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SEPTEMBER 28. 2 0 0 5 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN DEO' H O P E COLLEGE • H O L L A N D . M I C H I G A N

W H A T ' S INSIDE

Darwin 's Bully 2

Evolution vs. Creation

Photo Gallery 3

Snapshots from Sudan

Even Year! Odd Year! 4 - 5

The stories behind the pull

N E W S SNIPPETS

HIGH-SPEED CHASE A high-speed chase through

campus at 5 a.m. Sept. 17 ended in an arrest after the driver crashed into a cornfield. Holland Police said.

Holland Police Department pursued the 18-year-old Holland resident through downtown Holland and into the countryside. The suspect then lost control of his car, spun into a cornfield and

was arrested. During the course of the night,

Sgt. Buursma, who arrested the man, was informed that a witness claimed the suspect damaged a neighbor's property.

After the suspect returned to his vehicle, Buursma followed him as he sped with headlights

off.

DWIGHTBEALTO LEAVE

On Sept. 25 Dwight Heal, long-time worship leader, announced during The Gathering that he is leaving Hope College. Real, who has worked at Hope since 1994, said that he feels called by God to step away from Hope and embark on a new chapter of his life. He had inclinations that he may be leaving Hope since last spring, but after much praying and fasting. Real announced that this will be his last semester at Hope. Jon Omee will be taking over Real's position of worship director.

KATRINA RELIEF TALLIED

Student Congress reported the results of Hurricane Katrina relief on campus. One hundred thirty-six students donated 99 pints of blood to the American Red Cross, 30,000 lbs of canned'goods and materials were collected to fill the -Truck Load of Love," More than S3,000 was raised through the benefit concert and individual donations throughout the weeks.

S T U D E N T A R R E S T E D

Sept. 24— RA's in Dykstra called Campus Safety to assist in an uncooperative intoxicated male refusing to leave the building. The Holland Police Department was also contacted after Campus Safety arrived to assist with the minor in possession. The student was arrested for minor false information to an officer, MIP, and refusal to lake a preliminary breath test.

'08 PULL GETS EVEN

To the right, Even Year Puller Vince Ganapinl ( '08) yells while Pull Coach Jesse DeBoest ( '06) encourages him.

The class of 2 0 0 8 won The Pull on

Saturday, Sept. 24 by 2 0 feet and one

inch of rope. This marks the ninth consecutive

year that the sophomores have won the

competition.

See complete stories on the Even and

Odd Year Pull, PAGES 4 AND 5. PHOTO B Y D A V I D LEE

SUDANESE STUDENT SHARES INSIGHTS AT CIS Peter Pan G U E S T W R I T E R

Tuesday marked this year's first Critical Issues Symposium keynote address as Francis Rok, a 26-year-old native to South Sudan, talked about genocide and slavery within the African country of Sudan.

Peter Pan ('09), also a native of Southern Sudan, spoke about his personal experience with genocide at the GoodEarth Coffee Shop after Rok's address.

Editor s note—

The following is Pan's perspective on Sudan's account with genocide:

For more than a year, the Sudanese government has been engaging in peace talks with rebels based in the south. Their aim has been to end a 21 -year civil war. However, with the international community's attention on the North and South peace talks, the conflict in Darfur began. The Darftir • Conflict, which started between the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) and Sudan government in February of 2003, is still going at

the present lime. Sudan, Africa's largest

country, is bordered by nine countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda. Sudan won its independence from the United Kingdom in 1951 and has been torn apart by

many civil wars. The present war

started when rebels, the SLM, started attacking government posts, claiming the government had neglected African farmers for too long. Their main claim was

that the government was oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs. . In return, the government of Sudan acted in self-defense, igniting this war.

The group that does most of the fighting for the Government are the Janjaweed (militias), also called Janjween and Jawajaween. This group is drawn from Arab tribes and has been at the center of the Darftir Conflict.

The Janj ween have been accused by the Human Rights Watch for multiple war crimes, including rape and sexual violence against women, some as

young as fourteen. Other allegations include young boys being abducted for domestic labor. These crimes have caused an outcry from people in the area, according to Human Rights Watch.

This conflict has displaced civilians and driven them to other countries as refugees. The Jawajaween, who are blamed for most of the killings, have driven black Africans out of their homes by burning their shelters and killing their

SEE SUDAN, PAGE 6

PIRATES "AAARRR" AMONG US: DURFEE HUNTS FOR TREASURE Matt Oosterhouse S T A F F W R I T E R

On Wednesday, Sept.

21, residents of Durfee Hall

participated in an unusual celebration of fantasy by dressing up as pirates for Pirate Day. The pirates, many of whom sported

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Y O H O H O ! — Dur fee Hal l res idents a s s e m b l e In t h e P ine Grove in an t ic ipa t ion of t h e c o m i n g wa te r ba l loon f ight . The s tudents w e r e c e l e b r a t i n g t h e l i t t l e -known holiday, Na t iona l P i ra te Day.

eyepalches, pirate britches, and pirate-like accents, turned heads throughout the day, as many students were surprised to see-pirates walking through campus.

Chris Maybury ( '08) and Tim Nelson ('08), the creators of Pirate Day, came up with the idea last year, but didn't put it into action until this year.

"Tim Nelson and myself were dueling in the hall in pirate costumes jusl for fun and we thought of it," Maybury said.

Mari Von Websky ('09), one of the Durfee Pirates described her experience with Pirate Day.

"It is an all day celebration, involving music, costumes, food, and greal friends. Good clean Durfee fun," Websky said.

Pirate Day involved aboul 40 Durfee residents as they dined

together in Phelps Dining Hall and engaged in a water balloon fight, all while in pirate costumes and using pirate accents.

The water balloon fight in the Pine Grove was fought to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" soundtrack, with two competing groups of pirates.

"The two sides represented those who hailed from the Caribbean and those who hailed from the Spanish Main. We were lighting over treasure," Maybury

said. With no clear winner, the

water balloon fighl ended ihe day of celebrating pirate culture and

friendship. In reply to how the day went.

Mike Leman ('09) responded.

"Aaarrr!"

2 NEWS SEPTEMBER 2 8 , 2 0 0 5

DARWIN ENCOUNTERS NEW SCHOOL BULLY Jeremiah Vipond STAFF WRITER

President George W. Bush

received severe criticism from

the scientific community after an

interview August 2005 when he encouraged the intelligent design

(ID) theory to be taught alongside

the theory of evolution in the United States' public schools.

Bush's comments come 80

years after the infamous Scope's "monkey trial" in Tennessee.

Intelligent design is a theory

which was started in the 1980s by Discovery Institute of Seattle.

The theory asserts that many

aspects of the universe exhibit

evidence of being the products of intelligent origin or a guiding

hand because of their intricacy and

complexity of form. The theory contradicts Darwinian natural

selection, one of the main tenants

of evolution, set forth by Charles

Darwin in 1859 and taught in U.S. public schools since 1968. The ID

theory seeks to explain some of

the gaps in the evolutionary theory and is currently being pushed as

an educational alternative to the

theory of evolution. "Both sides ought to be

properly taught. This way people

can understand what the debate is about," Bush said, "Part of

education is to expose people to

different schools of thought."

Many scientists argue that this

form of "creationism in a cheap

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Ironwood high school sdence teacher, Mr. Brighoerst, should

be pleased. He recently finished a detailed, enthusiastic lecture

about the validity of intelligent design, and how it is, in fact,

the basis for understanding humankind's origin. He should feel good, for it was a passionate, soul-stirring lecture. But his

exuberance proved too great; plopping in his office chair, Mr.

Brighoerst bruised his tailbone.

tuxedo" is actually not a theory

and not science at all. "Once you allow for a

supernatural explanation, you can't test it anymore," said Greg

Murray, professor of ecology and

evolutionary biology at Hope

College. Murray's sentiments echo

those of the National Academy of Sciences; since the claims

of ID cannot be experimentally

observed or tested, they can ' t produce any new hypothesis and

thus cannot be science. Therefore,

scientists say, ID should not be

studied along with evolution as

competing theories. Syndicated columnist David

Limbaugh argues that there are

parts of the evolutionary theory that are not scientific in their

own right, such as the belief that

life began without design. He

recognizes that although not all

scientists are atheists, it requires at least as much faith to believe in

an intelligent designer than it does

to believe in a universe where all

life began without cause, which is something that many scientists

believe. This hot-button issue has

heated up this past year, in part with the ruling of a federal judge

in Georgia ordering the removal

of evolution stickers from

biology textbooks. The stickers,

which proclaimed evolution as a theory, not a fact, were placed

"Part oj education is to expose

people to different schools of

thought."

— Pres iden t G e o r g e Bush

in textbooks in 2002, after more than 2,000 parents expressed

concern as to what their students

where being taught.

The decision to remove these stickers is being criticized

by many

parents and

creationists, but to many

s c i e n t i s t s ,

it is seen as a "victory

for good scientific education." Professor

Murray supports the decision to

have these stickers removed. "The stickers don ' t belong

there. To say that evolution is just a

theory is to clearly misunderstand

evolution. True, evolution is a theory but it is also a fact. We

have records for how it happened.

[The stickers] question something

that shouldn't be questioned, a

fact." Does the teaching of intelligent

design have no place in public

schools? "In part that depends on

what is meant by ' taught . ' " Barry

Bandstra, professor of religion

at Hope College says, "If it is taught as factual truth, then no.

Is it to be presented to students

in order for them to understand what the notion is and where it

comes from? Indeed yes. Should

it be discussed? Indeed it should.

I hold the opinion that is would

best be considered in a course on

American history or American

culture." In Philadelphia, PA, starting

Sept. 26, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover

Area School District will be heard. This trial concerns eleven parents

of students of 1 a Pennsylvania

high school who

are suing the

Dover school district's decision

to introduce

the intelligent

design theory as an alternative to

evolution. The parents claim that the

incorporation of the ID theory is a violation of the separation

of church and state policy and

has no place in their children's

education. The Dover school

board, however, denies ID as religion in disguise and asserts

that it is a scientific theory that

isn't replacing evolution, but

making students aware of its

existence. The Discovery Institute

says the lawsuit is a "flagrant

assault on free speech," since the incorporation of the theory is

only an attempt to get students to

think about and discuss the origin

of their race. In a 2004 survey by CBS,

it was reported that Americans

support the idea of teaching

SEE DEBATE, PAGE 6

RIVER AVE. WORK DELAYED Kurt Pyle STAFF WRFTER

The way is cleared and level, the steel ar-

rayed. All the signs of construction are

there — except the construction itself.

This scene has become familiar to those

traveling down River Ave. on the north

side of Holland this fall, and it's one that doesn ' t look likely to change anytime soon.

Erection of a four-lane temporary bridge to

the west of the River Avenue bridge, a crucial

element of the plan to build a new permanent

six-lane bridge on the site of the current span, is facing a permit delay that may push construc-

tion back to the late fall, or even next summer.

The need for a new bridge across the

Macatawa River has been clear for years;

the associated reconstruction project has been controversial . for almost • as long.

As originally conceived, the project was de-

signed to close River Avenue across the Ma-

catawa River, tear down the current span, and construct a new six-lane bridge on the same site.

Plagued by rising cost estimates and indeci-

sion over whether to include a temporary bridge

to handle some of the effected traffic flow, the

project was eventually finalized as a $6.28 mil-

lion project to build two bridges one tempo-rary and one permanent — after a private group

came up with funds for the temporary bridges.

The inclusion of the temporary bridge came

too late to be included in the U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers permit for construction in the wa-terway. The Corps of Engineers defines the area

as a navigable waterway, despite the fact that no

commercial traffic passes beneath the bridge.

The permit process includes a 20-day pub-

lic comment period and could take as long as four to six weeks to obtain, potentially pushing

the start of construction back to late October.

Public officials on the city and local level, in-

cluding Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), have pushed

for a reduction or elimination of the comment pe-

riod in order to hasten the start of construction. If the delay in obtaining the permit keeps

the temporary bridge from being construct-

ed before winter, a Department of Environ-

ment Quality permit for the project will pre-vent work from restarting until July 1, 2006,

due to a protection of fish spawning in the area.

The permit delay has rekindled long-stand-

ing debate about the necessity of the tempo-rary bridge. If the temporary bridge

is not completed until next summer,

construction of the main span may not be completed until the summer of

2007, almost a year after the estimated

completed date of November 2006. Construction of the new River Av-

enue span is just one part of a larger project to revamp the busy Holland

corridor. Projects are currently under-way on River between 15th and 28th

Avenues, as well as on Pine from the

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

Wednesday Sept. 2 8

OPUS SOUP Lemonjello's. 9 -11 p.m. Bring $ 1 or

a canned good

Vanderprov Auditions Sept. 28-29. 9:30 p.m. Dimnent

BIO.

Thursday Sept. 29 Writers @ the Library Albert A. Bell. Jr.. author

Herrlck Library. 7 p.m.

Piano Masterclass Convocation Plotr Zukowskl, guest art ist 11a.m. •

Dimnent

Aerial Dance Theatre Sept. 29-Oct. 1. 8 p.m. the Knlck.

$5 for students

Friday Sept. 3 0

Music at Lemonjello's Lindsay Miller & Ellery. 9 p.m. $2

Symphonette Concert 7:30 p.m. Dimnent

SAC Movie "Bewitched." $2

Sept. 23 & 24: 7; 9:30 p.m; midnight

Sept. 25: 3p.m. Winants Auditorium

Saturday Oct. 1

Senior Recital Amy Kurklewlcz, flute. Wlchers. 4

p.m.

Comedian Kyle Grooms Kletz. Oct. 1 :8 :30 p.m. and midn ight

Oct. 2: 3 p.m. Sponsored by SAC

Sunday Oct. 2 Herrlck Library Concert Series Judith Vander Weg, cello: Joan Con-

way. piano. 3 p.m. Herrick

Monday Oct. 3

Fred Hersch Master Class, concert and recording.

Wichers. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday Oct. 4

Jazz Ensemble/ Wind Symphony Dimnent 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday Oct. 5

Men's Nykerk Rally Wichers. 9 p.m.

Entertainment @ the Kletz Rob Kenargy. 9 -11 p.m.

VANDERPROV

Vanderprov, Hope 's very own

improv troupe, will hold auditions

Wednesday, Sept. 28 and Thurs-day, Sept. 29 at 9:30 p.m. in the

basement of Dimnent, room BIO.

CHOPIN COMPETITION WINNER TO PERFORM

Polish pianist Piotr Zukowski will perform this Thursday in Dim-

nent at 11 a.m. The program will

include pieces by Scriabin, Cho-

pin and Liszt. All are welcome. Twenty-three-year-old Zu-

kowski won the Anton Ruben-

stein Piano Competition in 2003 and the Chopin International

Competition three years ago.

SYMPHONETTE OPENS

The Hope College Sympho-nette will open its 2005-2006

season with a concert on Fri-day, Sept. 30 in Dimnent.

The program will include

an overture by Rossini, "Di-

versions for Chamber Orches-tra" by Irving Fine, and Grieg's

Peer Gynt suites Nos. 1 and 2. The symphonette is conducted

by Richard Piippo, associate pro-fessor of music. The ensemble

has toured in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the British Isles,

and other parts of Europe, as well as across the United States,

and has appeared on television.

Glimpses of Darfur: Young photojournalist offers photos,

stories from his journey through Sudan

Nicholas Engel A R T S EorroR

Stories of genocide half a world away can crush a mind

with feelings of paralyzing hope-lessness just as it can fill a heart

with compassion. Yet, against

all hope, thexhope of our genera-tion still manages to find voice.

"Hands of a Displaced Sudan:

A Cry for Compassion," a photo exhibit by photojournalist Ryan

Spencer Reed, is on display in the

DePree Gallery until Friday, Sept.

30. The photographs document

shockingly real glimpses into the lives of Sudanese displaced civil-

ians, militia fighters and rebels

that Reed, in his twenties, expe-rienced during a week-long tour

of, among other places, Darfur.

After his graduation from Cal-

vin College in 2002, Reed sold a car to buy a plane ticket out to

East Africa, where he toured vil-

lages and refugee camps in Ke-

nya, eastern Chad and the Sudan. Reed took 12,000 photographs in

the week-long tour, 71 of which

comprise his "Hands of a Dis-

placed Sudan" exhibition. Reed

gave a presentation on his pho^ tography and his experiences this

Tuesday in the DePree Gallery.

"I don ' t try to see my-

self as an artist . . . . It 's been hard to learn to see this work

on the art plane," Reed said. Reed's goal is, rather, to

"catch people off guard." "A lot of the times I find

myself taking pictures that I

can ' t even fathom," he said.

Reed spent a lot of t ime pro-filing the countries he visited

Ryan Spcmcr ReCu 'group MJJ ! ico;

PHOTO COURTESY RYAN SPENCER R E E D

C A S U A L T I E S O F C O N S C I E N C E — This boy In the photograph Is a member of the Justice Equality Movement rebel fact ion. The commander of the fact ion explained tha t the boy was 1 9 years old. Rebel encampment, Northern Darfur, Sudan: August 5th, 2 0 0 4

and learning as much about the

people as he could. He also

developed exit strategies in

case something went wrong, as

he 'd be in the Sudan illegally. "I thought I had prepared

very well," he said. "1 looked

at hundreds of thousands of pho-tographs. .. so that when it came

down to it, 1 don't shut down. If I shut down, I 'm useless."

Despite these precautions.

Reed suffered some posttrau-matic symptoms upon his return

to Nairobi, Kenya, after the tour.

After his return to the states.

some of Reed's work was pub-

lished in both the domestic and

international prints of a News-

week magazine issue. The do-

mestic issue printed a two-page story concerning health care in

underdeveloped countries such as

the Sudan, while the international issue devoted that much space

to Reed's photograph alone, and much more space to the article.

Within the two-page domes-tic article on the appalling health

care situation in the Sudan was a

full-page advertisement for Expe-

dia. It depicted a naked, plastic-

shielded man surrounded by ful-ly-padded football players, with

the catch-phrase "Thank God

for plastics!" Reed felt this was

an especially telling sign of the domestic marketing industry.

"International issues need

to be delivered with a bit of comic relief," he said.

Steve Nelson, adjunct asso-ciate professor and gallery man-

ager, hung and organized the DePree exhibit, which features

SEE P H O T O S , PAGE 6

Lynda Barry lectures writers on creativity Llndsey Manthel COPY EDITOR

Acclaimed author and cartoonist Lynda Barry visited campus this weekend as part

of the Visiting Writers Series. Barry shared

some of her thoughts on life and writing at the Knickerbocker Theatre on Friday, Sept.

23, followed by an all-day writing workshop in Maas Auditorium on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Barry, acclaimed in "The New Yorker,"

"Entertainment Weekly," and "The New York Times," has been on the "David Let-

terman Show" seven times and is good

friends with the creator of "The Simpson's ." Her works include "One Hundred Demons,"

"Cruddy," which she wrote entirely with a paint

brush, "The Good Times are Killing Me," "Er-nie-Pook's Comeek" comic strip, and others.

" I ' m a big lefty and 1 hate Bush. I want to thank

Hope for having me. That ' s so cool ," she said. In between jokes and stories,

Barry shared advice about writ-ing, and the mental health it induces.

"Art for adults is like play for kids. It 's the

same creative concentration," she said. "Some-times people say to me, 4You actually write everyday?' That would be like saying to a five-

year-old kid 'You actually play everyday?' Of course they do, and they'd be crazy if they

didn't! Don't you think adults would go crazy

too if we never let our creative energy out?" Barry spoke about the writing process

and what has helped her produce her works. "Most people when they want to tell their sto-

ries write it like an obituary. It 's boring! Tell the story of your life using cars or couches," she said.

Barry's approach to writing includes de-scribing an image in vivid detail and let-

ting the story grow out of that image.

"When someone is writing from an im-age—that 's what makes a good story," she said.

Once a story is written, it must be edited and

refined, process Barry insists is natural to humans. " "You know how whenever you get in a big

PHOTO BY D A V I D

W O R K S H O P P I N G - Lynda Barry ta lks to student Meghan Moore ( '08) dur-ing her writ ing workshop last Saturday.

fight, you run over it in your head a million times

thinking, 41 should have said this . . . ' It's the same with writing. Once you have it perfected in your head, you can move it back to the paper," she said.

Barry's main point to the full Knick-erbocker crown was to embrace art.

"Don' t leave writing and dancing and paint-ing to the professionals. It 's something every-

one can do as long as you ' re doing it for your-

self and not just so someone else will make out with you. That usually doesn ' t work," she said.

"Aerial" back for 19th season

Courtenay Roberts STAFF W R I T E R

Aerial Dance Theater, Hope's resident

contemporary modem company, will be-gin its nineteenth season on Thursday,

Sept. 28. Known for thought provok-

ing choreography and striking physi-cality. Aerial 's reputation has allowed

them to work with many internationally

known artists here in Holland as well as in various countries around the world.

Led by artistic director Stephen lan-nacone, the company traveled to the

Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro in

Mexico to work with the GrossoModo

Contemporary Company this past sum-mer. In October, Aerial will travel to the

University of the Ozarks to give a con-

cert and in March, they will give a shared concert with the Detroit Dance Collec-tive. Plans are in the works for a trip to

Barcelona, Spain, in the summer of 2006. This week's concert will include many

new works. Former Aerial dancer and Hope College alumnus Tim Heck ( '04)

will premiere "September," a brand new

20-minute work that he has set on cur-rent Aerial members. Also, guest art-

ist Yuki Chiba will perform as well as

Jorge Vasquez and Sergio Antonino.

Vasquez will be premiering a new solo work entitled "Voices." Antonino, who worked with lannacone in Eu-

rope in 2002, has set "A Bit O f . . . " a section of a larger work entitled "Mil-

limetri" on Aerial dancers. "Milli-

SEE AERIAL, PAGE 1

'08 PULL REELS IT IN Even Year wins 108th Pull by 20

feet, 1 inch

Heidi Weir STAFF W R I T E R

The big question on everyone's mind was "Whose Pull?" That question was answered when the class of 2008 was told to reel in the rope, naming them victors of tlie 108 year old tug-of-war tradition.

You could smell the intensity in the air the moment you arrived at the Black River. The walk through tlie woods leading to the river, see-ing each pit's sign in the trees, and hearing the thunderous roar in the distance all built up the anticipa-

tion. Eveiything was red on the Pull-

ers. Moralers. and the swarming crowd that lined each side of the pits. The huge sign hanging by the river appropriately said "Get

Even" in hopes of redeeming, last

year s loss. Even Year was able to inch their

way to a win of 20 feet 1 inch. The only times the crowd stopped cheering were when the coach made exhilarating announcements of the team's progress.

What is so special about the Pull tliat alumni return year after year?

"I see red people"

— Abby DcVuyst ( ' 08)

"The Pull is so special because of tradition. The relationships among friends—Pullers. Moralers. coaches—are awesome," Andrew Dowden ('94). Puller from Cincin-

nati. said, Allison Chamin ( '00). a Mo-

raler. said, "The Pull was my first activity at Hope. It made it feel like home to me. 1 made lifelong friends and even met my husband

Jonathoa a 2000 Pull Rep. because

of Pull." Pull f a a Abby DcVuyst ( '08),

showed her support with a bod} painted red. a red bandanna, and a red shirt that said, "1 see red peo-ple."

"No matter what age you are you can always come back. It's not even the actual pulling but the event itself; it will always bring back that same feeling." DeVuyst said.

Back in the pits, the three-hour event was drawing to a close. The coach gave one last motivational speech of reflection before the air horn sounded. Everyone waited impatiently as the measurements were made to announce the winner. The tears in the eyes of the newly declared winners represented a fine line between utter pain and pure

joy. "It felt so good to win after

working so hard for three weeks. When they said ^reel it in' it was so exciting." Jenna Mulder ( '08) said.

PHOTO BY D A V I D LEE

S E I Z E T H E R O P E - Pul ler "Carpe" D a n e Doctor ( 0 8 ) hears words of e n c o u r a g e m e n t f rom his mora le r "Funis" K a t e VanEeu-w e n ( ' 0 8 ) in P i t One.

PHOTO BY D A V I D LEE

G O N E S W I M M I N G - A f te r the i r v ictory w a s ver i f ied, Even Year t a k e s t h e t r a d i t i o n a l v ictory d ip in

t h e B lack River.

PHOTO BY D A V I D LEE

P H O I O BY EMILY PAPPLE

W E A R I N G T H E R E D — Faces and bodies a br i l l iant red, f a n s Laura Purves ( 0 8 ) , Liz R icher t ( ' 08 ) , and Abby DeVuyst ( ' 0 8 ) cheer on thei r Pull t e a m .

H O L D I N G S T E A D Y - M o r a l e r " F i n e m " Emily W e i n g a r t n e r ( 0 8 ) suppor ts Even Year 's Anchor , " F e l i c e t a m " N ick W i t k o w s k i ( ' 0 8 ) .

PHOTO BY DAVID LEE

P U L L I N G T O G E T H E R - M a t t M c C a b e ( 0 8 ) and Eric Oglesby ( ' 0 8 ) In Pit t 1 1 , M i k e K a f f k a ( ' 0 8 ) a n d R a c h e l Osborne in P i t t 1 2 , w o r k to-ge ther t o br ing In t h e rope.

5 Hit It 11

G R A P H I C BY K Y U S T U F F U B A M

'09: UNLEASH THE FURY Courtenay Roberts STAFF W R I T E R

This year marks the 108th Hope College Pull, a tug-of-war between the fieshman and sophomore classes across the Black River. Ex-cited energy permeated the air as students lined up at 2:15 p.m. in from of the DeWitt flagpole, some decked out in maroon and yellow, others in red and white, all cloaked in anxious anticipation of what was

to come. This energy only intensi-

fied as students were transported from campus to the Pull site. On the banks of the river, spectators lined the perimeter of 18 pits with names like "The Powerhouse," "The Wasteland." and "The Un-derworld." Each pit contained 18 mud covered and mohawked fresh-man Pullers, bedecked in maroon and gold but most importantly all wearing expressions of determined concentration as they lay wrapped

around the rope. Attending to the physical and

mental needs of the Pullers were the moralers, who provided water and constant encouragement at ev-ery heave and hold. At the head of

the line of pits stands the Caller, a Pull coach whose job is to signal the moralers when to tell the pull-

ers to pull. However, the Pull is not just

about physical struggle; it is about stories. Walking along the banks of the Black River, generations of Pullers and their families cheer on

"It's the guy in front and the guy

behind you, that's it. It's the team"

— Josh Dolislager ( ' 07)

both Pull teams. Prospective student Amanda Al-

len said. "It 's cool, one of the cra-ziest things I 've ever experienced, but I love how they all work to-

gether. It's awesome!" Also attending this year 's event

were Philip Bowers and Mark La-man ( '81) who were freshman Pullers during the historic 1977 contest, which lasted 3 hours and 51 minutes and ended in a draw.

"It was the hardest tiling ever in l i f e " Bowers said. "Watching this year 's team, the wounds in my

hand open up again." Laman's father was a Puller in

the 1940's. "When they did it. they didn't wrap around [the rope] and lay down in the pits. They stood up so one team had to be pulled into

the river," Laman said. "It 's freshman year and you

don't know loo many people, but you see something about a Pull rally so you go. They show pic-tures and play music and you see how psyched up they get and you get sucked in. Once you start, you can't quit," Laman said.

Josh Dolislager ( '07) an alum-nus of the Pull. said. "It's tlie guy in front and the guy behind you, that's

it. It 's Uie team." The bond of the team is perhaps

why the Pull lias lasted 108 years, earning the distinction of being the oldest college tradition in the Unit-

ed States. For among the tightly inter-

twined strands of the Pull rope lies not only mud and sweat but the memories of generations of even and odd year men and women. The Pull rope is more tlian a rope: it is a timeline tliat runs straight through the heart of Hope College.

PHOTO BY ZACMARY T R U M B I E

PHOTO BY Z A C H A R Y T R U M B I E

I N T E N S E - In Pit t 1 7 , Puller Jake Gi l l land ("09) fo l lows t h e ca l ls of Odd Year

M o r a l e .

E Y E S O N T H E P R I Z E - Puller "Prosecutor" M a t t R ichardson ( 0 9 ) a n d Mora le r "Judge" Julie V a n L a a n ( ' 0 9 ) p r e p a r e for the i r nex t move.

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PHOTO BY ZACHARY TRUMBLE

K N O W I N G P A I N - Kara Evans ( ' 0 9 ) gu ides her Puller B r e t t Fahnst rom ( ' 0 9 ) th rough a di f f icul t heave .

PHOTO BY ZACHARY TRUMBLE

F I E R C E - " I n e v i t a b l e " Sarah Fet ter ( ' 0 9 ) and "Apocolypse" Jonathan Legan ( ' 0 9 ) In P i t t Five show thei r d e t e r m i n a t i o n .

U N L E A S H E D - " B o m b t r a c k " Grant P r e t z m a n ( ' 0 9 ) in P i t t 1 1 works for his t e a m .

PHOTO BY ZACHARY TRUMBLE

VOICES SEPTEMBFR 2 8 , 2 0 0 5

% THE THOUGHTS

THAT LIE

UNDER HOPE

Erin L Hot ta E0tT0R-lN-CHIEF

The Pull, Pirates,

Heffalumps and Woozels

I went to the Pull on Saturday.

I watched them scream and heave. I stared at them in silence unmoved by the scene.

"Rip fcem apart! '08 has no respect for you!"

Scream and heave. Scream and heave. I didn ' t stay to watch them finish. I didn't care enough

to watch them jump into the lake. So, I went back home

to make apple sauce and give my headache a break. On my way out of the trenches, I walked past three guys.

One of them was a gorilla.

The other was a clown. The last one was a winner in spectacular clashing gown.

They gave me a high five as they walked towards pit

17.

The second I got home, I forgot about the Pull. My

roommate asked me who won and I didn't even know.

I told her they were screaming and they were heaving

too. The crowd was cheering until they saw the gorilla

and clown suit. I wasn ' t there to see it. But I 'm sure they all stopped

and stared. And for one spilt second the crowd smiled

at what the three did dare.

The other day 1 rode through the Pine Grove, 1 tied my

bike to a tree. I looked up and saw a pirate.

"What do we have here Mattie?" He took me to his ship right in front of Graves. I thought

for sure this was a prank. Then I saw the crocodiles. He told me to walk the plank. He pushed me over the

water. "Let me go you Durfee buffoon.". I fell overboard, reached for the anchor; alas drowned

in fast and furious water balloons.

Last week I walked to class, minding my business past

DePree, and then a group of guys drove by serenading

me. They were dressed in white and black

(maybe a little gray) their bodies extended through the sunroof, with an

accordion they play "When the moon hits the sky like a big pizza pie that 's

amore." Then they drove away.

Two weeks ago 1 stood in line to hear a man speak on genocide. I felt someone touch my shoulder and it was

Winnie the Pooh standing right beside. He was on a hunt for Heffalumps

and Woozels, but he stopped to say "good day." Paul Rusesabagina was so moving Pooh stayed to hear

what the man had to say.

The homecoming hoedown is coming. 1 better see some

straw hats and overalls please. Give people something to laugh about, let yourself

release. With so much homework and headache, we need

something to add a smile to our day.

Release your inner child.

Don't let your studies drift

imagination away.

S U D A N , FROM PAGE I

cattle. In an effort to flee the country,

many of them have been killed by "the [Jawajaween] horsemen." Moreover,

people who have fled are being killed by

the Arab militias on the way to refugee

camps. As a result of the war, approximately

2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes and at least 70,000 have

been killed, according to BBC news.

The international community has continued to put pressure on the Sudanese

government; sadly, they have achieved

no success. Two U.N. resolutions have

been passed hoping that the Sudanese

government will comply with the measure,

but little has been done. Despite the fact that the UN has referred

to the crisis as "ethnic cleansing," few

world leaders have responded. The U.S. has

labeled the crisis as "genocide," however, nations like China refuse to recognize the

crisis as such. Many feel the U.N. and the

world leaders have waited for too long.

The world leaders may not agree on the naming of ethnic cleansing or genocide,

but they cannot deny that people are still

dying every hour in Darfur. How much

longer are we going watch as millions of

people vanish?

PHOTOS, FROM PAGE 3

23 of the 71 pieces comprising the full

"Sudan" exhibit. Nelson introduced Reed

during the Tuesday presentation. "What ' s unique about Ryan's work is

that he 's going out on his own, not through

the media," Nelson said. According to Nelson, Reed's work offers

"fresh, personal vision" into the crisis in

the Sudan. The "Sudan" exhibition is just one part

of the 2005 Critical Issues Symposium.

Joel Toppen, CIS committee member and

professor of political science, was involved in bringing Reed and his work to campus

as part of the symposium. Toppen knew

Reed through their shared work in raising

awareness about genocide and the atrocities

in Darfur. "It is important to have artistic

expressions of the issues examined by this

year 's CIS, Toppen said. "[The committee]

didn't want to have only lectures. We felt some people would benefit through visual

imagery." Toppen felt that it is important to "stress

human stories" such as Reed's from "a

variety of perspectives." Peoples ' stories

have the potential to "make it personal" and touch an audience on a different level.

Reed will present two sessions:

"Photography as Activism," and "Creating

your own Documentary Project." The

sessions will be from 1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30

in Cook Auditorium. Reed's own hope is that his work can

be a "catalyst for change," a voice for the

voiceless. Perhaps Reed accomplishes this even

more than he imagines. His work gives

inspiration to compassionate, idealistic youth in the American Midwest as well as

voice to the voiceless, displaced Sudanese.

And to both, his story offers tangible reason

to hope for change.

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"Gangster" party offends students on campus To the Editor:

We have once again

come across the uglier side

of Hope College. Students have again displayed their

ignorance of what diversity

actually means and how to respect it. The first ghetto

party in 2002 ignited the

campus in controversy and drew our attention to the stark lines

thatcanbedrawnwhenracismisputat

the forefront of our Christian values.

The faculty responded with a Race Policy thatwas implemented to help

minoritiesinthesetypeofsituations. It has not.

Lastyear,afratemityacrossthestreet

from Scott screamed "Scoon Hall"

C L A S S I F I E D S

(note the racist term

'coon ' used towards black

people) on a Sunday night after being asked repeatedly

to quiet down as students

within the hall were attempting to study.

Campus safety was called

and did not show. Student development assured us this

would not stand, but it has.

Now we are here, experiencing

apathy at its best. The Delphi sorority threw

a closed gangster party.

The question that most

disturbs me in this situation is, can we blame them?

What has Hope College

really done about this type of discrimination? Where do

President Bultman, Dean

Frost, Vanessa Greene, and the rest of Student

Development 's values come

into play when racism again smacks the black community

in the face? When will

Greek life come second to black rights?

Perhaps we will never be. Perhaps

the Delphi tradition is too close to the

heart of Hope to be questioned for the

few black people represented on this campus. History after all, has

a tendency to repeat itself

Kelli Murrell ( '06)

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WANT TO READ

THIS Shea Tuttle COLUMNIST

T h e B u r d e n o f T r u t h

Yesterday morning over breakfast, some friends and I were reminiscing about Santa. We told stories about

how we were afraid to look up the chimney on Christmas

Eve; how he and his elves redid a room overnight; how we saw Rudolph's nose lighting up the sky.

Our stories eventually recalled those playground

debates about why Stacy couldn't have seen her mom putting a present under the tree because

Jeremy actually heard footsteps on his roof.

And then finally, we talked about when and how truth caught up, how we turned away and

brushed its hands off our shoulders, how it

finally latched on and felt jus t so d a m heavy.

In some cases, Santa Claus included, ignorance is a luxury. Knowledge, on the other hand, is a burden.

No matter how. much we 'd like to pry truth's gnarled

hands off our shoulders, we can ' t leave it behind

once it 's found us. Our steps grow heavier for its weight. Paradoxically, under this weight, we grow.

As we grow, of course, the issues change. Monkey bar

debates get left behind for questions about interpersonal relationships, cultural norms, political accountability,

and ecological welfare. For these issues, knowledge

burdens us not only with the tnith, but with choice. Another example may illustrate my point. A few years

ago, my sister Kristin came home from school with news

for the family. t4Did you know," she said, "that plastic

eating utensils are used for an average of three minutes, but they stay in a landfill for an average of three centuries?"

We all expressed the oohs and ahs that accompany such trivia. But we didn't realize all that Kristin had just done.

First, in the simple act of passing on her knowledge,

Kristin took away from each of us our luxury of ignorance; none of us would ever use a plastic utensil again

without the weight of that knowledge on our shoulders.

And second, Kristin placed on each of us the

burden of choice; while before we may have just used

a plastic fork without thought, now we had to make a very specific choice each time: don ' t use a plastic

fork, or place a plastic fork in a landfill for 300 years. Kristin is one of many people in my life who have

placed burdens of choice upon me. Those burdens

that compel me most deal with justice. Refraining from using plastic utensils might be called ecological

justice. In addition, many of my burdens of choice

deal with social, cultural, and global justice. My hope for this column, essentially, is to burden you.

I hope to share some bits of knowledge I 've stumbled

across and to place on your shoulders the weight of choice to act in favor of or against those in need.

I invite you all to join me in this quest. I know

so little, and there is so much to be known. So share your knowledge about our world too. Write letters

to the editor. Write poetry. Write petitions. Talk to other members of the campus community. Get up

on your soapbox. Try out some new ones. Engage. You are in a community that is fertile with

knowledge in a world that is desperate for good choices. Together, we can discover the paradox of

growth under so much weight, the lightness that comes from knowing truth and acting in its favor.

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8 SPORTS SEPTEMBER 2 8 , 2 0 0 5

U P C O M I N G H O M E A M E S

Sept . 2 8 W o m e n ' s Soccer v. Calvin

4 p.m. a t Buy's Athletic Fields. 11th and Fairbanks

Oct. 1 Hope Footbal l v. Ka lamazoo

1 p.m. a t Holland Municipal Stadium. 16th

and Fairbanks.

Oct. 1 Hope Hockey v. Lansing CC

9:20 p.m. at The Edge Ice Arena, on Ransom Street

and U.S. 31 .

Oct. 4 W o m e n ' s Soccer v. Tri-State

4 p.m. a t Buy's Athletic Fields. 11th and Fairbanks

Oct. 5 M e n ' s Soccer v. Ka lamazoo

4 p.m. at Buy's Athletic Fields, 1 1 t h and Fairbanks

SPORTS B L U R B

WOMEN'S SOCCER SCORES SIX-GAME WINNING STREAK

The Hope Women's Soccer Team extended their winning slreak to six in-a-rovv Saturday to remain un-defeated in league play. The Lady Dutch beat Olivet 3-0 Saturday and are now lied with Calvin for first place in the MIAA standings (5-0). Against Olivet, Cassie Thomas ( '09) and Alison Van Beek ( '09) each scored a goal as did Sarah Cochrane ('08). Ellie Tresslar ( '08) as-sisted on each of the goals.

The women's team now has their eyes set on win-ning the MIAA champion-ship for the third consecu-tive year. The Flying Dutch continue to build upon their school-record 21 consecu-tive home victories which date back to the 2002 season.

"So far we have made a pretty good showing. But we still have a lot to learn. This is a different team than last year," Captain Lauren Stieper ( '06) said.

With a mixture of tal-ented freshmen and expe-rienced upperclassmen, the ladies have united.

"Wc are truly playing as a team, passing as a team, and providing each other support as a team. In previous years it seemed that one person really carried the team, but this year it is always a team effort," Stieper said.

The team's unity began to develop early August on their trip to Europe. Teammates arc more comfortable with each others' different playing styles and understand winning is a team effort.

The lady Dutch bat-tle Calvin on Wednes-day, Sept 28, at 4 p.m.

Hockey shutout opener v. IUPUI Heidi Weir STAFF WRITER

The Hope College Hockey Club skated to a lopsided 16-0 victory Saturday night against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Only three minutes into the game, center Ryan Kelly ( '09) rocketed home a slapshot for the first goal of the game. After the first period the score was already 9-0. The Flying Dutchmen didn't stop there. They went on to score seven more goals before the final whistle blew.

Though Saturday's game was at the same time as the hurricane relief concert on Hope's campus, there was still a good turnout. The stands were packed with fans excited to see their hockey team, kick off the season with their first divisional game.

The score may have been 16-0 but the game was far from dull. The excitement of a good hockey game was still there. Crisp passing, quick skating, wicked slap shots, goalies snatching pucks out of the air, and bodies crashing against the boards were all in attendance Saturday.

The opposing IUPUI team, with only eight athletes playing Saturday, was unable to handle Hope Hockey.

Coach Van Tim merman

said on www.hopehockevxom. "This is one of our toughest

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D U T C H M E N D O M I N A T E T H E I C E - Anders DeJong ( 0 9 ) , w inds up for t h e second goa l of

t h e g a m e seven m i n u t e s In to t h e f i rst per iod.

schedules since the program began. We play some of the top teams in the North Region as well as a number of top teams from other regions. There's also the possibility of facing a few of the nation's top D2 teams including Davenport U., Northern Michigan and Ferris State. As always, our goal is to end up as one of the top teams in the country."

This season's roster consists of 25 athletes and four coaches. Players on the team came all the way from Colorado, California, and Quebec to play Hope Hockey. The team continues to advance by recruiting top notch talent.

The Hope College Hockey Club is still relatively young on campus. It has only been around since 1996 when students founded

the team as a member of the Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference. This conference consists of a total of 10 colleges and universities throughout Michigan and also Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Catch the team's next home game is at The Edge Ice Arena on Oct. 1 against Lansing CC at 9:20 pm.

Men's and Women's Soccer undefeated in conference Dutchmen defend 3-0 lead on Saturday against Olivet; Women's team plays for first place (5-0) tie-breaker v. Calvin

Nick Hlnkle STAFF WRITER

The Hope Men's Soccer team remains unbeatable in conference play. After their impressive defeat over Adrian 6-0 Saturday, and yesterday's 5-0 win against Tri-state, the Dutchmen are 3-0 in league play and 7-2 overall.

The Adrian game marked the team's fourth shut out of the season. Gunnar Martin ( '08) scored two goals while scoring one each were Geoff Meyer ('06), Bain Rumohr ( '07), Bryan Johnson ( '06) and Devin McNeil ( '06).

The Hope squad also beat the nationally

ranked team from Albion on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The 2-0 victory was sealed in minute 57 when captain GeoffMeyer scored on a breakaway off a long pass from fellow captain Devin McNeil ( '06). Both men were named to the Division III Great Lakes All-Region team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2004.

"A major factor has been and will be our senior leadership. We have six graduating seniors who will lead the team emotionally and physically this year," Coach Steve Smith said.

Averaging 13 victories a season.

coach Smith enters the 2005 season ranked 17 nationally among active NCAA Division III coaches by winning percentage. This year he hopes to apply a winning strategy focused around opportunities.

"A poor pass is an opportunity to regain the ball. A bad call is an opportunity to overcome the decision. Being on the bench is an opportunity to see the game and help out when called upon," coach Smith said.

With this in mind, the Dutchmen will

travel to Olivet on Saturday, Oct. 1. The game starts at 2 p.m. as Hope tries to remain undefeated in conference play.

M E N S W E E P T R I - S T A T E O N T U E S D A Y - T h e D u t c h m e n ' s win-n ing s t r e a k is e x t e n d e d to six g a m e s a f t e r yes-t e r d a y ' s victory over Tri-State. While s h u t t i n g ou t t h e Thunder , Geoff Meyer ( 0 6 ) s co red his 2 6 t h c a r e e r goa l five m i n u t e s into t h e g a m e .

PHOTO BY ZACHARY TRUMBLE

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