel Worship Team, including bongo drums, drum set, bass, electric, and acoustic gui- tars, synthesizer, and yes, even a saxophone. "It is the work of God's Spirit and the spiritual hunger of the students that causes these huge mass atten- dances at Chapel services," said Ben Patterson, Dean of the Chapel. He also cites prayer, preaching of the Gospel, and the friendly relation- ships of the Chaplain's Office with the student body as factors in the growth of the chapel program. Hope faculty and staff give var- ied reasons for their attendance. "Worship is an important part of my faith, and that is why I go to chapel," said Seth Kaper-Dale ('97). "I am a fairly regular Chapel attender," said President Jacobson in an April faculty meeting. "I en- joy being there because the atmo- sphere is exciting and upbeat. It is not subdued, but it is worshipful." The Chapel program began its rapid growth after the current Keppel House staff came on board in 1994 and changed the format from a more traditional style. When he was hired as the Dean of the Chapel, Patterson spoke with many students about what they would like to see in chapel. He dis- covered that they wanted to hear messages that related to issues that they faced in their student lives. They also favored singing and hear- ing more upbeat music. But there are some students at Hope who do not appreciate the more charismatic worship style. "I prefer a more intellectual method for approaching Christ," said Peter Ganeff ('97). Regardless of such criticism, the chapel program has continued to grow and enjoys the support of Hope's administration. "In the last two years the Chapel program has attracted a great amount of participation and inter- est," said Jacobson in faculty meet- ing last spring. "It has become visible and. in- deed, it is often audible; and it has had, I believe, a very positive in- fluence on the spiritual life of many students, faculty and staff, as well as upon people in the community and in the church who are touched by it." Cops drop in on FCS bash HEIDI HUEBNER staff reporter This past Saturday night, a Hawaiian-theme parly put on by Fellowship of Christian students was interrupted by the Holland police. A Hope graduate visiting a neighboring house called the po- lice to complain of the noise level at Visscher and Van Zyl cottages. "The police had known since we stained setting up (for the luau) that it was going to be a little noisy, but that it was a no-alco- hol party, a Christian party." said James Palmer (*98). FCS Presi- dent. "They had been driving by all night, and they were fine with it [the noise]." Bui the Holland Police had to step in when the complaint was more FCS on 2
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the Anchor Gimme back my old ID!
September I 996
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 n i n d e p e n d e n t 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 I I P y e a r s
check it out.
Soccer Team smells a n a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n -sh ip . S p o r t s , page I I .
W h o t SAC does with the b u c k s you shell out. O p i n i o n , page 4.
Poetry with Native Ameri-can sou l . I n t e r m i s s i o n , page 8.
QQC
PR Director hits the big time in A t l a n t a . S p o t l i g h t , page 6.
F P 2 T O Z 3
L P E D 4 p E c r D 5 e d r c z p 6
7 8 9 10 11
r E L O P z s
Hope's vision checks up 20/20 o n t h e f u t u r e . C a m p u s b e a t , page 2.
New core survives close faculty vote NOELLE WOOD
staff reporter
It 's finally here. After three years of investigation, proposals, commit-tees, and votes, the new general edu-cation core curriculum has been de-termined for Hope. The core re-mained virtually the same for over 20 years, with only minor changes. Hope faculty agreed that it was in need of a make-over.
"I am enthusiastic about the gen-eral education curriculum that we approved on April 25 and excited about the opportunity that it will give all of us to continue the con-versat ion about our educa t iona l goals and how to achieve academic exce l l ence , " said Provost Jacob Nyenhuis in his August 22 address to the faculty.
"With the new general education curriculum we are rightly shifting our focus away from simple cover-age of material to the active engage-ment of our students in their own learning."
According to Dr. Charles Green, chair of the Committee to Restruc-ture the Core Curriculum, the cur-rent core has its strengths. It encom-passes a broad range of subjects and allows students to experience every-thing from philosophy, to science, to health education. So will the new core. However, changes in the man-ner that these classes will be pre-sented have been made.
To promote connections between courses, four-credit survey courses will be taken to lay the foundation of a par t icular discipl ine. These courses will be followed by two-
credit, half-semester, topic courses. All of the departments on cam-
pus will be slowly changing from the three-credit class norm to four credits. This will enable the aver-age student class load to be four four-credit classes, adding up to 16 credits per semester.
Anyone who has tried to get a combination of three-credit classes to achieve the 16 necessary each se-mester in order to graduate on time can apprec ia t e this . Also , f ou r classes per semester will be more manageable than five or six.
The Committee To Restructure the Core Curriculum first met in July of 1994. They studied national trends in curricula changes at other colleges and attended conventions about general education to gain ideas on how to change Hope ' s core.
They drafted a proposal in De-cember 1995, and, after open meet-ings with facul ty and s tudents , changes were made and the pro-posal was submitted to the Aca-demic Affairs Board.
In April, the faculty voted be-tween the Modified Proposal, sub-mitted to the Academic Af fa i r s Board by the committee, and the Status Quo, which is the current core. The Modified Proposal won by a scant 84 to 73.
Starting in the Fall of 1997, First Year Seminar pilot courses will be-gin.
"These seminars will be designed to help freshmen make the transi-tion into college," said Dr. Green. They will be modeled after the se-
more CORE on I O
Anchor photo by Josh Neucks
SPEECHLESS: Nathan Walker, 2 1/2, stops to stare at the American Legion Band at Community Day last Saturday.
Festivities uni te Hope and commun i t y
C u r r i c u l u m Keys • First Year Seminar—2 credits • M a t h and Natural Sciences—10 credits total
N o n - m a j o r s wil l t a k e a f o u r - h o u r in te rd i sc ip l inary S c i e n c e c o u r s e p lus a c o m b i n a t i o n of 2 a n d 4 -c red i t c o u r s e s in M a t h a n d /or S c i e n c e
• Second Language 1. If t es ted in to 201 o r 2 0 2 , e i ther t ake o n e s emes t e r
of that l a n g u a g e o r 101 of a third l a n g u a g e . 2 . If n o p r e v i o u s l a n g u a g e , lake 101 and 102 3. R e q u i r e m e n t w a i v e d if t es ted into fifth semes te r . • R e l i g i o n — 2 c red i t (1 /2 s e m e s t e r ) B a s i c S tud ies ,
p lus 4 - c r ed i t c o u r s e • S o c i a l S c i e n c e s — 4 cred i t s in o n e d i sc ip l ine g r o u p
a n d 2 c red i t s in t he o t h e r G r o u p 1: P s y c h o l o g y . C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , o r S o c i o l o g y G r o u p 2: E c o n o m i c s o r Pol i t ica l S c i e n c e
• A r t s — 4 cred i t s theory a n d 2 c red i t s app l i ed
GLYM WILLIAMS
sports editor
It couldn't have been more pic-turesque if it were copied directly from a Norman Rockwell painting.
There were senior citizens who all knew each other. There were a couple of guys off in the corner tossing the old pigskin. Kids were feeding the baked beans to the fam-ily dog and begging to go visit the ice cream lady.
There were even Phelps workers dressed as clowns giving balloons to the kids. The Holland American Legion band was playing the crowd wi th t u n e s l ike " G o d B l e s s America."
It was the 31st annual Commu-nity Day and it took place last Sat-urday, Sept. 7 in the Pine Grove.
"I like it better this year than in the past," said Ben Lasky ( '99). "I like having it in the Pine Grove in-stead of Windmill Island. The cam-pus is a better setting. It's real pic-turesque with the chapel and the seminary."
The d a y ' s even t s were high-lighted by a proclamation of appre-ciation read by City Councilman Craig Rich, directed toward Presi-dent John Jacobson.
"I honestly can ' t think of a bet-ter place to have a college than right h e r e in the h e a r t of H o l l a n d , Mich. ," said Jacobson, who also received a t-shirt from the stand-in mayor. Mayor A1 McGeehen was out of town on business.
Although it may have seemed like members of the communi ty outnumbered students, in actuality only about 600 students usually eat lunch at Phelps on Saturdays.
"I don ' t mind that there are not as many students here as there are o ld- t imers ," said Hazel Lawson ( '00). t4I mean, they are supporters of the school and some of them probably went here. If the students chose to pass this up and go to the Bell then that is too bad for them."
F a m i l i a r f a c e s were spo t t ed w o r k i n g at t he p i c n i c , as the Centurian fraternity was asked to
more P ICNIC on IO
Crowds leave standing room only in chapel DAN CWIK and
CARRIE "TENMANX
staff reporter and
campusbeat editor
Every Monday, Wednesday, and F r i d a y m o r n i n g th i s s e m e s t e r , record numbers have f locked to Dimnent for the morning chapel service. Attendance is at an all-time high, with an estimated 1200-1300 people leaving standing room only for late-comers.
They are accompanied by the rock beat of the Chapel Worship Team, including bongo drums, drum set, bass, electric, and acoustic gui-tars, synthesizer, and yes, even a saxophone.
"It is the work of God's Spirit and the spiritual hunger of the students that causes these huge mass atten-dances at Chapel services," said Ben Patterson, Dean of the Chapel. He also cites prayer, preaching of the Gospel, and the friendly relation-
ships of the Chaplain's Office with the student body as factors in the growth of the chapel program.
Hope faculty and staff give var-ied reasons for their attendance.
"Worship is an important part of my faith, and that is why I go to c h a p e l , " said Se th Kape r -Da le ( '97).
"I am a fairly regular Chapel attender," said President Jacobson in an April faculty meeting. "I en-joy being there because the atmo-sphere is exciting and upbeat. It is not subdued, but it is worshipful."
The Chapel program began its rapid g r o w t h a f t e r the cur rent Keppel House staff came on board in 1994 and changed the format from a more traditional style.
When he was hired as the Dean of the Chapel, Patterson spoke with many students about what they would like to see in chapel. He dis-covered that they wanted to hear messages that related to issues that
they faced in their student lives. They also favored singing and hear-ing more upbeat music.
But there are some students at Hope who do not appreciate the more charismatic worship style.
"I p r e fe r a more in te l lec tua l method for approaching Christ ," said Peter Ganeff ( '97).
Regardless of such criticism, the chapel program has continued to grow and en joys the support of Hope's administration.
"In the last two years the Chapel p r o g r a m has a t t r ac t ed a g rea t amount of participation and inter-est," said Jacobson in faculty meet-ing last spring.
"It has become visible and. in-deed, it is often audible; and it has had, I believe, a very positive in-fluence on the spiritual life of many students, faculty and staff, as well as upon people in the community and in the church who are touched by it."
Cops drop in on FCS bash HEIDI HUEBNER
staff reporter
This past Sa turday night , a Hawaiian-theme parly put on by Fellowship of Christian students was interrupted by the Holland police.
A Hope gradua te vis i t ing a neighboring house called the po-lice to complain of the noise level at Visscher and Van Zyl cottages.
"The police had known since we stained setting up (for the luau) that it was going to be a little noisy, but that it was a no-alco-hol party, a Christian party." said James Palmer (*98). FCS Presi-dent. "They had been driving by all night, and they were fine with it [the noise]."
Bui the Holland Police had to step in when the complaint was
m o r e FCS on 2
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Hope focuses on future Campus Beat
campus briefs Cottage evacuated for carbon monoxide
DeGraaf Col lage w a s evacua ied
al 11 p.m. lasl Wednesday night a f -
ter a c a r b o n m o n o x i d e d e t e c t o r
sounded in the house. T h e residents
sal outs ide the house until 1 a .m. ,
and then spent the night in the lobby
of Gi lmore Hall.
Al though they re turnded to their
cot tage the fo l lowing day, DeGraa f
residents are still unsure about the
cause of the a la rm.
* W e have got ten several d i f fer -
ent answers . " said Susan DeHaan
( ' 98 ) . DeGraaf resident .
"Af te r talking with an engineer ,
we have de termined that the sensor
packs can be act ivated by hot, hu-
m i d c o n d i t i o n s , " s a i d J e r r y
G u n n i c k . Di rec to r of Heal th and
Fire Safely. " W e feel that this m a y
have been what caused the alarm to
act ivate at DeGraa f . "
The detectors are approximate ly
one year old.
Only about 20% of the cot tages
are equ ipped with carbon monox-
ide d e t e c t o r s , w h i c h a r e b e i n g
gradual ly installed in the remaining
col lages.
Publ ic Safe ly currently seeking
addi t ional f u n d s to purchase a por-
table C O detec tor to de te rmine im-
m e d i a t e l y if a c a r b o n m o n o x i d e
a larm is false.
History prof seriously injured in fall Last S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n . H o p e
professor of history Albert Bell sus-
tained serious injuries in a fall at his
Holland home .
Bell was painting his house when
his extension ladder apparent ly col-
lapsed and he fell to the g round .
He was airl if ted lo Bul le rwor th
Hospital in Grand Rapids, where he
was d iagnosed with internal in ju-
ries and a broken pelvis . H e w a s
F C S f r o m I
made . They asked ihe parly orga-
nizers to move the parly inside the
t w o h o u s e s w h e r e , a c c o r d i n g to
Palmer, the luau con t inued .
Despite the interruption, the party
was successful in the eyes of the
FCS leadership, wilh over 150 stu-
dents in a t tendance .
"I was proud, it went well. People
are looking fo r stuff to do. We see
a unique ministry lo revive the cam-
pus," Pa lmer said.
The a lcohol - f ree par ly w a s orga-
nized as an al ternat ive option to the
typical weekend parties off campus .
"This is an al ternative to week-
end a c t i v i t i e s a n d a c h a n c e fo r
C h r i s t i a n s to f e l l o w s h i p , " s a id
Kevin DeYoung, an FCS leader.
Th i s year marked the second an-
nual luau hosted by the group .
"A par ly ' s a parly, bui a par ty
with a theme is coo l , " said Cathy
Stedman, who helped set up for ihe
evenl .
T h e luau spirit was found in the
admit ted to the critical surgical care
unit. A l though the internal injuries
are apparent ly healing, it has not yet
been de termined if the broken pel-
vis will require surgery.
Bell will not be returning lo Hope
for at least 5 -6 weeks . In the mean-
t ime, Professor C o h e n will be sub-
sti tuting in his History 130-02 sur-
vey c lass .
decorations, guys running around in
grass skirts and leis, and in the col-
orful attire of many of the allenders.
Whi le there was not a roast pig
in the traditional fashion of a luau,
food was plent i ful .
" T h i s is s o r t of a
d i scombobula led Hawai ian fiesta,"
said Tom Goodhar t ( '98) .
With Christ ian mus ic blaring in
the background, s tudents danced on
the lawn and s idewalk, j u m p e d on
a h u g e t r a m p o l i n e , and p l a y e d
Fr isbee in the street. A foursquare
o r g a n i z e d in the d r i v e w a y , and
a l l e n d e r s e v e n l i m b o e d u n d e r a
b room lo the mus ic of Jars of Clay.
Free door prizes had the c rowd
laughing as people accepted useless
gi f ts such as Ramen noodle soup
and ch i ld ren ' s toys.
Fel lowship of Christ ian Students
h o l d s w e e k l y m e e t i n g s M o n d a y
nights al 9 p.m. in Phelps or Maas
aud i to r ium and encourages all lo
at tend.
CARRIE TEN MANX
cam pus beat editor
" W h e r e there is no v i s ion the
people per ish ."
Th i s Bible verse is emblazoned
on i h e f l y e r s f o r V i s i o n 2 0 2 0 ,
Hope ' s new strategic p lanning ini-
tiative.
T h e b r a i n c h i l d of P r e s i d e n t
Jacobson and the Board of Trust-
ees. the inilialive a ims to bring into
focus the col lec l ive vision of the
Hope communi ty for the year 2020,
and ident i fy steps lo be taken n o w
to bring about those goals .
"A lot of organiza t ions are mak-
ing preparations for the future," said
Chuck Green, professor of psychol-
ogy and Director of Frost Research
C e n t e r , w h o is c o o r d i n a t i n g the
p lanning effor t . "In today 's wor ld ,
it lakes a very intentional e f for t to
prepare fo r the fu ture , because ev-
erything changes so rapidly."
T h e y e a r 2 0 2 0 , a c c o r d i n g to
Green , symbol izes this focus on the
fu ture .
"By thinking so far ahead , w e are
not cons t ra ined by our immedia te
p r o b l e m s . We c a n s u s p e n d o u r
j u d g e m e n t to get beyond cur ren t
issues and really think about what
we want Hope Col lege lo look l ike
in 20 or 25 years ."
In order lo formula te these goals,
Jacobson and the Board of Trust-
ees is seeking the input of the Hope
communi ty
A set of three ques t ions for input
on the p lanning inilialive w a s sent
out in the News from Hope College
to a lumni , parents , and f r iends of
the Co l l ege . T h e s e ques t ions a re
a l s o a v a i l a b l e o n - l i n e in t h e
K n o w H o p e sys tem. Green h o p e s
for a high level of s tudent partici-
pation in the survey, which must be
comple ted by Sept. 15.
In addi t ion to the survey ques-
tions, four consultation groups com-
prised of stu-
d e n l s , f a c -
u l ty , s t a f f ,
a l u m n i , a d -
minis t ra t ion ,
and f r i e n d s ,
a re m e e t i n g
this semes ter
to brainstorm
i d e a s a n d
s u g g e s t i o n s
fo r the p r o -
gram.
" W h e r e is
the wor ld headed? Where is h igher
educat ion headed? W h a t ways do
we wan t Hope Col lege lo change
or remain the same? T h e s e are the
q u e s t i o n s tha t w e a r e a s k i n g , "
Green said.
Becky Schmid t ( ' 98 ) participated
in the f i r s t c o n s u l t a t i o n g r o u p ,
which met in August .
"1 would say that w e are talking
about enhanc ing Hope Col lege for
the fu ture , rather than chang ing it
radical ly," she said. "We are ana-
lyzing global trends which are tak-
ing place, and how they should or
will a f fec t Hope . T h e point was to
ge l together some people with very
c lose lies lo Hope Col lege to dis-
c u s s w h a t qua l i t i e s of H o p e we
would like to keep or see changed ," t
she said.
Schmid t ci ted technological ad-
vances as an example .
"Technology has made such an
impact on the wor ld ," she said. "We
have to have a priorit ized plan to
i n c o r p o r a t e
these technol-
ogy advances
i n t o H o p e
College. Also,
since technol-
ogy has made
t h e w o r l d a
smaller place,
w e h a v e to
b e c o m e a
m o r e d iverse
campus in the
fu tu re . "
T h e s e ongo ing d iscuss ions will
be fo l lowed in Oc tobe r by the re-
lease of a draf t s ta tement of goals
by the Board of Trustees. T h e Board
will cons ider da ta f rom the first two
consultat ion sessions and responses
to a survey that they are conduc t -
ing to draf t the document .
T h e second half of the semester
will be focused on thinking about
m o r e concre te ways to ach ieve the
out l ined goals . T h e brains torming
process wil l cont inue with the re-
main ing t w o consul ta t ion sess ions
and a f resh set of survey quest ions.
Anchor p\-\oXo by Josh Neucks
N I C E H A I R : Kevin DeYoung ('98) gets a festive new 'do with the help of a Hawaiian mask at the FCS luau.
Foundation awards sciences $750,000 - T h e grant will support the gener- up to t w o projec ts a year for fac-
HEIDI HUEBNER
staff reporter
Early this s u m m e r the Hope Col-
lege Science depar tment received
$700 ,000 f rom the Howard Hughes
Medica l Institution in Mary land .
T h e gran t w a s a c q u i r e d in re-
s p o n s e to a p roposa l wr i t t en by
James Gent i le , dean of natural sci-
ences at Hope. It will be used to
support a variety of projects target-
ing underepresented g roups of s tu-
dents like women and minori t ies .
" O u r goal is lo gel s tudents of all
ages, including women and minori-
ties, involved in real scientific ex -
plorat ion instead of jus t memor i z -
ing facts f r o m books , " said Purnell
Chop in , Pres ident of the H u g h e s
Medica l Institute, in a recently re-
leased s ta tement .
ating of a science c lub for middle
and high school students, as wel l as
provid ing the oppor tuni ty for high
schoolers and Hope students to con-
duct b iomedica l research.
"I t ' s an important miss ion lo help
y o u n g s tudents in teres ted in sci-
ence. It 's really part of our outreach
to the communi ty , " Gent i le said.
In addition lo the science c lub and
undergradua te research, the grant
a l lows specif ic support for sc ience
at Hope by underwri t ing the devel-
opment of courses in scientif ic lit-
eracy for s tudents w h o do not plan
lo ma jo r in science and revisions on
courses geared toward biology and
chemis t ry m a j o r s . T h e deve lop -
ments coincide wilh the co l l ege ' s
plan lo upda te its core cur r icu lum.
Addit ionally, the gram will f und
ully r e sea rch p rov ided invo lv ing
H o p e undergradua tes .
Provis ions fo r three added bio-
medical sc iences facul ty m e m b e r s
will help remodel laboratory space,
provide equipment , and support stu-
dent researchers .
H o p e w a s one of only t w o col-
leges in Mich igan and 52 col leges
nat ional ly lo receive a grant f r o m
the prest igious inst i tut ion.
"These col leges and universi t ies
do an excellent j o b of preparing stu-
den t s fo r careers in sc ient i f ic re-
search, teaching, med ic ine and re-
lated fields," Purnell said . Hope
also received a $750,000 grant f r o m
the institute in 1991.
"I t ' s because w e ' r e good, w e do
wha t w e say w e ' r e go ing to do in
the proposa l s , " Gent i le said.
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Kletz: S C A R E D W E I R D L I T T L E G U Y S
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We are now accepting applications for 3 open positions.
Pick up an application at the S A C office. Applicat ions are
due on Thursday September 12 by 5pm.
A lot of organizations are
making preparations for the
future. In today's world, it
takes a very intentional effort
to prepare for the future,
because everything changes so
rapidly. —Chuck Green
Director of Frost Research Center
September 11,1 996 the Anchor I n F o c u s
C A L L M E C R A Z Y
Dave Clausen
A Ca l l Fo r A c t i v i s m Last spr ing H o p e ' s admin-
istration banned smoking in the
Kletz.
W h y am 1 telling you
someth ing many of you already
know?
Because it represents an
ugly tendency in H o p e ' s
administrat ive policy: going
over the heads of the s tudents to
make decis ions that a f fec t us
without our consen t .
For the past three years .
Student Congress has brought
the proposed smoking ban up
fo r a vote and each t ime it w a s
voted down. Then the adminis -
tration decided to vote yes,
complete ly going against
s tudent preference .
Wait a minute. W h o ' s
paying $ 18,000 a year to go to
this col lege? S o m e of o u r
parents may be foot ing the bill,
but it is our educat ion and our
l ives being shaped here.
You might say that this
issue should have been ad-
dressed last spring when the
action was e f fec ted , but there is
no time more oppor tune than
the present. S tudent Congress
elect ions are near, and a l though
its powers are relat ively
laughable, it is the main fo rum
by which w e can make o u r
voices known to the adminis t ra-
tion. It is only as s trong as w e
make it.
Last year, when our co re
curr iculum was changed ,
s tudents had little to do with it.
This is not because the adminis -
tration ignored student input,
but because it w a s not provided,
al though a recognizable ef for t
was made to collect s tudent
ideas on the matter. Perhaps this
is what gave them the idea that
they could get a w a y with the
Kletz smoking ban.
As paying cus tomers at
Hope Col lege we should not
give the school the impress ion
that they can make o u r decis ions
for us.
As w e elect Congres s reps
fo r our dorms , cot tages or o f f -
c a m p u s , w e need to get people
into o f f i ce w h o will listen and
push for greater s tudent control
over the issues that concern us.
I real ize that not eve rybody
may have the l ime to devote
themse lves to this cause , but
tha t ' s wha t Student Congress is
for . Your voice will be heard
there, and f r o m there Congress
can pass it on to the higher
adminis t ra t ive bodies . We have
s tudent media l ike the Anchor
and W T H S which are des igned
to get o u r voices out there. We
have potent ial ly powerfu l tools
at o u r fingertips, and if e n o u g h
of us gel f ired up, then the
adminis t ra t ion will have no
choice but to listen.
W h y should w e let the
powers that be make choices for
us on issues thai affect our l ives
here?
It is here that we will be
shaping fundamenta l at t i tudes
toward h o w w e act in retaining
control over wha t happens to us
as we go out into the real world.
Start now. E m p o w e r our s tudent
organizat ions to get things d o n e
on our behalf instead of letting
the adminis t ra t ion dec ide wha t
is benef ic ia l fo r us. Shrug off the
not ion that o u r generat ion is
apathet ic and make the decis ions
that will a f fec t us now and
in f luence the way w e act in the
fu ture .
This is our school , so let's
take control and get what we
want out of it, instead of the
adminis t ra t ion giving us wha t
they want .
Di f f e ren t l y A b l e d Disabled students overcome challeneges DAVE CLAUSEN infocus editor
W h e n d i s a b l e d s t u d e n t L iz
Hall ( ' 00 ) arr ived on campus this
summer , she feared that she might
have to deal with the same diff icul-
ties she did at Michigan State. Hall
has a genet ic skin disorder called
Ep idermolys i s Bul losa , which af-
f e c t s the c o n -
n e c t i v e t i s sue
in her skin.
At S t a t e ,
she had t rouble
getting in touch
with profs , get-
t i n g a r o u n d
c a m p u s , a n d
s t u d e n t s w e r e
somewha t cold
and dis tant to-
wards her. Hall
said. However ,
this was not to
be the case at Hope .
"The re is a big d i f f e r e n c e at
H o p e , " H a l l s a i d . " A l l a r o u n d
people are will ing to help, and they
don ' t make you feel like y o u ' r e stu-
pid for asking for help here . "
At Hope there are 84 students
classif ied as disabled. Th i s includes
those that have learning, mobili ty,
hearing, vision, and hidden disabili-
ties. Hidden ones include mental or
psych ia t r i c d isabi l i t ies , o r hea l th
impai rments such as Hal l ' s .
Hope ' s Off ice of Disabled Stu-
dent Services deals with those stu-
dents w h o have mobility, hear ing,
vision, or h idden disorders. D S S is
the only service of its kind exis t ing
at an undergraduate school in the
s t a t e of M i c h i g a n , s a id L o u i s e
S h u m a k e r , D i r e c t o r of D i s a b l e d
Student Services .
It is "commi t t ed to provid ing
opportuni ty fo r s tudents with dis-
abilities to reach their ful l po ten-
tial ," according to D S S ' s miss ion
statement.
N e w s tudents c o m i n g to H o p e
with disabil i t ies must arr ive early
in order to become oriented with the
c a m p u s a n d
to prepare for
t h e i r c l a s s e s
by m e e t i n g
w i t h p r o f e s -
sors , b e c o m -
i n g a c -
quainted with
the Disabili ty
R e s o u r c e
R o o m in the
library, learn-
ing w h e r e all
t h e w h e e l -
c h a i r r a m p s
are, and in the case of bl ind stu-
dents . learning their routes to c lass
and other des t inat ions on campus .
For blind students it can be par-
ticularly diff icul t . S h u m a k e r said.
" S o m e t i m e s it t a k e s t h e m t h e i r
whole t ime at Hope to f igure it out ."
Heidi B ronkema ( '97; , one of
Hope ' s two blind students, said that
the physical barr iers have not been
t h e m o s t p r o b l e m a t i c , a l t h o u g h
people have parked cars on the side-
walks and caused unexpec ted hin-
drances as well as f rustra t ion, forc-
ing her to walk into the street to get
a round them.
D S S has worked towards pro-
mol ing the removal of at t i tudinal
barriers as m u c h as physical ones .
"You can r emove all the physi-
11 When I first started this job
all the focus was on helping
the students become aware.
But it's really the whole
campus that needs to be-
come aware. —Louise Shumaker
Director of Disabled Student
Services
cal barr iers , but if the at t i tudes and
unders tanding d o e s n ' t change , you
haven ' t gone very far ," S h u m a k e r
said.
T h e a t t i t u d i n a l b a r r i e r s ,
S h u m a k e r s a i d , a r e w h e r e t h e
schoo l has m a d e the mos t e f f o r t
O n e of the ways in which these bar-
riers are broken on c a m p u s is dur-
ing Di sab i l i t y A w a r e n e s s W e e k ,
wh ich occurs in Apri l . During this,
s tudents have the opt ion of partici-
pat ing in a number of activities such
as the " W h e e l c h a i r C h a l l e n g e " ,
where facul ty , s taff , and students
occupy wheelchai rs fo r a day.
On another day, D S S sets up
disability s imulat ions in the DeWit t
l o u n g e w h e r e s t u d e n t s have the
c h a n c e to s i m u l a t e d i s a b i l i t i e s
through var ious means . A keynote
speaker is a lso brought to c a m p u s
to speak on a disabil i ty issue deter-
mined by the theme of the year.
In a d d i t i o n t o D i s a b i l i t i e s
Awareness Week , S h u m a k e r gets
involved in the c a m p u s throughout
the year. To increase awareness , she
talks to facul ty and staff meet ings ,
education classes, and brings speak-
ers to campus to talk on disability
issues.
" W h e n I first started this j o b
all the focus was on helping the stu-
den t s b e c o m e a w a r e . " S h u m a k e r
said. "But really it's the whole cam-
pus that needs to become aware ."
Increas ing a w a r e n e s s of dis-
abil i t ies is an issue cont inual ly em-
p h a s i z e d by H o p e . " T h e ha rdes t
thing in any group of people is over-
c o m i n g s t e r e o t y p e s . " B r o n k e m a
said. " O n c e you get past those, then
people can get to k n o w you and
things are easier ."
D o y o u need m o r e power? O r just like people?
Black & Decker is hiring. W e are
looking for mot ivated par t t i m e help t o work weekends and evenings. Stop
by the out let mal l off U S 3 I nor th or
call at 392-6820. w e ' r e m o r e t h a n j us t p o w e r t oo l s . C o m e see.
Student Congress Elections You must have your Student I.D. to vote.
In front of the Library 10:15a.m. - 12:15p.m. 12:30p.m. - 3:00p.m.
Opin ion the Anchor September I I , 1996
our voice.
Regulat ion o r strangulat ion? T h e b l i n d f o l d e d w o m e n w o r e b i g d i a p e r s o v e r t h e i r
s h o r t s , r e d p l a s t i c h a t s o n t h e i r h e a d s , p a i n t o n t h e i r f a c e s .
T h e y m a r c h e d in a l i n e s i n g i n g a d i t t y a b o u t b e i n g " m i g h t y ,
m i g h t y f r e s h m e n " w h i l e u p p e r c l a s s w o m e n l o o k e d o n .
T h e y f i l e d b e f o r e t h e b i g w i n d o w a l o n g t h e w e s t w a l l o f
P h e l p s D i n i n g H a l l F r i d a y e v e n i n g a n d d i d a l i t t l e d a n c e .
A n d t h e n t h e y p u l l e d o f f t h e b l i n d f o l d s , c a m e i n , a n d
a t e , s t i l l d e c k e d o u t i n t h e i r i n i t i a t i o n r e g a l i a .
T h e y w e r e a l l s m i l i n g .
L e t ' s s a y f o r a m o m e n t t h a t t h e y w e r e a p l e d g e c l a s s ,
w i t h a c t i v e s t y i n g t h e i r b l i n d f o l d s a n d l e a d i n g t h e m . L e t ' s
s a y f o r a s e c o n d t h a t t h i s w a s a n e x a m p l e o f p u b l i c
p l e d g i n g . A s a G r e e k o r g a n i z a t i o n t h e y w o u l d b e v i o l a t i n g
t h e R e s t r u c t u r e d P l e d g i n g P o l i c y a d o p t e d l a s t D e c e m b e r
a n d i n s t i t u t e d f o r t h e first t i m e d u r i n g p l e d g i n g l a s t s p r i n g .
W h a t w o u l d h a p p e n t o t h e m ?
T h e a c t o f " b l i n d f o l d i n g " a n d " r e q u i r i n g i n a p p r o p r i a t e
d r e s s " a r e l e v e l t w o i n f r a c t i o n s , p u n i s h a b l e b y t h e
i m m e d i a t e a s s i g n m e n t o f 2 5 h o u r s o f c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e
f o r e a c h p a r t i c i p a n t . T h e o r g a n i z a t i o n c o u l d a l s o b e fined
b e t w e e n $ 7 5 a n d S I 2 5 . P a r t i c i p a n t s c o u l d b e h a n d e d a
s e m e s t e r ' s w o r t h o f p r o b a t i o n .
B u t t h e s e l a d i e s w e r e n ' t p l e d g i n g . T h e y a r e m e m b e r s
o f t h e D u t c h S o c c e r t e a m , a n d t h e y w e r e j u s t p e r f o r m i n g
a n a n n u a l " w e l c o m e t o t h e t e a m " t r a d i t i o n .
S o w h a t ' s w r o n g w i t h t h a t ?
W h e n t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n b e a r s d o w n o n p u b l i c a c t i o n s
l i k e t h i s f o r G r e e k o r g a n i z a t i o n s , t h e y d o s o t o g i v e p l e d g e s
a r e s p i t e , a s a f e t y n e t f r o m t h e r i g o r s o f i n i t i a t i o n . B u t
w h a t if t h e p u b l i c d i s p l a y s w e r e n ' t h u r t i n g a n y o n e ? W h e n
t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s w e r e h a v i n g f u n , a n d s o w e r e o n l o o k e r s ?
T r a d i t i o n s t h a t a r e f u n a n d d o n ' t c a u s e h a r m s h o u l d n o t
b e r e g u l a t e d o u t o f e x i s t e n c e .
W h e n t h e C o l l e g e s p e n d s h u n d r e d s o f h o u r s r e v i e w i n g
G r e e k s o n c a m p u s a n d s e c u r i n g r e v i s e d p o l i c i e s t o m a n a g e
a c t i v i t i e s w i t h i n t h o s e g r o u p s , w h e r e d o e s t h e C o l l e g e
d r a w t h e l i n e ?
W h a t w o u l d h a p p e n if t h e s e r e g u l a t i o n s w e r e a p p l i c a b l e
t o a l l H o p e o r g a n i z a t i o n s ? L e t ' s p l a y m a k e - b e l i e v e .
W e ' l l j u s t f o c u s o u t a t t e n t i o n s o n P h e l p s , a d e s i g n a t e d
" f r e e z o n e . "
W a t c h h o w t h e s e r e s t r i c t i o n s a p p l y t o S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s
e l e c t i o n s . C a n d i d a t e s f o r p r e s i d e n t c a n n o l o n g e r b e a s k e d
t o d r e s s u p t o d e l i v e r s p e e c h e s t o d i n e r s .
W h a t a b o u t t h e P u l l t e a m s ? T h a t ' s i t . G o h o m e a n d t a k e
o f f t h o s e m a t c h i n g t e e s . A n d q u i t s h a v i n g y o u r h e a d s ,
g e n t l e m e n . N o m o r e w a r p a i n t . T h i s t y p e o f e x p r e s s i o n is
i n a p p r o p r i a t e i n t h e f r e e z o n e .
T h e i s s u e a t h a n d i s n ' t p u b l i c h u m i l i a t i o n . P e r h a p s t h o s e
s o c c e r l a d i e s w e r e h a v i n g a g o o d t i m e . C a n d i d a t e s a r e
f o n d o f w e a r i n g d r e s s y s t u f f . P u l l e r s l i k e t o b e b a l d . A n d
it i s n ' t c r e a t i n g a n e g a t i v e d i s t r a c t i o n . T h e d i n e r s i n P h e l p s
p r o b a b l y g e t a k i c k o u t o f t h e s p e c t a c l e s .
S o m e o f t h e r u l e s i n t h e P l e d g i n g d o c u m e n t a r e
c o n s t r u c t i v e . T h e y w e r e n e e d e d a n d t h e y s h o u l d b e
c o n t i n u e d . B u t d i d t h e r u l e m a k i n g g e t o u t o f h a n d ? If
s o m e o f t h e s e r u l e s w e r e a p p l i e d t o o t h e r g r o u p s , t h e y
w o u l d s e e m in e x c e s s .
T h e i s s u e h e r e i s t h a t o v e r - r e g u l a t i o n c a n , a n d w i l l , k i l l
a n u m b e r o f t r a d i t i o n s t h a t h a d v a l u e a n d h i s t o r y . T h e
n e e d f o r a r e v i s e d p l e d g i n g p o l i c y i n e v i d e n t . Y e s , t h e
p o l i c y is n e c e s s a r y . I d e a l l y , h a z i n g a c t i v i t i e s t h a t o n c e
w e r e y e a r l y t r a d i t i o n s h a v e b e e n e l i m i n a t e d . B u t i n
s w e e p i n g a w a y t h e h a r m f u l t r a d i t i o n s , t h e f u n s t u f f w a s
a l s o s w e p t a w a y .
D o w e w a n t c o n s i s t e n c y s o t h a t a l l t r a d i t i o n s a r e
e v e n t u a l l y r e g u l a t e d o u t o f e x i s t e n c e ? N o . W e w a n t t h e
r e g u l a t i o n s t o m a k e s e n s e . W e w a n t t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o
k e e p a l i v e t h e t r a d i t i o n s t h a t h e l p e d t h e g r o u p s b o n d ,
w i t h o u t t h e t r a d i t i o n s i n v o l v i n g b o n d a g e .
L e t ' s b e r e a s o n a b l e w i t h t h e r u l e s , s o t h a t t h e y h a v e
c o n t i n u e d v a l u e .
you voice. Student comes to defense of stereotyped males
D e a r Editor,
I have not, in a very long l ime,
been so insulted as I w a s when my
Resident Director knocked on my
door on the night of Sept . 2 and
handed m e the latest C . A . A . R . E .
flyer. Like most of the o ther meet-
ings on the Hope campus , this one
too had the sel l ing point of " F R E E
P U N C H A N D C O O K I E S ; ' T h a t
was the least of the problems. As I
r e a d f u r t h e r , I c a m e t o t h i s :
4 ' **Guys. . .Stop being ignorant and
learn how to treat a lady!"
W h a t is this? I cannot think of a
more blatant s lap in the face than
being told that I have done some-
thing wrong before I have even had
the chance to do any th ing at all. I
am sure that this whole sexual as-
sault awareness thing was a good
idea on the outset and has no th ing
but good intentions, but f rom where
I am silling it is ge t t ing jus t s l ightly
out of control . T h o u g h I know thai
I am cross ing all sorts of political
c o r r e c t n e s s gu ide l ines by saying
this, I gues s that I will take that
chance. There are, sparse as w e may
seem, a f ew of us guys left on Earth
that actual ly do have some concept
as to h o w one should behave. So
until the rest of us die out, would
you please d o us the favor of giv-
ing us all the benef i t of the doubt.
T h a n k you for your t ime,
Michael G. Cross
SAC directors explain where your moolah goes
Dear Editor,
As the leadership of S A C it has
c o m e to our attention that m e m b e r s
of the Hope c o m m u n i t y are con-
ce rned with the a m o u n t of fund ing
S A C receives. T h e monies that we
recieve c o m e f rom the Activities fee
that we as s tudents pay each semes-
ter. Each year S A C submits a bud-
get proposal to the Appropr ia t ions
C o m m i t t e e of S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s
and they dec ide the amount we are
to recieve.
For the 1996-1997 year S A C was
al located $94,346. In addit ion S A C
is responsible for mak ing c lose to
$20 ,000 in revenue (Movies , Fan-
tasia, etc.) , which of f se t s the over-
all S A C budget . Current ly there are
2 , 8 5 0 s tudents enro l l ed at Hope ,
which works out to being $33.10
per student, per year. T h e fo l low-
ing is a general list of the Activi-
t ies /Events that vour $33 .10 a year
is spent on.
1 . 1 4 + C o m e d i a n s / C o m e d y Acts
2 . 4 Qual i ty Bands (1964, L i fe In
Genera l , Graff i t i Tribe, and Spr ing
Fling Band ( T B A ) )
3. I Night of 'Crea t ive Da t ing '
with Dave Co leman
4. I Magic Act (The Spencers )
5. 2 Dances ( H o m e c o m i n g Hoe-
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(Labor Day, H o m e c o m i n g Parade,
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Talent J am, Sibs Weekend, Images ,
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easily over look costs that we incur
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Engineering students float through design class GLYN WILLIAMS
sports ed i to r
Ah. a nice, relaxing evening ai the
beach. You can hear the waves hil-
ling ihe shore and see the sun sel-
ling over ihe horizon. You can feel the frosty water brushing up against
your naked feel. You can smell the
duct tape. Duct rape? That ' s right,
duct tape. Last Monday, Sept. 2, before the
eyes of dozens of vacationing fami-
lies, members of Professor John
Krupczak's 400-level Introduction to Design class floated boats made
solely f rom ca rdboard and duct
tape. Not only did the students have
to build their mini-yachts in less
lhan one weekend, they had to race
each other around two buoys at
Tunnel Park and back. The point of the project was to
use a limited amount of materials
to build something that is in some
way elaborate. " T h e s t u d e n t s had to th ink
through an unusual combination,"
Krupczak said. "Cardboard has its
capabilities. Duct tape has its capa-
bilities. You need to take those ca-pabilities and manipulate them to
suit your needs. That is engineer-
ing at work." According to Tom VerBeek ('97),
the fun was in building his group 's "Kegger," and not so much the rac-
ing. Perhaps their disdain stemmed
from ihe wintry feel of the water.
"We spent over 10 man hours on
the project ihis weekend," VerBeek said. "It was a pretty good time ap-
plying our knowledge of engineer-
ing. We went through about four or
five different designs until we de-
cided on one to use. It was the most structural. I think it was kind of cool
to see what other people came up
with." VerBeek's design finished last at
six minutes and thirty-five seconds
due to a minor rule violation. One
of the group members let his feet touch the bottom of the lake.
Other designs included a James Bond-esque speedboat "The Duck,"
a surfboard design that could have
passed off as a rocket-ship dubbed
"the Boss,"and a raft made of pon-
t o o n s s im i l a r to that u s e d by
Gilligan to get off the island named
"Tubular." Krupczak surprised everyone by
showing up intending to race with
his own box shaped like a canoe that
he dubbed "The Cow." "The Boss" won the race with a
time of Four 'minutes and twenty-
two seconds, while "Tubular" was
s e c o n d wi th a t i m e of 5 :19 .
Krupczak's less than aero-dynamic
canoe was third with a time of 5:45. "The Duck" finished in fourth place
after drifting for 6:05. Krupczak is quite pleased with
the results of the second annual re-
gatta and is even more pleased with the interest the local beach patrons
had in the race. All were curious and some were
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photo courtesy of J. Krupczak
IT'S " T U B U L A R " D U D E : ( 7 f t > r ; Peter Lepczyk ('97), Luke Pinkerton ('97), Audrey Coates C97), and Joel Smith C97) show off their cardboard and duct tape raft.
shouting out bets to be placed.
"I think the bystanders were re-
ally surprised," Krupczak said.
"It is not something you see all the time while at the beach. I think
it is great that people are so into it. All evening people were coming up
to me asking what we were doing." T h e immedia t e response that
came from the class of about 15 was
how the professor was planning to
grade their projects, assuming that
the winning group would get an * A'. That winning group consisted of
Rich Sturmfels ( '97), Derek Zwart
( '97) , Jodi James ( '97) . and Peter
Gannef ( '97)
"We l l , e v e r y o n e p a s s e d , "
Krupczak said. " There was no pre-set grading sys-
tem. It would be unfair to grade
people based upon their per for-
mance because some people swim
faster than other and that has noth-
ing to do with engineering.
In c lass we will d i scuss the
strengths and weaknesses of the
designs that were used and we will
go from there. "In general, the feeling the stu-
dents had was satisfaction that their
designs were successful. Bes ides if you get to go the
beach as a class project, why fight
it? Just go where the waves take
you.
New position reaches out to students HEIDI HUEBER
staff r e p o r t e r
The sincere smile and under-standing eyes lit up when Lori Fair
told of her love for God. "God means everything. He's my
first priority," Fair said.
Fair felt God calling her back into
full-time ministry. To her surprise
he led her to the Hope Col lege
Chaplain's office as Director of Stu-
dent Outreach.
"My job is to coordinate service
and missions opportunities for stu-
dents," Fair said.
Fair will serve as a liaison be-tween the community's needs and
the interests of students. She will
plan mission trips and help students
with a wil l ingness to serve God plug into opportunities in the com-
munity and abroad.
The job position was created by
the chaplain's staff after observing
Hope students' desire to serve. "We wanted to develop a struc-
ture to regularly fit students in the
community to use their time, abil-
ity. and talents to make an impact
on society," said Chaplain Dolores
Nasrallah. The chaplain 's staff spent time
over the past couple of years re-searching the outreach programs on
other college campuses. Their eyes
were opened to the positive impact
an outreach director could have on
Hope's campus. "We didn't want this to become
an ingrown c a m p u s , " Nasral lah
said. "We feel part of spir i tual
growth is going to chapel and par-ticipating in small groups, but an-
other part of faith is going out and m a k i n g use of w h a t y o u ' v e
learned." That is where Lori
Fair fits into the pic-
ture. "Lori has a lot of ex-
pe r i ence in minis t ry
and a degree in social
work." Nasrallah said.
"She has a deep love
for Christ. She is able to find out the needs of
others and has a gift for
networking students."
E v e n in her b r i e f
time at Hope, Fair has g r o w n f o n d of the
people. "I love the students,
thq i r ene rgy , t he i r
i nqu i s i t i veness . . . and
the chaplain's staff, we pray hard," she said.
Fair is still adjusting
to her job and the College. This In-diana native moved to Holland af-
ter work ing fu l l - t ime with high
school students in the Young Life
Min i s t r y p r o g r a m of M i d l a n d ,
Mich. Feeling slightly restless, she
moved here at the prompt ing of
friends. While working downtown at The
Outpost satisfied Fair 's love for the outdoors, she felt the Holy Spirit
calling her back into full-time min-
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Lori Fair
istry. "I always want to put God first
as far as vocation goes," Fair said.
Fair has a definite vision for the
campus. "1 hope to see God move people
into ministry and change people's
hearts to serve Him," Fair said. "Seek him first. It's the perfect time
in life to do that regarding your ca-
reer. Embrace each day for what it
offers."
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PR Guy turns Olympian KIM POWELL
spot l ight ed i to r
T o m R e n n e r , D i r e c t o r of
H o p e ' s Pub l i c R e l a t i o n s and
Sports Information, dubs it the
experience of a lifetime. The torch
was burning, crowds were cheer-
ing, Atlanta was alive with the
spirit of the Centennial Olympic
games. All across America, television
sets were tuned into the latest hap-
penings, but Renner was there to see it unfold before his very eyes.
For a man who personally and
professionally loves athletics, the
opportunity to take part in the big-
gest international sporting event
in the world was a chance he
couldn't pass up. Renner knew he 'd be working
at the basketball venue, but was pleasantly surprised to find out
that for the first week and a half
gymnastics would be his focus.
Renner was surprised by the
number of people at the gymnas-
tics venue. ,4I knew I was in for something
when there were 30,000 people
watching practice; every session was sold out," Renner said.
As the U.S. women ' s gymnas-
tics team bounded their way to gold. Renner was responsible for
getting between 500 and 600jour-
nalists from around the globe to
their seat. Renner chuckles remembering
how the language barrier made the first few days on the job a little
tense. "I found that some journalists
when things weren ' t what they
wanted to hear didn ' t speak En-
glish anymore," Renner said.
Working at the gymnastics and
basketball venues gave Renner
the opportunity to appreciate the
differences in sports.
"In gymnastics you have pe-tite, liny athletes and in basket-
ball you have the giants," Renner
said. "It illustrates that physical
size means little." Renner 's interest in the games
went beyond simply the athletes,
it extended to the spectators, jour-
nalists, and the city itself.
"(People) were there to expe-
r i e n c e the O l y m p i c s p i r i t , "
Renner said. S p e c t a t o r s w e r e c h e e r i n g
w h e t h e r it was a gold meda l
match or just two unknown coun-
tries battling for victory. "It was heartwarming to see in-
terest in o b s c u r e c o u n t r i e s , "
Renner said. "I found spectators
very encouraging to everyone."
Every day set forth new chal-
lenges for Renner. In addition to seating journal-
ists, he collected rolls of film
f rom journalists after the event. An a v e r a g e baske tba l l g a m e
yielded between 100-150 rolls of f i lm . I m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g
events, Renner would coordinate
the "mix zone," a time for jour-
nalists to talk to athletes before hilling the locker rooms. From
there it was on to organize a for-
mal press conference. The experience allowed him to
use his PR skills on a large scale and observe media relationships.
Renner also had the unfortu-
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September 11,1 996 ^Anchor
Right to Life of Michigan Annual Conference, slated for September 27 and 28, 1996, in Holland, Michigan, promises to be one of the largest and most com-prehensive to date. "We urge you to take advantage of the threefold opportunity to review your prolife basics, learn the latest-breaking news on the prolife scene, and meet hundreds of fellow prol ifers, " according to the Holland area
conference committee.
S C H E D U L E Holland Christian High School
950 Ottawa Ave., Holland, Michigan
Friday, September 27, 1996
Banquet: Time; 6:30 p.m.
Speaker; I.. Brent Bozell 'Why the Prolife Movement Must Confront the National Media"
You Won't Want To Miss The 23rd Annual Right To
Life Of Michigan Conference Hosted By Right To Life Of
Holland Area
Saturday, September 28, 1996 7 a.m. - 8:45 a.m Registration
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m General Session 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m General Session/Closing
SPEAKERS L. BRENT BOZELL, chairman of the Media Research Center, will speak at the
conference banquet. He is a nationally
syndicated author whose writings have appeared in some of the most prestigious newspapers in the country, including The
Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
and National Review. Mr. Bozell is one of the most outspoken and effective leaders in
critiquing the performance of the national
media.
MARY SENANDER, co-founder of the International Anti-Euthanasia Task Force, will speak at a conference General
Session. Mrs. Senander currently serves
as an advisor and/or board member for Human Life Alliance of Minnesota. Center for the Rights of the Terminally 111,
Compassionate Healthcare Network, and
The Catholic Defense League of Minn. She is working on a book manuscript, This'll Kill You: Euthanasia and the
"Right" to Die.
W O R K S H O P S Lobbying for Life Abortion: The Basics
Edward River Judy Collins and Marge Moleck
A workshop to educate, update and motivate on key Review and renew your prolife knowledge.
legislative issues.
PAC it in at Conference ' 96 Jane Middoon and Larry Galmish
Election projects that make a differnece.
Planned Giving Snsan Holland, J.D. and William Peper, J.D.
Creating a legacy for life.
The Media: Bypassing the Bias Pamela Sherstad
Minimizing media damage while maximizing media
benfit
Cents and Sensibilities Brian Cusack
Making the most of fund raising opportunities.
Education: Using "The Right S t u f f Michele Kossack
Tips for the effective prolife ambassador.
Life-Giving Choices Rebecca Wasser
Uncovering alternatives to abortion.
OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Rev. Paul Hontz and Miss Olivia Gans.
Pastor Hontz has served at Central
Wesleyan Church for some twenty years.
During this time the church has seen dramatic growth. Pastor Hontz will address
the prayer breakfast on Saturday, Sept. 28
at 7:30 a.m. Miss Gans. director of American
Victims of Abortion since 1985, will speak
at a conference General Session and address Students For Life on Saturday. A victim of abortion herself, Miss Gans has spoken on post-abortion syndrome and other abortion related issues throughout the
United States. She regularly appeai-s on the nationally syndicated programs Nightline,
Good Morning America, C-Span, CNN, and National Public Radio.
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O U T O F O R D E R : The Knickerbocker Theater on Eighth Street will re-open Sept. 20 with the film The Adventures of Wallace and Gromit.
The Knick undergoes sweeping changes MATT MORGAN in termission ed i to r
B u n d e l s of w o o d and lorso-
sized b lack s tage l ights obs t ruc t
quick passage in the foyer and en-
trance of the Knickerbocker T h e -
ater. O w n e d by Hope col lege since
1988, the theatre serves the students
of Hope and the sur rounding c o m -
munity.
The Knick is currently in the
p roces s of m a j o r r e n o v a t i o n s to
improve its quali ty and comfo r t . A
short list of things be ing w o r k e d on
inc lude ; the ce i l i ng a n d l e a k i n g
roof, heat ing and air cond i t ion ing
s y s t e m , the s t a g e f loo r , a n d the
stage and house l ighting.
T h e improvemen t s to the stage
will pr imari ly benef i t the dance de-
par tment and visi t ing dance r s . A
new s tage f loo r will be layers of
p lywood and rubber with a maple
top. T h e new stage l ights will br ing
the Knickerbocker into the twenti-
e th century , and the house l ights
will make it poss ible to hold shows
and cl inics dur ing the day.
T h e r e m o d e l i n g h a s t a k e n
longer than planned, pushing sched-
uled movies back and chang ing the
location of the Sept. 20th Visiting
Writers series to the DeWit t The-
ater.
T h e movies will r e sume with
The Adventures of Wallace and
Gromit on Sept . 20 , a l though the
theater will not be comple te ly fin-
ished. Scheduled to be fully f u n c -
t i o n a l o n S e p t . 2 8 , t h e
Knickerbocker will host the first in-
s ta l lment of the Great Pe r fo rmance
Series .
Located on Eighth Street , the
K n i c k e r b o c k e r o f f e r s a f fo rdab l e ,
qua l i ty en te r t a inmen t to s tudents
and the public , n o w in added c o m -
fort .
Facel i f t a n d Renovat ions t o t h e Kn ick
•Replaced air conditioning and heating •Fixed leaky roof 'Replaced airhandles •New ducting •New house lights •Completely new stage lighting system •Replaced stage floor
Award winning w r i t e r kicks off Opus series JESSIE BICKNELL
staff r e p o r t e r
L i n d a H o g a n s t a r t s of f the
1996-97 H o p e C o l l e g e Vis i t ing
Writers Series on Wednesday, Sept.
11 at 7 p.m. in the main theatre of
the DeWitt Center . T h e Hope Col-
lege Jazz Ensemble will precede the
reading at 6 :30 p .m.
L i n d a H o g a n , an A m e r i c a n -
indian of the C h i c k a s a w tribe, is a
poet, novel is t and essayist . She has
won many awards for her wri t ing,
i n c l u d i n g t h e O k l a h o m a B o o k
A w a r d a n d the
Moun ta in and Plains
Bookseller Award for
Mean Spirit. T h i s ,
her first nove l , a lso
was a finalist for the
Puli tzer Prize. In her
w r i t i n g . H o g a n
s h o w s the soul of a
p e o p l e s t r i v i n g t o
p r e s e r v e the i r l a n d
and heri tage using a
blend of rea l i sm and
ancient lore. The re is
a lso a deep spiritual
sense of the wor ld in
her writ ing. In " R e d
C 1 a y " s h e
w r i t e s / T o n i g h t the
turtle is g rowing a larger shell , cal-
c ium f r o m inside sleep. / T h e m o o n
g r o w s layer on layer across iced
black water. / On the c lay your fin-
ger t ips are wear ing a w a y the red
soil. / We are here , the red earth
passes like light into us and s t a y s / '
Recogniz ing the balance of h u m o r
and pain, she wri tes , " in m y lef t
pocket a C h i c k a s a w hand. . . / In m y
right pocket / a whi te hand.. . Gir l , I
say, / it is dange rous to be a w o m a n
of t w o coun l r i e s . "
B e s i d e s w r i t i n g , H o g a n h a s
been an act ive volunteer in wi ld l i fe
rehabil i tat ion and is a professor in
the creat ive wri t ing program at the
Univers i ty of Colorado .
O t h e r na t i ona l ly k n o w n au-
thors scheduled to read in the se-
ries are P inckney Benedict . Hope
e n g l i s h p r o f e s s o r a n d au tho r of
Dogs of God and Laura Kasischke.
au tho r of Wild Brides. T h e y will
read Oct . 16. Thyl ia Moss , author
of Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bot-
tom Ghetto Sky will read on Nov.
20 . T h e J o h n S h e a T r io , a j a z z
group, will pe r form the 20th also.
Al l r e a d i n g s w i l l be at t h e
K n i c k e r b o c k e r
T h e a t r e o n
Eighth Street at 7
p.m. with music
beginning at 6 :30
p.m.
T h e r e a d -
i n g s a r e o r g a -
nized by the stu-
dent run literary
g r o u p . O p u s .
O p u s a l so has a
p u b l i c a t i o n f o r
a n y c r e a t i v e
people wishing to
be publ ished.
The Opus is
a l i t e ra ry m a g a -
z i n e p u b l i s h e d
once in the fall and again in the
spr ing. T h e fa l l ' s submiss ion date
is tentat ively scheduled fo r Octo-
ber I I . Submiss ion f o r m s can be
p icked up in the Engl ish Dept .
The Opus publ i shes short sto-
ries, plays, poems, narrat ive essays,
d r a w i n g s , a n d p h o t o g r a p h s . T h e
creat ive work goes before the edi-
tor-in-chief and the editorial board
consist ing of 11 -13 students. All stu-
dents are encouraged to submit their
creat ive work , and take the t ime to
listen to the readers in the Visiting
Writers Series .
Linda Hogan
A r t i c l e w e r k : Band p recu rso r t o SO's e lec t r i c / syn th
MORE MACHINE T H A N MAN: Innova-tive German band Kraftwerk display the sharp lines and regement found in their cutting edge music on the cover of their 1978 LP The Man Machine.
JESS KOSKEY
cd rev iewer
T h e connec t ion be tween art
and music interests me. Th i s sum-
m e r w h e n I s a w the c o v e r of
Kra f twerk ' s 1978 a lbum The Man
Machine w i t h i t s R u s s i a n
Constructivist look. I bought it not
knowing what I w a s get t ing into:
a musical experience that fused ab-
straction with reality.
Like K a n d i n s k y ' s B a u h a u s
era work and the Cons t ruc t iv i s t
works of Malevich and Ermilov,
Kraf twerk uses straight edges and
geometr ic patterns to crea te a feel-
ing that cannot be had in the real
world: for me, a spacey yet cere-
bral feel ing.
T h e s e e d g e s a n d p a t t e r n s
come f rom the quar te t ' s unique in-
s t ruments .
C o - f o u n d e r s Ralf Huttar and
Florian Schneider play electronic
flute and synthesizers respectively,
w h i l e W o l f g a n g F lu r a n d Karl
Bar tos back them on e l ec t ron ic
percuss ion.
In a d d i t i o n , m a n y of the
groups lyrics, which are in Ger-
man (their native language) as well
as in English. French, and Russian,
are synthesized. Hut ta r ' s f lute is
the band ' s only non-staccato instru-
ment .
Al l of t h i s b e g a n in 1970 .
1 9 7 0 ! T h e B e a t l e s w e r e s t i l l
a round!
Techno music hadn ' t even be-
gun. Kraf twerk unwit t ingly began
it w h e n Huttar and Schneider de-
cided that the G e r m a n universi ty
they were a t t end ing w a s not the
thing fo r them.
They were classical mus ic stu-
dents that became more interested
in creat ing their o w n sounds .
E v e n t u a l l y , a f t e r K r a f t w e r k
w a s f o r m e d , they a l so l a u n c h e d
Kl ingklang Studios .
T h e band and the s tudio still
exist , and have inf luenced techno,
house , and industrial music ians , as
well as rock-and-rol lers such as ex-
Pixie Frank Black.
W h a t makes Kraf twerk so ap-
peal ing to me. though, is the phi-
losophy behind what they do.
T h e s e l f - d e s c r i b e d " n o n -
acoust ic e lectronic loudspeaker or-
chest ra" is fascinated with the rela-
t ionships be tween music and other
fo rms of art. and the relat ionships
be tween these and their individual
lives.
They have worked with paint-
ers and professional choreographers
to expand the exper ience their mu-
sic creates , and have integrated the
sounds of industrial machinery into
their music .
T h e song "Trans -Europe Ex-
press" ( f rom the a lbum of the s a m e
n a m e ) , fo r i n s t ance , m i m i c s the
sound of a train, with snapping elec-
t r o n i c s n a r e s and c o m p l e t e d by
rapid. Doppler- l ike rises and falls.
"Tha t is wha t you learn f r o m
work ing with electronics. You go
to the source of the sounds and
your ears are trained to analyze
any sound . We hear a plane pass-
ing overhead and I know all of the
p h e n o m e n o n tha t g o i n t o t h e
m a k e - u p of t h e s o u n d , t h e
p h a s i n g s , t h e e c h o e s , " s a i d
Florian in an Internet interview.
Just as they mesh their indi-
vidual instruments to fo rm a com-
pleted song, the song meshes with
the l is teners ' exper iences in the
real world.
T h e Internet has lots of infor-
mation about Kraf twerk . includ-
ing concert videos, lyrics, and in-
terviews. In addi t ion. W T H S has
copies of The Man Machine and
Electric Cafe.
Kraf twerk fuses the solid ab-
s t r ac t ion of thei r m u s i c to the
wor ld that w e live in. and their
b e a u t i f u l c o m p l e t e n e s s c o m e s
f r o m the fact that they do so with
e lec t ronics , and songs that deal
with m a s s transit, robots , neon,
h ighways , and spaceships .
Even in ' 78 . they were sing-
ing about my present , m y reality
in a way that nei ther Beatles, nor
any o ther band of that t ime or this
one. could do.
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provide six workers . Accord ing to
Greg Folkert ( ' 97 ) . the Cen t s were
the only Greek organizat ion asked
to supply helpers.
' T m not real sure why only the
Cents were asked ." Folkert said. "I
think Communi ty Day is awesome ,
either way. Anything that brings the
c o m m u n i t y a n d the c a m p u s to-
ge the r is a pos i t ive th ing and it
makes life easier. Communica t i on
never hurts and that is what we have
here, communica t ion . "
O v e r the vo ices of the w o m e n
r a f f l i ng off H o p e p a r a p h e r n a l i a .
some H o p e s tuden t s were heard
grumbl ing about the picnic tables
"Finally we have a picnic in the
Pine Grove and we have tables to
sit on. not jus t the g round ," Robyn
Disselkoen ( ' 99 ) said. ' T m sick of
sitt ing on the ground all the t ime."
But most reactions to the tables
were positive.
Nathan Scuch ( '97) . w h o was sil-
l ing on the ground with his back
leaning toward a tree, was happy to
see the senior ci t izens relaxing at
the tables.
"There are a lot of seniors and we
can ' t jus t have them sitting on the
g round ." he said. "To see the older
people relaxing at the tables really
makes it seem like a picnic and it
would be wrong to subject them to
f inding a place on the g round ."
In general most students gave the
day a whole-hear ted thumbs up.
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c o m e t o g e t h e r a n d d r i n k s o m e
mighty tasty lemonade " Mar ie S.
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According to Dr. Sander deHaan,
chair of the Commi t t ee lo Imple-
ment the Core, the new core cur-
r iculum will take several years to
ent i rely replace the current core .
T h e facul ty in each depar tment is
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Top ranked Flying Dutchmen spread their wings XODD LUCAS
sta f f r e p o r t e r
Over the course of the past year,
the phrase "national championsh ip"
has become virtually s y n o n y m o u s
with the Hope Col lege men ' s bas-
ketball team.
If this year ' s m e n ' s soccer squad
has anything to say about it. the Fly-
ing Dutchmen sports thesaurus m a y
soon have to be revised.
"The goal this year is the national
championship " Blair Richards ( '98)
said. "I don ' t see w h y w e can ' t at-
tain that goal ."
With a c o m f o r t a b l e r ank ing of
seventh in the nat ion, it s e e m s fea-
sible that national champion is an
aspiration which may indeed be at-
tained.
team survived a brief 2-1 deficit
to defeat Wooster . 3-2 and improve
this year ' s record to 4-0 .
T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n
came out smoking in
t h e f i r s t h a l f .
T h r e a t e n i n g
to s c o r e on
numerous oc-
ca s ions , they w e r e un-
able to convert on any of
their oppor tuni t ies . De-
spite a perennia l barrage
of near misses and c lose
c a l l s , i n c l u d i n g a hea l
s e e k i n g long r ange
miss i l e f r o m A u s -
tralian import Sean
T o o h e y ( ' 0 0 ) , the
g a m e remained scoreless.
H o p e w a s ab le to s t r i ke f i rs t
f r o m Chr is Dombrowsk i ( ' 9 8 ) only
nine minutes af ter intermission pro-
vided the game with its first goal
and gave the Dutchmen a brief 1-0
l ead . W o o s t e r a n s w e r e d sho r t l y
thereaf ter , scor ing two unan-
swered goals within two min-
utes of each other to take the
2-1 .
T h e D u t c h m e n w e r e a b l e to
maintain their composure , however,
and with a fee l ing of desperat ion
just starling to set in, relief c a m e in
the fo rm of another rocket off the
foot of Toohey. Th i s one avoiding
ihe crossbar and f inding the upper
r ight-hand comer of the Wooster net
and knott ing the g a m e up at 2^2,
With lime winding down and nei-
ther side able to take c o m m a n d , it
s e e m e d p r o b a b l e tha t the g a m e
This past Saturday, Sept. 7. the ear ly in the second half . A goal would end in a tie.
Freshman leaves Aus t ra l i a f o r D u t c h m e n soccer t e a m GLYN WILLIAMS
s p o r t s e d i t o r
When Sean Toohey ( ' 00 ) c a m e to
Hope Col lege in Augus t to play soc-
cer he went through two kinds of ori-
en ta t ions : one in t roduced h im to
Hope and another re int roduced h im
the Amer ican s tyle of l iving.
Al though he w a s a f o r e ign ex -
change student in Lans ing . Mich, in
1991. the 22-year old f r e s h m a n has
been manag ing a f i tness center in
Canber ra . Aus t ra l ia , and thus not
laking classes.
It is qui te c o m m o n for people to
travel across the country to go to col-
lege and at the same t ime get a f resh
perspect ive, but s o m e might think
traveling through three hemispheres
is a bit ex t reme.
"I just wanted someth ing differ-
ent ." Toohey said. "I wanted to see
the wor ld wi thout jo in ing the Navy.
You don ' t really have a cultural ex-
perience w h e n you just visit a p lace
or live there for only a year. You re-
ally have to live and be a part of
someth ing b ig to k n o w what it is
truly like to live there ."
T h e superb play of Toohey has
s o n e s o m e w h a t u n n o t i c e d e v e n
though he s c o r e d six goa l s and
p a s s e d o f f t w o a s s i s t s in t h e
D u t c h m e n ' s first four games . His
play does not cause his ego to flair
up like it might in
others .
" I ' m no t a n y
better of a player
t h a n t h e o t h e r
g u y s on t h e
t e a m , " T c o h e y
s a i d . " I c a n ' t
score unless they
pass me the ball
a n d t h a t ' s a l l
there is to it."
However, he is
a n t i c i p a t i n g h is
a c c e p t a n c e
a m o n g f e l l o w
c l a s s m a t e s t o
improve now that Hope has played
its first g a m e last Saturday. Sept.
7.
Surpris ingly, his unique Aussie
accent has not made the campus
w o m e n swoon as much as some
would expect .
"In general . I d o n ' t really mind
what people think of me , " Toohey
said. "I get a f ew ques t ions about
my accent , but not as many as you
would think. I don ' t have as many
a d m i r e r s as you w o u l d t h i n k . I
haven ' t really had m u c h t ime ."
The vision many Amer icans have
of Austral ia is a
ranch out in the
m i d d l e of n o -
where with kan-
garoos hopp ing
a r o u n d in t h e
f ront yard.
W h o c o u l d
no t l i k e t h a t ?
W h o cou ld not
miss that?
Well. Toohey
s u r e d o e s n ' t
miss it.
" I l o v e
A m e r i c a , " Sean Toohey ('OO) T o o h e y said. "It
is an nice p lace and e v e r y b o d y I
have talked to is nice. I don ' t miss
Austral ia . Well, not yet at least. I
might later on. Right now I am jus t
thrilled to be here . "
Toohey said he is having no prob-
lems fi t t ing in because Amer ica is
kind of similar to Austral ia .
Besides, he isn ' t the only Auss ie
a round this year.
His brother. Darren Toohey ( '99) .
Runners ready t o s t a r t season w i t h a bang MIKE ZUIDEMA
staf f r e p o r t e r
Near ly 60 m e n and 60 w o m e n
fight to get to that final end line a f -
ter roughly 20 gruel ing minu tes of
running. First one there wins .
As Hope Col lege a lumnus M a r k
Northuis ( ' 82 ) enters his e ighth sea-
son as both the m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s
cross-country coach he has nearly
70 runners to gu ide to that f in i sh
line.
Despite such large numbers , there
has yet to be a problem.
" I t ' s been f u n , " N o r t h u i s said.
"We have s o m e very good upper-
classmen. For now w e will maintain
the m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s p rograms
together."
L a s t y e a r b o l h c r o s s - c o u n t r y
t e a m s f i n i shed s e c o n d in M I A A
standings, bolh f inishing just behind
rival Calvin Col lege .
"Bolh teams will make an honest
e f for t for l e ague . " Nor thu i s said.
" W c s h o u l d h a v e a r e s p e c t a b l e
shot ."
T h e m e n return 11 leuer winners
to a team that f inished ranked 25lh
overal l in the Division III poll.
T h e leam is led by a fou r some
of cap ta ins . Dan Bann ink ( ' 9 7 ) ,
Mike C r a n m e r ( ' 97) , Joe Fritsch
( ' 97) , and Matt Lapenga ( ' 97 ) will
split leadership duties.
" T h i s t e a m is u p p e r c l a s s m e n
led," Nor thuis said. "The goals —
f r o m what I have heard — are to
win c o n f e r e n c e a n d p lace we l l
enough in regionals to go to nation-
als."
While last year ' s top runner, Erik
C a r p e n t e r ( ' 9 6 ) , g radua ted , All-
M I A A s e c o n d l e a m m e m b e r s
Bannink and Je remy Bogard ( ' 98 )
return to the head of the pack.
Other lop runners expec ted to
con t r ibu te will be T im Franklyn
( ' 9 8 ) , a l o n g wi th C r a n m e r and
Lapenga .
Fif teen letter winners return for
a w o m e n ' s team that f inished with
a ranking of 13th in all of Division
III.
The w o m e n ' s leam is led by lone
captain Marie Malchet l ( ' 97) , an
Al l -MIAA first team honoree. Also
r e t u r n i n g is A l l - M I A A s e c o n d
leam m e m b e r Jenn i fe r Passchier
( ' 98 ) .
Af te r losing Ellen Schul tz ( ' 98 )
to study in Chi le , Northuis will be
looking for some younger runners
to step up and lake the init iative.
With 13 t r e s h m e n and 11 sopho-
mores on the l eam he migh t jus t
have exactly what he is looking for.
"We ' l l just try to take it one meet
at a l ime, and deve lop some of our
y o u n g r u n n e r s , " N o r t h u i s s a i d .
Cross-count ry is unique in that you
don ' t need to be on lop of your game
right away like in footbal l . We have
eight weeks until N o v e m b e r to ge l
ready."
T h a t e i g h t - w e e k c o u n t d o w n
s t a r t ed y e s t e r d a y as b o t h c r o s s -
country teams laced up their shoes
to begin the season.
As a lways, the 31st annual (17lh
annual for the w o m e n ) Hope Invi-
ta t iona l w a s the o f f i c i a l s ta r t ing
p o i n t of b o l h the m e n ' s a n d
w o m e n ' s cross-country seasons.
T h e Flying Dutch w o m e n ' s leam
has won the meet for ihe past six
years, whi le the men have been out-
shone by Siena Heights for the past
four years.
is H o p e ' s s t a r t i n g g o a l i e a n d
played last year at Hiram Col lege
in Ohio .
" S o m e people w e went to Ma-
son High with n o w go to Hope
and so tha t ' s why we are here, re-
ally," Toohey said. " M y brother
was not very happy at Hi ram and
w e just sort of dec ided together
to c o m e to school here . I still try
to keep in touch with them."
Interestingly, because Australia
is far south of the equator , they
a re e x p e r i e n c i n g w i n t e r r igh t
now, and an Aussie s u m m e r is set
to start soon.
There fore , Toohey left a win-
try Austra l ia only to c o m e to a
wintry Mich igan .
"Other than right now, I will
not see s u m m e r until next M a y , "
Toohey said. "It is kind of a bummer ,
but tha t ' s the way it goes . "
Toohey speaks of this yea r ' s soccer
leam with much glee and exci tement .
He expec ts great th ings to happen this
year.
" W e h a v e a lot of t a l en t on th is
t eam," Toohey said. "1 ful ly plan on
s taying for f ou r years and one of those
years w e will m a k e it to the top. We
might even do it this year."
Accord ing to the phenom, his play-
ers have ment ioned noth ing about the
big r ivalry that exists be tween Hope
and Calvin .
"I on ly ca re about h o w we play,"
Toohey said. "I have not a care in the
wor ld about w h o we play and where
and w h e n . "
With Toohey heading the Dutchmen,
w h o could not expect good things?
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Sports the Anchor September 11,1 996
Dutchmen lose opener on last-second field goal GLYN WILLIAMS
sports e d i t o r
S o m e o n e once said thai , in fool-
ball, the team with ihe most points
with f ive seconds left lo play wil l
win the game .
Sadly, thai thought was proved
utterly false Saturday, Sept. 7, as the
Hope C o l l e g e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n
f o o t b a l l t e a m lost a s e e m i n g l y
n e v e r - e n d i n g s t r u g g l e w i t h
Valparaiso , 23-22 on a las t -second
37-yard field goal.
H o p e had the C r u s a d e r s in a
quandary f r o m the very beg inn ing ,
as the Dutchmen relentlessly pres-
sured Valparaiso 's star quar terback.
A d a m Paa r lbe rg ( ' 9 9 ) reg i s te red
two huge sacks in the first quar ter
alone, which def ini te ly he lped the
cause .
Other than solid de fens ive play,
the first quar ter was more or less
cut and dry in the big play depar t -
ment with the excep t ion of every
l i m e B r a n d o n G r a h a m ( ' 9 8 )
touched the ball. A s the first quar-
ter wound d o w n he broke out on a
3 8 - y a r d j a u n t tha t b r o u g h t t h e
Dutchmen up to the 18-yard line.
T h a t s p r i n t h e l p e d to se t u p
H o p e ' s f i r s t t o u c h d o w n of t h e
young season, an 18 yard pass f r o m
J u s t i n W o r m m e e s t e r ( ' 9 9 ) to a
sprawling Steve Ours ler ( ' 97 ) . T h e
extra point was a little to the left ,
put t ing H o p e ahead 6 - 0 at the very
beginning of the second quarter .
Valparaiso answered with a seven
play, 68-yard touchdown drive with
11:35 lef t in the s e c o n d quar te r .
Travis Wi l l iams ( ' 98 ) k icked a 23-
yard field goal with jus t under one
minute lef t in the first hal f , put t ing
Hope ahead 9-7 at ha l f t ime.
" I f y o u t a k e a w a y tha t l i t t l e
screen pass, then Valparaiso doesn ' t
have all that much of a game , " head
c o a c h D e a n K r e p s sa id . " T h o s e
little eight yards and out passes will
beat you d o w n every t ime. Ii is a
good, effective way to move the ball
down field methodical ly ."
W o r m m e e s t e r ' s first touchdown
of the s e a s o n w a s a l s o h is f i r s t
comple t ion of the season, and his
only comple t ion of the first half , as
he wen t 1/6.
T h e second half w a s comple te ly
the "Brandon Graham s h o w " as he
unswerv ing ly bolted off onto a 26-
yard run, setting up a 45-yard field
goal by Wil l iams to up the score to
12-7 Hope.
T h e Dutchmen thought they put
the nail in Valparaiso 's cof f in w h e n
they compi led an awe-inspir ing 13-
play, 78-yard dr ive that ended with
a f o u r t h d o w n Q B k e e p e r by
Wormmees te r . At that point Hope
w a s up 19-7 wi th 4 :28 left in the
third quarter. The re w a s n ' t sad face
anywhere on the Hope sideline.
Crusade r f r o w n s turned ups ide
d o w n in a hurry as they put t w o
quick touchdowns on the board, one
dr ive of three plays for 6 9 yards and
another of three p lays fo r 91 yards.
Be fo re the c rowd k n e w it and the
D u t c h m e n could blink the Crusad-
ers were ahead 20-19 with 9 :46 left
to play.
Hope answered with an 11 play,
61-yard scoring drive that resulted
in a 24-yard field goal. H o p e was
then up 2 2 - 2 0 with 1:16. At that
point H o p e ' s bench w a s elated and
w a s certain a D u t c h m e n win w a s
imminent .
Valparaiso thought otherwise and
mounted a cr ippl ing dr ive through
H o p e ' s heart that started with huge
kickoff return that placed them at
Anchor photo by Josh Neucks
M U S T G E T Y A R D A G E : Hope College Flying Dutchmen quarterback Justin Wormmeester COO) scrambles for a first down against Valparaiso last Saturday.
Golfers to drive for victory
the 4 7 yard line.
"It hurts to think we were just one
k ickoff return away," Kreps said.
" B u t stil l w e a re w a y a h e a d of
where we were at this point last sea-
son. We got an except ional e f for t
out of eve ryone . "
Graham had a stellar game, rush-
ing fo r 215 ya rds on 31 car r ies ,
which amoun t s to an average of 6.9
yards per carry. He n o w has three
straight g a m e s with 2 0 0 or m o r e
yards.
" ( G r a h a m ) is s p e c i a l , " K r e p s
said. " H e does more than some run-
ning backs at any level do and he
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does it better. He can take a hit and
keep on coming . He gained about
ten pounds over the s u m m e r and I
think he shows it as the lead blocker
when the quar te rback sc rambles . "
W o r m m e e s t e r f in i shed with 71
yards and one touchdown off a 7
for 18 passing pe r fo rmance .
" (Wormmees te r ) is only a sopho-
more , " Kreps said. "I keep telling
people , ' If you like what you see
now you just wait because he is only
a sophomore . ' And he likes to run
the ball himself and if you ' re speedy
like he is, I have no compla in t s . "
Dave D e H o m m e l ( ' 9 9 ) led Hope
defens ive ly with two interceptions
and seven tackles . Paarsberg f in-
ished the g a m e with 11 tackles and
t w o sacks, both of which c a m e in
the first quarter , and Bryan Boodt
( ' 98 ) had nine tackles.
A close loss fo r the Dutchmen is
a loss nonetheless , and the team is
c u r r e n t l y 0 - 1 , 2 - 8 u n d e r K r e p s '
c o m m a n d .
" M y hat goes off to Valparaiso,"
Kreps said. "But I told m y boys not
to hang their heads and think of this
as a se tback. I m e a n it is still not a
win, but it was a good game and I
think w e played real wel l ."
DAVID GABRIELSE
staff reporter
Could you imagine go ing out
every day when you f inish classes
and p lay ing go l f? " O h m a n , golf
pract ice again" Oh no , not that .
A n y t h i n g but p l ay ing go l f e v e r y
day.
The w o m e n ' s golf team started
the season on Sept . 6 at Marshal l
Count ry Club, h o m e to Olivet .
"The golf team has the po ten-
tial to get back into first p l ace , "
coach Jane Ho lman said. "But , it is
hard to say until w e see the compe-
t i t i o n at o u r f i r s t c o u p l e of
matches . "
There are six re turning let ter
w i n n e r s f r o m last y e a r ' s s e c o n d
place t eam. T h r e e of t h e s e lady
golfers ach ieved A l l - M I A A recog-
nition last year. G ina Pelleri to ( ' 99 )
earned A l l - M I A A first team honors
by tying for third place overal l as
an i n d i v i d u a l . A l s o , N a n c y
Kennedy ( ' 9 7 ) and Liz Yared ( ' 99 )
achieved A l l - M I A A status on the
second team.
The experience the Dutch gath-
ered last year will not hurl thei r
chances to do well this season. T h e
sophomores have had the chance to
d e v e l o p a n d the u p p e r c l a s s m e n
have enough years behind them to
make this season interest ing.
Ellen Colenbrander ( ' 00 ) is the
only f r e shman on the team, but she
is no rookie to a high level of c o m -
p e t i t i o n . C o l e n b r a n d e r w a s the
Class A champion in the Michigan
high school tournament last spring.
A l m a has been the dominan t
team for the last two years, but three
of their top gol fers have graduated.
Cons ide r ing A l m a ' s loss, the Hope
w o m e n ' s golf t eam might have a
run at the M I A A championsh ip .
T h e m e n ' s golf team begins its
s e a s o n t o m o r r o w , S e p t . 12 at
Albion. T h e out look is very bright
fo r the d i s t a n t f u t u r e of go l f at
Hope. The re are no seniors on the
t e a n r a n d four f r e shmen . This pic-
tu re l eads o n e to b e l i e v e that if
things d o n ' t go so wel l this year,
there is still plenty of t ime.
With a y o u n g team, anything
could happen, predicts m e n ' s coach
Bob Ebels . There has also been a
c h a n g e in the home course . T h e
team used to play at Winding Creek,
bu t now- t h e y w i l l p l a y at
W u s k o w h a n Players Club, one of
the toughest courses in Mich igan .
T h e team is compr i sed of three
returnees. Jay Prasad ( ' 98) , Kevin
Freng ( '98) , and Bryan Fix ( '98) are
the veterans of the team. Last year
Freng finished 14ih among M I A A
g o l f e r s with an a v e r a g e of 82 .4
s t rokes fo r his r ounds dur ing the
M I A A season. Fix w a s 23rd in the
con fe r ence whi le Prasad w a s 26th.
Las t ye a r the t eam f i n i s h e d
fourth in the confe rence , and their
on ly m e m b e r of the Al l -MIAA is
no longer a m e m b e r of the team.
With all these cards on the table fo r
ihe Dutchmen , it is easy to j u d g e
this year to be a rebui lding season.
nate opportunity to observe the me-
dia in a crisis.
R e n n e r d i d n ' t h e a r a b o u t the
bombing until he was on his way
into Atlanta on Saturday morning .
It was a couple of hours before
(Olympic workers ) could report (to
their venue) and even then the un-
cer tainty of if and h o w the g a m e s
would con t inue remained .
"It was a little eer ie ," he said.
But Atlanta rose above the bomb.
"I went to Centennial Park Thurs -
day to get souvenirs and the park
w a s like a magne t , " Renne r said.
"Tens of thousands of people were
in the park to satisfy themselves and
say 4we w o n ' t keep a w a y . ' "
T h e b o m b i n g increased the num-
ber of securi ty checkpoints . But it
didn't d a m p e n the spirit of At lanta .
" T h e one th ing that s t ruck m e
over and over again w a s h o w proud
At lantans were to host the g a m e s , "
he said.
Work ing at the O lympics was a
one time opportunity fo r Renner. He
c a m e h o m e t w o days be fo re clos-
ing ceremonies , hav ing gained a lot
of c o n f i d e n c e in h o w the g a m e s
work .
Hey, Ringo! Do you have a sporting gripe? Call the Captain at X7877, and he'll give you some peace.