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N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9 • S I N C E 1 8 8 7 " S P E R A I N D E O " 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

New organization seeks to give

'Hope for all God's Children' Erlka Ter Louw S T A F F W R I T E R

Floriana Robins-Brown's

passion, joy and love for children in need radiated f rom every par t of her. As she s tood in f ront of

t he crowd of s tudents and faculty,

Nov. 10 she shared her passion and the vision God had given

her in 2004 for an o rphanage in Rwanda. The mission of this

o rphanage is to "let t h e m grow,

give t h e m hope." The orphanage, Nibakure,

began with that vision Robins-Brown received at a conference

in 2004. As a result of genocide dur ing 1990 to 1940, many

children were left with nowhere

to go and no o n e to care for them. Robins-Brown's assistant,

Claudia Kaul, po in ted out that the rest of the world was too

focused on OJ Simpson, "Forest Gump," "The Lion King" and

the South Africa elect ions to

not ice the genocide occurr ing in

Rwanda.

In 2000, things began to

change. The coun t ry elected

president Paul Kagame, who began a t t empt ing "to help heal

the nation," said Kaul. Kagame is following th rough o n his vow to

s t rengthen the nat ion. For the Nibakure Children's Village, the

government dona ted 23 acres of

land. The ul t imate vision for the

village is to have 15 homes in

clusters of three. Each h o m e

will house two widows hired by the o rphanage and 10 o rphans .

In addit ion to these homes , there will be an e lementary

and secondary school, a clinic, a non-denomina t iona l

house of worship, a technical /

vocational t ra ining building, an audi tor ium, spor ts facilities and

guesthouses . The cons t ruc t ion will take

place in five phases, s tar t ing

with three homes . G r o u n d was broken in May 2009 for this first

phase of const ruct ion.

In addit ion to the construct ion, the staff of

Nibakure has also g r o w n since

Robins-Brown's vision in 2004. There are current ly 12 people

on the board, two of which are pro bono lawyers and a pro bono

architect . Robins-Brown was very gracious and stated,

"God is providing ... we haven't touched a paycheck

since 2005." A victim of abuse and

chi ldhood t r auma herself,

Robins-Brown holds needy

chi ldren and o rphans in a special spot in her heart . After l istening

to her incredible history and her calling f rom God, many audience

member s were s tunned . She of ten repeated "it's not my doing,

it's God's doing." This kind of blind and selfless faith inspires

many s tudents to take action. A Hope organizat ion

called H o p e For All God's

S E E HOPE, P A G E 10

Dutch make final four

PHOTO BY A N N GREEN

HOPE VOLLEYBALL AT ITS F INEST- (From left) Kara VandeGuchte C l l ) , Jacle Fiedler ( '11) and Sara DeWeerdt ( '11) ce lebrate af ter bea t ing Tufts University to qual i fy for

t he NCAA Division III Final Four. See Page 12 for fu l l coverage.

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Phelps creates cultural cuisine Robert Gulmond C A M P U S C O - E D I T O R

Internat ional ^'ddcation week came to a close on Saturday

with "Images: a Reflection

of Cultures," an experience that included a Phelps Dining

Hall d inner featuring cuisine f rom a round the world. It was

a precursor to the display of

cultural pe r fo rmances at t he Knickerbocker Theatre later that

night. Tom Hoover, executive chef

of H o p e College Dining Services, emphas ized the impor tance for

s tudents to t ry new meals as a

way to grow their educat ion. Dur ing regular d inner dining

hours, Phelps offered dishes f rom India, Taiwan, China, France,

Japan and Mexico. Students and visitors could sample dishes

like Indian tandoor i chicken, chicken mar ina ted in yogur t

and typically seasoned with hot spices or French coquilles,

or Saint Jacques Parisienne, a r ich pastry with scallops and

shr imps in cream. Side dishes like Indian basmat i rice, naan

bread and French salad nicoise with mon t rache t were also o n

the menu. Taiwanese mango sticky rice and Mexican wedding

cakes were a couple of the dishes offered for dessert .

In prepara t ion for the

cultural dinner, dining services did its research. "We research

the In ternet and books. I t s pretty collaborative. W e all get

together at a staff mee t ing and ask if there's anything special

anyone wants to have," said

Hoover. He said that the staff holds

a vast array of culinary skills

and specialties like vegetarian,

Cuban, Texan and Japanese. Dining Services also sends e-

mails to internat ional s tudents and the internat ional educat ion

d e p a r t m e n t to ask if there are any special dish requests . They

also refer to past m e n u s of

Images d inners to help t h e m create a n e w m e n u f rom year to

year. This is the 10th year Images

has been held at Hope. The Mexican mango ice

c ream was Brenda Cuellar's

('10) favorite dish. "We usually never have mango, ever. And i t s my favorite fruit," she said.

She thought the Chinese crab rangoon — a small, fried food

mostly compr ised of crab and c r eam cheese — tasted weird.

However, she did not think the rangoon tast ing was a wasted

experience. "Now I know I don't like it," she said. "That's why I

got it, because I've never had it

S E E CUISINE, P A G E 10

Zombieland game gives life to dead month Cory Lakatos S E N I O R S T A F F W R I T E R

You probably not iced a few

s t range happenings a round Hope's c a m p u s be tween Nov.

9-16. A plague swept th rough the college, and this t ime it

was no t norovirus or even

swine flu - it was m u c h worse. Some s tudents experienced

s y m p t o m s

of ex t reme

j u m p i n e s s and paranoia

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

avoidance of Phelps, the urge

to hide out in their rooms

for extended

per iods of t ime, and

p a r t i c i p a t i o n in nocturna l

search parties. O t h e r s

simply acquired

an insatiable hunger for brains. All of

these s trange

page as "the game that makes going f rom class to class

terrifying," Zombie land was organized by Trevor Coeling

( ' l l ) a n d Cristoff Visscher ('12)

and takes its n a m e f r o m the recent zombie comedy/ac t ion

film. M o r e than 150 H o p e

s tudents took part in the game, which pi t ted the h u m a n race

(marked o n their

backs with green tags) against an

initially small but growing

battal ion of zombies, who

were marked on their f ron ts with

red tags. The zombies '

soleobjectivewas

to tag humans , i n f e c t i n g

them with the m u t a n t H1N1

vaccine that had originally

tu rned t h e m RAPHIC BY KRISTEN M U L D E R ^ ^ Q undead

behaviors became commonplace cannibals. The infected h u m a n for the dura t ion of Zombieland would then be forced to don a at Hope. ye l l owtagandwou ldmorph in toa

Descr ibed on its Facebook zombie after 12 hours unless they

were able to locate an antidote.

The h u m a n s began the game with no choice but to run f r o m

the zombies. Though they were

safe in classes, work, the dining halls and their own rooms,

everywhere else they were at the mercy of the horde. These

facts led many h u m a n s to band together for mutua l protect ion,

which resulted in the fo rmat ion

of such alliances as Wolf-Pack

and Survival G r o u p Alpha. Some h u m a n s were lucky

enough to start the game with o n e o r two antidotes, bu t those

who were not so for tuna te had to rely o n the medpacks that the game leaders periodically hid

a round campus . O n Friday the IS01, just

when things s tar ted to look bleak for the humans , weapons

were in t roduced into the game.

Hidden a round c a m p u s in the same manner as the medpacks ,

the whi tewashed wooden objects could be used by h u m a n s to

"kill" a p rede te rmined number of zombies. The horde began

to feel the sort of fear that the h u m a n s had felt dur ing the first days of the game.

The weekend saw a slowdown in zombie activity, but the

h u m a n s could not afford to let S E E ZOMBIE, P A G E 10

W H A T ' S INSIDE

NATIONAL 3 VOICES 8

ARTS 5 SPORTS 11

Health Care — The Senate Is about to de-bate health care changes.

Pages 3

Turkey Time — Fun Thanksgiving recipes and Ideas if you can't leave campus.

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2 T H L A N C H O R C A M P U S N O V & I E B E R 2 5 2 0 0 9

P ERSPECTIVES

Suspicious plant prompts HPD investigation Chris O'Brien A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S EDFTOR

"There's a marijuana plant growing right outside ofour dorm" I said.

"No way!" Freshman John Stathakis ('13) replied.

"I didn't believe it either, but here, come check it out," I said.

I walked over toward the plant

with the three other guys. N o w to clear things up right

away, my knowledge of weed is

somewhere in between that of

a fifth grade D.A.R.E s tudent and a middle-aged conservative

housewife. The guys could have pointed

out a ficus to me, and I would

have thought, " H m m m , well I

guess it could be marijuana." The other guys seemed to

be in agreement that this was mari juana, but 1 was not ready to

fully commit to this analysis. For

now, it would be referred to as

"mystery plant." W e decided we needed to go

grab a sample leaf for fur ther analysis, so we left to accomplish

that task. The "mystery plant" stood

as a 2 foot tall, leafy, tower of

sin, rising far above the fallen

leaves and scattered wood chips

that littered the ground around it. There it ::stood, mocking

the entire institution of Hope

College, jeering at the Keppel house that was only o n e street away scoffing that , "Yes, even a

mari juana plant can grow here in

I N B R I E F

HOLIDAY BENEFIT DINNER PROVIDES FUNDS FOR

HEALTH CLINIC

Hope College students are raising funds by organizing a

holiday benefit dinner at City on

a Hill in Zeeland.

Proceeds will support City on a Hill's health clinic, adult

mentoring program (ATLAS),

and food service ministry (CafeS8), and help provide a low-

cost home for 31 other non-profit

organizations and ministries at

City on a Hill. A dinner, catered by Cafe58,

and a silent auction are being

planned. Tickets for the Dec. 3, event can be purchased by

contacting City on a Hill, 100 S.

Pine St., in Zeeland (616-748-6060) or through the Center for

Faithful Leadership, at Hope

College.

BONE MARROW REGISTRATION OFFERED

Thousands of patients with

life threatening diseases need a marrow donor who can make

their transplant possible.

Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 3 P-m. in Dyktra Hall or the Otte Room

students can attend the bone marrow registry. It 's fast and no

blood needs to be drawn. Contact [email protected] or kelsey.

[email protected] with questions.

the soil of Hope." We both plucked a leaf and

brought then upstairs to the Durfee computer lab. Stathakis

typed "marijuana leaf" into the Google image search. The results were almost identical to the two

leaves that sat in front of us on

the desk. I had to find a second source,

though. I took a picture of the leaf on my cell phone and sent

it to someone f rom h o m e who

was familiar with weed. The subject: "Is this not weed?" His

text response came back shortly

after with, "Yes. Where 'd you find

that?" "How does this happen?" I

asked the guys in the room. A fourth had come into the

room. We caught Tyler Peterson ('13) up to speed on what had

taken place. He ment ioned that the seeds could have been pu t

into the mulch, and that he knew

someone f rom his h o m e town that had this happen to them.

A mental image came to me

of President Bul tman slamming

his fist d o w n on a H o m e Depot counter tdp demanding to know

who pu t the weed seeds into

Hope's bag of mulch. With my mind racing as to

what I should do next, 1 calmed

myself down and decided before I did anything else I still needed

to verify that this was mari juana. Five or six eye-witnesses and a

picture message verification was

not enough to officially change

and put my laptop in the passenger seat displaying the directions.

With my laptop sitting there and a mari juana leaf resting on top of the keyboard, I felt somewhere in

between a policeman and Seth

Rogen f rom the opening driving scene of "Pineapple Express."

The drive began. I couldn't find the greenhouse. I pulled into the

Salad Bowl restaurant, and called the Jonkers Garden telephone

number. I soon realized that I had

called for directions to their store f rom their parking lot. Maybe

this "mystery plant" was rubbing

off on me. [onker's was giant, with plants

coming f rom nearly every angle. I walked to the counter and tried

as best as I could to make the situation seem at least somewhat

normal. Behind the counter was a lady, Joanne Avink. She's been

helping run the Garden shop

since 2001. "Ail right, this is going to

come off a little strange," I said

placing my laptop down on the

counter. I opened my Macbook and resting on the keyboard was

t)ie "mystery leaf."

I pu t the leaf in my hand and held it out with one simple

question. . "Is this no t marijuana?"

Avink was slightly taken

aback, but chuckled, "I'll go find

someone else." Avink stepped ou t f rom behind

the counter and walked through the s tore back into another

THE REAL STUFF— Marijuana (above) was suspected to be growing between Durfee and Lubbers.

the label of "mystery plant." I needed to find an expert .

" W h o would be able to

identify by looking at a leaf what plant it belonged to and could

accurately claim that this was or was not marijuana?" 1 thought to

myself the following morning .

A few minutes went by.

Nothing. A couple minutes more. Nothing. Then it hit me I should

take a leaf sample to a greenhouse!

I rushed to my laptop and googled

"Holland greenhouses." A few opt ions came up, and 1 clicked on

Jonker's Garden on River Ave. I found the direct ions and not

even bother ing to print them, I

simply took my laptop with me

outside. I hopped in my red Ford Focus

room, where I could slightly hear her voice retelling my bizarre

question. From the back room

came Zandra Talley, who is bet ter known in the store as "Z." Talley

manages both the nursery and

perennial depar tments and has worked at Jonker's since 1991.

She is in charge of making sure

over 75,000 plants are planted, tagged, watered, protected in

the winter, moved to displays, and sold to customers. This lady

knows her plants. Accompanying her was

Greg Kuziak. Serving as retail manager since 2002, he is said by

the Jonkers Garden website to be, "One of the people you're bound

to run into at Jonker's Garden."

This is t rue.

Talley and Kuziak followed Avink back to the counter. Avink

handed the "mystery leaf" over to Talley who took off her glasses

and held the leaf up a few inches above her eyes and then up to

the light. With no hesitation she set the leaf back down and said,

"Yep, that 's weed." There were chuckles f rom the

four of us and I asked, "Really?" in

a high-pitched, s tunned voice. Kuziak picked up the reef leaf,

and asked me how

tall the

p lan t was. 1 told him

that it was

about knee h e i g h t ,

m o t i o n i n g to my blue

jeans. He

n o d d e d and set the

leaf back

down. " H o w

can it grow,

though?" I asked. "Is

it going to grow

a n y m o r e

now that i ts getting

cold?"

PHOTO BY EMILY C R U M

GREENERY— A plant (above) grow-i ng outs ide Durfee Hall has been removed due to Its resemblance to

mar i juana.

"Did you know there was a mari juana plant growing, like,

right outside of Durfee?" I said. "What?" he said shocked.

"Where?" The next two minutes can best

be described as a little league baseball player trying to explain

where his house is to his friend's m o m who was driving him h o m e

f rom practice.

"OK, so Lubbers Hall is here, sidewalk is here and the wall is

here, then the plant is

right here," I tried to

explainusing

the walls and door as

props. "Why

don't you

just show me," Hansen

said slipping on his

shoes.

W e w a l k e d

outside. I pointed to

the area

where the plant used to

be. He was

surprised to see that it

"No," Talley responded. "It

will freeze out , it's not going to bud either."

The conversation shifted back

toward the outrageousness of the

entire situation, with the four of us astonished that a publically

viewable mari juana plant was growing literally less than five feet

away f rom a Hope College dorm.

I asked t h e m if they thought someone had planted it or if it

may have been part of the mulch

that was put down. "Well if someone was smoking

a reefer, tossed the reefer down and some seeds fell out," Talley

said. "Then there you go, there's

your plant." This was enough for me.

The verdict was in. This was no

longer the "mystery plant" but was officially the mari juana plant

growing outside of Durfee Hall.

I went on my four th trip back to the mari juana plant, this t ime

with Kristine Davis ('12), an avid

photographer. If I was going to get a picture of the mari juana, I was

going to have some product ion

value to it. W h e n I got there, I

was shocked to see it was gone. "I swear it was here!" I said to

Kristine. "I'm sure it was."

Around 5:30 that night, I knocked on the door of Nate Hansen, the residential director

of Durfee Hall. His wife answered the door, and the room smelled

of Italian food, not of a Fazolis variety but legitimate Olive

Garden levels. "Is Nate here?" I asked. She nodded. A few seconds

later Nate walked to the

doorway.

was so close to the brick wall and went inside to call C a m p u s Safety. Whi le he had the receiver in his

hand, Johnathan Wielinga ('11)

told the two of us that Residential

Life coordinator Ray Cook and Campus Saiety had already taken

care of it. It was now t ime for me

to talk to Ray Cook. I walked into Cook Hall

and knocked on his door. Cook answered the door, and I

proceeded to ask him what he

knew. "I'm really not at liberty to

say," he responded. "We were

notified last night and Campus Safety and the HPD took care of

it f rom there." He added that with marijuana,

it becomes a legal case, and the

area becomes somewhat of a

cr ime scene. This left me with one final

phone call to make — the

Holland Police Depar tment . I called the main line and asked

if I could come in and talk to

someone about the case. The phone operator asked if it was

on the Campus Safety reports to which I said no. She said that

there was a stack about an inch high of police reports, they were

taking care of and that when

it is officially posted on Hope College's Campus Safety report ,

then questions can be asked. As of Nov. 23, there has

been nothing posted. There are r umors circulating that the police identified the plant and said it

was not marijuana.

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N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 9 NATIONAL T H E A N C H O R 3

Senate moves to floor debate on health care Narrow vote moves reform bill forward, but issues over'public option' remain

Eric Anderson C O - N A T I O N A L N E W S E o t r o R

T h e Senate comple t ed

c ruc ia l s teps t o w a r d pass ing

heal th ca re r e fo rm Saturday w h e n they ob t a ined the

necessa ry a m o u n t of votes to begin deba te in a 60-39 vote.

P r o p o n e n t s of t he bill we re able to sway key m o d e r a t e

D e m o c r a t s and ob t a in the m i n i m u m 60 votes n e e d e d to

b lock any f i l ibusters .

T h e p r o c e d u r a l passage was v iewed as a v i c to ry by leading

D e m o c r a t s , wi th regard to t he success un i t ing a wide range

of le f t - lean ing s e n a t o r s o n a n

issue of na t iona l s ignif icance. Th i s hea l th care r e f o r m

bill looks to expand hea l th care coverage for a s igni f icant

a m o u n t of cu r ren t ly u n i n s u r e d

Amer i cans . It a lso inc ludes a provis ion a l lowing for a

g o v e r n m e n t - r u n hea l th ca re

p r o g r a m to c o m p e t e wi th o t h e r p lans o f fe red by pr ivate

insure r s . Th i s provis ion, which

has c o m e to be k n o w n as

t he g o v e r n m e n t - r u n "public op t ion" is t he m o s t c o n t r o v e r s i a l

aspec t of t he c u r r e n t vers ion of

t he r e f o r m bill. A n u m b e r of m o d e r a t e

D e m o c r a t s even voted in favor of deba te w i t h no p romise that

they wou ld ul t imate ly vote in s u p p o r t of t he

bill. A m o n g the s e n a t o r s

o n the fence were Joe L ieberman , I -Conn . , a n d

Ben Nelson , D-Neb. , w h o s e uneas ines s could

signal that th i s vers ion of t he bill is fa r f r o m

passage. O n e key a r g u m e n t

aga ins t the publ ic op t ion

c o n t e n d s that t he cos t s of

having a g o v e r n m e n t - r u n hea l th ca re plan wou ld be

t oo m u c h for t he a l ready

s t ruggl ing economy. T h e Congress iona l

Budget Off ice c u r r e n t l y e s t ima tes tha t t he r e f o r m

bi l lwil lcost approx imate ly $848 bil l ion over 10 years,

bu t t he cos t s of t he bill

wou ld be of fse t by the ensu ing add i t i ons of n e w

taxes and fees . T h e C B O a l s o e s t i m a t e s

tha t the bill wou ld save

$130 bil l ion in t he f i rs t 10 years and $650 billion in

t he s e c o n d 10 years f r o m

n e w taxes a n d f ines. A n o t h e r issue t aken

w i t h t he inc lus ion of a g o v e r n m e n t - r u n hea l th

ca re op t i on is a provis ion al lowing s ta tes to op t o u t if t h e y do n o t w a n t

PHOTO COURTESY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A LOADED ISSUE— A copy of the Democratic health care reform bil l Is l i f ted. The Senate voted 60-39 in favor of moving to debate the leg is la t ion ca l l ing for a broad overhaul of the cur rent heal thcare

system.

to have access to the publ ic

op t i on . Ins tead , o p p o n e n t s p re fe r

giving s ta tes t he op t i on to o p t

in to t he p r o g r a m . Th i s would allow for s ta tes to tai lor the

publ ic op t ion to the i r individual s i tua t ions , essential ly lessening

the in f luence of t he federal

g o v e r n m e n t . However , m a n y in favor of

the publ ic op t i on a rgue that leaving it ou t would give pr ivate

insu re r s f r ee reign to raise their pr ices wi thou t fear of

c o n s e q u e n c e s o r compe t i t i on . Desp i t e the unce r t a in t i e s

f r o m cent r i s t s , leading D e m o c r a t s were c o n f i d e n t that

c lear ing th i s init ial obs tac le gave t h e m m o m e n t u m for t he

bill's even tua l passage. T h e deba te will ensue af ter

Thanksg iv ing when the Senate

reconvenes . It p romises to be hea ted as r ep resen ta t ives look

to f ind c o m m o n g r o u n d on

an issue that h a s p roven to be t ru ly divisive t h u s far.

O n e rou t e be ing p u r s u e d by D e m o c r a t i c leaders is looking

to m o d e r a t e Republ icans to

m a k e up for the possible loss of m o d e r a t e D e m o c r a t s .

A p romis ing op t i on is

O l y m p i a Snowe (R-Maine) w h o c rossed pa r ty l ines to vote in

s u p p o r t of t he r e f o r m bill, t h e n in t he f inance c o m m i t t e e .

Closing of Guantanamo Bay detention center postponed Obama announces facility will not close by January deadline

Samuel Tzou S T A F F W R I T E R

Pres iden t O b a m a a n n o u n c e d last W e d n e s d a y tha t he will

no t be able to achieve the Jan. 22 dead l ine of c los ing

G u a n t a n a m o Bay. T h e d e t e n t i o n cen te r

loca ted o n the s o u t h e a s t e r n

sho re of Cuba h a s b e e n ho ld ing s u s p e c t e d t e r ro r i s t s as

de t a inees s ince late 2004. D u r i n g the p res iden t ' s t o u r

of Asia, O b a m a a d m i t t e d to b o t h fore ign and U.S. p ress tha t

he set t he dead l ine jus t two days a f t e r his inaugura t ion .

" W e had a specif ic dead l ine tha t was missed," the BBC

r e p o r t e d O b a m a as saying. T h e d e t e n t i o n cen te r

h a s b e e n cont rovers ia l for pol i t ic ians . Many of these

de t a inees are held w i t h o u t

charge and are no t given the r ights of p r i sone r s of war. They

are ins tead labeled as e n e m y

c o m b a t a n t s . T ime magaz ine r e p o r t e d

Nov. 20 that Obama ' s p lan for

the p r i soner de t en t ion cen te r will m o s t likely anger b o t h

Republ ican and D e m o c r a t

par t ies . Many h u m a n r ights

' o rgan iza t ions compla in

p r i sone r s of G u a n t a n a m o Bay face be ing s e n t e n c e d

indefini tely. O b a m a fo rmer ly o p p o s e d

th i s idea d u r i n g the Bush

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , bu t T ime r e p o r t e d h i m s u p p o r t i n g it in

May. O b a m a said he was no t

d i s appo in t ed in no t mee t i ng

the goal. "I knew th i s was going to be

hard," O b a m a to ld Fox News.

H u m a n r igh t s o rgan iza t ion

A m n e s t y In t e rna t iona l was ang ry wi th Obama ' s lack

of p r o m p t n e s s to m e e t t he

deadl ine . "Mil l ions of people a r o u n d

the wor ld who care abou t h u m a n r igh t s and the ru le

of law will be ex t remely d ishear tened ," U.S. execut ive of A m n e s t y In t e rna t iona l Lar ry

Cox said last Thursday . O n e of t he main p r o b l e m s

tha t the O b a m a Admin i s t r a t i on

is having wi th the de t a inees at

G u a n t a n a m o Bay is t he fac t that t he federal g o v e r n m e n t

would have n o w h e r e to place t he p r i sone r s tha t are cu r ren t ly

held in the pr ison c a m p . C e r t a i n s ta tes such as Iowa

and N e w York, which O b a m a

a p p r o a c h e d this pas t year, me t h im with f ierce res is tance .

Several pol i t ic ians spoke up

in N o v e m b e r aga ins t O b a m a ' s plan of m o v i n g p r i sone r s .

"It's an unneces sa ry risk to t he city of N e w York," f o r m e r

N e w York mayor and f o r m e r

Republ ican pres ident ia l c a n d i d a t e Rudy Giul iani told

C N N ' s State of t he Un ion p r o g r a m on Nov. 19. " (New

York) a l ready h a s any n u m b e r

of risks." The re ' s a large possibility,

however , that O b a m a will choose to place t he p r i sone r s

in a jail loca ted in t he

N o r t h w e s t e r n reg ion of his

h o m e s ta te . T h o m s o n p r i son is located

approx ima te ly 150 miles f r o m Chicago . T h e pr i son facility

is fairly isolated with the m a x i m u m capaci ty of 1,600 cells; however , only 200 cells

are cu r ren t ly in use. T h o m s o n Village officials

are exci ted at the possibi l i ty

that the federal g o v e r n m e n t may buy the facility and set up

a n e w sys tem of de t a in ing the

s u s p e c t e d t e r ro r i s t s t h r o u g h the T h o m s o n facility. T h e n e w

facility wou ld b r ing r e v e n u e and jobs for t he t o w n .

"It's been s i t t ing the re for

e ight to nine years and our town is like a ghost town,"

T h o m s o n Village Pres iden t Jerry Hebe le r said of t he p r i son

to t he H u f f i n g t o n Post on Nov. 14. He added tha t a t avern

recent ly c losed and a p l a n n e d

hous ing d e v e l o p m e n t fell t h r o u g h . :Everybody m o v e d o r

got d i f f e ren t jobs." Even so. Republ ican

cand ida t e s in t he a rea are

highly o p p o s e d to such an idea as t he re may be a high

probabi l i ty tha t c r i m e in the

area could increase . O b a m a has yet to reveal h is

en t i re in ten t ions . "It's ha rd no t only because

of the politics," O b a m a said. "People, I th ink unders tandab ly ,

are f ea r fu l a f ter a lot of years w h e r e they were told that

G u a n t a n a m o was cri t ical to

keep t e r ro r i s t s out."

" Be Joyful in hope, ^ patient in affliction, | and faithful in prayer." =

-Romans 12:12 SJ o

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an e n t i r e w e e k in p r a y e r. M o r e D a t a i U m Chapel on nccomhcr ?nd

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T H I S W E E K I N Q U O T E S

" W e a re go ing t o k n o c k

y o u r s o c k s off. A n d un t i l

t h a t day in 2011 w h e n it

e n d s , I i n t e n d t o soak u p

eve ry m e a n i n g f u l , joyfu l

m o m e n t w i t h you." - Oprah Winfrey, announc-ing "The Oprah Winfrey Show"

would end in September 2011.

"Tokyo r e m a i n s by fa r t h e w o r l d capi ta l of gas -t r o n o m y a n d a l so h a s t h e m o s t t h r e e - s t a r r e s t a u -rants." - Micheiin guide director Jean-Luc Naret, after Tokyo leaps ahead of Paris as the "world's best place to eat," Tokyo has the most Micheiin three-star restaurants in the world.

"It's a t r i b u t e t o his life a n d c a r e e r - he 's t r u ly an a m a z i n g artist." - Auctioneer Darren Juien, of selling Michael Jackson's memora-bilia. Jackson's infamous Moon-walk glove recently sold to a Hong Kong businessman, Hoffman Ma, for $350,000.

" O v e r t h e p a s t c o u p l e

of y e a r s t h e y o u n g fe-

m a l e a u d i e n c e h a s really

s t a r t e d d r iv ing a lo t of

t h e marke tp lace . " - Richie Fay of Summit Enter-tainment, whilst discussing the impact of the female teenage audience on ticket sales for the recent blockbuster movie, "New Moon." •*:

"P re s iden t O b a m a h a s

l i f ted his b a n o n do-

ing i n t e rv i ews w i t h Fox

N e w s . Wel l , yes terday.

P r e s i d e n t O b a m a w a s

i n t e r v i e w e d by a r e p o r t e r

f r o m Fox N e w s . Yeah.

A n d you c o u l d tell t h e

r e p o r t e r w a s f r o m Fox

N e w s b e c a u s e t h e f i rs t

q u e s t i o n was , " H o w d o

you t h i n k you ' r e d o i n g as

p r e s i d e n t o n a scale f r o m

m i n u s o n e t o m i n u s 10?" - Late night talk show host, Conan O'Brien.

"Par t of w h a t I love a b o u t

b e i n g a live p e r f o r m e r is

t h a t s o m e t i m e s you jus t

a re in t h e m o m e n t a n d

s o m e t i m e s th ings jus t

happen . " - Last year's "American Idol" runner-up, Adam Lambert, about kissing his male keyboardist during his performance at the American Music Awards Sunday night.

Michigan shares $4 million award to boost economy and create green jobs A m y A h i n e

S T A F F W R F I T R

M i c h i g a n will sha re federal s t imu lus f u n d s equ iva len t to $4

mil l ion with Ind iana and O h i o

to a c c u m u l a t e i n f o r m a t i o n

a b o u t t he aid n e e d e d for employees and bus ines ses

to e n t e r r e n e w a b l e ene rgy

indus t r i e s . A c c o r d i n g to Labor

Sec re t a ry Hilda Solis and U.S. D e m o c r a t i c Represen ta t ive of

Batt le Creek , Mark Schauer ,

th i s federa l s t i m u l u s package will aid t he au to m a n u f a c t u r e r s

of M i c h i g a n greatly.

Th i s federal s t imu lus f u n d , cal led t he Labor M a r k e t

I n f o r m a t i o n I m p r o v e m e n t

G r a n t , was p rov ided t h r o u g h

the A m e r i c a n Recovery and

Re inves tmen t Ac t . T h e f u n d s are to be shared

b e t w e e n Mich igan , Ind iana

and Oh io , in a n e f fo r t to

help t he au to m a n u f a c t u r e r s

d ivers i fy and to help peop le f ind e m p l o y m e n t in t he g reen

ene rgy divis ion. To accompl i sh t he se tasks ,

t he s ta tes will split up t h e

va r ious u n d e r t a k i n g s .

Mich igan and O h i o will ut i l ize the i r share of t he

Labor M a r k e t I n f o r m a t i o n

I m p r o v e m e n t G r a n t to

a c c u m u l a t e and analyze i n f o r m a t i o n abou t w o r k f o r c e

n e e d s and f r o m var ious

m a n u f a c t u r e r s and par t

supp l i e r s of t he au to i ndus t ry r ega rd ing the t r a n s f o r m a t i o n s

of the i r bus ines s se t t ings . In an e f fo r t to be t t e r iden t i fy

t he skills r equ i r ed and the

n u m b e r of g reen jobs available,

O h i o will c o n d u c t a "green jobs su rvey" of t h e employe r s in

the i r s ta te . I n d i a n a will e m p l o y the

asse ts f r o m th i s g r a n t to

r ecogn ize t he p r e s e n t skills possessed by a u t o i n d u s t r y

workers . Ind iana , M i c h i g a n a n d Ohio ,

however , were n o t t he only

s t a tes to receive g r a n t s t h r o u g h

the A m e r i c a n Recovery and

Re inves tmen t Act . D i f f e ren t s ta te , c o u n t r y and local

w o r k f o r c e agencies t h r o u g h o u t t h e Uni ted States were given a

to ta l of $55 mil l ion in g r e e n

jobs g r a n t s by the U n i t e d Sta tes

Labor D e p a r t m e n t . O u t of t he $55 mil l ion in

g ran t s , $48.8 mil l ion w e n t t o w a r d s t h e State Labor M a r k e t

I n f o r m a t i o n I m p r o v e m e n t

G r a n t s . Increas ing the capac i ty of

t he c u r r e n t g ran t r ec ip ien t s

t h r o u g h d i f f e ren t tac t ics ,

t he G r e e n Capac i ty Building G r a n t s , to ta l ing $5.8 mill ion,

will offer t r a in ing p r e p a r a t i o n

to help individuals a t t a in jobs

S E E A W A R D , P A G E 1 0

Protests over tuition hike

PHOTO COURTESY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TUITION INCREASE SPARKS PROTESTS-Across Cali-forn ia, s tudents f rom Universi ty of Cal i fornia ins t i tu t ions are p ro tes t ing the recent 32 percent Increase in tu i t i on fees, passed by the University of Cal i fornia Board of Regents. The f inancia l cr is is f ac i ng the s ta te of Cal i fornia is most ly to b lame for the t u i t i on hike. Students contend tha t the increase w i l l make i t more d i f f i cu l t for s tudents f rom low-er income backgrounds to a t tend Ca i i f f rn ia ' s s tate- funded universi t ies. However, o f f ic ia ls argue t h a t a por t ion of the money generated by the tu i t i on raise w i l l go toward a id ing s tudents In need of f inanc ia l assistance. Protests have al-ready turned t roublesome, w i th mul t ip le arrests be ing made on a number of UC campuses. -

Michigan attorney general denies impeding investigation Sierra Hansen S T A F F W R I T E R

Michigan At torney Genera l

Mike Cox denied he scut t led

a 2003 joint investigation of f o f m e r Detroit Mayor Kwame

Kilpatrick with state police,

including an alleged cover-up of the beat ing of slain exotic dancer

Tamara Greene at t he m a y o r s

official residence. Cox is scheduled to be

deposed Dec. 11 in a lawsuit by Greene's family. They are suing

the city, Kilpatrick and other

officials. The family's lawyer, N o r m a n Yatooma, claims they

stifled a police investigation

into her 2003 shoot ing death. The 27-year-old Greene is

r u m o r e d to have danced at an insubstant ia ted par ty at t he

Detroi t Mayor 's Manoogian Mansion residence a few

mon ths before she was sprayed with bullets while sitting in a

car with her boyfr iend. With in the context of t he investigation.

Cox concluded the party was an

"urban legend." However, s tate police

investigators claim Cox

impeded their investigation by no t thoroughly investigating

the possibility that a beat ing at

t he suspected party may have indeed taken place. Cox denied

those claims in an extensive

interview with the Detroi t Free Press, saying that he had no

authori ty to shut down the police

investigation, which cont inued for another six m o n t h s after his

office quit its o w n probe in June

2003. Cox denies suggestions that

the investigation was rushed,

stat ing that he made it clear he wanted to direct a "fast bu t

t ho rough probe". "The governor runs the state

police," he said, adding, "There's no way I could shut down the

investigation." He also said that Gov.

Jennifer G r a n h o l m pushed h im into the investigation wi thout

pr ior communica t ion by issuing a news release stat ing that

s tate police would investigate the allegations and Cox would

review the findings. Meanwhile, Granholm's office contradic ted

this s ta tement by stat ing that no th ing was forced on Cox.

Michigan state officials declined

to c o m m e n t on the matter. Suspicions of scuttling follow

a 2005 case involving a lawsuit

filed by a detect ive who said he lost his job investigating Greene 's

death. In format ion f rom a newsource local to the Detroit

area surfaced on cl ickondetroit .

com, saying that " former Detroit homic ide investigator Alvin

Bowman's whist leblower lawsuit

against the city of Detroit claims he lost his job because he

pushed too hard to investigate the m u r d e r of Tamara Green(e)".

A judge ordered then Mayor

Kwame Kilpatrick's n a m e be removed f rom the lawsuit. By then, the state police had already

dismissed the alleged wild par ty th rown for Kilpatrick at the

Manoogian Mans ion as one having a mythological nature.

But fo rmer homicide

investigator Sgt. Mar ian Stevenson then claimed that she

had informat ion substant iat ing the party, saying that some of the

people she talked to dur ing the

investigation "stated that Miss

Green had danced at a par ty for the mayor, and she may have

had some informat ion regarding

the activities that happened that part icular night," Stevenson

said. Bowman would also beg to

differ f rom the assumpt ion that

the par ty was a tall tale, having said in a sworn affidavit that

he suspects she was killed by a

m e m b e r of the Detroi t Police Depar tmen t , according to an

onl ine Channe l 20 News — Detroit article. He said that he

inferred the possibility based on

the n u m b e r of shots that were taken by the perpe t ra to r and

the firearm they used. He also indicated in t he affidavit that he

is aware of links be tween Greene and "high-ranking employees"

and an u n n a m e d associate of

Kilpatrick. The investigation deserves

many angles of at tent ion, with

the looming ques t ion being whether or no t cor rup t ion

has once again influenced bureaucrat ized operat ions in the

city of Detroi t .

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Can't fight this feeling: 'Glee' teen melodrama charms critics, viewers Elena Rivera G U E S T W R F T E R

Imagine a Midwes tern school,

where plucky young choir kids

are juggling teen pregnancy and football pract ice and each tightly paced problem is s u m m e d up in

an elaborate song-and-dance routine. If this premise sounds

absurd, that 's h o w "Glee"creator

Ryan M u r p h y in tended it to be. "Gleer a show where the

dialogue is as snappy as the jazz hands , succeeds because it is like

no other p rogram o n television today. Mixing teen me lodrama

with covers of f amous songs f rom every decade, "Glee" current ly

a t t racts 8 million viewers to its 9 p.m. Wednesday t imeslot on

Fox. The Glee club is led by eternal

opt imist Mr. Shue, who's locked

in a loveless marr iage and

teaches Spanish at the fictional McKinley High School. O t h e r

main characters include Rachel

and Finn. Rachel is the club's diva, w h o has a c rush o n the

Glee club's male soloist. Finn is a football player- turned-singer, whose cheerleader

girlfriend Qu inn jus t found ou t she's pregnant with t he baby of

deadbea t bad boy Puck. O t h e r x t h a n the love

quadrangle, there are a

smat ter ing of loveable characters, like sensitive one-

t ime football kicker Kurt , who just told his fa ther he's gay and

also Artie, a wheelchai r -bound

soul-singer. But "Glee" isn't a guilty pleasure because of its

enter ta ining characters; it en ters cult-status adora t ion because of

the music. "Glee's" innovat ion

lies in t he way the show's music is channeled th rough each

individual character to move the

story along. For example, some of the

"Glee" kids feel marginalized. The next scene gives t h e m the

chance to shine, remaking

Jill Scott's "Hate O n Me," sung with hearty abandon.

Diva Rachel realizes she can never be with adorably

naive Finn, so they cue a single spotl ight and a

poignant rendi t ion of Rihanna's "Take A Bow."

O n e of t he secre ts to "Glee's" musical success is

t he fact that the cast is m a d e up of Broadway veterans

and semi-professional

singers whose vocals are p i tch-perfec t . The other is

the innovat ion required to re-create old classics and

make them relevant.

"Don't Stop Believing," a classic, cheese-fil led

'80s ballad by Journey, was sung

by the "Glee" kids in the pilot episode of the show. Somehow,

the struggling Glee club managed to channel all their hope into the

final number , and the song told

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more about each character 's personal struggle than 10 pages

of dialogue ever could.

Al though "Glee's" dialogue is wit ty and fast, the dialogue is

almost always secondary to the

prepara t ion and execution of musical numbers . Glee has already tackled Celine

Dion, Kanye West , Carr ie Unde rwood and many more

musical art ists . Look for an

entire episode of M a d o n n a songs, as well as Bruce Springsteen and Lilly Allen

coming up somet ime in

January. "Glee" is reminiscent

of an old vaudeville show: singing, dancing and

acting, all conta ined in a 42-minute episode. "Glee"

is as guilty a pleasure as shows come, bu t what o ther

p rogram can give you a hear tbreaking pregnancy

NMENT plot while belt ing ou t Avril

Lavigne's "Keep Holding On"? Glee has captivated an audience

and cha rmed the critics, and its

fu tu re looks as bright as ever.

WTHS Reviews Tegan A n d Sara - "Sainthood" Canadian indie power pop with slick and catchy songs and a unique sound. This al-bum isn't quite as edgy as their last couple, but it's still very good. If you like this one.

keep on buying their albums.

Weezer - "Raditude" Weezer's first two albums were such iconic masterpeices of quirky power pop that Weezer fans have been consistently disappointed by their output ever since, but that stigma isn't enough to justify this album. With only a couple exceptions, the songs are cold and halfhearted and the lyrics are profoundly bland - but it proudly boasts their best album art yet.

W o l f m o t h e r - "Cosmic Egg" AC/DC and the Scorpions had a love child and they called it Wolfmother. This is a rock album: big

riffs and big sound, bro.

These rev iews are cou r t e sy of W T H S

m u s i c d i r ec to r s Paul Rice, Mar i a Krebs a n d A a r o n M a r t i n .

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N o r a h Jones - ' T h e Fail" This low-key album is a little less exciting than the singer/songwriter's previous albums. A good listen, but not the best album to get into her music with. Also, we have a nagging suspicion that

it's a concept album about dogs.

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New solo artist Del Marquis finalizes unique musical project Caitlin Seay G U E S T W R I T E R

If you're looking for an

exceptional musical experience, look no fu r the r than Scissor

Sisters' guitarist Del Marquis '

solo projects . His music is a unique blend of the light pop music Scissor Sisters' are known for with darker

under tones . Marquis crosses

the technologic-human border into rare territory. H o p e College

take note! Marquis ' unique style has already hit h o m e with many

and is slowly but surely rising in

popularity. Marquis has released four

EP-length instal lments since

going solo in 2008. First came "Hothouse," a four- track piece

in 2009. It was soon followed by "Character Assassination," which Dana Cooper, who worked

closely with Marquis on his solo project , descr ibed as "dark

and honest." "Letter to Society"

came next. David Medsker of esdmusic .

com finds it hard to ignore

Marquis ' th rowback to '80s-

style music "when the results

are this entertaining." Less than two m o n t h s ago, the

last instal lment was released. "Runaround" finishes the series

with unabashed vision. The buzz building a round this

unique project is giving Marquis

a whole new audience. Each piece in the series is

accompanied by a music video of the title single, with the

exception of "Runaround." Each video has a compell ing message that complement s Marquis '

style. The produc t ion style of these

releases harkens back to the vintage recording days of the

'80s in a way i^ot seen in today's music market . The instal lments

have had great reviews by Pop Matters , T ime O u t New York

and Deli Magazine. For Cooper , "The mos t

exciting thing about being a par t of his solo work is that we

get the chance to help an artist succeed o n his own te rms and

with a new way of dis t r ibut ing

music to his fans." These old-school p roduc t ion qualit ies

lend themselves to the deeply

powerful lyrics and tight groove

of Marquis ' music. Much of Marquis ' work is

an identity project . Whi le the much- loved Euro-pop band

Scissor Sisters has had great success with its first two albums,

it s eems that Marquis has found his o w n distinctive voice, one that is still relatively unknown, yet is receiving much critical acclaim. "Everybody, right now,

if they're smar t , kind of has to re-imagine the way their music

is perceived, the way it's bought and the way you disseminate it,"

says Marquis of his solo projects . This progressive musical series

is someth ing that anyone who likes technologic or hard-hi t t ing

music should check out . With the great success of his

solo work behind him, he is now back with the Scissor Sisters

who are hard at work on album n u m b e r three . As fans eagerly

await more of Marquis ' powerfu l

music, the buzz sur rounding his solo EP series is still gaining

m o m e n t u m . Anyone can find Marquis '

music and music videos on

iTunes or listen to them for free

at youtube.com. Del Marquis is definitely someone to watch in

the coming months .

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2 T b s p . Hour, salt t o taste , 3 / 4 cup o r a n g e ju ice

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w i t h half the ca r ro t s . Mix b r o w n sugar, f l o u r and salt and

SJ sp r ink le half t he m i x t u r e over t he ca r ro t s . Repea t layers and

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I me^n, let's be realistic. You'l l only be

home foe thf-ee 4ays anyways, and Christ-mas break is only three weeks away. You go

t o school at Hope, so you know that the

majority o f your friends live aroun4 here. Now's not the t ime t o be sheepish! N o t

when delicious foocj is at stake!

ASK AROUND! i f you're attending dinner at a friend's house, don' t forget t o offer t o bring something! Paper plates, silverware,

drinks or even a quick dish to pass is easy t o whip up and is worth it for a

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8 T N T A N C H O R VOICES N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9

Musings on mutual

Emily West C o - E d i t o r - i n - C h k f

Midnight reflection on 'New Moon-

T o t h e shocK a n d awe of t h o s e w h o k n o w

m e well, I a t t e n d e d t h e m i d n i g h t s h o w i n g o f

"The TwilighC Saga: N e w M o o n , ' t h e n e w e s t

film of t h e "Twi l igh t* se r ies (If it teUs y o u

a n y t h i n g a b o u t h o w invo lved I a m , i J t e d t o

l o o k u p t h e t i t le to w r i t e t h i s c o l u m n . ) M y

m o t i v a t i o n fo r go ing w a s t o see s o m e o l d

f r i e n d s t h a t I h a v e n o t b e e n ab le t o c o n n e c t

w i t h recent ly . I have n o t r e a d a n y of t h e

nove l s a n d h a v e n o t s e e n t h e first film. I

was , however , m o r b i d l y c u r i o u s t o see w h a t

t h e h y p e w a s all a b o u t .

T h e s p e c t a c l e w a s f a sc ina t i ng . N i n e

o u t of e v e r y 10 p e r s o n s w e r e w h i t e gir ls

b e t w e e n t h e ages of 14 a n d 17. Luckily, I

h a d t h e t r e m e n d o u s e x p e r i e n c e of s i t t ing

b e h i n d a g r o u p of m i d d l e - a g e d w o m e n , all

w e a r i n g t h e m e d sh i r t s . O n e of t h e w o m e n

h a d beau t i f u l l y long , g ray hair. A t o n e p o i n t

b e f o r e t h e film began , she s t o o d u p a n d

le t a large c lo th p o s t e r c a s c a d e d o w n t o

reveal t h e l a rge face of a v a m p i r e , E d w a r d ,

I t h i n k . T h o s e a r o u n d h e r a p p l a u d e d a n d

m a d e a d m i r i n g s ighs . T h e e n e r g y w a s h igh .

M y i n t e r n a l c lock w a s s c r e a m i n g a t m e " G o

to b e d y o u fool!" b u t t h e bl issful sp i r i t of

t h e t h e a t e r e n t i c e d m e . 1 d id n o t have t h e

o p p o r t u n i t y t o s t u d y a b r o a d , so p e r h a p s

th is w a s a sma l l o u t l e t of m y f a sc ina t ion

w i t h t h e fo re ign .

Earlier, o n m y 3 0 - m i n u t e d r ive to t h e

G r a n d v i l l e mal l , 1 d e c i d e d t o t ake a d r i n k

of h u m b l e - j u i c e , r e b u k i n g m y fee l ings of

s u p e r i o r i t y t o t h i s t idal t r e n d . 1 e n t e r e d

t h e ma l l w i t h a n o p e n h e a r t , as o p e n as 1

c o u l d mus te r . T h e r e w e r e so m a n y peop le ,

so m a n y of t h e m w e r e w e a r i n g "Twi l ight"

sh i r t s . Several s h i r t s a n d p o s t e r s p r o u d l y

p r o c l a i m e d " T e a m E d w a r d " o r " T e a m Jake."

5£kfd iciibw w h a t t e a m I w a s on ,

m y ' " W h a t t < a m k r e w e o n ? " I Irfed" t o

p r e s e n t t h e q u e s t i o n in s u c h a w a y t h a t d id

n o t f e v e a l m y i g n o r a n c e .

"You haven ' t r e a d t h e b o o k s , h a v e you?"

I s h o o k m y head . "And y o u h a v e n ' t s e e n

t h e first film." S h e let t h e s t a t e m e n t ^hang,

k n o w i n g s h e w a s c o r r e c t .

" W e a r en ' t o n a team," s h e e x p l a i n e d t o

m e . She s e e m e d t o w a n t t o c o n v e y c o o l n e s s ,

d i f f e r en t i a t i ng h e r f r o m t h e t h o u s a n d s of

s w a r m i n g h i g h s c h o o l girls. I k n e w be t te r ,

however , b e c a u s e she h a d b e e n s t a n d i n g

in l ine s ince 6 :30 p .m. fo r t h e m i d n i g h t

s h o w i n g , d e s p i t e t h e f ac t t h a t s h e a l r e a d y

h a d a t i cke t g iven to h e r t h e n igh t b e f o r e

f o r h e r b i r thday .

I real ly e n j o y e d myself . T h e a u d i e n c e

c h e e r e d a n d c l a p p e d w h e n e v e r t h e y

w e r e p l e a s e d a n d / o r w h e n e v e r l ake w a s

sh i r t l ess . 1 fell a s l eep o n c e , on ly t o b e jo l t ed

a w a k e by t h e s c r e a m i n g girl n e x t to m e . 1

w a s i n t r i g u e d by t h e loyalty of t h e s e f a n s .

W h a t w a s it, exactly, t h a t d r e w t h o u s a n d s

of p e o p l e t o see t h i s film in t h i s t h e a t e r o n

th is n igh t? M y s e c r e t film-critic-self w a s

v e r y c o n f u s e d . T h e a c t i n g w a s terr ible; t h e

w r i t i n g w a s wor se . Still, t h e r e w a s s o m e t h i n g

p o w e r f u l e n o u g h to d r a w a large c r o w d ,

s o m e x - f a c t o r t h a t pu l l ed at t h e h e a r t s of

t h e s e t e e n a g e ( a n d older!) w o m e n . A s I

t r i e d t o fall a s l eep t h a t m o r n i n g , I w a s still

p o n d e r i n g : W h a t is it a b o u t "Twil ight?"

Emily welcomes any and all explanations of the "Twilight" phenomenon. PLease email her ([email protected]) with you insights.

Quote for thought Kate S c h r a m p f e r

Columni s t

Take time

A c o u p l e w e e k s ago, I s p e n t a n

h o u r o r m o r e j u s t s i t t i ng in t h e Kletz

hav ing c o f f e e w i t h a f r i e n d . W h e n I

t o ld a n o t h e r f r i e n d a b o u t it, h e d idn ' t

u n d e r s t a n d .

"Don ' t y o u have a n y h o m e w o r k t o

do?" h e a s k e d me , i n c r e d u l o u s . "Yes",

1 to ld h i m , 1 d id , b u t I h a d n ' t s e e n t h i s

f r i e n d m u c h at all t h r o u g h o u t t h e

semes te r , a n d w e h a d s o m e s e r i o u s

c a t c h i n g u p t o d o .

H e jus t s h r u g g e d . " O k " w a s all h e

said. But 1 c o u l d feel a bit of a n t i p a t h y

r ad i a t i ng f r o m h i m , as t h o u g h he

t h o u g h t 1t w a s u n f a i r t h a t I cou ld

s p e n d o v e r a n h o u r jus t s i t t ing

t h e r e ta lk ing . I d idn ' t k n o w w h a t t o

say. I w a s def in i te ly busy. I p r o b a b l y

w o u l d have g o t t e n m o r e d o n e , in t h e

sense he w a s t h i n k i n g a b o u t , if I h a d

b a r r i c a d e d myself in t h e l i b ra ry w i t h

m y l a p t o p a n d a big s tack of b o o k s

a n d a s s i g n m e n t s . But , I gues s it 's

a b o u t p r io r i t i z ing .

" W h e n you give s o m e o n e y o u r

t ime , y o u a re giving t h e m a p o r t i o n

of y o u r life t h a t you'll n e v e r get back .

Your t i m e is y o u r life. That ' s w h y t h e

g rea t e s t g i f t you c a n give s o m e o n e

is y o u r t i m e " (Rick W a r r e n , "The

P u r p o s e Dr iven Life"). W h e n I sa t

t h e r e in t h e Kletz w i t h m y f r i e n d ,

l icking w h i p p e d c r e a m f r o m m y

sk inny co f fee s t r a w a n d l i s t en ing

t o he r p o u r ou t h e r h e a r t to m e (as

I p o u r e d m i n e o u t to her ) , I wasn ' t

w a s t i n g p r e c i o u s t ime . N e i t h e r w a s

she . Sure , w e h a d o t h e r t h i n g s w e

cou ld have b e e n do ing . But if y o u r

t i m e is y o u r life, h o w cou ld w r i t i n g

a n essay o r finishing y o u r l a u n d r y be

as i m p o r t a n t as g iv ing y o u r life (or a

p i ece of it) t o a f r i e n d ?

Now, I 'm n o t saying w e s h o u l d all

jus t fo rge t a b o u t h o m e w o r k a n d go

h a n g o u t wi th f r i e n d s all day. T h a t

w o u l d be a w a s t e of y o u r life, b e c a u s e

e a c h of us h a s a h u g e s o m e t h i n g

e l se w e n e e d t o d o w i t h o u r lives:

a n elusive s o m e t h i n g cal led o u r

v o c a t i o n . In o r d e r fo r us t o figure o u t

w h a t it is a n d h o w t o d o it , w e have

t o l e a rn wh i l e w e ' r e h e r e at H o p e .

However , I d o t h i n k t h e r e l a t ionsh ips

w e f o r m r igh t n o w are as i m p o r t a n t

a n d m e a n i n g f u l as t h e o n e s we'll

m a k e in t h e f u t u r e . They s h a p e t h e

f u t u r e , b e c a u s e t h e y s h a p e t h e p e r s o n

w e a re b e c o m i n g .

It 's like t h e s t o ry in Luke 10:38-42,

w h e n Jesus is at h i s f r i ends ' house .

He ' s s i t t ing t h e r e t a lk ing w i t h Mary ,

whi le M a r t h a is r u s h i n g a r o u n d ,

ge t t i ng e v e r y t h i n g ready. Eventual ly,

M a r t h a ge t s m a d a n d g o e s ta t t l ing to

Jesus.

"Lord, d o n ' t you ca re tha t m y

sister h a s lef t m e to d o t h e work by

mysel f? Tell he r to he lp me!"

A n d w h a t d o e s Jesus say? H e tells

M a r t h a to qu i t w o r r y i n g a b o u t all

t h e t h i n g s s h e has to do . " M a r y has

c h o s e n w h a t is be t te r , a n d it will n o t

b e t a k e n away f r o m her." She's c h o s e n

t o give Jesus he r t ime , a p i ece of he r

life. By t a k i n g t h e t i m e t o sit a n d ta lk

w i t h a f r i end , she 's ge t t i ng so m u c h

in r e t u r n , it d o e s n ' t real ly m a t t e r t h a t

she 's n o t ge t t ing o t h e r t h i n g s d o n e .

T h o s e th ings , t h e o t h e r t h i n g s . . . t h e y

c a n wa i t .

Kate wants to thank you for giving her a piece of your life as you took the time to read this, and hopes you are having a beautiful day!

j P e t t m t a t h e C d i t a w

Alumni urges administration to invite speaker

To the Ed i to r s :

S ince 1971 ,1 have p r o u d l y o w n e d H o p e as m y a l m a mate r , b u t

no t recent ly . T h e H o p e I a m p r o u d of gave m e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y

to hea r Dick G r e g o r y s p e a k in D i m n e n t M e m o r i a l C h a p e l in m y

f r e s h m a n year. G r e g o r y t h e n w a s an i n f l a m m a t o r y f igure of t h e

civil r i gh t s m o v e m e n t , s p e a k i n g at a t i m e (1968) w h e n A m e r i c a

h a d a l ready s e e n m a n y of its c i t ies b u r n in p a r o x y s m s of racial

h a t r e d . T h e r e w a s n o q u e s t i o n t h a t G r e g o r y w o u l d (and he d id )

p r o n o u n c e h a r s h j u d g m e n t o n t h e m a j o r i t y c u l t u r e H o p e e m -

b o d i e d . Yet H o p e ' s l eade r s did no t d e n y G r e g o r y a f o r u m ; did

n o t p r e s u m e to p r o t e c t t h e c a m p u s f r o m the e x p e c t e d c o n t r o -

versy h is a d d r e s s w o u l d cause ; d id no t que l l at t h e p o t e n t i a l loss

of a l u m n i s u p p o r t .

D u s t i n L a n c e Black is a n a c c o m p l i s h e d s c r eenwr i t e r , d i r e c t o r

a n d p roduce r . H i s pub l i c s t a t e m e n t s o n t h e issue of gay a n d

lesb ian r i gh t s a re t e m p e r a t e , t h o u g h t f u l , a r t i cu la te , r e s p e c t f u l of

t h e o p p o s i t i o n a n d s o u n d in the legal a n d in te l lec tua l t r a d i t i o n s

of t h e civil r i gh t s a n d w o m e n ' s r i gh t s m o v e m e n t s . T h e col lege

admin i s t r a t i on ' s dec i s i on t o deny t h e Sexual i ty Round tab l e ' s re-

ques t to h o s t Black is p a t r o n i z i n g t o s t u d e n t s , c o n t r a r y t o H o p e ' s

M i s s i o n a n d Vis ion s t a t e m e n t s a n d e m b a r r a s s i n g to t h o s e of us

a l u m n i w h o r e m e m b e r H o p e as a p lace tha t o n c e h a d the gene r -

os i ty of sp i r i t a n d c o u r a g e to invi te Dick G r e g o r y t o s p e a k o n t h e

m o s t divisive issue of t h e day.

I u rge t h e college 's a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t o recal l a n d fo l low th is

n o b l e e x a m p l e f r o m Hope ' s o w n h i s to ry a n d t o invite D u s t i n

L a n c e Black to a d d r e s s t h e c a m p u s w i t h o u t c o n d i t i o n s , jus t as

Dick G r e g o r y d id m o r e t h a n for ty yea r s ago.

W a y n e A. Vande r Byl, C la s s of 1971

W i l l i a m s o n , N Y

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N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 9 V O I C E S T H E A N C H O R 9

Parentheticalities Kaili D o u d

Columnis t

Coffee + Drank = Normal Energy Levels?

From the inside out

You a re capable of control l ing your

own Circadian r h y t h m purely t h r o u g h

the p o w e r of delicious l iquids tha t

c o m e o u t of aesthetically pleasing

disposable containers!

It occu r r ed to m e recently that if

1 were to have complete ly deduc t ed

caffeine dr inks f r o m my daily

m o n e t a r y indulgences , f r o m the t ime

I ar r ived at Hope , I would probably

still have a round $250 in my measly

checking account . This wor r i e s m e a

bit . I can't be the mos t despera te

ca f f e ine -dependen t hool igan a r o u n d ,

but 1 c a n easily say I spend abou t

$20 a week purely on espresso

dr inks , which m u s t b e gulped d o w n

quickly in o rde r to avoid cool ing a n d

s u b s e q u e n t cold-coffee-s ludge- tas te .

Three-f i f ty : for 15 m i n u t e s of high

calorie s u m s , a week of b u r n t t ongue

and the men ta l cer ta in ty tha t "Now I

a m capable of ge t t ing t h r o u g h class

A N D wr i t ing th is 10-page paper due

t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g at eight!"

Now, I 'm ra ther biased, in tha t

I have never b e e n an energy d r ink

consumer . I a m a coffee drinker.

M o r e specifically, I a m a doub le - sho t -

e sp res so -who le -mi lk -ca ramel -whi t e -

c h o c o l a t e - w h i p p e d - c r e a m - o f - d e a t h -

drinker. It's amaz ing to walk a r o u n d

c a m p u s or even simply go to class

and watch t hose w h o have obviously

c o n s u m e d s o m e sor t of caffeine in

the pas t four h o u r s and t hose w h o

have not . There is, indubitably, a s tark

d i f ference in facial condi t ion . Recent

caf fe ine-dr inkers will be wide-eyed

and anxious . Their oppos i t e s will

e i ther look u n d e a d or comple te ly

no rma l .

Re tu rn ing to my beverage

con ta ine r theory: for all we know, the

t ravel-container belonging to the kid

next to you con ta ins chocola te

milk. Sir Hips te r wi th his yellow

Lemonjello 's m u g migh t have simply

p o u r e d caramel syrup in to his hot

cocoa to s imula te a lat te-color and

proper ly live u p to his t ight pants .

But of course , it doesn ' t m a t t e r

what 's IN the cup , so long as you're

car ry ing one a round , look complete ly

exhaus ted and are $4 poore r t han you

were half an hou r ago.

Anyway, I have n o r eason to say that

dr inking these th ings is a bad th ing or

that w e should b e charac te r ized by the

con t en t s of o u r "coffee" conta iners .

This is Amer ica : we n e e d energy to

keep up wi th ourselves. I just th ink

that , pe rhaps , we over indulge in

t h e m a n d will consequent ly have a

ha rder t ime paying off s t uden t loans.

Actually, th is isn't really the po in t of

m y rambl ings either. I just needed to

ramble . In any case, I just have to thank

heavens there isn't a S ta rbucks wi th in

reasonable walking dis tance. That

be ing said, I would r e c o m m e n d the

book "Starbucked" by Taylor Clark.

I say, go o u t and c o n t i n u e to buy

your $4 coffee dr inks . A n d if you

have t rouble sleeping, simply go o u t

and buy Drank: Ex t reme Relaxation

Beverage. It's purp le . W i t h all of t he se

innovative, excitingly t in ted l iquids

be ing sold for less t han $5 at your

local coffee shops , w h o needs drugs?

Kaili would like to reassure everyone that her column represents complete hypocrisy. She owns a yellow Lemonjello's mug and has been accused of filling it with latte-colored hot cocoa. On a side note, she would like you to visit www.drankbeverage. com. That is all.

Brennigan Gi lson Features Co-Editor

Are you scared of the dark?

I 'm sca red of the dark . Yep, I admi t it. The

o t h e r night , a circuit b reaker in my h o u s e

blew out , and my h o u s e m a t e and I had

to hold h a n d s just t o m a k e it downs ta i r s .

M o c k m e all you want , but I will still sleep

w i th a night l ight . It's not one of those d inky

ones that plugs i n t o the out le t by the floor

either. It's an a q u a r i u m light; it's legit.

M y family and s o m e f r iends went

c amp ing d o w n in Indiana over fall break.

O n the r ide there , a r o u n d 7 p.m., it w a s

already b e c o m i n g dark outs ide; that ' s what

Daylight Savings Time does, and 1 ha te it.

Don ' t get m e wrong , I apprec ia te the extra

hou r of sleep, b u t I 'm a s u m m e r girl. I live

for t hose n ights w h e n 1 can play beach

volleyball till 9 p.m. or go on a da te and still

ca tch the w a r m t h of the sun o n an evening

walk. I don ' t like c o m i n g h o m e f r o m work

at 5 p.m., a n d it's already get t ing dark.

Anyways, back to m y story. At 8 p .m.

on t h e r ide d o w n to Ind iana , I couldn ' t

help b u t look out the w i n d o w a n d th ink of

how scary it would b e to be lost o u t there ,

" there" be ing t h e midd l e of a cornfield.

That 's all tha t s u r r o u n d e d us: co rn fields,

wi th n o s treet- l ights o r s tore- l ights . If we

were lost o u t there , t h e dull sh ine f r o m the

m o o n a n d s tars would b e o u r only lights to

guide us. My po in t : da rkness can be scary. T h e

absence of light can skew you r pe rcep t ion

a n d ignite your imagina t ion . 1 t hough t for

qui te some t ime abou t what I would even

d o if I was s tuck in the darkness . Well, first,

I'd th ink abou t "Signs." (I k n o w M. Nigh t

Shyama lans mov ie didn ' t scare too m a n y

people, b u t it still scares me.)

becoming extremely pa rano id abou t all the

o the r u n k n o w n creatures , I'd s tar t praying,

that panic prayer t o G o d B E G G I N G for

n o t h i n g bad to happen . A n d you know

what? Soon, m y eyes would ad jus t to the

darkness . That 's jus t what h a p p e n s .

W h e n the light first d isappears , the

da rkness is enveloping, and o u r eyes s e e m

to have b e e n caked wi th a black pu t ty tha t

doesn ' t allow for t r u e sight . But a f t e r be ing

in the da rkness for so long, the darkness

isn't so dark . Ob jec t s begin to b e c o m e

clear. A n d the s i tuat ion isn't nearly as bad

as you once t hough t it to be. T h e m o o n and

s tars suddenly b e c o m e the pe r f ec t a m o u n t

of light to get you through. A n d you can

finally have s o m e peace. A n d if t h e s tars

and m o o n don' t c o m f o r t you, the c o m i n g

dawn p romises new light, br ight l ight to

complete ly e rase the fear of da rkness , of

the u n k n o w n .

As the semes te r comes to a close, work

seems to be piling up. A n d I find myself

fighting the o n c o m i n g darkness . I can

feel t h e pan ic s ta r t t o rise, b u t I 'm praying

to G o d for some light, s o m e speck of

i l luminat ion f r o m the heavens to d i rec t m e

h o m e . It's still kind of scary. But, I know, 1

believe, tha t the dawn is still coming . The

s u n will rise.

Surprisingly, Brennigan does like to star-gaze in complete darkness...as long as she's not by herself. And she has a flashlight.

Jlettvc t a t h e C d i t m # Parent upset at administration's decision to cancel speaker

To the Editors:

Af t e r reading the Nov. 4 issue of The Anchor , I felt

compel led to wri te . W h e n my daugh te r dec ided to a t t end Hope, I w a s

pleased. The school has an excellent academic repu-

ta t ion and provides an e n v i r o n m e n t that encourages

the g rowth of the spirit as well as the intellect. I m p o r -

tantly, H o p e College appea r s to be a place where in-

tellectual f r e e d o m prevails, where respec t fu l dialogue,

r ep resen t ing all po in ts of view, is not just tolerated, but

valued. The recen t decis ion by admin is t ra t ion to l imit

the discussion of gay, lesbian and t r ansgender issues

on c a m p u s seems at o d d s wi th this charac te r iza t ion of

c a m p u s discourse . I revisited "The v i r tues that m a r k conversa t ion at

Hope" as p u t for th by the President 's Office; "Humi l -

ity to listen; hospital i ty to welcome; pat ience to unde r -

s tand; courage to challenge; and hones ty to speak the

t r u t h in love." Perhaps w e n e e d to edi t a bit to br ing

these in line wi th c u r r e n t admin is t ra t ion a t t i tudes .

Hospital i ty to we lcome those we agree wi th? C o u r a g e

to challenge as long as it doesn ' t get everyone riled up?

Maybe add a sixth vir tue: Pro tec t the del icate sensibili-

ties of our s t uden t s and faculty; they bru ise easily.

In all ser iousness , w h a t a slap in the face to the s tu-

den t s and faculty of H o p e College to say they are not

ready to wrest le with th is difficult issue. H o p e College

has a respec ted and qualified faculty. The s tuden t s are

intelligent, mature , g r o u n d e d in their faith and are pre-

par ing to go out into the wor ld and m a k e a difference.

If the admin is t ra t ion truly feels that s t uden t s and fac-

ulty c a n n o t address th is issue, t hen everyth ing else is

mere lip service. In closing, let m e say that I a m also encouraged by

the Nov. 4, let ters to the edi tor f r o m a lums Joseph Tur-

bessi ('05), M a t t h e w Cook ('02) and Karis Rose G r a n -

berg-Michae l son ('09). Again f r o m the President 's

Off ice page: "Hope graduates are p repared to c o m m u -

nicate effectively, br idging the bounda r i e s that divide

h u m a n considerates." Clearly, based on their ar t icula te

and cons idered letters, H o p e College hit the mark with

these three young a lumni .

Regards,

Bob Bernard

Windsor , CA

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1 0 T H E A N C H O R N E W S N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 9

£eUe>t to t h e C d i t e w

Student offers suggestions for The Anchor

To the Editors: I jo ined The Anchor early in

my first semester at Hope, and

my experiences as par t of the staff have been some of my mos t

memorab le o n this campus . I only gave up my national news

assistant edi tor spot last spring

because of t ime const ra in ts that classes were put t ing on

me. I always in tended to go

back. However, there have been changes to the way this paper

is m a d e that may have changed my mind. Mos t of the changes

are minor, things that can be

overlooked, like t he addi t ion of

color on a lmost all of the pages, co lumn wid ths not match ing o n

some of the pages, and amusing

headlines accompanying serious articles. These may be considered

advances to some, where my

view of a clean, crisp, black-

and-whi te paper could seem archaic. However, there is o n e

change that I canno t overlook,

someth ing that irks me to the core about this year's paper: the

addi t ion of anonymity.

I r emember , when I first

began writ ing, 1 was told by everyone o n the staff that

sources were no t allowed to be

anonymous . A newspaper is

a place for public knowledge, and anyone who is quo ted

should be n a m e d . Anonymi ty

should be saved for police tips, secret agents, and high-profi le

scandals. Is there any reason for s tudents c o m m e n t i n g o n

specific r o o m m a t e si tuations

should not be named? No, there is no valid reason. If you do not

want to be quoted for all of the c a m p u s to see, then you should

not be saying whatever you're saying. That has always been

the rule, and I don ' t see why it

should change now. This all may seem to be of little

consequence, bu t n a m e d sources

of quota t ions need to be n a m e d for ano the r reason: validity. I,

for one, have trouble believing

that s o m e o n e was truly quo ted as saying someth ing when they

are no t named . How can we, as

readers, know that the edi tors or the wri ters of the articles are

being t ru thful? W h a t if s o m e o n e

needed a quote on a certain side of an issue, and they couldn't

find anyone to say what they

wanted? W h a t if a writer was t ry ing to make a point , and could

no t find anyone to make it? That

is the quest ion at hand here . I w a n t to t rus t The Anchor, bu t

really, wha t could there possibly

be to hide? If we cont inue to

use anonymous quotes, I can guarantee, readers will be lost

along with the n e w s p a p e r s

validity. Noth ing o n this c a m p u s

is so controversial that people cannot stick to their opinions

and au thor them. W e need to go back to the

days where dozens of letters

to the edi tor poured in after

cer ta in opin iona ted co lumns

or articles. I want more people o n this c a m p u s to s tand up for

wha t they are saying, and to no t be afraid. That is, af ter all, wha t

journal i sm is all about .

A m a n d a Gernen tz ('11)

All God's children reaches out

Editma' ffietpatMe

Dear Amanada : First and foremost , thank you

for your letter. W e appreciate

bo th praise and cri t icism f rom

our readers . W e aim to serve the

H o p e c o m m u n i t y to t he best of our ability and rely on our read-

ers to hold us accountable.

Allow us to address your con-

cerns: The addit ion of color is some-

thing not likely to change as it

has received t r emendous sup-por t and in today's publication

world, full-color is s tandard .

The co lumn width and article title issues are definitely some-

thing we will consider when put-

t ing together fu tu r e issues, but acknowledge that there can be

differences in how some def ine

"serious." Now to the big issue: ano-

nymity. W e fully agree with

your s ta tement . A n o n y m o u s

sources make publicat ions unre-liable when repor t ing any fo rm

of news. We cannot ask readers to simply "trust us" w h e n we say

s tudent x said this and s tudent y said that . However, when piec-

ing together the part icular fea-

tures article in quest ion, the "an-

noying roommates" story in t he Nov. 11 issue, we left t he names

ou t for fear of embarrass ing stu-

dents . Con t r ibu to r s were telling

stories about o the r s tudents , no t themselves, and therefore, we

d e e m e d it appropr ia te to pro tec t

t he identi ty of the s tudents w h o did no t willfully submit their sto-

ries. Had cont r ibu tors been only

shar ing about their own actions,

we would have run names . Please t rust that for all arti-

cles about the H o p e c o m m u n i t y

or the global communi ty , we will include sources (unless, of

course, we receive in format ion

f rom police tips, secret agents, and high-profile scandals).

As this year ushered in an al-mos t all-new staff, we have been

excited to see a quality publica-

t ion each issue. W e sincerely

hope that you cont inue to be a par t of our reader communi ty .

Thank you again for voicing

your c o m m e n t s and concerns .

Karen Patterson

Emily West

Editors-in-Chief

• HOPE, from page 1

Children begin with Robins-Brown's obedience and God's

plan. Their vision is "to help s tudents live ou t the institution's

mission s ta tement by providing oppor tuni t ies for studeji ts to apply their knowledge, skills and

abilities as servant leaders in a

global setting." The cur rent pres idents of t he

organizat ion are Lindsey Allward ('11) and Rebecca Currey ('11).

Both have been working hard to set up oppor tun i t i es for

H o p e s tudents to get involved. A political science and senior seminar called " H u m a n Rights

and H u m a n Wrongs" connec ted

to the Nibakure Children's Village is expected to be offered

as a June term.

Images includes international fair • CUISINE, from page 1

before." The crab rangoon was a hit

with Justin Baker ('11). "Nine ou t

of ten," he said. "It was probably

abou t an orange chicken level. That 's h o w much I liked it."

Some s tudents did not find the

event appealing. "My f r iends left because they thought no th ing

looked good, and they didn ' t

even want to try it. I had the pork

and it was delicious," said Bruce Kraay ('10). "Poor decision, very

poor decision," he said, regarding

his fr iends ' choice. S tudents were generally

pleased with the event . "It's

great and out of the ord inary because we usually don ' t have

anything like this at Phelps," said

Cuellar.

Michigan shares $4 M award • Award, from page 4

in expanding green industr ies.

"These grants provide an

immedia te re turn, and they are par t of a larger green initiative

that will help lead to increased

job p lacements and p romote economic growth," said Labor

Secretary Solis on Nov. 18.

According to the United States

D e p a r t m e n t of Labor, 30 awards

were given, varying f rom a round $763,000 to $4 million,

in order to p romote labor

force deve lopment plans to use da ta that will have regional

and national impacts . This

can be accomplished th rough the efforts m a d e by various

workforces f rom different states

joining together as one.

Zombies rule « ZOMBIE , from page 1

their guard down. O n

Monday the game ended with an evacuation of uninfected

h u m a n s able to get to a point be tween the Science Center

and the Vanderplex within a 30-minu te period.

The title of Top Hunte r (of

humans ) was given to Nick

Leonard ('10), followed by

Sioned Sitkiewicz ('12). The Top Slayers (of zombies) were Skye

Edwards ('13), Aaron Mutschle ('12) and John Telfer ('12). Top

Healer went to Jenny Tremblay (11), followed by Tanya Paul

('12). Zombie game leader Trevor

Coeling (11) was surpr ised by

the game's tu rnou t . "The way the game took off honestly blew

all my expectat ions ou t of the

water," he said. H u m a n game leader Cristoff

Visscher (12 ) explained that he

wan ted to organize Zombieland to fill November with someth ing

that would appeal to H o p e

s tudents . He was p roud of h o w well the players followed the

honor -based rules and avoided allowing the game to interfere

with their classes. "There were so many things

that we learned f r o m the first

g a m e and we plan on taking all

these issues and rewri t ing an even bet ter Zombieland for the

future," said Visscher.

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N O V M E B E R 2 5 , 2 0 0 9 SPORTS T H E A N C H O R 1 1

Hockey team off to a strong start James Nichols W E B M A S T E R

O p p o n e n t s of t h e H o p e

Col lege m e n s ice h o c k e y t e a m

have no t s t o o d m u c h of a c h a n c e

t h u s far t h i s s e a s o n .

A f t e r a w e e k e n d s w e e p of

N o r t h w o o d w i t h a 5 -2 v ic to ry

o n Fr iday a n d 4 - 1 v i c to ry o n

Saturday, t h e Flying D u t c h m e n

are n o w 10-1-0-1 , wi th t h e

f o u r t h n u m b e r ind ica t ing losses

in o v e r t i m e or s h o o t - o u t s .

Bre t t Kop insk i ( '11) got t h i n g s

rol l ing fo r t h e Flying D u t c h m e n

w i t h a goal ass i s ted by Jared

Lincoln ('13). Jus t in J o h n s t o n

( 1 3 ) w a s next to s t r ike w i t h

assists f r o m G r e g A f e n d o u l i s

( '13) a n d Wil l G u e r i n ('11).

Jake G r e e n ( 1 3 ) s c o r e d t h e

next t w o a n d final goals for

t h e Flying D u t c h m e n , t h e first

ass is ted by Nick Corn ice l l i ( 1 3 )

a n d t h e s e c o n d by L inco ln a n d

D a n Bolt ( 1 0 ) . Lincoln 's first

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

Sa turday ' s g a m e . S e a n L a D o u c e

( 1 3 ) s t o p p e d 2 7 of 28 s h o t s in

goal to r e c o r d t h e win.

"The season has b e e n go ing

pre t ty wel l so far," said cap t a in

D a n Bolt . "We 've h a d u p s a n d

d o w n s already, b u t w e a r e

p lay ing well."

Playing well m a y b e t h e

u n d e r s U t e m e n t of t h e y^ar.

T h e Flying D u t c h m e n are off

t o o n e of t h e bes t s t a r t s in t e a m

his tory. In 12 games , t h e t e a m

h a s s c o r e d 6 8 goals, a n average

of 5.7 goals p e r g a m e . Kopinsk i

leads t h e t e a m in goals t h i s

s e a s o n w i t h 15.

"He's t h e fas tes t guy o n t h e ice,"

said C o a c h C h r i s Van T i m m e r e n

a b o u t Kopinski . A l m o s t t h r e e

q u a r t e r s of Kopinski ' s goals have

b e e n power -p l ay goals .

" M a t t S c h r a d e r has b e e n t h e

m o s t impress ive player t h u s far,"

sa id cap t a in Aus t in S o n n e v e l d t

( 1 0 ) . " H e is as g o o d as any o t h e r

f o r w a r d in t h e league. H e uses

h i s s ize to w i n ba t t l es in t h e

c o r n e r s a n d has excel lent st ick

h a n d l i n g a n d s h o o t i n g ability."

S c h r a d e r ( 1 0 ) is s e c o n d o n

t h e t e a m in goals wi th nine .

Right b e h i n d h i m is f r e s h m a n

c e n t e r C o u r t Fall wi th e ight

goals , f ou r of w h i c h have b e e n

g a m e w i n n e r s .

" W e a r e a y o u n g t e a m th is

year, wi th a b o u t half of t h e t e a m

b e i n g f r e shmen , " S o n n e v e l d t

said.

H a v i n g a y o u n g t e a m h a s

n o t b e e n a h i n d r a n c e th is

year, however . A l o n g w i t h Fall,

f r e s h m a n Jake G r e e n h a s also

s h o w n po ten t i a l th i s s e a s o n for

t h e Flying D u t c h m e n .

"Jake G r e e n h a s really S tepped

up h is play as a f r e s h m a n , " said

Van T i m m e r e n . Van T i m m e r e n

also w e n t o n to p ra i se Green ' s

play a longs ide of fens ive l eade r s

Kopinsk i a n d Schrader .

G r e e n a n d Fall a re no t t h e

on ly f r e s h m e n Van T i m m e r e n

a n d c a p t a i n s Bolt , S o n n e v e l d t

a n d S c h r a d e r have h igh h o p e s

fo r th is s eason . Just in Johns ton ,

A n t h o n y G a s p a r o t t o a n d Sean

L a D o u c e a re quickly b e c o m i n g

an in tegra l p a r t of t h e t e a m .

J o h n s t o n h a s 12 p o i n t s in 12

g a m e s th is s eason . Each goal

a n d e a c h assist c o u n t as

o n e po in t . L a D o u c e has

fou r s h u t o u t s in goal

a n d h a s a goa l s -aga ins t

average of less t h a n 1.8

th is s eason .

" O n de fense , A n t h o n y

G a s p a r o t t o has a l r eady s t e p p e d

up," said Sonneve ld t . "But he will

n e e d to c o n t i n u e t o do so."

D e f e n s e has b e e n a s t r o n g

po in t for t h e Flying D u t c h m e n

th is season : t h e t e a m has on ly

given u p 21 goals in 12 g a m e s .

Even t h o u g h g o a l t e n d i n g c a n

b e given c r e d i t fo r m o s t of th is ,

t h e d e f e n s e has also b e e n a big

r e a s o n fo r t h e smal l a m o u n t of

goals aga ins t .

"I have h igh h o p e s for o u r

c o r e d e f e n s e m e n to g ra sp o u r

s y s t e m s and be a s t r o n g back

s t o p as w e m o v e forward," said

Van T i m m e r e n .

C o r y G o w a n ( 1 2 ) , Will

G u e r i n a n d David Nowick i ( 1 2 )

have also b e e n a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t

of t h e t e a m th is s e a s o n . G o w a n

has a l ready s u r p a s s e d his po in t

to ta l of n i n e f r o m last year w i t h

11 th is year, o n six goals a n d five

ass is ts .

Bolt sees G u e r i n logging a lot

m o r e m i n u t e s at d e f e n s e as t h e

s e a s o n goes on . N o w i c k i is t h e

p r i m a r y goalie o n t h e t e a m a n d

h a s fou r s h u t o u t s th is s eason .

"I'll call ou t t h e goalies," said

Bolt . "They have b o t h have

h a d a g rea t s ta r t t o t h e

s e a s o n , a n d I e x p e c t

t h e m t o b e a

grea t asse t

t o t h e

t e a m

go ing in to s e c o n d semester ."

All t h r e e s en io r c a p t a i n s have

b e e n grea t a sse t s o n a n d off t h e

ice, a c c o r d i n g to Van T i m m e r e n .

S c h r a d e r and Sonneve ld t b o t h

play left w i n g a n d a re va luab le

p o i n t s c o r e r s for t h e of fense .

"Dan Bolt has also b e e n solid

for us," said S o n n e v e l d t . "He is

o n e of t h e bes t d e f e n s e m e n in t h e

league. H e is grea t at j u m p i n g up

in to t h e play a n d laying big hi ts .

H e is a ve ry physical player."

T h e n e x t o p p o n e n t fo r t h e

Flying D u t c h m e n is Ca lv in

Col lege . T h e first g a m e will be

o n Friday, D e c . 4, a t Calvin 's Jolly

Roger Rink a t 7 p . m . T h e s e c o n d

g a m e is o n Saturday, D e c . 5, at

8 p .m. at Hope ' s h o m e ice. T h e

Edge Ice A r e n a .

PHIC BY EMILY D A M M E R

Men's swim and dive undefeated in conference duals Bethany Str lpp S P O R T S E D I T O R

T h e m e n s s w i m m i n g a n d

d iv ing t e a m h a s a r e c e n t h i s to ry of

success at H o p e Col lege . H a v i n g

w o n t h e M I A A c h a m p i o n s h i p

in b o t h 2008 a n d 2009, t h e t e a m

h o p e s t o d e f e n d t h e i r t i t le aga in

th is s e a s o n . T h e i r c u r r e n t 3 - 0

r e c o r d in t h e M I A A has h e l p e d

bui ld t h e i r c o n f i d e n c e t o w a r d s

r e a c h i n g t h a t goal.

"1 t h i n k o u r t e a m h a s a v e r y

g o o d c h a n c e of r e p e a t i n g as

M I A A t e a m champions , " t r i -

c ap t a in Phil H e y b o e r ( 1 0 ) said.

" W e have b e e n w o r k i n g v e r y

h a r d th is year a n d a re really

s t a r t i ng to c o m e together ."

This season , t h e Flying

D u t c h m e n have t a k e n o n

Alb ion , Ol ive t a n d A l m a in dua l

m e e t s a n d d e f e a t e d all t h r ee ,

140-90, 162-117, a n d 103-

87, respect ively. W h i l e all t h e

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

t h e t e a m is pa r t i cu la r ly

look ing f o r w a r d t o t h e m e e t at

K a l a m a z o o Col lege o n Jan. 8.

K a l a m a z o o is a lso u n d e f e a t e d

in c o n f e r e n c e d u a l m e e t s th is

season , a n d a t last year ' s M I A A

C h a m p i o n s h i p m e e t , H o p e

d e f e a t e d K a l a m a z o o by just 28.5

66

p o i n t s .

"The K a l a m a z o o m e e t is,

obviously, impor t an t , " t r i -

c ap t a in M a t t Ray ( 1 0 ) said. " W e

b o t h w a n t t o b e a t e a c h o t h e r

real ly bad."

Even t h o u g h d u a l m e e t s a re

i m p o r t a n t t o t h e t e a m , t h e y have

n o ef fec t o n

w h o w a l k s

away at t h e

end of t h e

s e a s o n w i t h

t h e M I A A

ti t le . T h e

c o n f e r e n c e

c h a m p i o n is

d e t e r m i n e d "

en t i re ly by

t h e league m e e t . Because of

t h a t , t h e u p c o m i n g W h e a t o n

Invi ta t iona l o n D e c . 4 a n d 5 is

ve ry i m p o r t a n t t o t h e t e a m .

T h e t e a m face will s t r o n g

o p p o n e n t s f r o m W h e a t o n

College, W a s h i n g t o n Univers i ty

in St. Louis , t h e Univers i ty of

W i s c o n s i n - S t e v e n s Poin t a n d

t h e Univers i ty of W i s c o n s i n -

Mi lwaukee , b u t t h e f o r m a t of t h e

m e e t will be d i f f e ren t f r o m any

o t h e r m e e t they 've pa r t i c ipa t ed

i n th is s eason .

"The Invi te is t h e on ly p re l ims

We have been working very

hard this year and are really

starting to come together.

— P H I L HEYBOER ( ' 1 0 ) TRI-CAPTAIN

finals m e e t w e have b e f o r e t h e

M I A A (championsh ips ) , " t r i -

c ap t a in Ryan Nelis ( 1 0 ) said.

"The d i f f e rence in f o r m a t c a n

be really di f f icul t fo r s w i m m e r s

to ad ju s t to . At W h e a t o n ,

s w i m m e r s m a y have to s w i m in

f o u r sess ions , w h i c h is s imi la r t o

hav ing f o u r

— dua l m e e t s

in t w o days .

"It is a

p h y s i c a l l y

d r a i n i n g

m e e t , wh ich

he lps us

p r e p a r e for

M I A A s ,

w h i c h is

t h r e e full days of swimming ."

In t h e ques t fo r a r e p e a t

c o n f e r e n c e title, t h e Flying

D u t c h m e n have s e e n severa l

s w i m m e r s r i se t o t h e occas ion

to he lp t h e t e a m .

" S o p h o m o r e Pa t r ick Frayer

h a s s t e p p e d u p a n d filled in for

s o m e mis s ing s p o t s in t h e sp r in t

events," H e y b o e r said.

" F r e s h m a n AJ Baar has d o n e

ex t r eme ly well in his bu t te r f ly

events," sa id Nelis . "He has

b e c o m e a va luab le asse t in t h e

100 a n d 2 0 0 fly."

9 5

T h o u g h t h e d iv ing a s p e c t of

t h e s w i m m i n g a n d d iv ing t e a m is

o f t e n fo rgo t t en , all t h r e e c a p t a i n s

of t h e men 's t e a m ag ree t h a t t h i s

year Hope ' s lone m a l e diver, Ray

Gaskel l ( 1 3 ) , is well o n h is w a y

t o w a r d b r i n g i n g m o r e a t t e n t i o n

t o H o p e diving.

"Gaskell has s h o w n a lot of

p r o m i s e o n t h e d iv ing boards,"

Ray said. "He is c los ing in o n t h e

schoo l r ecord , a n d looks to e a r n

N C A A s t a n d a r d scores . If he

a t t a ins t h e s e scores , h e is eligible

for inv i ta t ion to nationals."

"(Gaskell) has d o n e grea t o n

b o t h t h e 1m a n d 3 m boards ,"

Nel is ag reed . "He has never d o v e

o n a 3 m before , bu t he has b e e n

d o i n g p h e n o m e n a l t h i s season."

If Gaskel l i n d e e d qual i f ies

for na t ionals , he will be t h e first

H o p e Col lege men ' s d iver t o d o

so s ince c u r r e n t d iv ing coach

Jim Mitchel l , w h o finished in

15th p lace in 1990 in o n e - m e t e r

d iv ing a n d in fifth p lace in 1989

in t h r e e - m e t e r d iv ing at t h e

N C A A m e e t .

W i t h t h e help of 2 2 r e t u r n i n g

l e t t e r w i n n e r s , in add i t i on t o

p r o m i s i n g n e w faces , t h e Flying

D u t c h m e n are in g o o d s h a p e to

d e f e n d the i r c o n f e r e n c e title.

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T H I S W E E K I N S P O R T S

Wednesday Dec. 2

Women 's Basketbal l H o p e vs. A q u i n a s 7 p . m .

Friday Dec. 4

Men's BasketballMiAA/cciw C h a l l e n g e a t H o p e

H o p e vs. W h e a t o n 8 p . m .

Saturday Dec. 5

Men's Basketbal l M I A A / C C I W C h a l l e n g e a t H o p e

H o p e vs. C a r t h a g e 3 p . m .

Hockey Hope vs. Calvin 8 : 3 0 p .m.

I N B R I E F

H O P E B A S K E T B A L L

S T A R T I N G S T R O N G

H o p e Col lege is living u p t o

its t i t le as a "basketbal l school."

Both men 's a n d w o m e n ' s t e a m s

have s t a r t e d the i r s ea sons un -

d e f e a t e d . T h e h o m e o p e n e r in

DeVos t o o k place o n Nov. 17 for

b o t h t e a m s .

T h e w o m e n o p e n e d t h e n ight

w i t h an 8 2 - 7 0 win over M a -

d o n n a . C a r r i e Sn ikkers ( 1 1 ) led

H o p e in s c o r i n g wi th 17 po in t s .

Erika B r u i n s m a ( 1 1 ) c h i p p e d in

11 p o i n t s . Phi lana G r e e n e ( 1 0 )

finished jus t shy of a d o u b l e -

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

n ine r e b o u n d s whi le Allie C e -

r o n e ( 1 2 ) d i s h e d ou t six 'assists.

T h e Flying D u t c h m e n p o s t e d

a 6 5 - 5 0 w i n o v e r Roches te r . Wil l

Bowser ( 1 1 ) led all s co re r s wi th

24 po in t s . David K r o m b e e n

( 1 2 ) set a DeVos F i e ldhouse re -

cord w i t h 10 assists . T h e Flying

D u t c h m e n ' s n e x t £att ie is Nov.

26 aga ins t C o r n e r s t o n e as a pa r t

of t h e Hal l of F a m e T o u r n a m e n t

at Calvin .

T h e Flying D u t c h m e n are 1-

0 a n d t h e Flying D u t c h a re 3-0.

T h e w o m e n are averaging 8 2

p o i n t s pe r g a m e a n d ho ld ing o p -

p o n e n t s to 51 o n average.

M I A A

P L A Y E R S O F T H E W E E K

Men ' s Basketbal l

Will Bowser ( 1 1 )

Forward

W o m e n ' s Basketbal l

Carr ie Snikkers ( 1 1 )

Center

H O P E F I R S T I N

C O M M I S S I O N E R ' S C U P

A f t e r t h e fall s p o r t s season ,

H o p e is c u r r e n t l y in first p lace in

t h e M I A A C o m m i s s i o n e r ' s C u p

s t and ings . Each year, t h e C o m -

miss ione r ' s C u p is a w a r d e d t o

t h e schoo l tha t h a s a c c u m u l a t e d

t h e m o s t p o i n t s in t h e 18 M I A A -

s p o n s o r e d spo r t s . Po in t s a re

a w a r d e d based off final s t a n d -

ings in c o n f e r e n c e play. H o p e

cu r r en t ly has 9 4 po in t s , t w o

a h e a d of Calv in wi th 92. H o p e

also leads t h e men ' s a l l - spor t s

s t a n d i n g s w i t h 45 po in t s . Calv in

leads t h e w o m e n w i t h 54 po in t s ,

a n d H o p e is s e c o n d in t h e w o m -

en's s t a n d i n g s wi th 4 9 po in t s .

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1 2 T H E A N C H O R S P O R T S N O V E M B E R 2 5 . 2 0 0 9

History-making season comes to a close

PHOTO BY ANN GREEN

FINAL FOUR— The volleyball team had a school record-setting run In the NCAA tournament tha t concluded In the Final Four.

Jake Bajema STAFF W R I T E R

After a tough loss in the

conference t o u r n a m e n t final against rival Calvin College that

guaran teed Calvin's place in the

N C A A tou rnamen t , the w o m e n of H o p e College's volleyball

t eam were eager to r edeem

their loss. They were granted

the chance when the N C A A selection commi t t ee granted

t h e m a bid to the t o u r n a m e n t .

Having built a 16-0 record in the M I A A and a 30-3 record overall,

the Flying t )u t ch were prepared

to c o m p e t e wi th t he best t eams

in t he nation. The journey began in Holland

as the Flying Dutch had the

oppor tun i ty to hos t the N C A A Great Lakes Regional at the

DeVos Fieldhouse. The w o m e n defeated Lakeland, Wis., in th ree

sets du r ing the first round . Calvin

also w o n in three sets dur ing the

first round , so a four th Hope-Calvin match was in store. This

was a ma tchup that all t he H o p e t eam m e m b e r s were looking

fo rward to after the upset in the

conference finals. "We learned a lot f r om (the

conference finals game) abou t

no t let t ing down for one second

and thinking it was going to be

easy," junior Traci Baker said. "We wan ted revenge and a

regional championship." This game had bragging

rights, revenge and a regional title all up for grabs.

" W h e n we play Calvin it's a game of heart , and to lose,

it tears you apart," senior

captain Teresa Borst said. "Knowing that if we lose we're done — we weren' t ready to

go ou t that way." The t eam did not go down

that way. H o p e was able to defeat Calvin in three sets

dur ing the regional semifinal. "We have never played as

well this season as we did that

game," senior Kristen Johnson said. "Everyone was focused."

Wi th the win, the t eam

set up a match with ano the r

familiar opponen t , Oh io Nor the rn , who had beaten

the Flying Dutch in three sets earlier in the season. The w o m e n

knew it would be a tough match

bu t were ready for the task

ahead. The match didn't s tar t well for

the Dutch, as they dropped the

first set 21-25 in f ront of more

than 2,400 fans. "I think we came ou t a little

t imid the first game," captain Andrea Helminiak ('10) said,

"but once we sett led d o w n and

played our game, we came ou t

o n top." The t eam came back s t rong in

the second set and won, 25-15, with many of the H o p e fai thful

o n their feet.

"One of the reasons I love

playing for H o p e so much is because of the support ive fans," Jacie Fiedler ('11) said. "Having

so many fans at our matches m a d e the env i ronment very

intense and fun to play in. I got goose bumps when the s tands

e rup ted after one of our super

long rallies." The third and four th sets

weren' t as easy bu t H o p e still emerged victorious and received

the title of regional champions . Leading the way in the regional

final was Helminiak with 59 service assists, setting up four

t eammates with more than ten

kills each. Wi th this g roup effort

the Flying Dutch won their ticket to the Elite Eight in Cleveland.

The Elite Eight appearance was the first in H o p e College

volleyball history. The t eam

needed to get past Tufts, Mass., if they wanted the season to

cont inue. The w o m e n were

ecstat ic about the oppor tun i ty

to be playing at nationals and kept their national title hopes

alive by beat ing Tuf ts in four

sets. Though H o p e was s t rong th roughout . Tuf ts did not go

down wi thout a fight. After taking the first two sets, the

Flying Du tch looked like they

were about to make it a shor t match, but Tuf ts batt led th rough

five ma tch point oppor tun i t i es

for H o p e and took the thi rd set, 31-29. H o p e rallied in t he four th set and won 25-18 and ea rned

the chance to play in the Final Four. The win was the 34th of

the season for the Flying Dutch, breaking the school record of 33

f rom 1998. The dream season

would continue. Just a win away f rom a shot

at a national title, the Flying

Dutch felt each point grow in

significance. Hope would face Wash ing ton University, St.

Louis, in the Final Four match. Washington had nine national

titles under their belt heading

into the 2009 season. The o p p o n e n t was another familiar one, as the Flying Dutch had

defeated the Bears o n their h o m e

floor early in the season. After d ropping the first set,

21-25, H o p e bounced back,

winning the next two sets, 25-22 and 25-15, respectively. The

m o m e n t u m cont inued into the four th set, as the Lady Dutch

led by as many as five points .

However, the Bears c ame back to win, 27-25. The fifth set didn't

fare well for the Dutch , as they

d ropped the final set of the season, 15-12. Leading the way

for the Dutch were Fiedler with

28 kills and Helminiak with 62

assists. The season ended with a

tough defeat, but the t eam made

meaningful accomplishments . They developed s t rong

f r iendships and gave the

H o p e communi ty a season's pe r fo rmance to be p roud of.

Seniors reflect on college volleyball career Daniel Owens STAFF W R I T E R

Fouryearsof joy,perseverance,

practice, f r iendships and success

have c o m e to an end for the t h ree seniors o n the Flying

Du tch volleyball team. Teresa

Borst, Andrea Helminiak and

Kristen Johnson make up one of t he mos t decora ted senior

classes in the history of H o p e

College volleyball. Three N C A A t o u r n a m e n t appearances , two

M I A A championsh ips and an

unpreceden ted run to the Final

Four this season only begin to tell the story of a journey that

began four years ago. "I really came to H o p e for

the volleyball program, and obviously I 'm glad its worked

ou t so well," Borst said. "The run

this year to nat ionals definitely

showed me that H o p e was the

right choice for college for me." The team's loss in the first

round of the N C A A Tournamen t

in 2008 m a d e this year's run to

the regional title all the more

special. "It was so exciting when we

w o n the N C A A Tournamen t

Regional o n our h o m e cour t and the fans rushed the court,"

Johnson said. "That was

definitely t he highlight of my

volleyball career because I had never had that happen to me. It

was an amazing moment ."

The team's success, however, did not c o m e wi thout hard work

and discipline. "We always had to keep

fighting th rough the ups and

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downs of each g a m e and the

season as a whole," said Johnson.

"This year our goals were to win the M I A A and then regionals,

and despite a few missteps, we

achieved bo th of them." Wi th a 16-0 record in MIAA

play dur ing the regular season,

the Flying Du tch coasted to the

conference title. Last weekend at DeVos Fieldhouse, the t eam

won their regional in d ramat ic

fashion, beat ing perennial powers Calvin and Oh io

N o r t h e r n along the way. "We achieved each of these

goals because we put for th our

best effort each and everyday,"

Helminiak said. "And it was great to see it pay off this year with our

r u n to national championships."

The seniors acknowledged coach Becky Schmid t played

an integral role in making their

exper ience playing college

volleyball so special. "I've never played for a coach

with more energy, excitement,

and en thus iasm for the spor t of volleyball than coach Schmidt,"

Johnson said. "We all really got to know her on a more personal

level as we grew up. Freshman

year she was just our coach, bu t now we view her as a great

friend." Helminiak agreed and is

confident the fr iendships forged

on the t eam will last a lifetime.

"I will definitely c o m e back and visit Coach Schmidt and

the team,"

H e l m i n i a k

s a i d . H e l m i n i a k ,

the reigning M I A A Player of

the Year and a Third

Team Ail-

A m e r i c a n ,

said her e x p e r i e n c e

p l a y i n g c o l l e g e v o l l e y b a l l

will be a

t r e m e n d o u s asset later

in life.

She said, "Senior year

I th ink we

all learned a lot about

l e a d e r s h i p .

As seniors, the girls o n

the t eam

looked to us to lead

them both on and off

the cour t . It was fun and challenging at t imes, and

I can definitely see how this

experience will help me down

the road." Wi th only three member s

on the t eam f rom the class of

'HOTO BY ANN VaREEN

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS- Senior volleyball players Andrea Helminiak, Teresa Borst, and Kr is ten Johnson pose w i th the regional champi-

onship trophy.

2010, the Flying Dutch lose only

a small number of players f rom this year's roster to graduat ion.

However, filling the gaps left by the talented trio of Borst,

Johnson and Helminiak will be a

challenge for coach Schmidt.