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M A R C H 8. 2 0 0 6 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN DEO" HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND. MICHIGAN
W H A T ' S INSIDE
Education elision 2
Proposed federal '07 budget cuts $3.7 billion
GPS success 3
Concert sells out In record time
Holland gangs 4
Local restaurant starts
urban ministry
Writer's block? Never again! 5
Student writers dash out 175-page novels
N E W S SNIPPETS
CAMPUS LIFE BOARD EVALUATES FRISBEEGOLF
C a m p u s L i fe Boa rd has
recen t ly e x p r e s s e d conce rn
b e c a u s e the f r i sbee go l f c o u r s e
has u n d e r g o n e s o m e a l t e ra t ions
t h r o u g h o u t the year .
In N o v e m b e r , a t ree b e t w e e n
Voorhees and G r a v e s Hal l ,
f r i s b e e go l f ho le n u m b e r e igh t ,
topp led a f t e r h igh w i n d s to rm.
A flagpole by D i m n e n t C h a p e l
w h i c h se rved as F r i sbee go l f
hole n u m b e r n ine w a s a l so
r e m o v e d last win ter .
A s sp r ing nears , C L B h o p e s
to d i scuss the c h a n g e in f r i sbee
go l f ho les , a l t h o u g h t h e y w e r e
u n a b l e to d i scuss the ma t t e r at
the i r m e e t i n g yes te rday .
TOWELS SPARK FIRE IN PHELPS DRYER
On March 6, Phe lps de layed
lunch service until 11:15 a .m.
because of s m o k e in the bui ld ing
caused by towels that caugh t on
fire in a dryer in the ba semen t of
Phe lps Hai l . .
The towels belonged to Hope
Catering Services. Three fire trucks
arrived to the scene after a custodian
notified the college of the fire. The
fire was put out quickly, although
smoke lingered in the building for
several hours after.
OTTAWA ECONOMY SUFFERS SLIGHT DROP
O t t a w a C o u n t y ' s e c o n o m y ' s
hea l th d r o p p e d 2 . 3 % f r o m
J a n u a r y 2 0 0 4 , s b e n c h m a r k ,
a c c o r d i n g to the L a k e s h o r e
E c o n o m i c Index .
JACK RIDL WINS "UGLY" CONTEST
On M o n d a y , Jack Ridl ,
w a s c o n f i r m e d the "ug l i e s t
p r o f e s s o r . " In an e f f o r t to ra i se
m o n e y fo r D a n c e M a r a t h o n ,
A l p h a Phi O m e g a s p o n s o r e d an
" u g l y " con tes t . S tuden t s d o n a t e d
m o n e y to o n e o f five p r o f e s s o r s
b a s e d on w h i c h looked " u g l i e s t "
in h u m o r o u s ge t -up .
T h e e v e n t ra ised $ 2 8 0 in
total . Ridl rece ived ba l loons ,
t iara and beau ty kit c o m p l e t e
wi th l oo fa and lot ion. H e a l so
rece ived an of f ic ia l cer t i f ica te
that sa id , " Y o u r ug l iness is an
insp i ra t ion to us a l l ."
COMMITTEE RE-EXAMINES MINORITY RECRUITMENT Shannon Craig S T A F F W R I T E R
On Tuesday, Feb. 28 , Hope
Col lege faculty and staff met to
discuss the final report f rom the
ad hoc commit tee to review the
Comprehens ive Plan to Improve
Minori ty Part icipat ion.
Reportedly c o m m e n t s last win-
ter at the Board of Trustees meet-
ing prompted a request to review
the comprehens ive plan. Last
spring, a petit ion w a s circulated
a m o n g faculty that was given to
the board of trustees. T h e petit ion
asked for the comprehens ive plan
to be rev iewed. T h e specif ics of
the petition and what motivated
the petit ion is unknown.
. Convened Augus t 2005, the
commit tee w a s led by George
D. Z u i d e m a of the Hope Col lege
Board of Trus tees and Profes-
sor John Yelding of the educa-
tion depar tment . Faculty, staff ,
s tudents and a representat ive of
the board of trustees m a d e up the
commit tee of 20.
T h e commit tee w a s charged
with examin ing both racial and
ethnic diversi ty on I lope ' s c a m p u s
and assess ing the comprehens ive
plan in place. T h e plan addresses
minori ty s tudent recrui tment and
retention, increased minor i ty fac-
ulty and s ta f f presence , and cul-
tural unders tanding.
" W e are currently, as a col lege,
society and nat ion, l iving in an in-
creas ingly complex global world.
As a commit tee , however , w e do
not bel ieve the col lege is fully
posi t ioned to prepare students
to live and work in a world that
will increasingly demand more
than one language, an enhanced
unders tanding of cultures and the
capacity to work with individuals
f rom every corner of the wor ld ,"
Zu idema and Yelding said in a let-
ter to President James Bul tman.
T h e commit tee found that
Hope has made progress toward
a more diverse campus but more
work is needed.
"If diversi ty is to become
an insti tutional value, then we
must match our public rhetoric
with our act ions," Zu idema and
SEE ADMIT, PAGE 1
BUDGET BATTLES: Student Congress accepts
new group, ups activity fee Erin L H o t t a E D I T O R H N - C H I E F
The National Society of* Black Engineers
( N S B E ) w a s approved yes terday by C a m p u s
Life Board to be a funded student organizat ion
next fall. Erika Howel l ( ' 0 8 ) proposed N S B E
as a s tudent organizat ion to the Extra Curr icu-
lar Activit ies Commi t t ee in January.
N S B E is the only new organizat ion added
next year to be funded through the Student
Activity Fee. However , Dean of Students
Richard Frost conf i rmed yes terday that the
C L B approved the Triathlon C l u b to be an
official organizat ion next year, pend ing a
mee t ing with himself and Ellen Awad, direc-
tor of s tudent activities and Greek life. T h e
Triathlon Club, however , will not be funded
through the Student Act ivi ty Fee. C L B did not
approve Water-ski Club to be an off icial or-
ganizat ion at this t ime. T h e board expressed
support , but asked that " s o m e fur ther safe-
ty concerns be addressed" before be ing an
off icial organizat ion.
Aaron Hawn ( '06) , pres ident of the Sexual-
ity Roundtable : A Forum for G a y and Straight
Students , said his g roup took "a f ew s teps"
this year towards becoming an official or-
ganizat ion on campus . T h e group created a
const i tut ion, but did not appeal to E C A C to
b e c o m e a funded organizat ion. Accord ing to
H a w n , the g roup has a t tempted to become a
funded organizat ion in years past , a l though
they were denied funding . Hawn chose not
to appeal to E C A C this year because , he said,
"in all honesty, w e w o n ' t gain that m u c h by
becoming off ic ia l ."
Even though student leaders like Hawn
decide not to b e c o m e official ly funded orga-
nizat ions, Josh Payne ( ' 07) , Student Congress
comptrol ler , said that there is an increase in
s tudent g roup involvement this year. This
increase, combined with large deficit and
SEE BUDGET, PAGE 6
PHOTO EOFTOR JAREO W I L K E N I N G
BREAKING RECORDS — On March 4, both men's and women's basketbal l teams advanced to the NCAA "Sweet 16 ." See page 8.
WTHS PROGRAM REACHES OUT TO SPANISH-SPEAKERS "La Radio Que te Mueve" brings Spanish
music, conversat ion
to Hope radio
Evelyn Danie l F E A T U R E S E D I T O R
Hope student radio becomes
bilingual Saturday a f te rnoons as
six Spanish s tudents take over
the a i rwaves.
Their show on W T H S , " O c h e n -
ta y N u e v e Punto Nueve: La Ra-
dio Q u e te Mueve , " or, roughly,
"89.9 : T h e Radio Tha t Moves
You," broadcasts music , news,
conversa t ion, weather , sports and
communi ty events to Hope and
the sur rounding communi ty , en-
tirely "en espaftol ."
"I feel like Hope really needs to
get involved with the communi ty
a lot more , " said Gera rdo Ruf f ino
( ' 08) , one of the p rogram's hosts.
"We both - Hope and Holland
- have a lot to o f f e r one another ."
T h e s tudents ' language profes-
sor, Mar ia Claudia Andre , a lso
realized the need for a program to
serve Hol land ' s nearly 8 ,000 His-
panic or Latino residents.
Accord ing to the U.S. Census
Bureau, 17.5 percent , or 5 ,674
people in Hol land speak Span-
ish at home. Of those, nearly half
speak Engl ish "less than very
wel l ." If t rends in the U.S. contin-
ue, that number could grow even
higher in the coming years.
Without any regular Spanish
FM radio broadcast in the Hol-
land area, the s tudents realized a
ma jo r portion of the audience was
be ing over looked.
Andre and the Spanish de-
par tment offered the s tudents
upper- level course credit for tak-
ing on the chal lenge. While they
were uncertain of the workload it
would require. Liber Bezmer tney
SEE WTHS, PAGE 4
2 NEWS MARCH 8 , 2 0 0 6
PROPOSED EDUCATION CUT PROMPTS DEBATE Kurt Pyle SENIOR STAFF W R I T E R
Tucked inside the $2.7 trillion budget
request by the Bush adminis t ra t ion for
the 2007 fiscal year is a line item that has
prompted sharp cri t icism from Democra t s
and a s t rong defense f r o m Republ icans ; the
budget for the Depar tment of Educat ion.
Unde r the pres ident ' s proposal , the
Educat ion Depar tment would see a cut
of S3.7 billion, or 6.4 percent, from its
budget , an increase f rom the 1 percent cut
proposed for last yea r ' s budge t .
The cuts have Democra t s up in arms,
par t icular ly a f te r a D e c e m b e r 2005 budget
bill decreas ing f u n d i n g for s tudent loans by
$12.7 billion passed 216-214 in the House
of Representa t ives a f te r intense debate . 4tWe shou ldn ' t have to sacrifice
oppor tuni ty for s tudents , " said Sen. Debb ie
S tabenow (D-MI) in a t e leconference with
Michigan student newspapers Tuesday.
Such te leconfe rences a re part of* an
ef for t by Congress iona l Democra t s to rally
opposi t ion to the planned cuts , par t icular ly
a m o n g col lege students.
S tabenow argued educat ion spend ing is
a relat ively small sliver of the budget , but
one wi th huge implicat ions for s tudents .
T h e $2.1 billion cut is the equivalent of
one week of mili tary spend ing
Iraq, S tabenow said.
"1 think w e have a
chance at s topping them,"
the senator said. " I t ' s
very hard to j u s t i fy
w h e n you shine
the light of
M a n y of
f o r w a r d
are not
s u c h
t h e m
them
day ."
the cuts put
in the Bush plan
new. Programs
as Upward B o u n d
the Perkins s tudent
loan p rogram for lower
income s tudents were
slated for cuts in last y e a r ' s
budget but were saved.
S t abenow said the wor ry a m o n g
Democra t s is that the adminis t ra t ion wil l
cont inue to p ropose cuts to these p rograms
until they get them.
"Th i s is about our values and priori t ies ,"
she said, "and I d o n ' t think w e should
shor tchange opportuni t ies for Amer icans ,
young or o ld ."
Republ icans have been equal ly
strong in their de fense of the
budget .
"The pres ident ' s proposed
budget wou ld s t reaml ine
p rog rams wi th in the
Depar tmen t of
Educat ion and wou ld
reduce fund ing fo r
he cons iders
d u p l i c a t i v e
p r o g r a m s .
said H o p e grad
Pete Hoekst ra
R-Hol land .
"Desp i t e reducing
f u n d i n g in some areas ," H o e k s t r a
said, " t axpayer dol lars spent on educat ion
wou ld still be up $12 billion, or 29 percent ,
s ince 2001 . " Mos t of this increase is
connected to the passage of the N o Child
Lef t Behind Act in 2001.
Republ icans argue that fund ing is
not necessar i ly the answer to improving
educat ion .
"In the last 30 years , " Hoeks t ra said,
" the amount spent per pupil in e lementary
and secondary schools has nearly doubled,
yet academic ach ievement has remained
s tagnant . "
T h e u p c o m i n g months will de te rmine
whether President Bush will be able to
see his cuts th rough in a budget year. T h e
pres ident ' s prest ige is at near a l l - t ime lows,
with recent polls put t ing his approval rat ing
in the high 30s.
Unease over holding firm with the
president is evident within Republican ranks.
" T h e pres ident ' s annual budget reques t
is only a r ecommenda t ion , " said Hoekstra .
" M e m b e r s of Congress take the proposal
into considera t ion dur ing negotiat ions, and
they have certain priori t ies that o f t en result
in revisions to the pres ident ' s budget and
actual dol lars spent on specific p rog rams . "
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In late February, a c o m p a n y
o w n e d by the United Arab
Emira tes acquired rights to operate
all ma jo r facil i t ies at six Amer ican
seaports . T h e announcemen t w a s
fo l lowed by ou t rage in Congress ,
as m a n y doubted whe the r a
Midd le Eas tern count ry should
run the seaports , which are vital
to nat ional securi ty.
" T h e n u m b e r one nat ional
security cha l l enge to conf ron t us
is a weapon of m a s s des t ruct ion
going of f in a U.S. city. Well, it
could c o m e in a seaport . So w e
should focus on what it would
take to m a k e sure that d o e s n ' t
happen , " S tephen Flynn, fo rmer
Coast Gua rd c o m m a n d e r said.
To the surpr ise of many.
Pres ident Bush has been
suppor t ive o f the deal to g ive
the A r a b c o m p a n y control of the
por ts despi te opposi t ion f r o m
party leaders f r o m both houses of
Congress .
A British c o m p a n y called
Peninsular and Oriental S team
Naviga t ion has managed all day-
to-day operat ion of por ts in N e w
York, N e w Jersey, Phi ladelphia ,
Bal t imore , Miami and N e w
Or leans recently, according to
PBS N e w s .
Duba i Ports World w a s g iven
authori ty to run all six of these
ports on Feb. 22 , a f te r the state-
run bus iness acquired the Brit ish
firm for $6.8 mil l ion.
T h e United A r a b Emira tes
has been l inked to suppor t ing
terror ism around the world,
including the Sept. 11 attacks.
Some of the 9/11 h i jackers used
the United A r a b Emira tes as an
operat ional and financial base.
T h e Uni ted A r a b Emira tes also
t ransferred sh ipmen t s of smuggled
nuclear componen t s sent to Iran
and Nor th Korea .
Both Democra t i c and
Republ ican leaders w e r e shocked
that the same president w h o
vowed to do anything he could to
protect the country would approve
of the port si tuation.
"Ensu r ing the security of
N e w York ' s port operat ions
is paramount and I am very
concerned with the purchase of
Peninsular & Oriental Steam by
Dubai Ports World. 1 have directed
the Port Author i ty of N e w York
and N e w Jersey to explore all
legal op t ions that may be avai lable
to them," N e w York Gov. George
Pataki said, according to Bluff
Count ry News .
Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich
was upset that Maryland off ic ia ls
received no not ice in advance
abou t the A r a b c o m p a n y ' s
takeover of the six por ts until the
Bush adminis t ra t ion approved of
the situation.
"We needed to k n o w that this
w a s a done deal , given the state
of w h e r e w e are concern ing
securi ty," Ehrl ich said.
Ano the r s ta tement that a roused
uproar amongs t the leaders of
the nation was B u s h ' s p ledge
that any legislation b locking
the t ransact ion of the por ts deal
wou ld be vetoed. T h e s ta tement
w a s especia l ly surpr is ing s ince
Pres ident Bush has yet to veto
any legislation du r ing his five
years in of f ice .
" D o n ' t c o n f u s e m e with the
facts, m y mind is a l ready made
up ," Bush said recently.
M a n y Bush supporters are
worr ied that B u s h ' s refusal to
change p lans will a f fec t his
popular i ty even m o r e than the
Iraqi war has, but the Bush
adminis t ra t ion seems to feel very
conf ident about its decis ion.
N o w that the deal is final,
Dubai Por ts World will b e c o m e
the second- larges t por ts terminal
in the wor ld and a port ion of the
securi ty of the nat ion will lie in
the hands of a country with past
t ies to terror ism.
NE WS AROUND THE WORLD
IRAQ CIVIL WAR ONWARD PATRIOT T h e b o m b i n g of a Shii te M o s q u e
(above) has sparked violence
throughout Iraq. This bombing
has caused discussion of the pos-
sibility of civil war in Iraq as out-
raged Shi i te ' s have begun fight-
ing with Sunnis. By March I, the
death count w a s at 379 and 458
were injured in the violence.
The House of Representat ives
voted 280-138 in favor of renew-
ing the Patriot Act yesterday. T h e
vote renewed 16 provis ions of the
controversial act . "It (The Patriot
Act] will m a k e Amer ica more se-
cure, and tha t ' s the bot tom l ine,"
Sen. Jon Kyi ( R - A Z ) said.
RECRUITERS STAY
T h e Sup reme Cour t ruled in fa-
vor of a l lowing mili tary recruit-
ers on any campus that receives
government fund ing on Monday.
T h e controversy w a s rooted in the
mil i tary 's "don ' t ask, don ' t tel l"
policy concern ing homosexual i ty .
Al though s o m e col leges consid-
ered this discr iminat ion, the Su-
p r e m e Court voted unanimously
in favor of cont inuing recruiting.
A r t s MARCH 8 , 2 0 0 6
T H I S WEEK IN A R T
Wednesday March 8 Coolbeans Entertainment Luminescence: 9:15 p.m
12th Street Harmony: 10:00 p.m.
Kletz. Free.
Knickerbocker Film Series "Balzac and the Uttle Chinese Seam-
stress" Knickerbocker Theatre.
March 6-10: 7 and 9:15 p.m. $6.
Used Book Sale VanWylen and Music Libraries. Prices
vary. Now through March 24.
Thursday March 9 Dance 3 2 March 9 - 1 1 ; 8 p.m: DeWItt Center
Main Theatre. $ 5 for students.
Friday March 1 0 Dance Marathon 7 p.m. Dow Center. 24 hours.
SAC Movie: "The Chronicles of Namia" March 3 , 4 : 7 . 9 : 3 0 p.m and midn ight
March 5: 3 p.m: Graves. $2.
Saturday March 1 1 Student Recital Leah Blackney-Cel lo
4 p.m: Wlchers. Free.
Ongoing Needle Art DePree Art Center. Through March 12.
BOOK SALE AT VAN WYLEN LIBRARY
T h e Van Wylen Library is
ho ld ing a book sale th rough
March 24.
T h e sale includes both hard-
cover and paperback books , in
both f ict ion and nonfict ion, in-
c luding m a n y art catalogs, K-12
educat ional mater ia ls and travel
books. Prices vary.
A CAPELLA GROUPS TO PERFORM AT COOLBEANS
Tonight , March 8, the w o m e n ' s
a capella g roup . Luminescence ,
will pe r form at the Coo lbeans
Cof feehouse Enter ta inment in the
Kletz at 9:15 p .m.
T h e n ine -member g roup con-
sists o f Jess Schmid t ( ' 06) , Claire
Tyner ( ' 07) , Hayley Keeler ( ' 0 7 ) ,
Jenny Cence r ( ' 07) , Be thany
Wichman ( ' 0 7 ) , Chante l le Kram-
er ( ' 08) , Kel ly Sina ( ' 08) , Magg ie
Hel lner ( ' 08) , Ally McLeod f O S )
and Mary Davis ( ' 09 ) .
Select ions wil l include "Des -
perado ," "Walking on Broken
Glass ," "Goodnigh t m y Ange l , "
and "You Raise M e Up ."
Fo l lowing Luminescence will
be the n ine -member m e n ' s a ca-
pella group, 12th Street Harmony,
w h o will pe r form at 10 p.m.
VWS TO HOST POET
T h e Hope Col lege Visi t ing
Writers Series is will feature
award-winn ing poet Dana Roeser
on Wednesday, March 15, at 7
p.m. at the Knickerbocker The-
atre. Admiss ion is free.
Roeser is the winne r of the
2005 Great Lakes Colleges Asso-
cia t ion 's N e w Writer Award and
is current ly the Jenny M c K e a n
Moore Wri ter- in-Washington at
George Washington University.
Her first book of poems ,
"Beau t i fu l Mot ion ," w o n the
. Samue l French Morse Prize giv-
en by Northeas tern Univers i ty
Press.
T h e Hope Col lege Jazz En-
semble wil l provide mus ic begin-
n ing at 6 :30 p.m.
STAFF W R I T E R
T h e final event fo r the Great
Pe r fo rmance Series recently sold
out in record t ime. Ladysmi th
Black M a m b a z o is set to per form
on Wednesday, March 15, at
7 :30 p.m. in Dimnen t Memor ia l
Chape l . T h e t ickets for this show
sold out three w e e k s in advance ,
a feat never be fo re accompl i shed
by any other G P S performer .
Ladysmi th Black M a m b a z o
is an a l l -male a capella g roup
from South Afr ica . T h e G r a m m y -
winn ing group is wel l known
throughout the wor ld . They have
pe r fo rmed on stage with the
likes of Paul McCar tney , Stevie
Wonder and Paul S imon.
Despi te the f a m e of Ladysmi th ,
s tudents w e r e surpised h o w the
s h o w m a n a g e d to sell out so
quickly.
" A sellout is not unusual .
Even though this is the earl iest
sellout w e ' v e had , the t ickets are
more avai lable n o w than they
have been in past years due to our
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The Ladysmith
n e w t icket o f f ice , " Hope Col lege
arts coordinator Derek Emerson
said. " M a n y people have seen
Ladysmi th in o ther concer t s and
w e k n e w that this show wou ld
sell out qu ick ly ."
According to Emerson, there
:0 g lWEtga f rA
Mambazo concert was soid
were 1,000 tickets available. The
first 600 went to classes, Phelps
Scholars and G P S subscribers.
Another 200 went quietly and
quickly. By the t ime tickets went
on sale, there were only 2 0 0 left,
and those were gone in 24 hours.
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PHOTO COURTESY ROBERT H O F F M A N
-out three weeks in advance.
Not only has Ladysmi th been
requested by s tudents and the
publ ic for years , but t ickets to
this pe r fo rmance are m u c h less
expens ive than wha t it would
normal ly cos t to see Ladysmi th
e lsewhere .
No Sufjan yet: Hope's eye set on other big name for spring semester M a t t Oosterhouse A R T S EDCTOR
Afte r the recent concer t successes of
Mae and Cope land , one can on ly help but to
ask " W h a t is next for the spr ing semes te r?"
A m o n g rumors that have been floating around
the Hope communi ty , is the possibi l i ty of
b r ing ing a lumnus and fo rmer Ancho r Arts
Editor, S u f j a n Stevens ( ' 97) , to campus .
Stevens , an Indie-rock artist based in N e w
York, has been a source of controversial
d iscuss ion a m o n g H o p e Col lege students,
since he p layed at Calv in Col lege twice in
2005, whi le he has not yet p layed at his a lma
mater.
A lex Griff i th ( ' 0 9 ) , a fan of S tevens '
music , expressed his concern over S tevens '
Sufjan Stevens cannot perform within two to
three months and SO miles oja venue that
he last played at.
choice of venue .
"I am upset that a Hope a lumnus wou ld
[per form at] Calv in instead of Hope , " he
said.
M i k e Leman ( ' 0 9 ) , shared in Gr i f f i th ' s
f rustrat ion and expressed his o w n concern on
the matter.
"I have heard that w e haven ' t even ex tended
an invitation to h i m , " L e m a n said.
Qui te the contrary, accord ing to Jon O m e e ,
Hope ' s concer t coordinator .
" H o p e has been trying really hard to get
S u f j a n S tevens ," O m e e said. "Ca lv in s imply
got to h im before w e d id . "
O m e e admit ted that S tevens has an unusual
SEE SUFJAN, PAGE 6
Tulip Time Festival to host Jars of Clay at the DeVos Fieldhouse T h e Tulip T i m e fest ival will
be host ing the G r a m m y Award
winn ing band. Jars O f Clay, on
Wednesday, M a y 10 in the DeVos
Fie ldhouse .
T h e concert is at 6 :30 p .m,
with doors open ing at 6 p .m. A g
Silver, a local band, will be the
open ing act .
T h e concert will be the first
ever to be held at H o p e Co l l ege ' s
n e w fieldhouse.
Tickets for the event will be
on sale f rom March 1 to March
2 2 for l imited-seat ing reserved
floor t ickets. Genera l admiss ion
t ickets wil l go on sale on March
15. T h e pr ime floor seats a re
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Christ ian ministr ies, and Hope
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Local restaurant ministers to gang youths Jenny Cencer SPORTS EDITOR
Afte r a recent desecrat ion of Hol land ' s
Window on the Waterf ront park, ques t ions
began to re-arise concern ing gang act ivi ty
in the area. T h e graffit i _ _ _ _ _ _
seen on benches , monu-
ments and s idewalks of
the park all consisted
of symbol s and var ious
s landers , yet no culpri ts have yet been appre- = = = = =
hended, and off ic ia ls
m a y have fa lse ly assumed that the spray
paint artists were gang member s .
Local restaurant owner , Lisa Cromar t i e ,
bel ieves that this cycle of gang act ivi ty can
be ove rcome . Cromar t i e opened a Philly-
style d iner in N o v e m b e r called " L i s a M o V
on Washington Ave. She employs y o u n g
people , mos t of w h o m are fo rmer or ac-
t ive gang m e m b e r s as an extens ive youth
p rogram.
"Ifyou're going to help kids,you've
gotta go into their world."
Lisa C r o m a r t i e ,
o w n e r of " L i s a M o ' s "
Cromar t i e exper ienced gang act ivi ty
first hand as a fo rmer d rug dealer in Phila-
delphia .
A youth g roup organizer for 16 years,
Cromar t i e bel ieves that i4if y o u ' r e going
to help kids, y o u ' v e gotta go into their
wor ld . "
She encourages all of
her emp loyees to pursue
j o b t raining and teaches
them h o w to live a nor-
mal life and to care for
= = = = themse lves wi thout the
protect ion and aid of a
gang .
Cromar t i e h o p e s that the police off icers
of Hol land b e c o m e stronger leaders and
encourage r e fo rmed m e m b e r s on their ac-
compl i shment s .
" C o p s should bel ieve in theses kids so
they bel ieve in t hemse lves , " Cromar t ie
said. "Leaders in this communi ty m a k e m y
j o b harder. T h e r e ' s so m u c h double talk
here . "
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REACHING HOLLAND YOUTH - Lisa Cromartie offers jobs to former and current gang members at her restaurant, "LisaMo's," on Washington Avenue.
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Gene ra l M a n a g e r : B r i an D y k e m a
( ' 0 7 ) , J o h n B r u g g e r s ( ' 0 9 ) , A l a i n
G a l i n d o ( ' 0 6 ) , J a c o b H o l t o n ( ' 0 7 ) ,
M a r k P a n a g g i o ( ' 0 9 ) a n d R u f f i n o
v o l u n t e e r e d as h o s t s .
W h i l e w o r k i n g o n the s h o w is
h e l p f u l to its hos t s , s e v e r a l o f w h o m
are f r o m S p a n i s h - s p e a k i n g c o u n -
t r i es , t h e b e n e f i t s a r e not j u s t fo r
t h o s e a l r e a d y f l u e n t in t h e l a n g u a g e .
' T h e r a d i o p r o g r a m p r o v i d e s a
g r e a t o p p o r t u n i t y
f o r e v e r y S p a n i s h = = = = =
s t u d e n t at H o p e
t o i m p r o v e t h e i r
sk i l l s , " H o l t o n
sa id . " L i s t e n i n g
to t h e s h o w is
a g r e a t w a y to '
p r a c t i c e w i t h o u t
r ea l ly d o i n g a n y t h i n g , a n d in m y
o p i n i o n it is a lot m o r e e n j o y a b l e
t h a n d o i n g h o m e w o r k o r l a b s . "
T h e p r o g r a m s e r v e s H o p e ' s na -
t i v e S p a n i s h s p e a k e r s as w e l l .
" M y S p a n i s h - s p e a k i n g f r i e n d s e n -
j o y t h o s e t w o h o u r s a n d a r e g l a d to
h a v e s o m e p r o g r a m m i n g that t a k e s
t h e i r i n t e r e s t s in to c o n s i d e r a t i o n , "
H o l t o n sa id .
T h e s h o w , w r i t t e n , d e s i g n e d a n d
p r o d u c e d c o m p l e t e l y b y the s t u d e n t s .
"W/e provide a sort of window through
which the Latino community can get a
different view of Hope."
J a c o b H o l t o n ( ' 0 7 )
first a i r ed F e b . 18. W T H S ' s m o v e to t h e
M a r t h a M i l l e r C e n t e r m a y e n a b l e t h e m
to i n c r e a s e a i r t i m e to t w o s h o w s e a c h
w e e k a n d m a k e t h e s h o w m o r e p o l i s h e d
by a l l o w i n g the h o s t s to r e c o r d a n d ed i t
t h e p r o g r a m s in a d v a n c e .
W h i l e a s i n g l e r a d i o p r o g r a m m a y
no t b e e n o u g h t o b r i d g e t h e g a p b e t w e e n
t h e S p a n i s h - a n d E n g l i s h - s p e a k i n g
c o m m u n i t i e s in H o l l a n d , t h e s t u d e n t s
s e e it a s a s t e p in t h e
= = = = = r igh t d i r e c t i o n . B y
p r o m o t i n g g r e a t e r
c u l t u r a l a w a r e n e s s
a n d o p e n i n g u p the
l ine o f c o m m u n i c a -
t ion , the s h o w is o n e = = = = = = = = = = = = s m a l l w a y t o l essen
t h e l a n g u a g e d iv ide .
" T h e r a d i o s h o w is a v e h i c l e to p ro -
m o t e cu l tu ra l a w a r e n e s s , a n d cu l tu ra l
a w a r e n e s s is w h a t c a n b r i d g e that g a p , "
H o l t o n sa id . " W e p r o v i d e a so r t o f w i n -
d o w t h r o u g h w h i c h t h e L a t i n o c o m m u -
ni ty c a n ge t a d i f f e r e n t v i e w o f H o p e .
T h e y c a n s e e s ix H o p e C o l l e g e s tuden t s ,
all c o m i n g f r o m v e r y d i f f e r e n t b a c k -
g r o u n d s , a n d e a c h r e p r e s e n t i n g a d i f t e r -
ent s i d e o f H o p e . "
" L a R a d i o Q u e te M u e v e " a i r s Sa tu r -
d a y s f r o m 2 p . m . to 4 p . m .
FEATURES 5 MARCH 8 , 2 0 0 6
Evelyn Daniel FEATURES EDITOR
For four weeks , 12 creative wri t ing
s tudents sacrif iced it a l l—thei r social
lives, their sleep, and near ly their sanity.
Their task w a s to wri te a comple te nov-
e l - 5 0 , 0 0 0 words , or approximate ly 175
p a g e s - i n jus t one month .
T h e s tudents are enrol led in the Eng-
lish depar tment ' s creat ive fiction wri t ing
course . T h e novel had jus t t w o require-
ments : to meet the word count , and to
have a comple te story a r c — a plot with a
beginning , middle and end. They wou ld
wri te for quanti ty, not quality.
Professor Elizabeth Trembley of the
Engl ish depar tment heard abou t the N a -
tional N o v e l Wri t ing Month p rogram
(abbrevia ted N a N o W r i M o ) , wh ich in-
vi tes thousands o f part icipants annual ly
to wri te an entire novel be tween Nov. 1
and Nov. 30.
"I learned about it last fall and thought ,
' W h a t a great cen terp iece for a 300-level
wri t ing c o u r s e , ' " T rembley said.
Her depar tment agreed, and she began
planning Hope ' s o w n vers ion of a novel
wri t ing month for the spr ing semes ter in
her English 354 class. First, however , she
bel ieved it w a s important to take on the
chal lenge herself.
"I believed it w a s very important that
I do this wi th t h e m , " Trembley said. "The
more 1 thought about it, though, the m o r e
I real ized it w a s impor tant to be at tend-
ing to t hem as their cheer leader as they
wen t th rough this p rocess . "
Making the commitment Trembley comple ted her o w n 30-day
novel the N o v e m b e r before teaching the
course . W h e n it c a m e t ime fo r the stu-
den ts ' turn, she w a s ready. She met with
each s tudent in an individual confe rence
be fo re the course began to m a k e sure
they w e r e fully^ aware of what they w e r e
get t ing themse lves into. 4 i d o n ' t think doing someth ing like
this is a decis ion that can be m a d e light-
ly," said Kat ie Corne l l ( ' 08) , one of the
novelis ts in the course . "It is fo r people
w h o are really ready to make that kind o f
a c o m m i t m e n t . "
A f t e r a lmost a month of preparat ion
fo r wha t they would undertake, the s tu-
dents began their novels with a wr i t ing
party immedia te ly af ter midnight on Feb.
1. Because they w e r e not permit ted to plan
wha t they wou ld wri te until jus t the week
before , many wen t in a lmost ent irely bl ind.
They had until 6 p.m. M a r c h 1 to comple te
the task.
A s the month progressed, the g r o u p
g rew close, shar ing exper iences of sore
eyes , sore wrists and occasional wr i te r ' s
block. They met regularly to write togeth-
er, both in c lass and out at p laces like JP ' s
and Lemonje l lo ' s , as a way to keep one an-
other on task.
"People are always saying, 'I'm going to write
a novel before I die,' We've actually done it."
— J e r e m y B e n s o n ( ' 0 8 )
Whi le work ing through their novels ,
they were not a l lowed to look back or re-
vise in any way, even if internal inconsis-
tencies arose. A s a result , m a n y quickly
discovered a usefu l plot device: ki l l ing of f
characters whenever they got too bor ing.
"Noth ing w a s really happening, so I de-
cided to kill m y main c h a r a c t e r " said Erin
Wickens ( '06) . "Af t e r that, I wrote 15,000
words in one day."
The s tudents were encouraged to tell
their f r iends and famil ies abou t what they
were doing well in advance as "agen t s of
guil t and terror" to hold them accountable
w h e n s t icking with it became diff icult .
"I d idn ' t wan t to have to look people
in the eye and tell t hem 1 had fa i led," said
Chelsea Schro tenboer ( ' 09 ) .
A s the deadl ine grew nearer , comple t ing
their nove ls grew increasingly s tressful .
"I w a s so s tressed I got physical ly s ick
t w o days before it w a s d u e , " Schro tenboer
said. "I w a s th rowing up, I was so nervous .
That had its benefi ts , though, because I had
a legi t imate excuse to miss classes and just
spend m y whole t ime wr i t ing ."
T h e students were not told wha t the
consequences would be if they did not fin-
ish their novels in t ime. Whi le Trembley
had worked out a g rad ing scale in advance
in case s o m e did not reach the word limit,
she taught the class as though a comple ted
novel w a s the only opt ion.
"I wen t on the assumpt ion that eve ryone
j e r e m y
b e n s o n
would finish," T rembley said. "Amazing ly ,
no one asked . "
The taste of success Each one of her s tudents finished a novel
by March 1. S o m e finished early, (Cornel l
finished in jus t eight days) whi le o thers
wrote r ight up to the deadl ine (Schro ten-
boer wrote 15,000 words in the last 24
hours) .
Nove l wri t ing is an accompl i shment that
many aspi re to , but f ew actually achieve . In
2004, for example , 42 ,000 people signed
up online fo r N a N o W r i M o , but on ly 6 ,000
success fu l ly finished.
" A lot of people w h o say they want to be
wri ters hit 50 or 60 pages and then s top ,"
Trembley said. " T h e g low fades. They hit
that wal l . "
For m a n y of the students, wr i t ing their
first ful l - length novel is the ach ievement of
a l i fe long goal.
"Peop le are a lways saying, ' I ' m going
to wri te a novel be fo re 1 d i e , " ' said Je remy
Benson ( ' 08 ) . " W e ' v e actually done it,
many of us before w e ' r e even 2 1 . "
Whi le all of the s tudents agree that the
course should be o f fe red again, T rembley
bel ieves it is unlikely that it will b e c o m e
an annual under taking. More likely, the
course will be o f fe red every f ew years in
response to demand .
T h e new novel is ts have learned to sepa-
rate the glory f r o m reali ty to gain a greater
unders tanding of wha t profess ional wr i t ing
is t ruly like.
"It is a thrill, if any th ing ," said Nathan
DeYoung ( ' 06 ) . " I t ' s like running around
in the winter without shoes on. I t ' s f un for
about 10 seconds , and then i t 's just cold.
Finishing is like going inside and get t ing
hot choco la t e—a w a r m and fuzzy feel-
ing."
T h e students n o w have an exper ience
they can carry with them for the rest of
their lives. T rembley could not be more
pleased with her c lass 's accompl i shment .
"1 felt like a proud grandparen t , " T rem-
bley said. "I am very proud of them."
Ready to try for yourself?
Check out
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Not just textbooks: Faculty, staff craft masterpieces Lindsay Manthei COPY EDITOR
In an academic set t ing like Hope Col-
lege, it 's of ten easy to forget that p rofes -
sors are capable of reading or wr i t ing
any th ing but textbooks. However , several
professors and staff m e m b e r s have writ-
ten and published successful novels dur-
ing their t enures at Hope .
Alber t Bell, a history professor at
Hope , has wri t ten several successfu l nov-
els. H e b e c a m e interested in wri t ing in
high school and had a tough t ime decid-
ing whether to pursue a history or an Eng-
lish degree . T h o u g h he eventual ly sided
with history, wr i t ing has cont inued to be
a hobby for Bell .
"Wri t ing can b e c o m e addic t ive ," Bell
said. "Some t imes you wri te a page and
you sit back and think ' D a m n , tha t ' s
g o o d . ' "
For Bell, wri t ing a novel usual ly takes
about a year and a half f r o m beginning
to sending it to the publisher. Bel l ' s mos t
recent book, "Dea th G o e s Dutch ," w a s
publ ished by Clays tone Books, a small
publ ishing house out of Nor th Carol ina.
"I would r e c o m m e n d work ing with
a smal ler press. Everyone is personal ly
interested in your work . I t ' s m o r e like
w o r k i n g with f r iends than with a busi-
ness ," he said.
Bell encourages y o u n g wri ters to con-
t inue wr i t ing for fun .
" D o n ' t listen to wha t anyone tells you
about h o w to write. You need to dec ide if
y o u ' r e going to write what you want to
wri te o r if y o u ' r e going to write what will
sel l ," he said. " B e honest with yoursel f
and be prepared for a long and diff icult
p rocess ."
Bel l ' s col league. Professor Fred John-
son has publ ished several nove ls with
N e w York-based R a n d o m House .
Johnson ' s said he r e m e m b e r s first wri t - •
ing in third grade. His hobby b lossomed
into a passion throughout his school ing
and in graduate school he won several
awards for fiction, nonfiet ion and poetry.
Soon, he realized that if he wanted to take
wri t ing seriously, he needed to find an
agent . S ince that t ime, he Has published
successfu l novels , including "Bit ter-
swee t" and "Other M e n ' s Wives . "
Johnson said the pros and cons of large
and small publ ishing houses are roughly
equal . H e said the tr ick is finding a good
editor.
" S o m e editors help to grow authors
and really invest in each author ," he said.
Johnson advises young wri ters to keep
do ing wha t they love.
"Nur tu re your sk i l l s—put fee l ing and
passion into your work. Readers can sense
it coming of f the page , " Johnson said.
Professors a ren ' t the only people at
Hope w h o have successful ly wielded the
pen. Former Hope staff m e m b e r Jacque-
line Ca rey is a fantasy novelist w h o has
wri t ten several successful novels. Carey
started wri t ing in high school as a hobby
and realized she wanted to be a full t ime
author when she spent six months work-
ing in a bookstore in England af te r col-
lege. Carey worked for 10 years in DePree
Art Center as she pursued her passion for
writ ing. Her first successful fantasy novel
"Kush ie l ' s Dar t ," published in 2001, m a d e
a splash in the publ ishing world. Other
titles include "Kush ie l ' s Avatar ," " K u s h -
iel 's Chosen , " "Banewrake r : Part O n e of
the Sunder ing ," "Gods layer : Part Two of
the Sunder ing ," and "Kush ie l ' s Sc ion" is
slated to c o m e out in June 2006.
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h a l o - w e a r i n g , n a v e l - g a z i n g c o n s c i e n c e s .
THE THOUGHTS
THAT LIE
UNDER HOPE
Erin L'Hotta EDtTOR-lN-CHIEF
The countdown is officially 50 days T h e c o u n t d o w n is off ic ial ly 50 days. Fif ty days
before 844 of us seniors bust out of Hope . Which
means , the average senior receives the quest ion, " w h a t
are you do ing af te r g radua t ion?" 6.5 l imes a day, 45.5
t imes a week . I ' m bored with this ques t ion. Bored with
the future . W h a t I really wan t is people to recognize ,
hell yeah, I ' m graduat ing in 50 days , then ask, " W h a t
a re you doing, Erin, right here , right n o w ? " Be fo re I
shake B u l t m a n ' s hand, receive m y paper d ip loma, I ask
mysel f , what haven't I done that could make my Hope
College career complete?
Four years ago I wrote a little list of 101 th ings I
hope to do be fo re I die. Yesterday, I found it, fo lded and
refo lded in a shoe box under m y bed. Look ing at this list
made me sad. Out of 101 th ings on m y list, 1 comple ted
nine. On ly nine a m a z i n g l i fe t ime exper iences wi th in m y
four years o f col lege. I have to say, tha t ' s pathetic . I ' m
21 years old. I ' m at m y p r ime in l ife. Yet, I ' v e d o n e only
nine th ings that m y heart has ever really yearned to do;
the rest is all everyday memory , the r is ing and set t ing of
a s tudent , edi tor- in-chief .
In c o m i n g to this realization, I awai t graduat ion with
maddened unders tanding. I k n o w I ' m not the only one
out o f 844 seniors w h o feels this way. You k n o w it too.
W e ' r e the mad w h o kick ourse lves for not taking the
t ime for that tenth a m a z i n g l i fe t ime exper ience . But I
say this in be l iev ing m y H o p e Col lege career is far far
f r o m comple te . I ' m taking these 50 days and do ing it
all. I ' m gonna paint the t own red. D r e a m the b ig d ream.
R u n with the heart of the un tamed. I stare at m y list of
101 th ings , and start the adven tu re . . .
T h e fo l lowing is a representa t ive sample o f a list of
th ings I h o p e to do before M a y 7:
27. G o on a r andom road trip
60. Learn h o w to play gu i t a r . . . success fu l ly
72. Receive a pie in the face
13. O w n wind ch imes
44. Make the incident reports fo r someth ing f u n n y
21. Read a book with a f r iend (separate books , s a m e
title)
58 . U s e a boomerang
9. Rock c l imb Graves Hal l
50. D u m p s t e r d ive
33. Actual ly play f r isbee go l f
86. Bu y m y o w n car
4 . Start a food fight in Phe lps
101. Write a co lumn people actual ly read all the w a y
through
SUFJAN, FROM PAGE 3
re la t ionship with Calvin Col lege, despi te graduat ing
from H o p e Col lege .
O m e e credi ts a " rad ius" c lause in S tevens ' contract
with Calv in Col lege for the lack o f a S tevens ' 2005
fall semes te r visit to Hope. Accord ing to O m e e , the
contract c lause does not a l low for Stevens to per form
within t w o to three m o n t h s of a 50 mi l e radius of the
pe r fo rmance ; Calv in Col lege is 30 mi les f r o m H o p e ' s
C a m p u s .
Even though S tevens p e r f o r m e d at Calvin, he is no
longer an opt ion for Hope to pursue for the 2006 spr ing
semester . S tevens is current ly on tour, though O m e e is
hoping to get h im fo r the fall semes te r of 2006 .
In addi t ion to pursu ing Stevens , O m e e is a lso
looking for a b ig n a m e to fill the DeVos fieldhouse.
BUDGET, FROM PAGE I
energy cost led the S tudent Congress A p -
propr ia t ions C o m m i t t e e to raise the s tudent
act ivi ty fee by S20 to $ 1 2 0 next year. Payne
assured that H o p e ' s s tudent act ivi ty fee " i s
still s ignif icant ly less than other surround-
ing co l l eges . "
A total of 46 s tudent organiza t ions at-
tended a 2006 -2007 budget hear ing on Feb.
25-26 with the Student Congress Appropr i -
at ions Commi t t ee .
T h e annual mee t ing reviewed each stu-
dent organiza t ion ' s proposed budget and
d i s cemed h o w "[ the g r o u p s ' ] answers
abou t m e m b e r s h i p and involvement fit to-
ge ther with finances," Payne said. "You 'd
be surprised h o w of t en g r o u p s ' answers and
their finances d o n ' t add up ."
Af te r the budget hearings, one of the
seven volunteer s tudent appropr ia t ion c o m -
mit tee m e m b e r s mot ions to approve or cut
the budget . T h e budget is approved by ma-
jor i ty vote. T h e budget is then fo rwarded
to the rest of Student Congress for a final
decis ion.
" E v e r y o n e asks for m o r e than they get.
We dec ided to cut based on involvement
and compar i son to the previous yea r ' s bud-
get , " Payne said.
Budgets fo r s tudent organizat ions will be
released "hope fu l ly be fo re spr ing b reak , "
Student Congress said.
O m e e listed Li fehouse and Swi tchfoo t as potential
concer ts , but added that Hope m a y have to stick with
small bands due to budget restraints. However , O m e e
is not rul ing out a b ig -name band m a k i n g a Hope
appearance at the DeVos fieldhouse.
" W e are pursu ing a big s h o w before the end of the
semester ," he said. " W e have a wish list of bands that w e
want to see. However , w e have to cons ider where and
when they are touring, as wel l as our budge t . "
O m e e stressed that s tudent sugges t ions are a m a j o r
fac tor in de te rmin ing w h o to pursue. Students can send
in suggest ions for bands by e -mai l ing concer t s@hope .
edu.
" O u r vis ion is to br ing in the b a n d s that s tudents
l ike," O m e e said.
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The Olympics: a perspective from a student abroad
To the Editor: The Olympics: a time for athletes from around the
world to gather in a celebration of sport. But the Olympics
are about far more than just seeing who will get the gold.
After all, the Olympics are no normal sporting event. After watching the commentators on NBC every two
years, one can become disillusioned with the games.
Being here in Germany has given me a look at the games
from a different perspective. For those who were keeping track, Germany picked up the most medals at this year 's
Olympics. Here, however, the focus is not the medal count
or the touching back stories of athletes. It 's simply sport. In most sports, nearly every athlete made it onto television,
no matter how far back they were seated. As I watched
many an hour of coverage, I realized it: this was the chance
for these athletes not just to do what they do best, but to let people see that a small nation like Estonia can be just an
important as any other country in the world. However, it was the experience of the games in person
that really made me feel the spirit of the games. People
come to the Olympics with a love not just for sport,
but for their nation. I could especially notice this
at speed skating. The Dutch supporters had taken over the stadium, creating a sea of singing and
cheering orange. I stood there with my American
flag, waving it whenever a skater from my home
team came up. The Americans did not do so well in comparison to the Dutch, but somehow I did not
feel isolated in the crowd. Rather, I was at home
with others who felt their national pride swell and
could let that feeling come out in the one place
where each nation has the chance to shine. The motto of the 2006 Winter Olympics was
"Passion Lives Here." Personally, I could not have chosen a better slogan. It is passion that
drives the athletes to compete and passion that
drives the people to cheer them on. But passion
lives everywhere, and with the Olympics, we all
have the chance to share it. Stephanie Beach ( '07)
ADMIT FROM PAGE I
Yelding said in the same letter. The impact that the reviewed plan will have on Hope 's
campus is uncertain at this time. The committee hopes a change in campus climate will
be discussed further as well as an increase in accountabil-
ity in situations regarding diversity. In the end, the devel-
opment for a more coherent and collaborative approach
to both diversity and international education was
called for. "Little things will go a long w^ys. We need to
learn and remember from our mistakes. . . . Being nice in and of itself is not enough," Yelding said
in his presentation of the committee 's review of
the comprehensive plan.
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The message I heard last Wednesday from Dr. Robert
Bullard was moving. My kudos to Student Congress for
inviting a talented speaker on a relevant topic. However, as the event wasn ' t particularly well-attended, I would like to
share some of it here. "There is no black air, or white air or Hispanic air"
Bullard said. "There is air." He was speaking on Environmental Racism and
Environmental Justice. "Haven ' t we beaten the topic of racism to death? And what
does it have to do with the environment anyway?" I 'm sure
you are just as afraid to ask these socially impasse questions as I am. Yet in response, I say that the day we cease to talk
about these topics - which are indefinitely intertwined - is
the day we declare that we are perfect, that we already know
everything about each other. I cannot speak for everyone,
but I am not comfortable making this claim. Environmental Justice is about being good stewards not
just of our own natural resources, but also of the environment in general, regardless of the race or ethnicity of the people
who live there. Statistics reported by Dr. Bullard show that
a garbage dump in the U.S. is much more likely to be located in a black neighborhood than in a white one. Other points of
discussion (and often conflict) included the amounts of air
and water pollution in certain living areas, as well as working
conditions and the likelihood to receive sufficient aid in a
natural disaster (Katrina). And when global warming and ozone depletion catch up with us, who will be affected the
most? Of course - those who cannot afford to buy their way
of its consequences. But what does any of this have to do with Hope
College? The issues discussed above expose a different kind
of racism, one that is harder to see than blunt, individual
events or poorly worded slurs. It is the kind of racism that is
engrained into the structures of acceptable society. It gives
a benefit or advantage to a certain group of people, although you may never notice that anything is amiss until, one day,
you are the one getting the short end of the stick. Of course
we don't go dumping our trash into other people's backyards, just as we do not purposefully send them polluted air or dirty
water. But it happens. The problem, which pertains to Hope
College just as much as anywhere else, is that we are so far removed from the adverse effects of our own lifestyles
(environmental and otherwise), that such problems simply
do not occur to us. To quote Dr. Bouma-Prediger, as John
Davisson did when he introduced Dr. Bullard, "There is no 'away. ' We can never throw anything 'away. ' " Trash, like
all matter, is conserved. The question is, who will get the
desired product, and who the organic refuse left sitting in
the beaker? The action to be taken? Wake up to your own lifestyle.
What and how much do you consume? What do you toss in the garbage? Do you really need that Styrofoam cup? In
the bathroom, do you use one paper towel, or five? What do
you buy, and how often? Visit Shea Tuttle's recommended
responsibleshopper.com. Perhaps Hope were to charge you for your energy use, per kilowatt hour. Would you turn off
the light, take a shorter shower? Do these things anyway. Furthermore, think academics. Environmental Justice
makes its way into every discipline. How does it make its way into yours? Distract your professor for awhile - raise
your hand and ask.
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8 SPORTS MARCH 8, 2 0 0 6
HOPE TEAMS VANQUISH NCAA RIVALS Greg Reznlch STAFF W R I T E R
Hope Col lege is the on ly team
in the confe rence with both m e n ' s
and w o m e n ' s t eams advancing to
the Sweet 16. Th i s ach ievement
has never before happened in Hope
history.
Dest ined to play on the road, the
Dutch wil l face Washington, Mo.
at D e P a u w on Friday at 5 p.m. T h e
Dutchmen will cha l lenge Wit tenberg
at their h o m e court in Spr ingf ie ld ,
O h i o on Fr iday at 8 p.m. Tickets
for both t e a m s will be sold on
Wednesday starting at 10 a.m.
On Saturday, the Du tchmen posted
a perfect 18-0 h o m e record in the
DeVos Fie ldhouse . T h e H o p e m e n ' s
basketbal l team defea ted rival Calvin
to advance in the 2006 N C A A
Divis ion III M e n ' s Basketbal l
Championsh ip .
T h e m o o d was electric in the
s tands dur ing the second round of
the N C A A tournament .
Hope led most of the g a m e
thanks to leading scorers Greg
Immink ( ' 06 ) and Stephen Cramer
( ' 07) , both with 16 points.
At ha l f t ime , the Dutchmen had a
solid lead of nine points . Ear ly in the
second half , Josh Meckes sparked
the Knights with a dunk that pulled
Calv in wi th in t w o points.
Hope answered by bui lding
another good lead, but once again
Calv in pulled wi th in t w o with
less than a minu te left . On a fast-
break steal, Calv in had a chance
to tie the g a m e but w a s cal led for
an o f fens ive foul . I m m i n k drained
two free th rows to m a k e it a t w o
possess ion g a m e for Calv in with
less than 20 seconds left.
H o p e defea ted the Calv in
Knights 70-67 . Ear ly the very
s a m e day, the Dutch defea ted the
Capi ta ls 75-56. Both t e a m s move
on in the confe rence this weekend .
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PHOTO EDFTOR JARED W I L K E N I N G
STEPHEN CRAMER ( '07) ON A BREAK AWAY - Dutchmen dominated the Calvin Knights in front of a sold-out crowd on Saturday to move on In the NCAA.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TENNIS DEFEND THE COURT Nick Hinkle STAFF W R I T E R
T h e Hope M e n ' s Tennis team
has opened their indoor season
with perfect ion.
T h e Du tchmen defea ted A l m a
and Wabash and will face Grand
Valley next Tuesday.
H o p e beat Alma 8-1 by win-
ning five s ingles ma tches and
three doub les match ups.
T h e Dutch defea ted Wabash
in similar fo rm by winn ing five
s ingles and t w o doubles matches .
T h e s e victories were ach ieved
with a t eam l ineup unlike most .
This year H o p e ' s team consis ts o f
seven freshmen mixed with five
seniors and a single junior .
C a m e r o n DeHaan ( ' 0 9 ) o f fe r s
his insight on the t eam ' s unique
make up.
"Wi th seven freshmen and five
seniors in the l ineup it defini tely
makes this season a big learning
exper ience , and I think that our
youth g ives a lot of energy
to the t eam," DeHaan said.
" T h e upperc lassmen have
really s tepped up and shown
some great leadership in
h o w to play tennis at the
col lege level ."
Hope will soon face
Grand Valley on Tuesday,
March 14. A s the season
progresses , the Du tchmen
will m o v e f r o m the indoor
condi t ions to the m o r e chal-
lenging ou tdoor e lements .
"Those first two wins felt re-
ally good, but it a lso s h o w e d a
lot of people the minimal level
w e ' l l have to play at if w e wan t
to con t inue our streak because the
matches wil l be more intense as
the season proceeds , " DeHaan
said.
On the w o m e n ' s side, Hope
has s t ruggled in their first t w o
matches . T h e Dutch lost to top
ranked teams, Wheaton and De-
Pauw, both 8-1. T h e w o m e n ' s
team is still conf ident despi te the
scores.
" W e had a tough schedule at
the beginning last year too ," cap-
tain Annel iese Fox ( ' 06 ) said.
" O u r pr imary focus is on the
M I A A tournament at the end of
the year . "
Unl ike the men , the w o m e n
have a rather smal l team with
only eight players including four
upperc lassmen and four under -
c lassmen. Coach Karen Page,
however , is not concerned by the
numbers .
" T h e small number s are easier
for coaching and hi t t ing," Page
said. " M a n y girls are saying they
are get t ing a lot more t ime to hit
balls this year ."
T h e w o m e n ' s team will be
playing their first h o m e M I A A
match against Adr ian this Satur-
day, March 11 at 1 p .m. Th i s will
be one of the last indoor ma tches
be fo re the team begins their out-
door season.
Approach ing the ou tdoor sea-
son, C o a c h Page insists everyone
will deal with the outdoor ele-
ments ; it is just someth ing they
must pract ice.
"You must deal with the sun;
w ind and co ld , " Page said. " I t ' s
the Mich igan weathfer."
PHOTO EDITOR JARED W I L K E N I N G
GOIN* FOR LOVE — Dutch Tennis capta in Anneliese Fox ( '06 ) serves to her t e a m m a t e In the DeWIt t Tennis Center.
MEN'S LACROSSE STRIVES TO REPEAT SUCCESS
Greg Reznlch STAFF W R I T E R
Antic ipat ing the season ' s first contests ,
the Lacrosse t eams strive to improve their
record in a n e w conference .
O n e of the longest s tanding col legiate
lacrosse programs, the Du tchmen are
prepared to de fend their history of wins in
the Central Col legia te Lacrosse Associa t ion
compet i t ion this season, which is a
confe rence of the United States Lacrosse
Intercollegiate Associa tes .
"Las t season was a valuable exper ience
fo r all of us and has laid a f r amework for
the team this year and has given us a goal
of cont inued improvement in this season , "
Keith Trojn iak ( ' 08 ) said.
Hope ' s Lacrosse t e a m s are known for
their intense sense of communi ty .
" I t w a s the first th ing I really got involved
with here and I am really commi t t ed to it.
We are all about work ing hard and work ing
together as a t eam," Trojn iak said.
T h e men ' s first g a m e is March 11 at
Alma Col lege . This ear ly season g a m e will
help the men get back into compet i t ive
mode .
Team m e m b e r s noted the change in
focus w h e n the season m o v e s to games .
Look ing ahead to the current season,
captain Ryan Jackson ( ' 0 6 ) and others a re
exci ted to have a coaching staff consis t ing
of Hope a lumni .
"With almost all p layers returning this
year, w e look to be a lot s t ronger and more
compet i t ive . We ' r e very excited for this
season, our second with head coach Mike
Schanha ls (^90) and assistant coach Jim
Budde ( 4 89) , " Jackson said.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE RE-SOLIDIFIES FOR SPRING Greg Reznlch STAFF W R I T E R
On the w o m e n ' s s ide, the Du tch enter
another lacrosse season with the mental i ty
to play and have tun doing it.
" W e wan t to be able to work together
as a team and see improvemen t s even if
w e d o n ' t win , " Kayla Kat terheinr ich ( ' 08 )
said.
T h e team has abou t 35 m e m b e r s of
all ages and exper ience levels and is still
d e v e l o p i n g .
indoors at night in the tennis center.
T h e w o m e n ' s first game is M a r c h 14 at
Western Mich igan University. T h e Dutch
also have t w o home games on April 6 and
April 11 of this year. Both t e a m s ' h o m e
games are p layed at Buys Athlet ic Fields.
"We have sweet new u n i f o r m s so
eve ryone should come to our g a m e s and
check them out , " Katterheinrich said. " I t ' s
the little things to look forward to that
make the season . "
T h e team is
coached by the
c lub ' spres iden t
S y d n e y Konny
( ' 0 7 ) and
v i c e - p r e s i d e n t
All ison Pautler
( '08).
T h e women
are ready for
the w a r m
weather to set
in. Currently,
they have to
hold pract ices
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