FEBRUARY 3. 2010 • SINCE 1887 SPERA IN DEO" VOL. 123 NO. 13 HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND. MICHIGAN Students raise funds for Haiti We are ho to get the wnoie campus involved and spread awareness. — BRENDA CUELLAR (•13) Charlotte Park G U E S T W R I T E R The catastrophic earthquake that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12 killing over 170,000 people has left the Western Hemispheres poorest country in a desperate search for hope. In response to this tragedy, various organizations on Hope Colleges campus are making efforts to raise money and join together in prayer for the grieving people of Haiti. Aimed attraining students for cross- cultural ministry, the organization Hope for the Nations has been the main source of fundraising efforts on campus. On Jan. 26 at the Jubilee Midtown Ministries Center, the group hosted "A Day for Haiti," an event stemming from the idea of a local pastor. The idea of the event was for everyone to donate one day's wages to Haiti relief. Hope students and Holland residents gathered together to pray as well as donate money and hygiene items. The event was split up into three stations: item collection, prayer cards and bracelet making. "It was great to see the community come together and pray for such a meaningful cause," said Hope for the Nations leader Ann Baenziger (12). Various organizations such as the American Red Cross and Living Water International were also at the event handing out stickers, flyers and information to peopleabout their sponsorship in Haiti. "It was really cool to talk to people who had direct connections to Haiti and could tell me where their team was at and what they were doing," said Baenziger. "1 even discussed sponsoring a child with Compassion, an international company with a base in Haiti." In addition to "A Day for Haiti," Hope for the Nations members are putting cans in each of the dorms for change collection beginning Thursday, Feb. 4. A bake sale is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, Feb. 9 along with the selling of T- shirts. "We are hoping to get the whole campus involved and spread awareness," said Hope for the Nations leader Brenda Cuellar ('13). Hope for the Nations isn't the only organization on campus taking action. On Friday, Jan. 29, the International Relations Club raised donations for Haiti relief by giving away hot chocolate in front of Graves Hall. International Relations Club President Ayanfe Olonade ('11) said all proceeds will be sent to the American Red Cross. Campus ministries also collected Hope edges first-place Calvin i v Pnoro COURTESY OF HOPE PR HOOT AND HOLLER— The Dew Crew gets rowdy at "the Rivalry" game against Calvin In Devos Fleldhouse on Saturday. Hope defeated first-place Calvin 67-64 in front of a record crowd of 3,665. See full story on page 12. donations from Jan.17-24. Still brainstorming ideas. Student Congress has set up a committee to organize an event for Haiti relief, Kollen Hall rep Alicia Wojcik (13) said. Some ideas mentioned were a snow sculpture contest in the Pine Grove in which students would pay to join teams, and using Kletz dollars towards Haiti relief. As the days and weeks continue to fly by, Hope for the Nations stresses the importance of helping those in Haiti. Students and faculty are encouraged to take advantage of the fundraising efforts on campus and spread hope to a country in such desperate need of it. Screening of 'Seven Passages' encourages discussion Arryn Uhlenbrauck G U E S T W R I T E R Hope's English, religion and psychology departments jointly hosted a panel discussion and screening of the film titled "Seven Passages: The Stories of Gay Christians" on Friday, Jan. 29 at in the DeWitt Theatre. The panel was made up of Jean Bahle, a Hope theatre professor and an actor in the film; Dr. David Myers, a Hope psychology professor; Dr. Steven Hoogerwerf, a relgion professor; and Stephanie Sandberg, a professor of Theatre at Calvin College and the playwright and screenwriter of the film. Sandberg explained the film as an example of a "theater of testimony." Professor Hoogerwerf went further to say "This film helps me listen to voices that are hard to hear." The film included the testimonials of 25 gay Christians. Sandberg originally interviewed 127 gay Christians. She narrowed the number of stories down to 28 for the play that the film was based on and 25 for the film itself. She chose stories from a range of demographics, but wanted all the stories to be represented. She said, "All had to happen in the name of love." Bahle described the piece as "one of the most rewarding experiences in theater 1 have ever had." She also admitted that, as accepting as she is, she had to "unlearn prejudices, not knowing they were there." Myers explained "that the idea of a college" is to "try to discern and give witness to truth." But the "attitude and understandings that we bring to the conversation" affect the outcome. The final testimonial of the film stressed speaking with gay Christians that viewers knew and asking them to "tell their story." Sandberg communicated that the people she interviewed told her "I'm really glad I told you my story." W H A T ' S I N S I D E NATIONAL ARTS VOICES SPORTS 8 11 £ Obama speaks— President focuses on economy in State of Union Address. Page 3 Winter blues- What causes them and how to fight back. Page 6 Got a story Idea? Let us know at [email protected]. or call us at 395-7877.
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F E B R U A R Y 3. 2 0 1 0 • SINCE 1887 SPERA IN D E O "
V O L . 1 2 3
N O . 1 3
H O P E COLLEGE • H O L L A N D . M I C H I G A N
Students raise funds for Haiti
We are ho to get the wnoie campus involved and spread awareness.
— BRENDA CUELLAR
( • 1 3 )
Charlotte Park G U E S T W R I T E R
The catastrophic ear thquake
that rocked Haiti on Jan. 12 killing over 170,000 people has
left the Western H e m i s p h e r e s poorest country in a desperate
search for hope. In response to this tragedy,
var ious organizat ions on H o p e
Colleges c a m p u s are making
e f f o r t s to raise
m o n e y
and join
t o g e t h e r in prayer
for the
g r i e v i n g people of
Haiti.
A i m e d
a t t ra in ing s t u d e n t s
for cross-c u l t u r a l ministry, the organizat ion H o p e for the Nat ions has been the main source of fundrais ing
efforts on campus . O n Jan. 26 at t he Jubilee
Mid town Ministr ies Center, the
group hosted "A Day for Haiti," an event s t emming f rom the
idea of a local pastor. The idea of the event was for
everyone to donate one day's
wages to Haiti relief. Hope s tudents and Holland res idents
gathered together to pray as
well as donate m o n e y and
hygiene items. The event was split up into three stations: item
collection, prayer cards and
bracelet making. "It was great to see the
communi ty come together and pray for such a meaningful
cause," said Hope for the Nat ions leader A n n Baenziger (12) .
Various organizat ions such
as the American Red Cross and
Living Water Internat ional were
also at the event hand ing ou t stickers, flyers and informat ion
to peop leabou t their sponsorship
in Haiti. "It was really cool to talk
to people who had direct
connect ions to Haiti and could tell me where
their t eam was at and what they
were doing," said
Baenziger. "1
even discussed sponsor ing a child
with C o m p a s s i o n ,
an internat ional
company with a
base in Haiti." In addi t ion to
"A Day for Haiti,"
Hope for the
Nat ions member s are put t ing cans in each of the d o r m s for change collection beginning
Thursday, Feb. 4. A bake sale is scheduled
to take place o n Tuesday, Feb.
9 along with t he selling of T-
shirts. "We are hoping to get the
whole c a m p u s involved and
spread awareness," said H o p e for the Nat ions leader Brenda
Cuellar ('13). H o p e for t he Nat ions isn't the
only organizat ion on c a m p u s
taking action. O n Friday, Jan. 29,
the Internat ional Relations Club raised dona t ions for Haiti relief
by giving away hot chocolate in
f ront of Graves Hall. In ternat ional Relations Club
President Ayanfe Olonade ('11)
said all proceeds will be sent to the Amer ican Red Cross.
C a m p u s ministr ies also collected
Hope edges first-place Calvin
i
v
Pnoro COURTESY OF HOPE PR
HOOT A N D H O L L E R — The Dew Crew gets rowdy at " the Rivalry" game against Calvin In Devos Fleldhouse on Saturday. Hope defeated f i rst-place Calvin 67-64 in f ron t of a
record crowd of 3 ,665. See fu l l story on page 12 .
donat ions f rom Jan.17-24. Still b ra ins torming ideas.
Student Congress has set up a commi t t ee to organize an event
for Haiti relief, Kollen Hall rep
Alicia Wojcik (13) said. Some ideas men t ioned were a snow
sculpture contest in the Pine Grove in which s tudents would
pay to join teams, and using Kletz
dollars towards Haiti relief. As the days and weeks
cont inue to fly by, Hope
for the Nat ions stresses the
impor tance of helping those in
Haiti. Students and faculty are encouraged to take advantage
of the fundrais ing efforts o n
c a m p u s and spread hope to a count ry in such desperate need
of it.
Screening of 'Seven Passages' encourages discussion Arryn Uhlenbrauck G U E S T W R I T E R
Hope's English, religion and psychology depa r tmen t s
jointly hosted a panel discussion and screening of the film titled
"Seven Passages: The Stories of Gay Christ ians" on Friday, Jan. 29 at in t he DeWitt Theatre.
The panel was made up of Jean Bahle, a H o p e theatre
professor and an actor in the
film; Dr. David Myers, a Hope
psychology professor; Dr. Steven
Hoogerwerf , a relgion professor; and Stephanie Sandberg, a
professor of Theatre at Calvin College and the playwright
and screenwri ter of the film. Sandberg explained the film
as an example of a "theater of
testimony." Professor Hoogerwerf went
fur ther to say "This film helps
me listen to voices that are hard
to hear." The film included the
test imonials of 25 gay Chris t ians .
Sandberg originally interviewed
127 gay Chris t ians . She nar rowed the number of stories
down to 28 for the play that the film was based on and 25 for
the film itself. She chose stories f rom a range of demographics ,
bu t wanted all the stories to be
represented. She said, "All had to
happen in the n a m e of love." Bahle descr ibed the piece
as "one of the mos t rewarding
experiences in theater 1 have
ever had." She also admit ted
that , as accepting as she is, she had to "unlearn prejudices, not
knowing they were there." Myers explained "that the
idea of a college" is to "try to discern and give witness to
truth." But the "attitude and
unders tandings that we bring to the conversation" affect the
outcome. The final testimonial of the
film stressed speaking with gay Chris t ians that viewers knew
and asking them to "tell their story." Sandberg communica ted
that the people she interviewed
told her "I'm really glad I told
you my story."
W H A T ' S I N S I D E
N A T I O N A L
A R T S
V O I C E S
S P O R T S
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Winter b lues - What causes them and how
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A D D R E S S I N G THE C H A M B E R — President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. The president spoke on
developments on health care reform, r ising college tui t ion costs and the rising national debt.
Amy Alvine S T A F F W R I T E R
"I have never been more hopefu l about America 's fu tu re than I am tonight," said President Barack O b a m a in his State of the Union address to both houses of Congress and the Amer ican people Jan. 27.
In his address to the nat ion. President O b a m a covered three main issue areas: the economy, the heal th insurance reform and government
spending. In regard to the economy,
Obama emphasized that the bank bai lout unif ied the country, because we all hated it. "It was about as popular
as a root canal," said Obama , managing to get a laugh out of
the crowd. The pres ident expressed
that , in order for the Uni ted States to remain the leader of the global economy, there needs to be more product ion , more eff iciency and more incentives. Thus , Obama's goal is to double expor t s over the next five years which would suppor t two million jobs in America . The pres ident also encouraged Amer ican innovat ion—such as a p lanned high-speed rail system—as well as f inancial reform.
The State of the Union address also provided an oppor tun i ty ko address the
problemat ic rise in cost of a t tending college.
O b a m a highlighted this issue and said that , "In the Uni ted States of America, no
. one should go broke, because they chose to go to college."
Obama's response to rising college tui t ion costs is for government to increase the amoun t of aid f rom the Pell Grant as well as to give families a $10,000 tax credi t for four
years of college. In addi t ion, if Obama's
plans are implemented, college graduates will pay 10 percent of their income toward s tuden t loans and, after 20 years, all remaining s tudent - loan debt will be forgiven.
Regarding the health insurance reform, O b a m a said that the new health care plan would protec t every American f rom the worst practices of insurance companies as well as work to reduce the cost and p remiums . The re fo rm would also let the uninsured choose an affordable health care plan in a-compet i t ive market , and, over the next two decades, would br ing down the nat ional deficit by $1 trillion.
Al though Congress is re luctant to pass this r e fo rm bill, O b a m a implored Congress not to walk away f rom reform. "Not now. Not when we are so close. Let us find a way to come together and f inish the job for
job creation and the economy,
the Amer ican people," he said. With this, President O b a m a received a s tanding ovation f rom both the Democra ts and
the Republicans. It is no secret that the
Uni ted States is tri l l ions of dollars in debt . In order to pay for the $1 trillion required for recent spending projects and the s t imulus package, O b a m a proposed a freeze on government spending (except for national security. Medicare , Medicaid and Social Security) in 2011. Obama said that he would make this freeze happen even if it meant using his veto power.
Three-year spending freeze proposed to rein in national deficit Proposal exempts Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and defense spending
. .• . j . . f t m a fm- vf/Mico anH manv arp imsiirp of the oercent. Kelsey Colburn S T A F F W R I T E R
Early this week. President Obama announced a new initiative to slow down spending within the national government , a plan that is to be put into effect next year.
The proposed three-year spending freeze is an at tempt to t r im the growing national deficit, which has reached $1.4
trillion. O b a m a has stated that
this proposal will affect many domest ic programs which the government funds each year such as e d u c a t i o n , nutri t ion and agriculture.
H o w e v e r , many of the p r o g r a m s that make up a large part of the budget would be excused such as Medicare, Social Security and foreign aid as well as security budgets for the Pentagon and the Depar tment of Homeland
Security. Net savings as a result of
This is a g o o d first
step by the President
to begin get t ing our
fiscal house in order.
— SENATOR JOE L I -
EBERMAN, I D - C O N N .
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this plan are estimated at $250
billion. The proposal is receiving
both positive and negative response f rom all sides of the political spec t rum. The speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has aff i rmed that she will suppor t the freeze but only as long as it applies to the Pentagon's defense and w e a p o n s - r e l a t e d programs as well, an opinion
shared by others on Capitol Hill.
S o m e Democra ts also say that the freeze will be detr imental to the economy, impeding the g o v e r n m e n t ' s ability to create jobs and boost the country out
of the current recession. Many Republicans have been
quick to condemn, remarking on what they believe to be the small amount of budget that will actually be affected.
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[This spend ing
f reeze is like a] light
diet a f te r w i n n i n g a
pie ea t ing contes t .
A SPOKESMAN FOR
THE HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER
5 5
A spokesman for House Minori ty leader John Boehner compared the freeze to a "light
diet after winning a pie eating contest."
However , many fiscally conservative D e m o c r a t s have come out in suppor t of the plan, b e l i e v i n g that such
spending decisions over the national budget are necessary due to the large increase in government debt, which some economists believe could undermine the country 's long-term prosperity.
Sen. loe Leiberman, ID-Conn., recently backed the president, saying, "This is a good first step by the president to begin getting our fiscal
house in order." Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
has also come out in suppor t of the freeze, stating that he suppor ts any at tempt to cut optional domest ic spending.
The freeze would have to be suppor ted by Congress,
and many are unsure of the
response. The Senate recently rejected
legislation similar to Obama's a slightly modified plan that would have given domest ic agencies an increase of about 1
percent. However, some believe that
through compromise, Congress will agree on a version of the plan that will decrease the deficit while at the same time
creating jobs.
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Q U O T E S
"My kids are sane." - Michelle O b a m a , U.S. first lady, o n the ach ievement she is mos t p roud of in he r first year at W h i t e
House .
"Let t ing fat t ies r o a m the site is a d i rec t t h r ea t to o u r bus iness model." - Rober t Hintze, f o u n d e r of da t ing site Beaut i fu lPeople .com, which d r o p p e d 5,000 m e m b e r s w h o appeared in p h o t o s to have gained weight over the holidays.
"The speech t on igh t w a s p re t ty m u c h t he s a m e t h ing we hear over a n d over again, asking us for pa t i ence a n d a wil l ing-ness t o sacrif ice, th ings w e are total ly unwil l ing to do as A m e r i c a n s " - J immy Kimmel on Pres ident Obama ' s State of t he Union Ad-
dress .
"I 'm sure it's f u n as a n e t w o r k i n g device for t eenage r s , b u t there 's s o m e t h i n g a bit und ign i -fied a b o u t adu l t s us ing it, par t icu lar ly celebri t ies w h o s e e m to be show-ing-off by ta lk ing to each o t h e r in public." - C o m e d i a n Ricky Gerva is on Twitter.
"It's t i m e for m e to talk a b o u t t he pas t a n d t o c o n f i r m w h a t p e o p l e have suspected." - Mark McGwire , St. Louis Car-dinals ba t t ing coach , admi t t ing that he used s teroids — includ-ing in 1998, t he year he broke the s ingle-season Majo r League Baseball h o m e - r u n record .
"Dolph ins are ' nonhuman persons ' w h o qual i fy for moral s tanding as indi-
viduals ." - T h o m a s Whi te , professor of ethic^ at Loyola M a r y m o u n t Uni-versity in Los Angeles; scient is ts believe that the second most intelligent an imals are so br ight that they should be t rea ted as h u m a n s and no t kep t in p e n s or killed for food .
' i t was wrong for me to ever deny she was my
daughter" .- Former president ial candida te John Edwards af ter admi t t ing to fa ther ing a child du r ing his extra-
mari ta l affair.
^"Ihis is by far t he biggest s tudy ever ca r r i ed o u t a n d shows fairly conc lu -sively tha t t he idea of a G - s p o t is subjective." - T im Spector, of King's Col-lege London , a f te r a s tudy in t he Journal of Sexual Medic ine found tha t t he in ternal female e r o g e n o u s zone may be a myth .
President, GOP engage in lively discussion Obama and Republicans debate divisive issues at annual GOP retreat Eric Anderson C O - N A T I O N A L N E W S E D I T O R
In a m a n n e r of d i scourse usually reserved for pres ident ia l debates , Pres ident Barack O b a m a met with Republ ican m e m b e r s of t he H o u s e of Representa t ives Friday to d iscuss the i r recent d i sag reemen t s .
T h e discuss ion at the annual Republ ican re t rea t in Bal t imore was unexpec ted ly cu t t ing and lively t h r o u g h o u t , as the c rowd and O b a m a main ta ined a v igorous and con f ron ta t i ona l
a tmosphe re . T h e deba te cen te red
on the issues where the p res iden t and Republ ican l awmakers mos t fervent ly
disagree. Specifically, they
touched on the heal th care bill, the s t imulus plan, the defici t and t he general a t t i tude of polar ized pa r t i s ansh ip that has seemingly o v e r w h e l m e d Capi to l Hill.
T h e a r g u m e n t s and defenses m a d e by each side were unsu rp r i s ing . Republ icans chas t i sed O b a m a for not including the i r ideas and sugges t ions du r ing t he fo rma t ion o f t h e heal th ca re bill and s t imulus package. O b a m a c o u n t e r e d that he inc luded the feasible sugges t ions , leaving ou t p roposa l s tha t were s imply unreal is t ic . O b a m a wen t
on to argue tha t many of the l awmakers in the r o o m who had voted against the s t imulus package were also eager t o a t t end the r ibbon cu t t ings of s t imulus sponso red pro jec ts .
Whi l e no consensus was reached , each side took s t eps
care and s t imulus d iscuss ions , each side took t ime to cr i t ic ize how they have been por t rayed .
O b a m a d e n o u n c e d t he Republ ican depic t ion of h im as a radical and the seemingly u n a n i m o u s hosti l i ty t owards
PHOTO COURTESY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A C K N O W L E D G I N G T H E OTHER S I D E O F T H E A I S L E - President Obama holds a copy of "Bet ter S o l u t i o n s , a col lect ion of Republican solu-t ions to American problems, given to him by House minority leader Rep.
John Boehner, R-Ohio.
to a be t te r u n d e r s t a n d i n g of each o t h e r s s t ances on t he
issues. "For him to say 1 have read
your proposals , and they are subs tan t ive p roposa l s—tha t is a huge th ing for Republicans," said Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.
T h e discuss ion con t inued on to the bi t ter pa r t i sansh ip cur ren t ly on display in our nat ion 's capitol . Dur ing heal th
a major i ty of his agenda . "We've got to be carefu l abou t what we say abou t each o ther some t imes , because it boxes us in, in ways that makes it d i f f icul t for us to work toge the r because our cons t i t uen t s s ta r t believing us," O b a m a said. "So jus t a tone of civility instead of s l a sh -and -bu rn would be helpful."
Republ icans made s imilar
po in ts , a rguing tha t they were no t the "Party of No."
"I can look you in t he eye and tell you we have no t been obs t ruct ionis ts ," said Rep. lason Chaf fe tz , R-Utah.
To ampl i fy this po in t . Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio,
t he House minor i ty leader, gave O b a m a a book ent i t led "Better Solutions," which detai ls Republ ican ideas r and so lu t ions that Boehner c la imed were ignored over the pas t year. O b a m a r e sponded by express ing his apprec ia t ion for such a devoted o p p o n e n t .
"I 'm a big believer no t jus t in the value of a loyal opposit ion," said O b a m a , "but in its necessity."
T h e overall tone of the cand id ques t ion -and-answer session seemed to be concil iatory.
Whi l e the initial tone t e n d e d to be a rgumenta t ive , by the end, bo th sides f o u n d c o m m o n g round . An issue like send ing more t roops to Afghan i s tan was ident i f ied as a topic where the W h i t e House and the G O P can agree.
O b a m a and m e m b e r s of t he G O P even wen t so far as t o admi t they f o u n d the re t reat ' s d i scourse enjoyable.
The two sides also agreed tha t cons t i t uen t s were more in teres ted in job creat ion, or as O b a m a put it, "I don' t believe t he Amer ican people want us t o focus on our job security. They want us to focus on the i r
job security."
Federal Reserve chairman confirmed for second term Samuel Tzou S E N I O R S T A F F W R F T E R
Federal Reserve C h a i r m a n Benjamin Bernanke received Senate con f i rma t ion for a sec-ond t e rm in off ice on Jan. 28..
T h e official Senate vote coun t was 70-30. T h e News Tr ibune r epor t ed tha t it was t he closest a vote has ever been in the h i s to ry of r e c o n f i r m i n g a Federal Reserve cha i rman .
Formerly appo in t ed in 2006 d u r i n g Pres ident George W. "Bush's t e r m , Bernanke 's four-year t e rm has been dif f icul t .
O n e of t he main ways that Bernanke and the Fed-eral Reserve impac t the U.S. e c o n o m y is by set t ing specif ic in teres t ra tes for banks . T h e c u r r e n t Federal Reserve rate is .25 accord ing to Bankrates . com. Lower in te res t ra tes al-low banks to loan more m o n e y as well as allow bus inesses and lenders to make increased a m o u n t s of inves tmen t s .
T h e interes t rate is t he rate at which banks and ins t i tu-t ions lend m o n e y to each other . Banks must keep a pe rcen tage of their c u s t o m e r s ' m o n e y on reserve that the bank c a n n o t earn in teres t on. Banks try to
keep the i r l imit close e n o u g h to th i s in teres t value wi thou t
going under . An increase in the ra te
makes it very expensive to b o r r o w and increases sho r t t e rm interes t ra tes . Lowering the rates causes in teres t rates shor t t e r m to dec rease bu t has t he negat ive ef fec ts of infla-t ion .
Whi l e cer ta in pol i t ic ians believe par t of Bernanke 's d isapproval has been due to recen t Republ ican elect ions, Diane Swonk, the chief e cono-mist at Mes i row Financial , told the Wall St reet Journal Jan. 28, before the actual Senate vote that t he main issue s u r r o u n d -ing Bernanke ' s r e a p p o i n t m e n t was whe the r he would be able to improve t he economy.
"The m o r e cr i t ical issue for t he f u t u r e of m o n e t a r y policy," Swonk said, "is that t he Fed ma in ta ins its i ndependence , which is being chal lenged on all sides."
Oppos i t i on to Bernanke went across bo th par ty l ines as 11 Democra t s , 18 Republ icans and o n e i ndependen t voted against Bernanke 's reconf i r -mat ion . T h e Wall Street Jour-nal r epor t ed on Friday tha t
this vote was 16 votes of op-posi t ion m o r e than a Federal Reserve cha i rman has ever re-ceived in U.S. sena te history.
O n e of the main reasons that Bernanke has been un-popu la r is d u e to his lower ing of federa l in te res t ra tes .
Bernanke has d rawn severe cr i t ic i sm f rom cer ta in polit i-cians w h o b lame his policies for causing massive a m o u n t s of inf la t ion. Wi th such a low interes t rate, m a n y poli t i -c ians believe tha t the rate cre-ates a very large, unnecessa ry m o n e y supply. Inf la t ion and large ra tes h u r t investor con-
f idence. Even so, many senators felt
that the decis ion to keep Ber-nanke would help the marke t .
Sen. Rober t M e n e n d e z , D-N.J., was one of t he 70 sena to r s w h o voted to give Bernanke a
second t e rm. "To vote against c o n f i r m a -
tion could unne rve investors and exacerbate economic un-cer ta in ty in the marketplace," M e n e n d e z to ld t he Wall St reet Journal . " (That) is exactly what we do not need at this time."
Bernanke, who was also n a m e d the TIME magaz ine pe r son of the year in 2009, has
re i tera ted that he t ruly believes in his policies. This was one of the reasons that Pres ident O b a m a re -nomina ted h im for a second four-year te rm.
Even with the s u p p o r t in Congress , cer ta in pol i t ic ians are still fervently against Ber-nanke's recent policies and will be looking into l imit ing the Federal Reserve's power in
the fu tu re . Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.,
is o n e of many r e fo rmers in the Senate with b ipar t i san s u p p o r t who is looking to take away the Federal Reserve's power to moni to r banks .
"Bernanke f iddled while our marke t s burned," Shelby said, re fe r r ing to the per iod be tween March and Septem-ber 2008, w h e n Bernanke took on addi t ional p ro jec t s dur ing a bad f inancial year.
"It is the duty of this body to hold accountab le those reg-ulators whose poor oversight of our f inancial ins t i tu t ions and marke t s helped p roduce the greatest economic crisis this coun t ry has exper ienced
in eighty years."
T u t A N C H O R , 5
Eight promising albums to look forward to in 2010 Chris Russ G U E S T W R I T E R
Two notable, music-related
stories of 2009, the dea th of
Michael (ackson and the latest Kanye West outburst , had very
little to do with any actual music
being made. Perhaps 2010 will be a year notable for good music
ra ther than controversy and tragedy. The following are eight
a lbums to look forward to in the
coming year. s
"Broken Bells," an a lbum
combin ing the talents of
Shins f ron tman James Mercer and producer and multi-
instrumental is t Brian Burton,
more commonly known as
Danger Mouse, is scheduled to be released on March 9. Burton's
past projects include work with Gorillaz, The Black Keys and
Beck, and most notably as a member of Gnarls Barkley. The
first promising single off of the a lbum was available for free on
the band's website. Already an international star
with a str ing of hit singles, Drake
plans to release his debut a lbum
somet ime in March. With a pair of top-10 singles in 2009, Drake
made the t ransi t ion f rom an actor
(on the teen d r ama "Degrassi:
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T h e s t o r y of V a m p i r e W e e k -e n d ' s d e b u t a l b u m w a s a n
i n d i e m u s i c f a i r y t a l e . F r o m
out of n o w h e r e , t h e i r f i rs t a l b u m s o l d o v e r 2 7 , 0 0 0 c o p -i e s a n d b r o k e in to t h e t o p
20 p o p a l b u m s in t h e U.S.
a n d t h e U.K., a n i n c r e d i b l e f e a t f o r a b a n d w i t h n o p o p
r a d i o e x p o s u r e o r s i gn i f i c an t
p r o m o t i o n a l s u p p o r t . T h e i r
f o l l o w - u p i m p r o v e s o n t h e f i rs t , s o l i d i f y i n g t h e i r s t y l e of
i n d i e r o c k m e e t s A f r i c a n p o p
at a c o l l e g e leve l , b u t w i t h m o r e d i s t i n c t i o n a n d v a r i e t y
b e t w e e n t h e t r a c k s t h a n t h e i r
d e b u t .
L e s C a m p e s i n e s I — ' R e m a n c e I s B e r i n g '
T h e A l b u m Leaf h a v e e s t a b -
l i s h e d t h e m s e l v e s w i t h a r o -
b u s t c a t a l o g u e of m i n i m a l i s t r o c k m a d e of h u s h e d g u i t a r s
a n d v o c a l s , g e n t l e k e y b o a r d s a n d s l e e p y e l e c t r o n i c a . Th i s
n e w a l b u m s e t t l e s n i c e l y in to t h e t r e n d , p r e s e n t i n g
a n e a s y f low of q u i e t s o n g s
a n d h u m b l e c r e s c e n d o s that
i m p r e s s w i t h o u t i m p o s i n g . M o s t of t h e s e s o n g s a r e t o o
s u b t l e to b e r e m a r k a b l y m e m o r a b l e o n t h e i r own , b u t
w i t h i n t h e a l b u m e a c h p a r t
c o m e s t o g e t h e r to c r e a t e
a w o n d e r f u l l y r e l a x e d a n d
n a t u r a l w o r k .
M e t i e n C i t g
S e w n d t r a c R — ' M g P i n e s a w r L i f e '
A f t e r r e l e a s i n g a n EP a n d
two a l b u m s in h a r d l y m o r e
t h a n a y e a r b a c k in '08, Los C a m p e s i n o s ! s e t t l e d d o w n
a n d s p e n t l o n g e r t h a n e v e r b e f o r e o n this a l b u m . T h e
r e su l t is a n o v e r c a f f e i n a t e d a n d b l u n t l y e m o t i o n a l s l e w of
fas t a n d f e r o c i o u s i n d i e p o p . T h e y s e e m to h a v e d e v e l -
o p e d t oo m a n y f e e l i n g s to m a t c h c h i l d l i k e i n n o c e n c e
of t he i r d e b u t EP, b u t t h e f u n that w a s c o n s p i c u o u s l y
a b s e n t o n " W e A r e Beat i fu l , W e A r e D o o m e d " is b a c k in
ful l f o r c e .
These album reviews are courtesy of WTHS music directors Paul Rice,
Maria Krebs and Aaron Martin.
E v e r s i n c e c o u n t l e s s Bl ink-
182 i m i t a t o r s b e g a n to p o p
w o r l d , t h e p o p - p u n k g e n r e h a s b e e n w o e f u l l y s a t u r a t e d
w i t h y o u n g p u n k y t e e n a g e v o i c e s a b l e to m a k e a l i v ing
b y p l a y i n g to t h e f o r m u l a .
O n e of t h e f e w b a n d s to f o r g e a n i d e n t i t y a n d a c h a r -
a c t e r i s t i c s o u n d ou t of t h e s l e w of s im i l a r b a n d s , M o t i o n
C i t y S o u n d t r a c k s t i ck to w h a t t h e y k n o w o n t h e i r f o u r t h
a l b u m : b y - t h e - b o o k s p o p p u n k , k e y b o a r d s a n d d r y
wit s e t t i n g t h e m a p a r t f r o m t h e p a c k . Fans wil l l o v e " M y D i n o s a u r Life," b u t o t h e r s
m a y b e d i s a p p o i n t e d b y t h e a l b u m ' s l a c k of n e w i d e a s .
The Next Generation") to rap s ta rdom look easy. The album
will be titled "Thank M e Later" and is already set to feature
guest appearances by Iay-Z and
The-Dream. The genre-blending British
group Gorillaz have announced the release of their third album,
"Plastic Beach," the group's
first a lbum since 2005. Rappers Snoop Dogg and Mos Def,
as well as Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground , are set to
collaborate on the record. This
a lbum is also scheduled to be
released this March . Moving forward two months ,
indie rock g roup Arcade Fire
^ave their latest a lbum slated for a May release. The still
unti t led a lbum will be the third for the unusually large
(seven-member) band, whose
past accompl i shments include
per forming at the Lollapalooza music festival and receiving
three G r a m m y nominat ions .
Weird and unsett l ing music is not only accepted, it is of ten
in the n o r m for the m o d e r n pop
music fan. This may be why the Fleet Foxes' 2008 self-titled debut
felt so refreshing. Their music
br ings Amer icana up to date
with classic sounding results. The g roup plans on releasing a
new, full-length a lbum in the
second half of 2010.
M G M T have comple ted and
are prepar ing to release their optimistically titled second
album, "Congratulations." Known as modern purveyors
of re t ro-sounding psychedelic jams, the group part icipated
in o n e of the most interesting legal disputes of the past year.
French President Nicolas
Sarkozy used their single "Kids" to help p romote his presidential
campaign wi thout permission. This did not go over well with
the band, which pursued legal
action against the politician. Ed O'Brien, the guitarist
for the band Radiohead, has
repor ted that Radiohead is current ly recording what will
eventually become their eighth
a lbum. Noted for their evolving style, it will no doub t be
intr iguing to hear how the g roup
follows up their 2007 effort, "In
Rainbows." Known as the d u o behind
o n e of the mos t unavoidable and catchy songs of the decade,
Outkas t have recently stated
that depending o n the success of each member ' s solo efforts,
they might release a new record
in 2010. Although this is no sure
thing, the prospect of hear ing
another song as popular as "Hey Ya" is certain to meet with
A Grand Night for Singing Hope Church on i l t h Street. 7:30 p.m.
Students admit ted free
I N B R I E F
YEAR OF THE TIGER FOCUS OF ARTS EXHIBIT
The Holland Area Arts Coun-
cil along with the Cambodian ,
Laotian and Vietnamese com-munit ies of Holland are host ing
an exhibit that is now open un-til April 26. O n display will be
ar twork, cos tumes, music and
dances. The goal of the exh ib i -tion is to encourage the commu-
nity to expand its artistic knowl-
edge of diverse cultures. The first Friday of each m o n t h will
consist of workshop activities at
the Holland Area Arts Council . Admission is free to the public.
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F E B R U A R Y 3 , 2 0 1 0
The Winter Blues What Causes Them
& How to Fight Back Alyssa Barigian Gues t W r i t e r
It's February in Holland. Everyone knows that with this cold, dark month comes snow, wind and sometimes even the "winter blues." Depression is a common word that floats around Michigan during the winter months. Yet, is it something more than just a feeling?
According to an article on emedicine-health.com, the "winter blues" is associ-ated with a type of disorder known as Sea-sonal Affective Disorder. SAD can also be characterized as depression.
Symptoms of depression include a decrease in energy, nutritional problems, feelings of worthlessness, persistent sad feelings or even suicidal thoughts. When any of these symp-toms continue for an extended period of time, action needs to be taken in order to stop the pessimistic feelings and to look on the bright side waiting up ahead.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is usually present in individuals during the fall and winter months. Although it is known to be common in the lives of women, i t may affect men as well.
SAD is thought to be caused by chemical changes in the brain due to a lack of sunshine, which provides Vitamin D, a crucial preventative factor in human health. Living in Michigan, SAD is more prominent because of the cloudy, winter weather that lasts for several months.
Not only can SAD be caused by chemical changes in the brain, but i t can also be caused by patterns in family backgrounds. SAD can happen to anyone, but everyone has the power to fight against i t .
FEBRUARY 3 . 2 0 1 0 FEATURES T H E A N C H O R 7
If experiencing any form of depression, there are a number of treatments that can be followed to decrease the feeling.
- Seek out the help of friends and spend quality time with them. Don't hole up in your dorm room - socialize, laugh, and SMILE. Smiling alone can make you feel bet-
ter.
- Exercise. Doing this wi l l help your body feel more energized and healthy. Too cold for you to walk to the Dow? YouTube some exercise videos and start a work-out party
in the lobby of your dorm.
~ Eat healthy and be sure to get some sunshine. Cloudy day? Check out sunlight ther-apy lamps. You can buy one for your desk from eBay for only $30.
- Taking time to relax. School is crazy; we know. But don't allow the stress of it to get your muscles too tense and your head in a jumble. Take some time to veg out with reading a book (for pleasure!) or watching a movie.
At Hope College, the counseling center is always available to help any student get through difficult emotional periods. In addition, students can schedule a meet-ing with any of the chaplains at campus ministries and chat over a cup of tea or cof-
fee!
In the midst of all these dark February days, there is still a glimmer of hope for a sunny tomorrow. Don't get SAD - remember that Spring is just around the cor-
ner!
Graphics by Emily Dammer
8 T I N A N Q lOR VOICES FEBRUARY 3 . 2 0 1 0
Musings on mutual misunderstandings
Karen Pat terson Co-Editor-in-Chief
That elusive virtue
I have discovered something in my two and a half years here at Hope Col-lege: each year of college can be summed up and characterized by a handful of virtues. This may sound silly, but I invite everybody who has gone through at least one semester of college to take a second
glance. Freshman year everything is new,
fresh and perhaps a little scary. For stu-dents who come to Hope not knowing anyone, there's the fear that maybe this isn't the right place, that nobody will like them and that they won't make any friends. Stepping out and moving away f rom home, even if it's only 10 minutes, takes courage, faith and even a little per-
severance. Sophomore year comes with its own
set of challenges: now that you've done the "freshman thing" and are suppos-edly wiser, more is expected. Responsi-bility (since classes are more difficult), friendliness (since you're most likely in a new dorm) and ambition (because this is when people start to get after you about
your "life plan") are all key. - -Whi^e-I-eannet-speak-to-what senior year requires, 1 can say with assurance that for me, junior year has been char-acterized by patience. Those who have spoken to me for more than five minutes know that 1 am not a particularly patient person. I enjoy knowing what things are going to happen, when they will occur, etc., etc. I don't even particularly like waiting for little things like food cooking or laundry being washed.
However, this year, more than any other year in my life, I've had to wait; being in a constant state of waiting has forced me to turn to God in new ways. 1 am not trying to sound preachy, but I can honestly say that continuously remind-ing myself that God has a plan, as well as praying about it when I start to stress (which is often), has helped.
However, this does not mean that I have sat on my butt and done nothing all year I have a little quote calendar on my computer, and yesterday's quote was, "Patience is waiting. Not passively wait-ing — that is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say that the going is hard and slow for many of us right now.
For some, we've settled into a routine, and maybe we're stuck in the rut of that routine. For others, it may be that the passing of David and Emma still con-sumes our thoughts, making focusing on classes and other responsibilities dif-ficult. It might even just be that feeling of loneliness that can sometimes accom-pany the gray days of winter, no matter how busy one's social and academic cal-
endar is. Whatever the case, I encourage each
of you to push through with patience and hard work. Trusting God to move is all well and good, but we have to do our part as well. Don't send off sloppy appli-
-cations to summer jobs and internships and be surprised when you're rejected. Instead take the time to make them the best they can be. Likewise, your home-work isn't going to do itself, and those As won't show up on KnowHopePlus in May without a little effort.
I'm not guaranteeing that a combina-tion of prayer, patience and hard work will make your life perfect, but at the very least, you'll be able to say that you have patience and have conquered the long periods of waiting.* That, in and of
itself, may be reward enough.
Karen is still waiting (somewhat im-patiently) to hear back about the ASME summer internship. It's been over two months ... what's a few more days at this
point?
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Bryant Russ Columnist
The wound Recently 1 did something that I've
been a little uneasy about for a long time. I discovered several questions that had been hiding under the floorboards and decided to bring them to God.
I know that God is all-powerful and all-loving, but what about those who are oppressed in sex trafficking? What about those who are hungry? What about those who are wrongfully imprisoned in countries that lack justice? What about when friends commit suicide? What about those who are born with physical disabilities? What about those who have lost a parent, a spouse or a child? What about earthquakes? What about all the hurt? What about friends who die in a
plane crash? Sometimes I can't tell if there are a
thousand little questions living in my heart or just one big one — one intense overarching question that acts more like a wound than an unanswered problem.
What are we supposed to do when we find this wound that can't be taken care of with a nice Bible verse Band-Aid? And even worse, what do we do when we find that we are the ones who
are wounded? Should we simply hold on and pray
that the end — the grand finale of Christ's return — provides an answer that is bigger than our grand question, a beautiful restoration that turns our dif-
ficulties into peas? Should we explain away and justify
and undermine all the damage that's been done, calling it part of God's plan?
Do we just move on with floating ques-tion marks flying around our hearts, or do we smile and pretend God has an-swered all our questions?
Honestly, I have no idea. Besides in-dulging in a good cry, I don't have much of a plan. All I know is this: our king is a
healer, and we have hope. Our comfort is not in the ideas of
a philosophy, or even the doctrines of a religion. Rather, it is in the healing touch of an actual being. Our hope is in a God who became a man to inherit the wound and set the date of its de-struction. We aren't waiting for all the answers; we're waiting for the answer giver, the one who is called wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting fa-
ther, prince of peace. Revelation 21:3-4 says, "Now the
dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed
away." Though the wound is very real, we
have a living, breathing Hope. We have a healer who is^live.
Bryant loves jammin' to Lecrae when he drives to Holland Christian in the
mornings.
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A piano for Emma and David I've been writing about the piano
a lot lately. I'm writing a collection of stories about a piano teacher for my fiction class, so I've been thinking about music theory and composers. I t ry to wriggle my writing self into the body of my pianist self so that I can write how it feels to play the piano. I imagine myself as a middle schooler, unwilling to practice and rolling my eyes at my ancient piano teacher. I re-envision my years in the practice room at Hope, cracking the window so I don't overheat and running the same stretch of measures over and over for an hour.
But on days like three Sundays ago, when 1 check my e-mail, suddenly, pianos do not mean lessons. I am not thinking about scales and arpeggios. I can't remember the "Moonlight Sonata." I don't recall Mozart 's birthday. I don't think of the day my piano teacher didn't wake up, the day after she went polka dancing, the day my neighbor called us because the teacher's door was locked and she didn't answer
her doorbell. O n days like three Sundays ago,
I go to the evening hymnsing at my
church and I sit between my friends, who have now each lost a friend, and I think that nothing in the world can console us. Except then the man who has been playing the piano turns on an old recording of Psalm 23 and says it's f rom his wife's funeral 10 years ago, and I start to cry. At that moment , nothing can
console us but the piano and the choir and the words of the psalmist, which we believe are the Word of the Lord.
And at the Gathering that night, I am grateful that they've wheeled the beautiful black grand onto the stage. Its t imbre is warmer; its presence is fuller, more majestic. It is a sort of comfort to me, and I think that it holds the community together better than the leggy keyboard of most Sunday nights. The grand piano is more solemn, I think, more reverent. Occasions like these deserve a grand piano. David and Emma deserve grand pianos.
Grace has been listening to
Vivaldi's Summer all week. Maybe she'll write her next story about the
violin.
From the inside out Annelise Belmonte
Arts Editor
Hope diamond I'm not sure if you are familiar with the
movie "Steel Magnolias," but there's a scene where one of the characters dies. Once I ac-cidentally flipped the movie on television and the death scene was on. I spontaneously bursted into tears. But I had to watch un-til the end, because there was a happy end-ing. While everyone would still mourn the death and celebrate the life of the charac-ter, life went on. Someone had a baby. The character's son was having fun at an Easter
celebration. With all of this taking place on Easter, it
was perfect to me because that's the day Je-sus rose again, right? Even though that char-acter wouldn't rise again, her friends would. So would her family. And of course nothing would ever be the same, because nothing ever is after a life-changing event.
After the plane crash a few Sundays ago 1 found myself talking a lot to my mother, who's a nurse. She's seen a lot of death, and she kept reassuring me that every death, like every birth, is different. And when the soul left the body, you could tell. They didn't look scared. They looked peaceful. Vxzt's how she could tell that what mattered most was what was on the other side.
And even with these words of wisdom, I couldn't help but cry. W h e n my editor tossed me last week's issue with Emma and David's picture on the front, 1 gasped. It had physi-cally felt like someone had taken my insides
and squeezed them really hard. I quickly apologized to my math group, who gave me a concerned look as I slid it under my math book. Just when I thought my heart couldn't break anymore, it opened up again.
I know I'll always cry about or during cer-tain experiences, just like I always cry dur-ing "Titanic" when the people below deck accept their death. And even though the song "My Heart Will Go On" is playing on in the background, that doesn't make it feel any less like it's breaking, that doesn't make my tear ducts dry up or my inside feel un-clenched. I guess the only thing that really helps is knowing that eventually we'll catch up with those we've lost. Rose saw all of her fr iends in the Titanic ballroom at the end. But she had to let go of the Hope diamond.
And the irony of it all: it was the Hope Diamond. We've lost some wonderful and precious people, and while we can share and love each other, we'll never let go. Maybe this means we'll be closer together while we're still on this plane or something, until we see them again. We might still cry. We still might hurt . But eventually all of it will lead to a smile, right?
Annelise agrees with Abraham Lincoln.: "In the end i f s not the years in your life that
count. It's the life in your years?
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I just want to say thank you to God for creating such a beautiful soul, the t rue angel
like Emma. 1 also thank Biagioni family for letting me and my family share our lives with them
all. My heart aches and longs with Biagioni family, her Japanese host family (Yamano
family), and her closest fr iends to see Emma again,but at the same time, I firmly believe that we will have a joyous celebration for our reunion in heaven someday.
Every t ime when 1 close my eyes, I can hear Emma giggling and her kind voice say-ing. "1 love you" in English, in Japanese, sometimes just through her smiles.
1 simply smile back and tell her that 1 love her too. No need for any more words. Emma is still blessing so many lives through her faith; faith that will never grow old or fade out because every step she has walked with Jesus will always be a living testimony
to eternity. "Yes" to Jesus has led Emma to the everlasting, amazing journey with Christ. W h e n 1 wake up tomorrow morning, I know I will choose to say "yes" to Jesus once
again just as Emma would have done. May you also find peace in God's promises and in His faithfulness. May God be your
healer as you go through confusions, pain, and agony. May he reveal himself to you and draw you closer to him through all of this. Above
all, may glory and praises be to God for saving Emma and loving her so much.
With love and prayers, Yui Faith Hamada
A birthday card from Emma to Meghan Fore. Feb 25, 2009
To my Megs -
Happy birthday to you today, love! How sad that neither of us were able to be around for each other's birthdays this past year. We'll have to make up
for it next year! Well Meg, you are like another sister to me, heck, what am 1 saying,
through Christ you are my sister! Amen to that! You mean soo much to me. Our friendship has proved to be so strong. Living in different countries did not hur t us, it actually brought us closer I think. I will forever remember that moment when 1 ran into my room and got to give you a hug after months of ^ being apart. What a beautiful and joyful moment .
I love you Megs. I look forward to experiencing life with you in the years to come. Wherever God takes us in our lives, you will always be a part of my life as a friend, but firstly as my sister. Keep loving and serving God. You J are beautiful, humble and intelligent. I'm blessed because you are in my life.
Enjoy your special day, love.
See you in a few weeks! <3 Emma B.
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F E B R U A R Y 3 , 2 0 1 0 SPORTS T u t A N C H O R 1 1
Men's swim and dive team triumph over Calvin
closest
James Nichols W E B M A S T E R
The words Calvin and rival
are synonymous at H o p e College. It goes wi thout saying
that if a spor ts team f rom Hope is playing a spor ts t eam
f rom Calvin College, then it is impor tan t . Whi le Calvin's men's swimming and diving team has
not traditionally been strong, the
Flying Du tchmen did not take
Saturday s meet lightly. "In the past, we have given up
some points that we shouldn't
have," said Capta in Mat t Ray ('10). "This will not happen this
year. W e don't plan on taking it
easy on them at all. After all, it is
Calvin. We're going to bea t them,
so we might as well win big." Ray, along with Tommy
Knecht ('12), switched to diving earlier in the season. Solely
a campaign to score as many points as possible, having Ray
and Knecht dive opens up more
roster spo ts and allows for a
higher point total. A diver only takes up one-
third of a spot o n a roster that is capped at 18. With little diving
depth across the MIAA, a last
: and second-to-last finish for Ray and Knecht would still result in A team won, B t eam finished
points for the team. "Tommy and 1 need to know
six dives in order to compete," Ray
said. "If we can simply complete all six, then 3ve automatically
I .scare points." ^ - J Ray Gaskell ('13), the o n e
competit ive diver on the team,
fo rms the last third. This makes
three divers for the price of one
"The MIAA
meet is going
one of the championships
history," Ray "Therefore, we finding every to score a few more
points." Before the MIAA
league meet ( the Flying Dutchmen had to deal
with Calvin, which they
easily disposed of 176-109 Saturday a f te rnoon .
"The m e n were very
good today," said Coach John Patnott , founder
and coach of the men's and women's swimming
and diving teams since
1978. Consider ing the
results, very good may be an unders ta tement . The Flying
Du tchmen finished first in every single event. All 16 men's events
were won by a H o p e swimmer or
diver. The first event of the
af ternoon, the 400-yard medley
relay, no t only had a H o p e t eam in first, bu t also in second and
third in alphabetical order. The
PHOTO BY COLTON W R I G H T
U N D E F E A T E D — The men's sw im team f in ished their dual-meet sea-
son w i th a per fect record In the MIAA.
swimmer.
second and C team third, 3.65
seconds ahead of Calvin's A
team. Captain Phil Heyboer ('10)
had the largest margin of victory i i n ^ a n y event by winning the
200 yard breasts t roke by 9.34 seconds with a t ime of 2 minutes
11.43 seconds. Freshman Ray Gaskell
dominated bo th the one meter
and three meter diving events,
winning by a combined score of
76.7. The final event of the evening,
the 400-yard freestyle relay, was won by the H o p e College A team
of Nicholas Stone ('10), Cody
Tozer ('10), Ryan Nelis ('10) and Aaron Welsch ('10) with a t ime
of 3 minutes 14.34 seconds, six
seconds faster than that of the
Calvin A team. Wi th the MIAA league
meet a week and a half away, it would make sense for the Flying
Du tchmen to bear down and
practice hard; Patnott has other
ideas.
practices and mee t s almost
every weekend since the end of October , the Flying Du tchmen
are tired. W h a t most people
walk in a day, they swim. Starting Feb. 11 and runn ing
until Feb. 13, this year's MIAA
league mee t is at Calvin College. Patnott has high hopes for. the
men's swimming and diving
team, especially for the distance events (one mile), backstroke
and butterfly. "We should be able to win
or at least place well in these
events," Patnot t said. He also expects the men's and
women's swimming t eams to put
"Practices are going to be a lot together at le^sf fivfe ^blirf fe la^ '
lighter," Patnott said. "They have teams. to recover and rest their fatigued "They may not win, but they muscles." will certainly be in t he hunt for
After mon ths of daily it," Patnot t said.
Flying Dutch fall to Knights in swimming rivalry Chris O'Brien A S S I S T A N T S P O R T S E D I T O R
While people were filing
into the DeVos Fieldhouse
for the men's basketball game
against Calvin College, an equally impor tan t g rudge
match was taking place in the Dow Center pool. The Flying
Dutch swimming team, at 5-0 in
conference and 5-1 overall, was
challenging the Calvin team, which was also 5-0 in conference
and 6-2 overall. Though the MIAA champion
is de te rmined by the ou tcome
of the M I A A Championships ,
which will take place o n Feb 11-13 in Calvin's pool, bragging
r ights were still on the line as these two t eams took to the
pool o n Saturday. The meet , the final dual -meet of the season,
would de te rmine which t eam would head into the conference
championship with a perfect
MIAA record. In the end, the Knights f rom
Calvin defeated the Flying
Dutch, 176.5-123.5. Despite
the outcome, head coach lohn Patnott was impressed with t he
team's effort . "We swam really well on
Saturday," Patnot t said. "The 100 breasts t roke and backstroke
were a little weaker than we were
hoping, but if anything they were over- trained so that was a
coaching error." Several H o p e w o m e n had first
place finishes in the mee t against Calvin. Sarah Sohn ('12) won the
1,000-yard freestyle in 10:40.99
and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:15.42, her best pe r fo rmance
of this season. Libby West ra te ('13) also w o n two events o n
Saturday, the 50-yard freestyle
and the 100-yard freestyle. In addition, th ree more H o p e
w o m e n won one event each:
Katie Schewe ('10) in the 200-yard backstroke, Kate Will iams
('10) in the 100-yard butterfly, and Ashley Jasperse (11) in the
200-yard butterfly. "The t imes were good — about
where we've been — but this is a hard t ime of the year," Patnot t
said. "We need to step up. We've cut way back. N o more 5:45 a.m.
practices. Now we're focusing
o n our races." Though the women's swim
team was no t able to mainta in its perfect conference record,
Patnot t is still happy with how
the t eam is doing. "I'm really pleased with h o w
the season has gone," Patnot t
said. "There are a couple of girls swimming really well: Sarh Sohn
in the distance events and Libby
West ra te has done very well as a
freshman." In the history of MIAA
women's swimming, Hope has been by far the most dominan t
team. Since the sport 's inception
in 1977, the Flying Dutch have won 19 of 30 titles. Calvin is
second with seven. However, in the 2000s, Calvin has been
the dominan t team, winning six of nine. Calvin has won the
previous five conference titles.
with Hope's last championsh ip
coming in 2004. H o p e looks to s top Calvin's
cur rent dynasty in the Knights '
own pool, by ending their MIAA
Conference winning streak at five. The Flying Dutch will look
to s tar t out the new decade with a MIAA Conference title and
hope to build a dominan t decade
such as the 1980s, when the
Flying Dutch won all ten titles.
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I N B R I E F
TRACK TEAMS BEGIN INDOOR SEASON
Though there is still snow on the ground and the t empera ture
rarely climbs above freezing, the men's and women's track t eams
have become the first spring spor t t eams to begin compet i -
t ion with the indoor por t ion of
their season. Both t eams trav-eled to Grand Valley State Uni-
versity on Friday to compe te in
the Grand Valley State Univer-sity O p e n . There was no official
scoring kept for the meet , t hough
several Hope athletes tu rned in high-placing per formances . For
the men's team, Jeff Minkus ('10) won the triple jump, Elliott Bar-
ney ('12) finished second in the
600 meter run and John Donker -sloot ('11) tied for third in the
high jump. O n the women's side,
Michelle Irvin ('12) c ame in
third in the long jump. The in-door season will cont inue with
another meet at Grand Valley on
omoD^d
BOWSER HONORED BY MIAA
Will Bowser has been rec-ognized by the MIAA as one of
the players of the week for men ' s
basketball. Bowser put up impres-sive performances in the games
against Trine and Calvin, scoring 17 and 20 points and grabbing 19
and 10 rebounds, respectively.
This is the second lime Bowser has been named player of the
week this season.
NCSA RANKS HOPE 44TH OUT OF D-lll SCHOOLS
The National Collegiate
Scouting Associat ion N C A A Division III power rankings have
ranked H o p e 44th out of all 449 Division III schools. The NCSA
is designed to help match high
school s tudent athletes with col-legiate programs based on an
insti tut ions academic strength, athletic program and gradua-tion rate. The power rankings are an average of the school's
U.S. Sports Academy "Direc-tor's Cup" rankings, the school's
N C A A s tudent athlete gradu-
ation rate and the U.S. News & World Report ranking. In these, H o p e is ranked 37th in the Di-
rector 's Cup standings, 148th
ou t of N C A A schools and 88th among national liberal ar ts col-
leges by U.S. News & World Re-
por t . In addit ion to being ranked 44th in Division III, Hope is also
ranked 76th out of all N C A A schools, which includes 1,073
Basketball teams defeat Calvin at home Women's MIAA record remains perfect this season Dutchmen hand Knights first loss Kaci Kust S T A F F W R I T E R
It was a big week for the Hope College women's basketball team. The Flying Dutch became the sixth team in NCAA Division III history to win at least 60 games
for a women's game. In addition, the team moved
up to #4 in the national rankings, according to the USA Today/ £S7W coaches' poll.
The Hope-Calvin game was
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DRIVE— Erlka Bruinsma ('11) er dur ing the game on Jan. 19. teammates, was key to topping
in a row at home. Their win on Jan. 21 over Adrian was recorded as their 60th consecutive home
court win. The team also defeated rival
Calvin College in an impressive 73-58 win on Jan. 19, gaining sole possession of first place in the MIAA. The attendance at that game was 3,177 fans, which broke a DeVos Fieldhouse record
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maneuvers around a Calvin College play-Brulnsma's strong playing, along with her Calvin 73-58.
exciting for home fans, as Hope had a big lead on their rivals for most of the game. The Flying Dutch were relentless in their defense, which forced Calvin to commit 18 turnovers in the first 20 minutes of play.
Another key to Hope's success was their depth, which had a considerable effect on the game. Hope's bench outscored Calvin's
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31-10. Erika Bruinsma ('11) led
all scorers with 12 points, while Philana Greene ('10) and Jenny Cowen ('10) added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
In the 60th straight home win, against Adrian, Hope took control f rom the start. Within the first seven minutes, the Flying Dutch had already built a 21-0 lead. Both Courtney Kust ('13) and Bruinsma shot 5-of-7 f rom the floor.
Kust led all scorers with 13, and Bruinsma added 11. Again, their defense was formidable, forcing Adrian to commit 27 turnovers.
The Dutch won these stunning victories without their All-American 6'3" center Carrie Snikkers ('11). Snikkers was sidelined with a foot injury and hadn't played in a game since Dec. 19 until the home matchup against Trine last Wednesday.
According to Bruinsma, the team has improved by being forced to play without Snikkers. So they will be an even better team than before when they get her back.
"I think that some good things can come out of bad ones, and in this case, the team has
stepped up big time," Bruinsma said.
"We are all really excited for Carrie to come back, whenever that is, but playing without her has made a lot of people realize that we all have to take it upon ourselves to play as hard as we can every game.
"A lot of times we would just assume that Carrie would get a rebound or make a basket, but without her, players have become better rebounders and developed a more well-rounded game altogether."
Since Snikkers' return, the Flying Dutch have continued to dominate. On Wednesday, the women defeated Trine, 56-30. They followed this win with another victory on Saturday, as they defeated Olivet 71-44.
The women will look to maintain their spotless conference record tonight as the travel to Calvin in a rematch against the.Knights.
Jake Bajema S T A F F W R I T E R
It's a game that is circled every year by both teams, their fans and basketball fans everywhere. With bragging rights, conference championships and national tournament berths on the line, every player, coach and fan brings their best.
This year's game at DeVos Fieldhouse was no different as the visiting Calvin College Knights brought their 7-0 conference record into the game and looked to create more breathing room in the conference standings. The Hope College Flying Dutchmen, at 5-2, were looking to gain some ground on the first-place Knights.
The game was a see-saw battle, as the game was tied 10 times. The largest lead of the game was seven by Hope with three minutes left in the first half. Calvin t r immed that down to two points after going on a run to end the half with the scoreboard reading 33-31. Hope's game plan was to limit Calvin on their 3-pointers, which have haunted the Dutchmen in the previous
meetings. "Our biggest strategy was to
not let them hit threes, especially (Matt) Veltema; he can spot up f rom anywhere," said David Krombeen ('12), who finished
night's game against Trine due to an ankle sprain, followed Bowser with seven points to help the Hope first half attack.
The second half proved to be no different. The record crowd of 3,665 was not disappointed as it turned out to be another thriller in the 175-game series. Neither were the Dutchmen disappointed in their fans.
"The crowd has been great all year, and it was great to have that many people on our side," said Krombeen. "It's great to feed off their energy throughout the game."
With 2:33 left, Calvin took a 3-point lead after a couple of free throws f rom Matt Veltema. Peter Bunn ('11) answered the
bell with a 3-pointer with 1:46 remaining. Bunn finished with
14. After a missed jumper by
Tom Snikkers of Calvin, Hope looked to take the lead. Nelis missed a jumper, but Bowser tipped in two of his game-high 20 points off the miss, and Hope took a 63-61 lead with just under a minute to play.
The Dutchmen hit their free throws down the stretch and came out with a 67-64 victory to pull within one game of the Knights in the MIAA standings. The clutch free throws by Andy Venema ('11) and Bunn proved to be the key stat in the box
PHOTO COURTESY OF HOPE P R
FOCUS— Senior captain Chris Nells puts up a shot In Satur-day's game against Calvin.
the game with a team high four assists. "Our mentality was, 'you are never too close.'"
Ironically, Hope's first half attack relied heavily on the 3-pointer as the team combined for five 3-pointers. Hitting two of those was Will Bowser ('11), who led the Dutchmen with 14 at the break. Chris Nelis ('10), who missed out on Wednesday
score as Hope finished a perfect 7-7 f rom the stripe. Calvin, on the other hand, got to the line 25 times but succeeded in only 14 of the attempts.
There are no official meetings between Hope and Calvin on the calendar, but a future meeting during the MIAA tournament , which will take place f rom Feb 24-27, is a possibility.
