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Partners in Promise brings com-muni ty kids t o Hope. Spotlight, page 7.
Flattop and his Burberry coat open up t o reveal the latest arts events. Intermission, page 6.
Hope stu-dents lives in local monas-tery. Religion, page 8,
Miz W i z spills science secrets. Campusbeat, page 2.
in Hope's frosh class has male-female rat io imbal-ance. In Focus, pageS.
Choirs combine for Gospel Fest '97 STACY B O G A R D c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r
Despite three last-minute cancel-lations of acts for this year 's Gos-pel Fes t , e v e n t p l a n n e r s were pleased with the annual concert 's turnout.
Approximately 250 students and communi ty members enjoyed an evening of song and praise per-formed by Gospel Music Workshop Choir- Muskegon Westshore Chap-ter, Voices of Western Michigan University and Hope College Gos-pel Choir.
Two of the choirs cancelled last Wednesday, Calvin College Gospel Choir due to their Siblings Week-end and The Voices of Grand Val-ley State Universi ty had trouble
gett ing their choir members to-ge ther . O l ive t C o l l e g e Gospe l Choir never arrived and has not of-fered an explanation.
But the cancel la t ions did not daunt the spirit of the event.
"I was very pleased, particularly because I had a lot of fun," said Darnisha Taylor, Director of the Hope College Gospel Choir. The audience was well involved from the beginning when three di-rectors f rom the Gospe l Music Workshop Choir led a medley of w e l l - k n o w n h y m n s , i n c l u d i n g "This is the Day", " 0 Come Let Us Adore Him" and "We Exalt Thee." Audience member s fe l t f ree to stand up and sing-along and were encouraged to think about the many
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Anchor photo by Zach Johnson V V H E R E Y A G O I N 9 ? : Marc WhUford ('97) drives past a Calvin defender as Hope cruises to a 81-71 victory and their third straight MIAA league championship. See story and photo spread on page 11.
Anchor photo by Katy Wing
SING YO UR P RAIS E: Two area choirs joined the Hope Gospel Choir in a mass performance at Gospel Fest '97.
Oliver Twist ^ Yesterday's faculty resolution
voices dissent and sparks controversy over pending Oliver North visit. The issue will be discussed in tonight's Student Congress meeting.
S T A C Y B O G A R D c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r
Faculty members who attended their monthly meet-ing yesterday found a surprising addition to the agenda.
A resolution regarding the appropriateness of Oliver North's pending visit was proposed by Dr. Christopher Barney, professor of biology and department chairper-son. The final modified resolution stated on the record that faculty members "deeply regret that College funds will be used to support a visit of Mr. Oliver North to Hope College. The faculty do not believe that it is in the best interest of the College or its students to pro-vide a forum to Mr. North." The resolution will be pre-sented at the Student Congress meeting tonight at 8 p.m. in Phelps Dining Hall.
Approximately 100 of the 150 faculty members were in attendance. Only six members dissented on the vote, including Dr. Jack Holmes, professor of political sci-ence, who felt that the resolution supported a violation of free speech.
"It seemed to me that it was a case of political cor-rectness," he said.
Controversy surrounded the decision, specifically due to the faculty 's supposed narrowminded views regard-ing a speaker 's views and past history. Dissension cen-tered around the fact that North has a shady claim to fame, not that he is a conservative or liberal, attenders said.
North is well-known for his part in the Iran Contra scandal in the late 1980s. He was found guilty of pro-viding illegal arms to Iran, illegal transfer of funds to Nicaraguan contra guerrillas and lying to Congress, but he was later cleared of all charges due to a technicality. Faculty members were concerned that the event coor-dinators were not fully informed of North 's activities when they chose to bring him to Hope.
"I brought this up because I have a personal concern about individuals who profit from illegal activities," Barney said. "He did something very wrong. He broke the law and he shouldn't get paid for it."
Students on both sides felt strongly about the resolu-tion and expressed intense views for and against the
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G V S U to open satellite campus In Holland S T A C Y B O G A R D c a m p u s b e a t ed i to r
Grand Valley State University will soon invade Hope 's territory with a $6 million satellite campus on 17 acres of Holland soil donated by Meijer, Inc.
Due to an increase in Holland area students . Grand Valley, the slate's fastest growing university, plans to build a 12 classroom build-ing and library facilities leaving room available for expansion.
Seven hundred eighty Holland area students currently are attend-ing GVSU night classes at Holland High School, but the new campus
will provide these students with daytime classes. Enrollment is also expected to reach up to 2,000 stu-dents within the next few years.
Director of Admissions Gary Camp said that the campus will not affect Hope 's enrollment in the fu-ture because it will cater to a dif-ferent type of student.
"The potential exists that this closer facility may attract some stu-den t s c u r r e n t l y c o m m u t i n g to Hope , but those c o m m u t i n g to Hope have chosen the Hope expe-rience over other institutions," he said.
The campus extension is planned for a site behind the Meijer store
between 16th Street and 24th Street off Waverly Road.
It was approved on Feb. 7 by Grand Valley's Board of Control. This extends the University's cam-pus sites f rom Grand Rapids to Hol land , with the main center , Allendale, in between. A new $50 million campus extension is cur-rently in the works for downtown Grand Rapids.
The campus will not be opera-tional for the upcoming ' 9 7 - ' 9 8 school year, but is expected to be up and running for the fall of 1998.
The campus will offer classes currently available now at the night sessions, like master 's programs in
business administration and educa-tion, sociology, nursing, elementary educa t ion and cr iminal jus t i ce . Other expanded programs are to be announced before and af ter the campus opens.
Camp emphasized that Hope will suffer little f rom the potential con-venience of area students attending the Grand Valley satellite campus.
"Hope continues to be a place that students choose to attend be-cause of the total college experi-ence we provide. Grand Valley's new facility won ' t change that and therefore I don't see Grand Valley's new facility drawing the typical Hope student away," Camp said.
Campus Beat the Anchor February 26, I 997
Blinding Them With Science M/z W/z lecture reveals women's role in science history H E I D I M U E B M E R staff r e p o r t e r
Over 200 sludenls, faculty and
community members packed into
Wichers Auditorium Monday night
to experience the kickoff event of
Women's Week. The presentation. "Miz Wizard's
Science Secrets" was written and
performed by Jane Curry. The ac-
claimed author and storyteller re-
lumed to Hope this week to give a presentation that creatively inter-
twined humor and history to paint
a picture of the role of women in
science. C u r r y w a s
here in the past
with another one
of her presenta-
t i ons , " N i c e
G i r l s D o n ' t
Sweat." "I a c t u a l l y
l ea rned s o m e -
thing while en-joying myself," said Vickie Sprague
COO). During the two scenes of her hour
and a half show. Curry addressed
the obstacles women faced through
W e h a v e o u r h e r o e s
a n d w e d o n ' t k n o w
t h e i r n a m e s . T h e y
p e r s i s t e d a n d
p r e v a i l e d d e s p i t e t h e
o b s t a c l e s . —Jane Curry,
Miz W i z a r d
history and how they overcame
them. She shared the real secrets of
science. "We have our heros and we don't
even know most of their names.
They sat behind screens and were
denied access to public buildings,
worked without pay, and endured taunts of 'people with ovaries need
not apply.' Still they persisted and
they prevailed despite the obstacles.
Science is women ' s work," Curry
said. T h r o u g h o u t the p r e s e n t a t i o n
Curry assumed the character of Barbara Knight,
a f i c t i t i o u s
w o m a n w h o s e passion was to be
an engineer.
She explained
that s h e w a s forced to give up
her dream at the
prompting of her husband and the
arrival of twins.
During Scene
I, Knight was preparing for a tele-vision show she was about to start
called, "Miz Wizard's Science Se-
crets." She chatted with the audi-
ence about the ancient Greek phi-
losophies of women and many other
past m i s c o n c e p t i o n s r ega rd ing
women and science. Such false ideas included that if
women pursued higher education
they would b e c o m e s ter i le and women are unevolved men.
Through slides, stories and occa-
sional experiments Curry explained
all the contributions women have
made despite what they have en-
dured. "Women have made discoveries
because of their relationships with
certain fields," said Curry as she referred to Jane Gooda l l ' s work
with primates. After intermission, the character
Barbara Knight pretended to tape
the first episode of the television
show she had been planning. She
e l a b o r a t e d on more h i s to ry of
women inventors, mathematicians
and scientists.
"In time women are recognized for their contributions instead of
their race or gender," Curry said.
The presentation was well re-
ceived by the audience members. "1 think this is just what Hope
needs. This is an explosive begin-
ning for W o m e n ' s Week , " said
Dana Marolt ( '99).
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Anchor photo by Matthew Scholtens
B O N I N G UP: Miz VWz shares the story of women in the sciences at a Women '5 Week lecture Monday, Feb. 24. Over 200 students attended the event in Wichers Auditorium.
briefs Congress reschedules f o r u m again
campus W o m e n ' s W e e k t o fea tu re a va r i e t y o f events
T h e S tudent C o n g r e s s f o r u m
scheduled for last Monday evening
was moved again due to schedul-
ing problems and a lack of organi-
zation. The forum on "Where Does Your
Money Go?," will now take place
on Monday March 10.
T h e f o r u m s w e r e o r i g i n a l l y
scheduled for the third Monday of
each month through spring semes-ter, but due to Winter Break and
scheduling conflicts within Con-
gress, they had planned to hold the
event last Monday, Feb. 24.
But that date was tentatively set
until the panel members confirmed
their availability. This caused more
conflicts when some were unable
to attend and Congress organizers
had to scramble to find a date that
worked with everyone's schedules.
Those planning on participating
are Vice President of Business and
Finance William Anderson. Busi-ness Manager and Controller Barry
Werkman, Director of Financial
Aid Phyllis Hooyman and Tyler
Smith. Student Congress Comp-
troller. President John Jacobson
will be out of town.
The forum will be in the Kletz at
9:30 p.m. Students will be able to
pose questions via 3 x 5 cards.
S T A C Y B O G A R D c a m pus b e a t ed i to r
Theatrical events, keynote speak-
ers, art shows and literary readings
are all part of this year ' s annual
Women's Week celebration.
The events officially began Mon-
day, Feb. 25, with "Miz Wizard's
Science Secrets," although the play
Soli's Story, a literary reading and
keynote lecture occurred the previ-
ous week. The events are funded by
Special Programs, individual orga-
nizations and departments, and will
continue through March 7. "It 's a celebration that recognizes
women and their contr ibutions,"
said Fonda Green, director of Spe-
cial Programs.
The program began in 1985 and
the or ig ina l fo rmat has car r ied
through the last 13 years. Groups and organizations plan months in
advance for certain speakers or top-
ics to be in t roduced to c a m p u s
through open classrooms, keynotes
and performances. This year is spe-
cial and a bit different since there
are more theatrical performances,
where keynote lectures have been
the majority in the past, according
to Green. The activities can be divided into
the sub-ca tegor ies of sponsored events and open classes. Sponsored
events include the play "Haunted by
God: The Life of Dorothy Day",
performed by Lisa Wagner of Chi-
cago and co-sponsored by Women's
Week and the Union of Catholic
Students on March 4, an A n and
Folk Art S h o w f e a t u r i n g H o p e
women artists Feb. 25 to 27 and "The Clothesline Project ," which
represents exper iences of sexual
violence by men and women begin-
ning Feb. 27.
Open c lasses are coord ina ted
through individual depar tments ,
such as English, philosophy, dance,
history, IDS, chemistry, theatre and
French. Some highlights include
" I m a g i n g a n d E x p e r i e n c i n g Mother-God: Excessive Suffering
and a Befriending Theodicy" with
Dr. Patricia Johnson, chair of phi-
losophy department at the Univer-
sity of Dayton on Feb. 28. Also, history professor Marc Baer will
hold a discussion on "Art and Faith
in New York City: Danita Gel tem's
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Area Center plans in limbo T R O Y D A V I S staff r e p o r t e r
Anchor photo by Josh Neucks
M A K I N G W A V E S : Some cars in the "Siberia"parking lot on Eleventh Street got more than a little soggy in last Friday's torrential rains. When the volume of water is too great for the city's sewer system to handle drainage, water levels can climb up to two and a half feet in the lowest lying area of the lot. "As soon as it starts raining hard we know to keep checking Siberia" said Duane Terpstra, Director of Public Safety. Public Safety officers looked up vehicle owners of the cars at risk of taking in water, and most were able to move their vehicles before the flooding came into the cars.
As the city of Holland continues
to volley locations for the $50 mil-
lion proposed Area Center, Hope
College patiently waits for the fi-
nal decision. The facility will include a multi-
purpose arena, a performing arts
center and an ice rink. The two sites that are under con-
sideration are the Western Foundry
on the corner of Eighth Street and
Fairbanks Avenue and the General
Electric Plant at 16th Street and
U.S. 31. Currently, the G.E. Plant is the
most attractive option according to the Area Center Authority, which
consists of nine community mem-
bers who are overseeing the plans for the Center. The Authority voted
in July of 1996 to build the Center
at the G.E. Plant site, which can-
celed the initial plans to build on
Eighth Street. The anticipation for this venue
from Hope College's point of view stems from the need for a new bas-
ketball facility. Two years ago the
men's basketball team was to host
the NCAA tournament at the Civic
Center. However, the court was un-fit for NCAA tournament play be-
cause the floor was approximately
four feet too short. The tournament
w a s m o v e d to the D o w Cente r
whose courts are regulation length.
But the D o w ' s l imi ted sea t ing m a k e s t o u r n a m e n t h o s t i n g
undesirable."What we would like to
see is the basketball arena built first, then eventually the performing arts
center and hockey arena. The city
needs to take their time to ensure they have put the Center in the right
place," said Ray Smith, Men's Ath-
letic Director.
Hope Men ' s Basketball Coach
Glenn Van Wieren was very ada-mant about where he believes the
center should be built.
"I believe that the city of Hol-
land must continue to support the
downtown area like they have done
in the past. Holland has a great
downtown area and the minute the center goes to the G.E. Plant site it
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February 26, I 997 //̂ Anchor R e l i g i o n
L* STRAIGHT
TALK
Kim Powell
Missing the call For the first t ime in my life when
someone asks me what I plan to do I
am confident of my response: minister.
More of ten than not I get a
confused look and a timid "That ' s
great," followed by a perplexed,
"Why?"
The " w h y " is always harder to
take than the disapproving stares or
patronizing words of encouragement .
The short answer is I really feel
God has called me into ministry.
That word "call" has a lot of
different connotations.
Some people ask in mock amaze-
ment if God has talked to me. Others
look at me and I can almost see them
thinking, "How could God call
someone as ordinary as you? You don ' t
look like a Calvin or a Luther."
Still others are less polite and
more direct with their criticism, by
telling me that I 'm making a mistake
and really limiting my life.
At first I was shocked by the
negative response of both non-
Christians and Christians alike. I began
to wonder why I was getting this f rom
the very fr iends I thought would
support me. We can talk about progressiveness
all we like, but the bottom line is that a
lot of people still do not think women
should be in the church. Even those
that support equality in politics and the
work force for some reason start to
sing a different tune when it comes to
spiritual leadership.
The reactions I ' ve received may
appear to be a result of gender, and to
some extent are, but there is a bigger
issue at stake here.
People begin to get nervous when
anything is talked about with certainty.
We are so trained to doubt and
question everything that we slowly
lose our ability to believe in anything
that we can ' t see or prove exists.
We reduce our life to a series of
meaningless routines and learn how to
live for nothing and no one but
ourselves.
We come to Hope so we can get a
belter job , so we ' l l be one step up f rom
everyone else, so that we ' l l be able to
have everything we want.
These things are not at all bad, but
I wonder if God gets lost along the
way.
Are not all Christians called to
give up their lives to serve G o d ?
Whether that means you are a doctor,
lawyer, accountant, business person or
teacher. We are all called into a
vocation where we should minister to
those around us.
For some men and women it
means that their vocation is to minister.
The issue of whether a woman can
be called into ministry goes much
deeper than gender issues.
It comes down to all of us longing
to feel as though we have a purpose
and a reason. It forces us all to
determine how much we really want to
listen to the call on our lives.
It is much easier for us to make
ministry as a vocation a matter of men
vs. women than it is for us to admit
that we all want to hear a call toward
something.
IT'S THEIR C A L L
N O E L L E W O O D
staff r e p o r t e r
Many women receive the call to serve
God. Whether it is in an audible voice or an
unmis takab le inner longing, w o m e n who
answer the call face many challenges.
"It was an audible call that said T e a c h . '
I wasn ' t sure what it meant, but it must have
been right because here I a m , " said Hope
Religion Professor Janet Everts.
Everts was first called to ministry in
1972 and was ordained in 1981 in Chapel
Hill, N.C.
Professor Lynn Japinga ( '81) began her
col lege educat ion as a pre-med student at
Hope. While here, she felt a call to teach re-
ligion and attended seminary at Princeton.
During her first year of seminary, that call
shifted to ministry.
Af te r ministering in a church in New
Jersey, Japinga moved to Holland to teach at
Western Theological Seminary. She currently
teaches religion classes at Hope.
"Some of the best experiences I 've had
are f rom teaching and building relationships
with students," Japinga said. "I have also en-
joyed the opportunity to preach at ordinations
of students that I 've come to care about."
D o l o r e s N a s r a l l a h j o i n e d the H o p e
Chaplain staff in July of 1994 and has been
involved in chapel services, counseling, and
Bible studies while here.
She was a journalism major in college
when her thoughts turned to the ministry.
Hope women experience the struggles and triumphs of serving in the church
"I saw God ' s love for me and for the
world, and the desire to help people under-
stand the goodness of God was something
that I couldn ' t ignore," she said.
T h e r o a d not t a k e n
Those women who enter into this tradi-
tionally male profession of ten find it diff i -
cult to find a church in which to use their
gifts. But despite the obstacles, many do suc-
ceed in ministering and being faithful to their
call.
Everts was a minister in an American
Baptist Church of the South. She is currently
a minister at Faith Christian Center, an Inde-
pendent Charismatic/Pentecostal church.
Everts has run into many difficulties in
her struggle to minister.
"In Holland, I 'm often not sure that when
I run into trouble if it is more because I 'm a
woman or because I 'm Pentecostal," Everts
said.
Not all of Japinga 's experiences have
been easy. She, like most female ministers,
found it difficult to find a church that would
lake a woman preacher.
"After I gave a sermon one Sunday, a
man came up to me and told me that he wasn ' t
in favor of women preaching because all the
heretics were women," Japinga said.
"It has sometimes been a challenge to
remain part of the church because people are
not a l w a y s o p e n to c r ea t ive t heo log ica l
thinkings," she said.
Despite some troubles, Japinga is happy
with her decision to go into ministry.
"I may have been bruised by the church,
but I am fundamental ly committed to it. I
really like what I do," she said.
While Nasral lah 's family was skeptical
at first, they came to support her decision.
She served a church in San Diego for
seven years that wouldn ' t ordain her because
of their Biblical view of women in ministry.
She e v e n t u a l l y m o v e d to H o l l a n d ,
where she was ordained in November of
1994.
Even though the Pentecostal church has
been ordaining women for over 100 years.
Everts has found her struggle to preach dif-
ficult and sometimes painful . Everts did not
find support in her decision to go into min-
istry f rom her parents, but she says that her
children have been supportive.
The Reformed Church in America ap-
proved women ' s ordination in 1979. Now, 18
years later, only 58 women in the nation are
RCA ministers. Hope ' s Religion Department is not as
biased as its RCA affil iation. Two of Hope ' s
e ight religion professors are women , and
both of these are ordained ministers.
T h e good a n d b a d
Not all of Everts' experiences have been
bad. She has even found that being one of
only a few female preachers has its advan-
tages.
"I am often the first woman minister that
people have met, and I have been able to de-
fine my own ministry more than many men
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M I S S I O N
A C C O M P L I S H I - l ) ;
FATWITiNI'SS KIWOKT:
WIll'UI* IX HOLLAND IS
HOPE CHURCH? G u m s h o e Perus ing Paula is o f f t o d i scover a n e w c o n g r e g a t i o n
in H o l l a n d . In h o n o r o f W o m e n ' s W e e k , h e r m iss ion is t o f i nd a
c h u r c h hos t i ng a f e m a l e pas tor .
H o p e C h u r c h , a c o n g r e g a t i o n o f t h e R e f o r m e d C h u r c h in
A m e r i c a , has a h i s t o r y d a t i n g back t o 1854. I ts d i s t i nc t i ve l y D u t c h
fee l is u n m i s t a k a b l e b o t h in t h e a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d in t h e conser-
va t i ve ye t w a r m s ty le o f w o r s h i p . A 100 t o 150 m e m b e r congre-
g a t i o n m e e t s in t h e cozy a t m o s p h e r e f o r a t r a d i t i o n a l w o r s h i p
serv ice . T w o serv ices a re he ld o n Sunday m o r n i n g s . T h e f i r s t a t 8:30 a . m . is an a l ter -
na t i ve se rv i ce . T h e second a t 11 a .m . is t h e t r a d i t i o n a l serv ice . A d u l t e lec-
t i v e classes are he ld b e t w e e n 9:45 and 10:45. H o p e C h u r c h is l o ca ted a t 77
W e s t I I t h St . in H o l l a n d . It 's w i t h i n w a l k i n g d i s tance , b u t i t w o u l d be a
l i t t l e ch i l l y on a co ld day.
V i s i t i n g H o p e last Sunday f r o m n e i g h b o r i n g T h i r d R e f o r m e d C h u r c h was
K a t h y Dave laar , w h o gave a t h o u g h t - p r o v o k i n g s e r m o n e n t i t l e d " H o p e
A g a i n s t H o p e . " She de f ined hope as c a r r y i n g t h e be l ie f t h a t w h a t is hoped
f o r w i l l happen, a l l ow ing t h e u n c e r t a i n t o be c e r t a i n . She t i e d t h a t w o r d
' h o p e ' i n t o t h e d i f fe rence b e t w e e n t r u s t i n g in G o d and us ing G o d . It 's a
s t rugg le t h a t Chr i s t i ans face b e t w e e n w h a t w e le t G o d d o and w h a t w e do .
" W e m u s t set aside ra t i ona l i t i es and l o o k a t t h e w o r l d o f f e r i n g h o p e against
h o p e , " she said.
" H o p e C h u r c h has a rea l c o m m i t m e n t t o adu l t educa t i on . I t h i n k t h e classes
w o u l d be o f i n t e r e s t t o H o p e s t u d e n t s . T h e y a re o f t e n led by H o p e profes-
sors, peop le in t h e c o m m u n i t y o r W e s t e r n S e m i n a r y pro fessors . Pa r t o f
w h a t a t t r a c t e d m e t o H o p e C h u r c h was t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e s e r m o n s and
a d u l t educa t i on . I have a l o t o f respec t f o r t h e way H o p e C h u r c h addresses
s o m e cha l leng ing q u e s t i o n s " — Deirdre johnston, Professor of Communicat ions
Opin ion da?Anchor February 26, I 997
our voice.
Reading your m ind It mus t be hard to read p e o p l e ' s m inds .
It mus t be a c h a l l e n g e to inheren t ly k n o w what f acu l ty and
s tudents f r o m d i f f e ren t w a l k s of l i fe th ink . It m u s t be d i f f icu l t ,
even taxing, to speak for each of H o p e ' s a lmos t 3 ,000 s tudents .
I t ' s a t o u g h j o b , bu t S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s d o e s it. W i t h o u t
g a t h e r i n g t h e o p i n i o n s o f c o n s t i t u e n t s , C o n g r e s s m a k e s
dec i s ions r e g a r d i n g t h e m .
T h e r e is no need for po l l s , f o r m a l or in fo rmal . W h y shou ld
r ep resen ta t ives w a l k f r o m doo r to doo r in a r e s idence hall
a n d a s k s t u d e n t s w h a t t h e y t h i n k r e g a r d i n g C o n g r e s s
in i t ia t ives? Clear ly , it w o u l d b e a w a s t e of t ime f o r m e m b e r s
to cal l the p e o p l e that vo ted t h e m in and e n d e a v o r to ref lec t
their c o n c e r n s .
B e c a u s e m e m b e r s of S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s in tu i t ive ly k n o w all
the answer s .
T h a t w h i c h s o u n d s g o o d to C o n g r e s s m e m b e r s m u s t sound
g o o d to s tuden t s as wel l . W h y ask the s tuden t s t h e m s e l v e s
w h e n C o n g r e s s j u s t k n o w s ?
T h e voices of s tudents are not really needed af ter all, because
the vo ices of C o n g r e s s m e m b e r s ref lec t t h e m jus t f ine .
O r d o t h e y ?
Th i s is h o w S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s m e m b e r s and its cab ine t h a v e
c o n f u s e d their ro le as s tuden t b o d y represen ta t ives . T h e y h a v e
e r r o n e o u s l y a s s u m e d tha t t h e i r o w n o p i n i o n is p e r f e c t l y
re f lec t ive of the i r c o n s t i t u e n t s ' .
T h e cu r ren t O l i v e r N o r t h c o n t r o v e r s y is the latest e x a m p l e
of this a s s u m p t i o n .
C o n g r e s s has t h r o w n its suppor t b e h i n d a v is i tor that m a n y
d o not suppor t . M o r e p e o p l e are ta lk ing a b o u t this than abou t
s m o k i n g in the Kle tz . M o r e p e o p l e a r e h a s h i n g ou t this i s sue
than c o n d o m s in the H e a l t h Cl in ic . C o n g r e s s w a s c o m p e l l e d
to e x p e n d the e f fo r t to r e sea r ch cons t i tuen t op in ion r e g a r d i n g
those topics . W h y w a s the s a m e e f f o r t no t t aken r e g a r d i n g
N o r t h ?
H a d they ta lked to t he s tuden t s and facul ty , c lear ly they
w o u l d that k n o w that m o s t of the H o p e c o m m u n i t y th inks
that . . .
W h a t ?
W h a t is the o v e r r i d i n g op in ion on the Nor th visit — yay o r
nay? If you d o n ' t k n o w , ask you r C o n g r e s s r ep resen ta t ive .
T h e y ' l l happi ly tell y o u w h a t you th ink .
B e c a u s e C o n g r e s s h a s r ead you r m i n d .
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Student explains details of possible North visit Dear Editor,
I am wri t ing this letter in r e sponse to
A n d y Van E d e n ' s p lucky c o m m e n t a r y ,
w h i c h appea red in the Feb rua ry 19 is-
sue of The Anchor. T h e r e a re m a n y mis-
c o n c e p t i o n s and ha l f - t r u th s l inger ing
a round c a m p u s with regard to Ol ive r
N o r t h ' s p o s s i b l e v is i t t o H o p e t h i s
spr ing. I will a t tempt to set the record
s t ra ight o n c e and fo r all .
• W h y Ol ive r N o r t h ?
O l i v e r N o r t h w o u l d eas i ly be the
mos t a t t ract ive n a m e to visit H o p e C o l -
lege s ince El izabe th Dole last year o r
N e w t Gingr i ch t w o yea r s a g o (if you
d o not be l i eve me. w h y did The Anchor
break the story near ly t w o w e e k s be -
f o r e Mr . N o r t h ' s tenta t ive a p p e a r a n c e
w a s c o n f i r m e d by his s t a f f ?). O t h e r
speakers l ike Jack K e m p . Bill Bennet t ,
and J i m m y C a r t e r were cons ide red , but
they d e m a n d far grea te r s p e a k i n g f e e s
than Ol ive r Nor th . We be l ieved Ol ive r
Nor th to be the mos t r easonab le c h o i c e
because of his p rominen t na fne and rela-
t ively low ask ing pr ice .
• W h o will pay fo r h is v is i t?
T h e g o i n g ra te f o r a h igh p r o f i l e ,
h e a d l i n e - g r a b b i n g speake r is b e t w e e n
$ 9 , 0 0 0 and $50 ,000 . Ol ive r N o r t h usu-
ally s p e a k s f o r $15 ,000 . but ha s tenta-
t ively agreed to c o m e to H o p e C o l l e g e
fo r $ 10,000. Gran t ed , ten thousand do l -
lars is not exac t ly pocke t c h a n g e , but
Mr. Nor th ' s pr ice tag i s only about $3 .50
f o r eve ry enro l l ed s tudent , o r s l ight ly
m o r e than a S A C - s p o n s o r e d mov ie .
T o d a t e , o u r c o m m i t t e e has b e e n
p r o m i s e d $ 5 , 0 0 0 f r o m P r e s i d e n t
J a c o b s o n ' s O f f i c e , $ 5 0 0 f r o m t h e
P r o v o s t ' s O f f i c e , and u n d e t e r m i n e d
a m o u n t s f r o m the S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s
O f f i c e . H o p e Co l l ege Repub l i cans , and
o the r s o u r c e s u n a f f i l i a t e d wi th H o p e
Col lege . T h e s e c o n t r i b u t i o n s total an
u n i m p r e s s i v e $ 5 , 5 0 0 . or s l ight ly m o r e
than half of our goal . At this pace , w e
will not be able t o a f ford Ol ive r Nor th .
•Wil l Ol ive r Nor th c o m e to c a m p u s ?
M a y b e , m a y b e not. At this point , w e
d o not h a v e the r e q u i r e d a m o u n t o f
m o n e y to br ing Mr . Nor th to H o p e , n o r
d o w e h a v e a sa t i s fac to ry a g r e e m e n t
r egard ing the length of h is visit. For ten
thousand dol lars , w e w a n t Mr. N o r t h t o
speak to a c o u p l e of c l a s ses , ea t lunch
with S tuden t Congress , c o n d u c t a small
round table d i scuss ion in the a f t e r n o o n ,
and eat d inner wi th the m a j o r con t r ibu -
tors be fo re he g ives h is big speech in
the even ing . Unfor tuna te ly , his s taff is
insist ing on a shorter length of s tay than
we fee l w o u l d j u s t i f y t h e w h o l e e n -
deavor . If Mr. N o r t h ' s schedulers r e fuse
to set a s ide the en t i re day and n ight f o r
H o p e , w e wi l l w i t h d r a w o u r inv i ta t ion .
We will not w a s t e the t ime o r m o n e y if
w e d o not feel that H o p e wi l l e n j o y Mr .
N o r t h ' s fu l l a t tent ion. If w e canno t i ron
out o u r d i f f e r e n c e s wi th Mr . N o r t h ' s
s taff , and if w e canno t sc rape t oge the r
the money , it is very l ikely he m a y not
be a sked to c o m e to H o p e at all .
•Did s o m e o n e say John K a s i c h ?
Jeff C r o u c h and I spoke with C o n -
g r e s s m a n P e t e r H o e k s t r a las t F r iday
n ight at a Repub l i c an Par ty d inner . W e
men t ioned to the C o n g r e s s m a n that we
were cons ide r ing b r ing ing a big n a m e
speaker to H o p e Col lege . Jeff and I gave
C o n g r e s s m a n H o e k s t r a the n a m e s of a
f e w potent ia l c and ida t e s and the C o n -
g r e s s m a n o f f e r ed to try to b r ing o n e of
o u r favor i te poss ib i l i t ies . H o u s e Bud-
get C h a i r m a n J o h n Kas ich ( R - O H ) . to
H o p e in the spr ing . B e c a u s e C o n g r e s s -
m a n Kas ich is an e lec ted of f ic ia l , we
d o not need to pay fo r h im to speak here.
Jef f and I will r emain in con tac t with
C o n g r e s s m a n H o e k s t r a ' s o f f i ce and we
will keep the H o p e c o m m u n i t y updated
via The Anchor.
In c o n c l u s i o n , I r e a l i z e t h e r e a r e
s o m e w h o w o u l d not s u p p o r t Ol ive r
N o r t h ' s visit to H o p e . I can a s su re y o u
tha t o u r c o m m i t t e e wou ld not br ing a
s p e a k e r t o H o p e if w e fel t the e v e n t
w o u l d be less than benef ic ia l to H o p e
s tuden t s o r the H o p e c o m m u n i t y . We
rea l ize that w e h a v e a respons ib i l i ty to
spend our b u d g e t wise ly and eff ic ient ly ,
a de l ica te task wh ich we m o s t def ini te ly
will not ignore .
Ol ive r Nor th is an engag ing speaker
and r e m a i n s an act ive p l a y e r in Amer i -
can pol i t ics . If w e are ab le to lure h im
to H o p e , I w o u l d e n c o u r a g e e v e r y o n e
to a t tend his speeches and e n g a g e h im
in d ia logue , r ega rd le s s of any p recon-
ce ived impress ions . E v e n though he is
a w h i t e m a l e conse rva t i ve (gasp!) I ' m
sure w e cou ld all learn s o m e t h i n g f r o m
his m a n y d ive r se expe r i ences .
E r i c F r i e d m a n ( ' 9 7 )
Ollie visit naysayers to meet; multiculturalism thwarted D e a r E d i t o r ,
I h a v e received m a n y p h o n e calls and
had m a n y conve r sa t ions with suppor t -
ive peop le of my last letter. In response .
I h a v e dec ided to p u s h the i s sue fur ther .
M y s e l f and m a n y o the r s are p l a n n i n g
to a t t end the n e x t S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s
m e e t i n g and fee l it wou ld be very im-
por tan t fo r a n y o n e w h o is opposed t o
O l i v e r N o r t h c o m i n g to c a m p u s to jo in
us . T h e nex t mee t ing is ton ight , at 8 : 0 0
in the M a a s C o n f e r e n c e room. It is im-
portant for us to hold Congress account -
able fo r its ac t ions and d e m a n d they lis-
ten to our op in ions .
O r i g i n a l l y . I h a d o n l y p l a n n e d t o
m a k e the a b o v e c o m m e n t s . H o w e v e r , I
h a v e j u s t r e tu rned f r o m the G o s p e l f e s t
conce r t and w a n t to share s o m e fu r the r
conce rns . Each year I e n j o y hea r ing the
s o u n d s of H o p e ' s choi r as wel l as gues t
cho i r s f r o m a round the a rea (this year a
c h u r c h choi r f r o m M u s k e g o n and the
Wes te rn M i c h i g a n Univers i ty C h o i r ) . I
w a s t r u l y a m a z e d a t t h e t a l e n t a n d
p o w e r of the even t this year. I w a s a l so
a m a z e d at the tu rnou t . W h i l e the chape l
w a s about two- th i rds fu l l , I fe l t it should
h a v e b e e n o v e r f l o w i n g with peop le . I
cons tan t ly hear the b r a g g i n g abou t the
n u m b e r of p e o p l e w h o a t tend chape l
s e r v i c e s r e g u l a r l y . I r e a l l y w o n d e r
w h e r e all the " g o o d C h r i s t i a n s " were
Sa tu rday night. Is it because G o s p e l f e s t
inc ludes so m a n y A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n s ?
Is it b e c a u s e the s ty le of w o r s h i p is too
d i f f e r en t? O r is it b e c a u s e it d o e s n ' t fall
at the c o n v e n i e n t l i m e o f l 0 : 3 0 to I I
a .m. on M o n d a y . W e d n e s d a y o r F r iday?
You cou ld say,"but e v e r y o n e mus t have
been at p l e d g i n g ac t iv i t ies . " T h i s is not
an excuse , as on ly 15 pe rcen t of stu-
den t s are invo lved in G r e e k l i fe .
I r ea l i zed du r ing the c o n c e r t , as I
wa tched the all A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n choi r
f r o m Wes te rn and M u s k e g o n , jus t h o w
m u c h is miss ing f r o m this co l l ege . At
the e n d of the concer t , all t h e cho i r s
s a n g together , m i x e d in h a r m o n y and
race . At f i rs t , I w o n d e r e d w h y 1 was so
s h o c k e d at this visual in f ron t o f me .
T h e n I r e m e m b e r e d why. I a m at H o p e
C o l l e g e and not in the real wor ld . For-
tunate ly , I h a v e on ly had t o s u f f e r f o u r
yea r s and have a w h o l e l ife to exper i -
ence the d iverse wor ld a round me. I also
k n o w that I will leave he re with a grea t
educa t ion . I jus t w o n d e r w h y so m a n y
of us needed to m a k e such a h u g e sac -
rifice.
A g a i n , I s t rong ly urge each of you to
jo in m e and m a n y o the r s at this w e e k ' s
S tuden t C o n g r e s s mee t ing to let t hem
k n o w h o w y o u f e e l . Jus t r e m e m b e r .
O l i v e r N o r t h will be s p e a k i n g here and
t a k i n g y o u r $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 u n l e s s y o u tell
C o n g r e s s o the rwi se .
A n d r e w V a n E d e n ( ' 9 7 )
North visit dissenters fail to hear diverse viewpoints D e a r E d i t o r ,
I wou ld like to e x p r e s s my op in ion
of the F e b r u a r y 19th le t ter r ega rd ing
Ol ive r Nor th . It is d is t ress ing that a stu-
den t w h o c l a i m s to p r o m o t e divers i ty
is so c lo se -minded about hear ing a con-
serva t ive v iewpoin t f r o m Ol ive r Nor th .
T h i s e n g a g e m e n t w a s ' o n l y pa r t i a l l y
f u n d e d by the c o l l e g e . $ 5 0 0 0 of the
$ 15.000 requ i red w a s g iven as a g i f t to
the co l l ege fo r the p u r p o s e of hav ing
O l i v e r N o r t h speak .
Divers i ty e n c o m p a s s e s m a n y v iew-
points and be l ie fs , not jus t a f e w l iberal
or minor i ty views. Divers i ty m e a n s that
e v e r y o n e , i nc lud ing t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e
and ma jo r i t y v iews . Divers i ty is not a
c o d e word fo r on ly l is tening to those
w h o ag ree wi th y o u or fo r o n e g r o u p
hav ing a m o n o p o l y on w h o speaks . This
country was founded on m a n y concepts ,
t w o of wh ich are f r e e t hough t and f r e e
speech . W h e r e a s I respect the ideas ex -
p res sed in the Feb . 19th letter, but I f ind
it t r a g i c t h a t s o m e o n e w o u l d t ry t o
ab r idge these ideals by d e f i n i n g diver-
sity in so n a r r o w terms. I respec t the
a u t h o r ' s right to d i sag ree with Ol ive r
Nor th , but I d o not be l ieve he as the
right to try to c e n s o r H o p e ' s speakers
p r o g r a m .
R e b e c c a d e V e l d e r ( ' 9 9 )
T r i s h a H e n d r i c k s ( ' 0 0 )
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Where the
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Girls Are
Hope's frosh male/female ratio creates cluster-fluster J I M R I E K S E
g u e s t : e d i t o r
There are more girls than boys
at Hope, and boy, do the girls know
it. The angst this generates is ap-
parent when talking to members of
the freshmen class, which has an even greater disparity than the Col-
lege as a whole. When asked to
guess the ratio of women to men at
Hope, their answers bordered on the
extreme.
"3 to i r
"70 to 30!" "100 to 0!" Stacey Slad ( '00)
offered in the most severe estimate.
Slad is correct that there is an
imbalance, but not quite to the ex-
tent she presumes. Of the college's
2849 students this year, 1189 are
male, resulting in a 58.3 percent to 41.7 percent preponderance of fe-
males. The freshmen class has even
less testosterone, with women mak-
ing up 60 percent of the population. These figures don't go unnoticed by
Slad's cluster mates.
" T h e p ropor t ion of men to women is really s t range in my
classes," Annie Jakosz ( '00) said. "1 have ten guys in my five
classes," Slad concurs. They claim that the number of
boys on campus was never a factor
when they decided upon Hope, but
according to Jakosz, "it becomes a
factor after you get here." But before any ladies abandon
H o p e for ma le r p a s t u r e s , they
should realize that Hope isn't too
far removed from the national av-
erage in terms of gender diversity. According to a 1995 survey, the
average female enrollment in four-
y e a r p r i v a t e
c o l l e g e s w a s
56 p e r c e n t ,
c o m p a r e d to
H o p e ' s 1995
average of 57
p e r c e n t . N o r w e r e m e n
f l o c k i n g to
four-year pub-
lic c o l l e g e s , where women
m a d e up 54
percent of the
population. James Bekkering, Director of
Admissions, explains that it is not
that men are fleeing Hope; the num-
ber of men at Hope is actually in-creasing, but there is a greater in-
flux of women, which erodes the
statistical average of males. This year 's freshmen class has
28 more males than the freshmen
class of 1986, but there are 72 more
women. Bekkering believes the grow-
ing ranks of women at Hope are the
result of cultural change, and not
because Hope has cute male tour
I t ( m e n ) is n o t t h e
m a i n f o c u s . I f t h a t is
a l l I w a s i n t e r e s t e d in ,
I 'd g o t o M i c h i g a n
T e c h , w h e r e i t is 90
p e r c e n t m a l e .
—Jaime Partr idge ('00)
guides, as some ladies propose. "This is the positive result of
the feminist movement," Bekkering
said. "More women are going to
college than in the past and consid-
ering careers that in the past they
n e v e r w o u l d have c o n s i d e r e d . Thirty years ago, the natural sci-
e n c e s w e r e
dominated by males, but now
these depa r t -
ments are very
o p e n to
women. Yet as
w o m e n e n t e r
p r o f e s s i o n s
w h i c h w e r e
once predomi-nan t l y m a l e ,
men a r e n ' t
m a k i n g in-roads into for-
merly female dominated profes-
sions. Take nursing. Men are just
not pursuing it." O t h e r c h a n g e s in soc i e t a l
norms have also affected the way col leges recruit women. "In the
1960s, the assumption was that you wanted to enroll a lot of men , "
Bekkering said. "The belief was
that after marriage, couples only
made contributions to the husband's alma mater. Today, as women have
much more control over financial
issues, such a policy isn't even a
thought." The desire of parents for their
children to find a spouse at college
has also faded. "In the 460s parents
w a n t e d t h e m to f i nd a m a t e , "
Bekkering said. "Now as women
marry later, this is not so much a
concern." Jakosz concurs. "There is no
w a y my p a r e n t s w o u l d s p e n d
$20,000 a year for the sole purpose
of getting me married," she said. Bekkering also believes that
the lure of big time sports affects
Hope's male enrollment. "It is easy
for young boys to get caught up in
the m a c h o i m a g e of big spor ts
schools " he said. "This macho im-
age definitely seems a stark contrast
to a liberal arts college which car-
ries out its mission in the context
of the Christian faith."
Trying to maintain the number of males where it currently stands
requires more time and effort than
recruiting women. "We apply the
same standards of admission to ev-eryone, but we know from experi-
ence that we must contact more
boys to get the number that we do," Bekkering said. "We're not aban-
doning the women, it is jus t that
girls are attracted more naturally."
A l b i o n C o l l e g e , a f e l l o w
MIAA liberal arts college, main-
tains a one to one male/female ra-tio, but Admissions Director Evan
Lipp doesn't credit this to Albion's
superior ability to recruit males, but
ra ther the i r inabi l i ty to recru i t
women. "Hope does much better with women," he said. "In my opin-
ion this is because Hope offers pro-
grams that are stereotypically more
attractive to women. Albion only has an education program, while
Hope has an ed major . Albion
doesn ' t even have a nursing pro-
gram." The 90 males the football pro-
g r a m b rough t in the year a f t e r Albion won the Division III na-
tional championship didn't hurt ei-
ther, he said. Despite their grumblings over
scant male presence, Dykstra clus-
ter 1-6 is not about to pack their
bags. "It is not the main focus,"
Jaime Partridge ( '00) said. "If that
is all I was interested in, I 'd go to Michigan Tech, where it is 90 per-
cent male." The quality of Hope men also
seems to lessen the pain of their
scarcity. "That 40 percent is the
cream of the crop," Slad said. Meanwhile the men at Hope
seem to be enjoying their minority
status. " I 'm pretty stoked about the
whole scenario," Steve Paplawsky
( '99) laughs.
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Prof to live in Scotch castle
F e b r u a r y 26, I 997
M . M E R W A L D X
in te rmiss ion e d i t o r
Imagine a 16th century castle
perched on the side of a cliff. Imag-
ine eat ing marmalade within its
stone wal ls every morn ing , and walking the courtyard every evening
in the twilight cool. This summer Heather Sellers,
an assistant professor in the English
department, will be doing jusl that.
Hawthornden Cas t le , a f ew
miles outside of Edinburgh, Scot-
land, hosts five writers every month
as part of an international retreat for
poets and novelists . It was once
owned by a Victorian poet who
hosted Queen Victoria and is now connected to Edinburgh University.
"Only four other writers and I
will have this cas t le all to our-
selves," Sellers said. "And we ' r e there to work-that means no talking
during work time. But then there's
social time, when we have our af-
ternoon sherry in the garden."
Seller was selected out of one
hundred writers who applied for the
residency.
I didn ' t expect to get it at all,"
she said. " I 've never applied to this
sort of thing before." Her accep tance to this resi-
dency will enable her to work on her
new novel, Georgia Underwater.
Sellers came to Hope College
last year after putting in three years teaching at the University of Texas
at San Antonio. Her stories and po-
ems have been published in many
journals and magazines. Her col-lection of stories "Never Told Me"
finished in the lop 20 in the Iowa Short Fiction competition last year
and was runner-up in the 1996
A s s o c i a t e d Wr i t ing P r o g r a m s competition for best Collection of
Short Fiction. As if spending a month in a
castle wasn ' t enough. Sellers con-
siders herself doubly lucky. For
four weeks in May she will work
at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, N.Y., a retreat for
p a i n t e r s , c o m p o s e r s , d a n c e r s , sculptors , and writers. It is the
namesake of American poet Edna
St. Vincent Millay.
"This one is different than my
c a s t l e , b e c a u s e I wil l be sur-
rounded by painters and compos-ers, not just writers," Sellers said.
W h e n a s k e d w h a t s h a p e
Georgia Underwater is currently
in, she laughed and said, "the an-
s w e r to that q u e s t i o n is w h a t
makes these writing residencies,
these times to write and nothing
else, so necessary."
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Anchor photo by Josh Neucks M I N G L I N G W I T H T H E A R T I S T : Photographer and Hope arts and hu-manities professor Steve Nelson opened his photography and intermedia exhibit, "Solo Flight" at DePree Art Gallery last Friday with a mini-gala reception.
Prof's photo exhibit takes off M E L I S S A O O M S
staff r e p o r t e r
The sounds of a music box
lullaby emerged f rom the back cor-
ner of the DePree Art Center gal-
lery, set t ing the tone for "Steve
Nelson: Solo Flight," a new exhi-
bition of work. Nelson, a Hope professor of
arts and humanities, has included
the results of an artistic endeavor
that ranges from mural photographs
and assemblages to installation art.
Solo Flight consists largely of
three series of Nelson's work: Past
and Present Tenses are photographs
containing images of multiple gen-
erations of Nelson's family.
Photogramscapes are silhou-
ettes overlaid with intense color
images of nature and family, and severa l l a rge - sca le ins ta l l a t ion
pieces complete the series. "The idea of titling the exhibit
'Solo Flight' came from the idea
that this is a solo exhibit," Nelson said. "I liked the idea that I was fly-
ing solo on this one. The verb and the noun together work as a meta-
phor for the idea of launching my-
self and my work. Many of the
pieces are together for the first time,
so I was sort of anxious to see if
they would work toge ther as a
group." The sounds of the music box
are part of Constellations, an inter-
d i sc ip l inary piece that Nelson
worked with off and on for eight
years. Incorporat ing music, photo-
graphs and other visual aids. Con-
stellations demonstrates an eerie and complex quality of Nelson's art.
"1 started the piece in 1988,
wanting to bring together certain
components," he said. "I wanted to
use a part of a graphics arts cam-era, which 1 did, and a constellation
chart. 1 tried to get funding for it
and fa i led, so 1 put it away for
awhile. I came back to it and de-
veloped the idea of suspension and
sound." A part of his installation series.
Constellations carries both the art
enthusiast and novice alike through
an audio visual journey. The viewer
steps through blue and black ban-ners, each imprinted with the white
silhouette of a child.
With a song from the four pro-
grammed selections playing in the
background, the gallery goer expe-
riences a feeling of suspension in space as g l immer ing star charts
loom overhead. The stars lead through another
set of banners and into the center
of the installation piece. There vary-
ing images corresponding to the dif-
ferent musical selections are pro-
jected onto a rotating screen con-
taining the images of three infants.
"The outer curtains were done
on the last sunny day in Septem-
ber," Nelson said. "I gathered as
many kids f rom the neighborhood
as I could. The exposure requires
direct sunlight, so I pre-coated the curtains and they each laid down on
the curtain. After awhile these kids
were getting restless, so there was
some bribing with ice cream going
on." Nearly all the works contain
numerous images layered onto a
single flat plane via the technical
wonders of photography.
A grinning, yellow-toned child
smiles out from a blue and green
essence of a figure in the art piece
Lara in Yellow, the publicized work
seen on the exhibit 's posters. "I walk around and look at
t h i n g s , f r a m i n g p h o t o s in my
m i n d , " N e l s o n sa id of a
photographer 's view of the world.
" I ' m very or iented towards the
spectacle of light in many forms. It's a constant activity of examin-
ing light in many forms." Two portraits of older men and
one of a boy in a bathtub stare out from different positions on a single
photograph entitled Three Genera-
tions. part of the Past and Present
Tense series. The presence of many genera-
tions of Nelson's family are appar-
ent in his pictures. Each combines
the elements of light, image and
history in a single photograph, cre-
a t ing an u n d e r c u r r e n t of the
photographer 's nostalgia. "The presence of metaphysics
in my work is in the idea that the
past is always present," he said. "A lot of this work deals with my per-
sonal loss. Something is a lways
close. Through exploring images I was learning about my heritage and
that you can ' t get away from who
you are. A native to the Western Michi-
gan area. Nelson left the nest to
wander around the west in the late
70's, post-high school graduation.
He carried with him a camera and
some canvases and brought back a lifetime of experience to set him on
the path of an artist.
A f t e r h is n o m a d i c jou rney ,
Nelson returned to Michigan and
received his B.F.A. in photography
at Western. His growing interest in
incorporating his personal philoso-
phy within his medium of choice
led him to graduate school at Syra-
cuse University. There he earned his
masters in Art Media Studies, a pro-
gram incorporating film, photogra-phy, computers, graphics and video
skills. Having met his wife at West-
em, Nelson faced a fork in the road
after graduation from Syracuse.
"It was a turning point: go for
it in New York or find an area to
settle," Nelson said.
He c h o s e to r e tu rn to the
midwes t and arr ived, camera in
hand, in Grand Rapids, where he
still resides with his wife and two
children. He began to teach at a community college, became an art-
ist-in-residence at the Urban Insti-
tute of C o n t e m p o r a r y Arts and
eventually began teaching at Hope,
where he has taught for the past
eight years. Nelson coordinates and teaches
the IDS Encounter with the Arts
classes as well as a photography class. He has exhibited in New
York, Chicago and a number of gal-
leries on the East coast.
"I definitely have a restless cre-
ative spirit," Nelson said. "But as long as I do my w o r k , that is
fufi l led."
Look for the spring edition of Opus coming soon.
February 26, I 997 the Anchor Spotl ight
A . S"TRASSBURGER spot l ight ed i to r
Expanding their families A growing number of Hope students create
partnerships with a area children "The Hope community has been
incredibly supportive and coopera-
tive," said Stephanie Kaper-Dale ( '97), one of the original Partners.
"Through the school we get free
passes to the Dow, Kletz coupons,
SAC movie passes, and free tickets
to basketbalbgames for the kids." Stephanie described the ways the
new budget has helped Partners in
Promise expand. "With it, we spon-sor two group activities a year for
all the Partners. In the past we 've had a roller-skating party twice, and
this semester we're hoping to have
a pool party in the Dow."
But the goal of the organization
has never shifted f rom Seth's origi-
nal intent; to foster one-on-one re-lationships between Hope students
and Holland kids. Trudy Castillo ( '98) has slightly
varied this theme by turning her
one-on-one relationship into one-
on-two. It started her freshman year when she was paired with nine-
year-old Deitra. The two became
fast friends. "It was awkward in the begin-
ning." Castil lo said. "We had to
spend some time getting to know
each other. Deitra would just come
over and chat for awhile." "Then one day she told me there
was a chance she'd be moving the
next year. I just picked up the phone and to call Stephanie [Kaper-Dale]
and bawled. That 's when ! knew
how much Deitra meant to me."
Deitra didn ' t move, and this year
Castillo added Deitra's little sister
Debra, 9, into the "partnership.
This time of year, one type of sis-
terhood and brotherhood is pushed
into the limelight, as students un-dergo new member education to
join fraternities and sororities. But the Greek system isn't the
only place where a Hope student
can turn for new brothers and sis-ters. Holland is full of elementary
students waiting for a big sibling from Hope. One group that's ful-
filling this need is Partners in Prom-
ise, a more relaxed form of the well-
known Big Brother/Big Sister or-
ganization. The brainchild of Seth Kaper-
Dale ( '97), Partners in Promise be-
gan in the fall semester of 1994 as
an organization with only a hand-
ful of members. But the vision was
clear — this was a way for college students to reach out to younger
kids in Holland, without the strict
t ime r equ i r emen t s of o the r big
brother/big sister programs. T h e
pairs were encouraged to meet at
least once a week, whether to hang
out o r j u s t t a lk on the p h o n e .
Through his church, Kaper-Dale
found no lack of willing little sib-
lings. Now, almost three years later.
Partners in Promise has grown to encompass 57 sibling relationships,
and the program has become estab-
lished enough to merit a budget
from Student Congress, thus being
recognized as an official student or-
ganization at Hope.
"We hang out about four t imes a w e e k , " Cas t i l lo
said. "We have great con-
versa t ions , we go to the
movies and shopping, and
we talk about boys."
Castillo, a Sib, has even
brought the girls to one of her sorority's rush events to
meet her other sisters. "We've made an impression on
each other," Cast i l lo said. " I ' v e tried to teach them about managing
your anger, not fighting but talking
about things." While some of the kids in the pro-
gram may need more guidance than
others, not all of them are in search
of a positive role model. Accord-
ing to Archie Bell, principal of Lin-
coln Elementary School where 43
students are involved in Partners in
Promise, this is also a program for
stable kids who just want to spend time with college students.
"Everybody likes having a fun
person to be with," Bell said. ' T h i s
is a way the kids can hang out with
someone who's older than they are,
in a setting that doesn't cost an arm
and a leg." Bell can see the difference Part-
ners in Promise has made in his stu-dents. "I haven ' t taken a scientific
survey or anything, but the kids
look really happy when they talk about their Partners," he said. "I can
see it through little clues. They ' re
always eager to share stories about
their Partner, and they look forward
to those activities."
The program's group activities
V V E A R E F A M I L Y : Lincoln students were asked to illustrate their experiences with their Hope partners. This artist chose pool-playing in the Kletz (above). There are currently 57 partnerships between Hope students and local children.
are in part planned and organized
by a committee of six. The commit-
tee members are each in charge of nine or ten of the Hope Partners.
'They can check in with us if they
have any problems, and we can hold t h e m a c c o u n t a b l e , " sa id J o n
R u m o h r ( ' 9 9 ) , o n e c o m m i t t e e
member. Through Par tners in Promise ,
Rumohr has found the opportunity
to be a light in the life of Moises
Castillo, 11. The two were matched
up almost two years ago.
"It 's been a really good experi-ence for both of us," Rumohr said.
Castillo's father passed away this
year, leaving him in need of a posi-tive role model in his life.
"He has older cousins, but they're
not the best in f luence on h im,"
Rumohr said. "Moises thinks he's
a little gangster. I t 's good for him
PARXIMERS on IO ganizauon ai n o p e . — r . ~ 0 r «
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D A N C W I K staff r e p o r t e r
H o p e ' s c h a p t e r of U p w a r d
Bound was one of several programs for low-income students featured in
the local commemora t ion of the
"Nat ional T R I O D a y " at Grand
Valley State Unive r s i ty on the
morning of Wednesday, Feb. 19. Participants included students
and staff members from programs
funded through the Federal TRIO Program at five area colleges and
universities: Aquinas, Davenport,
Grand Rapids Community College,
Grand Valley and Hope. TRIO emphasizes helping stu-
dents f rom low-income famil ies
overcome class, social, academic,
and cultural barriers in order to pur-sue higher educat ion. T h e name
originates because TRIO initially
included only three programs when
it began in 1965. Now, more than 1 ,750 p r o g r a m s s e r v e nea r ly
700 ,000 low- income Amer i cans
nationwide. Upward Bound at Hope serves
high school students in the Holland
area. According to Yoli Vega, assis-
tant director of Hope College Up-ward Bound , 20 H o p e s tudents
work as tutors for the p rogram.
"Most of the students go through an
interview process and are paid tu-tors, but there are some education
majors who tutor for internship
credit," she said. "The goal of the event was to
make the public aware that TRIO
programs work and have an impact
on students' lives, and that they're
worth funding," said Vega, who is also a member of the commit tee
who planned this event.
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The conference at Grand Valley
f e a t u r e d C o n g r e s s m a n P e t e r
H o e k s t r a , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e f o r Michigan's Second Congressional
District, which includes Holland. The highlights were an overview of
TRIO history, its progress, and a
round table discussion with TRIO
students and Hoekstra.
According to Vega, local TRIO participants are interested in boost-
ing awareness and appreciation of
the program's progress in helping students, given the approach of the
1998 reauthorization of the Higher
Education Act, which funds TRIO. Hoekstra is a member of the Edu-
cation and Work Force Committee,
which will recommend whether or
not the act should be reauthorized,
and if so, what shape it should take.
Hearings will be held throughout
1997. Fifty students met in small groups
at the conference to ask questions
about the progress of TRIO pro-
grams and whether TRIO should be
reauthorized. Upward Bound of Hope College
helps high school students develop the skills needed to succeed in col-
lege. It accepts low-income stu-dents and those who are among the
first generation in their family to go
to a four-year college. Upward Bound has a placement
rate of 95 to 100 percent for getting these students into colleges. "The
environment of Upward Bound is like a family. We try to help the stu-
dents with all their problems, not
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Anchor photo by Matthew Scholtens
S P R E A D I N G K N O W L E D G E : Pearce Vander Meeden ('97) gives Angela De Leon, a high school junior, a hand with her math homework.
j u s t h e l p i n g t h e m wi th the i r
grades," Vega said. She says the students cannot at-
tain college skills without meeting
their social, emotional, and family
needs first. Said Vega about the conference:
"We did our job. We made the pub-
lic aware that TRIO programs work.
We will keep doing this as long as
we have a voice." "Students who go on to colleges
say they couldn't have done it with-
out Upward Bound helping them."
Religion (̂ Anchor February 26, I 997
• H A M G I M '
W I T H B U D D H A 9 : Dan McMillan ('98) left Hope College in 1992 to explore religious questions, and moved to the Vivekananda Monas-tery in Fennville. When asked if he prays to Buddha, he said, "Man, I hang with Buddha." Below, a statue of Swami Vivekananda stands in the entryway to the shrine.
FINDING PEACE Commuter student lives in monastery R Y A N P A Z D U R staff reporter
Answers to the deep quest ions of life c o m e to
individuals in different ways . For Daniel McMil lan
( '98) , the answers were found through the practice
of Vedanta, an Eastern religion associated with the
Hindu faith. McMillan lives at the Vivekananda Monastery
in Fennville, and he commutes to class at Hope dur-
ing the day. Originally a native of Kalamazoo, he
has been living at the monastery for two years.
After attending Hope f rom '90 to 492, McMillan
left the college seeking a deeper purpose for his life.
" I ' v e always been a quest ioner and a seeker. I
was at Hope College for those two years and I didn ' t
know why. I didn ' t know what I was doing. I looked
around and I saw a lot of drunken parties, a lot of
confused people, a lot of anger and misdirection, a
lot of saying one thing and doing another, and I got
to a point where I just thought I should leave,"
McMillan said.
After studying Eastern philosophy and reading
the Tao Te Ching, McMil lan began searching for a
deeper meaning to life. t4It hit me. It's like, God, there has got to be
something more in this l ife. There has got to be
something more here that I can discover," McMillan
said. Searching for answers led McMillan to travel,
and he began hitchhiking around the country, of ten
at tending Rainbow Gather ings , where groups of
people who have left society live together in the
woods. W h i l e a t t e n d i n g o n e of t he se g a t h e r i n g s ,
McMillan was introduced to Vedanta. McMillan de-
scribes Vedanta as the unity of all religions.
"One thing Vedanta has that is unusual for reli-
gions is a deep respect for other religions. It be-
lieves in Christianity, very much, but it also believes
in Buddhism, and it also understands that they are
two distinctly different paths, but there are many
ways," he said. At the monastery, McMillan fol lows the gos-
pel of Sri Rama Krishna and spends much of his
time devoted to meditation.
"There is just something there. I t ' s a medita-
tive space. Right here there is all this noise and dis-
traction and confus ion going on - the televisions, the
chatter, and everything else," he said. "It is hard to
just be still. When you are still in your mind then
you can abide in who you arc."
McMillan has not watched television for seven
years. "I don ' t want to know. You don' t need that," he
said. "It just gets in your mind. The mind is already
cloudy enough. We want to get out of that."
Vedanta means "the end of the Vedas," which
are the holy scriptures of the Hindu religion. It en-
tails the study of the Upanishad and the Bhagavad
Gita, which means "the song of God " Vedanta is
around 350 years old. according to McMil lan.
"Vedanta is about stilling the mind. It is about
being here, it is about abiding in your own being.
It 's about asking the really big questions: Where
was I before I was b o m ? Where will I be after this
body drops away? Those are the big, big questions.
Vedanta dares to ask them, daily," he said.
According to McMillan, although Vedanta ac-
knowledges the authority of the Vedas, the ultimate
authority for answering these quest ions is direct
experience. Th i s is the p rocess ot e n l i g h t e n m e n t , and
Vedanta details f ive ways to enlightenment: self-
inquiry, devotion, commitment , participation in the
company of seekers, and meditation which leads to
the direct perception of truth.
Two years ago McMillan spent some time at
the New Vrindavan monastery in West Virginia.
While living at the monastery he became a priest
among the Hari Krishna sect of Vedanta called Bakti
Vedanta. McMillan would gel up at three in the morn-
ing to do japa, which is counting on beads while
saying the Mahamantra . He would say that for two
hours, until five in the morning. At five he would
participate in the kirton, singing a mantra while
more H I N D U on 9
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B E H I N D C L O S E D D O O R S : In the monastery museum is a shrine to Rama Krishna, Swami Vivekananda and Sarada Deva. The museum houses many donated religious objects and functions as a place of medita-tion as well.
P H O T O S B Y
Z A C H J O H N S O N
February 26, I 997 the Anchor CENTER f rom 2 H I N D U from 8
fractures what ihe city of Holland
has worked to do with downtown ,"
he said. There are some quest ions about
the Area Center that have yet to be
answered. The cost of this proposal
causes some concern that the Cen-
ter may be on the expensive side to
rent out for different funct ions.
There are also questions about
the availabil i ty of the basketball
facility for practice and game times.
"Unt i l these ques t ions are an-
swered, it is speculation as to how
much we would actually use this
new Center. However, we will prob-
ably be one of the main users," Van
Wieren said. "It has been disheart-
Congratulations Centurian N Pledge Class
Seth D. Bruggers Christopher A. Danapil is
John M. Fairchild R. Mat thew Fretz
Brian J. Grzan Robert A. Henry Tyler J. Jansen
Ethan E. Klump Daniel E. Kubacki
Philip N. Leete David P. Rohner
Robert B. Rutherford James W. Sipsma Mark R. Tenhor
Jeffrey A. Trytko Adam C. Wesselink
John S. Williams
A New Student Paper Contest
R A C E ISSUES Any Hope student may submit a paper addressing the issue of race. A paper my be research paper or scholarly essay. Papers submitted for coursework are allowed. Applications are available in Student Development Office.
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ening in the past when we hosted
the NCAA tournament and not been
able to play at our home arena. We
tended to lose some of the home
court advantage when we play in
the Dow." The final decision and funding
decisions will be made when the
plans go to the public on August 5th.
WEEK from 2
Story" on March 4 and Professor
Nancy Nicodemus will lead a read-
ing of 5 women poets in the En-
glish department on March 5.
In the beginning, organizers in-
c luding Green and Jane Dickie ,
professor of psychology and direc-
tor of Women's Studies, were look-
ing for an event about women 's ac-
complishments. T h e idea became
a Hope tradition that has brought
many women speakers, performers
and writers to campus each spring.
MINISTRY f rom 3
dancing with the other followers.
"You just get in this frenzy at five
in the morning. Then it would be
more j apa until seven. At seven
there is an elaborate 'Greet the De-
ity' ceremony," McMillan said.
After the ceremony there would
be classtime devoted to the. study
of ph i losophica l and devot iona l
texts and then breakfast. The rest
of the day would be spent working,
which is characteristic of Kharma
Yoga, an essential element to the
practice of Bakti Vidanta.
"I live in a state of general bliss.
Most people when they are walk-
ing around college are all caught up
in the mental fog. They look at the
ground and if you meet their eyes,
there is no interchange or anything.
We call that maya,4 the cosmic illu-
sion," McMillan said.
Developing discipline is a goal of
his study here at-Hope as an English
major.
"For me, right now, that 's why
I 'm here. I 'm getting disciplined,
my mind is getting disciplined," he
said.
McMil lan is planning on leaving
Hope College after this semester,
and he is hop ing to hi tchhike to
New Mexico this summer.
"I have found my way. I hope
other people find their way. There
is no handbook to life. There just
isn' t . You take little bits from things
you find along the way. A little bit
here and a little bit there. Life, to
me, is an experience, everything is
new," he said.
McMil lan encourages people to
visit the monastery, which has been
around since 1969. There is a large
bookstore containing a variety of
unique and esoteric books.
are able to. I like that f r eedom,"
Everts said.
Despite the trouble that female
ministers face in their struggle to be
f a i t h fu l to G o d ' s ca l l , they are
happy with the decisions they 've
made. They also encourage other
young women who are interested in
ministry to go through with it.
"Women who enter into the min-
istry realize that there will be resis-
tance. Being aware of the difficul-
ties and having support makes all
t h e d i f f e r e n c e , " sa id D i a n e
Maodush-Pitzer, who was ordained
in 1993 and is the executive direc-
tor of Witness.
Witness is a non-profit organiza-
tion founded in 1993, with an of-
fice in the basement of the Chapel .
Its mission is to work toward the
t r a n s f o r m a t i o n of t h e c h u r c h
through the witness of women so
that men and women, as equal part-
ners, may participate fully in the
ministry of Jesus Christ.
Nasra l l ah o f t en talks to H o p e
w o m e n that a re s t ruggl ing with
God ' s call for their life.
"Love God and obey him with all
your heart and you'l l be amazed at
the doors that begin to open to you.
Gender doesn ' t need to be an issue.
Don ' t focus on your gender or your
inadequacies.
Focus on God alone. If He wants
you in ministry He will make a way
fo r you, as he did fo r m e , " said
Nasrallah to all women who feel
called to minister.
Young women today continue to
hear that call and fol low it.
Pre-seminary student Stephanie
Kaper-Dale ( '97) is planning to go
to seminary after a year in South Af-
rica, where she and her husband
Seth ( ' 97 ) will be host parents to
children in an orphanage.
T h e Social Work and Religion
double major knows that it may be
difficult to find a church if she de-
cides to preach, but she is looking
forward to studying at seminary and
learning more about her faith. <4I have a great desire to serve
God in the church and share my
faith with a congregation," she said.
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44 Haunted by God: The Life of Dorothy Day founder of the Catholic Worker IVIovement
A one w o m a n play p r e f o r m e d by Lisa W a g n e r of Still Point T h e a t r e Collective
Tuesday, March 4, 7-8:30 p.m. Maas Auditorium Free Admission S p o n s o r e d by
W o m e n ' s W e e k a n d U C S ^
NORTH from I
faculty's decision.
"It 's utter hypocrisy. Professors
chal lenge us to consider diverse
viewpoints but apparently it needs to be viewpoints they agree with.
This was a vote against free speech
and diversity because free speech
includes Oliver North, and diversity
includes conservat ives . We will
consider the letter the faculty is
sending us and then we'l l ask Ollie to c o m e a n y w a y , " sa id Er ic
Friedman ( '97) , Co-President of
Hope Republicans and an organizer
for the event.
Andrew Van Eden ( '97) voiced
his concerns over the amount of
money that will be spent to rope in
North. Student Congress plans to
pay no more than $10,000, but have
not reached a final figure. "This is too much money for a
guy who has nothing to offer. If you
take away the controversy what is
his importance?" he said.
People on both sides of the de-
bate may attend the Student Con-
gress meeting this evening if they would like to press the issue either
way. According to Alicia Fortino
( '97), if students had attended Con-
g re s s m e e t i n g s all a long , they
would have expressed dissent to the
visit before the ball got rolling.
"If people wanted to go they
could have ," she said. "Student
Congress meetings are open to ev-
eryone," she said.
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Thursday 7-8 p.m. Sunday 7-9 p.m.
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Tickets for Hope College students are $3 each.
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gifts God has given. T h e W e s t s h o r e C h a p t e r pe r -
formed two numbers followed by
the 21 members of Voices of West-
ern Mich igan Unive r s i ty and a
moving "I Am God" melody. Hope Gospel Choir concluded
the individual performances with
"Melodies f rom Heaven" before
they were joined by the other choirs
for a rousing finale. "I liked how all the choirs got
together and did the songs at the
end," said Black Coalition member Sheryl Gabriel ( '97). "It was a unity
of all, almost like they all knew each
other when they did that." Although the turnout was not as
high as the event planners were
hoping for, all came away with a
positive impression of the event.
" I t ' s a p r iv i l ege that we can gather together and worship God in
song," Taylor said.
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M A G I C F I N G E R S : Members of the now infamous Dew Crew sprinkle some magic dust in the direction of a Flying Dutch-man attempting to make a free throw. The Dew Crew was out in force to witness Hope defeat rival Calvin 81-71 last Saturday after-noon.
Anchor photo by Matthew Scholtens
Dutchmen come from behind to beat Calvin
Anchor photo by Zach Johnson
T A K E I X T O T H E H O L E : (Above) Joel Holstege ('98) tries to get around a defender in mid-air during Thursdays first half of Saturday's game. (Below) Flying Dutch-men forward Kris Merritt ('98) used a Calvin mistake to take the ball dunk. Merritt finished with a career high 24 points, which led all scorers.
G L Y N W I L L I A M S sports ed i to r
T h e F ly ing D u t c h m e n did it
again. Saturday's 81-71 win over Calvin
marked the third straight regular
season championship for the men's
b a s k e t b a l l t e a m and s e v e n t h
straight win over
Calvin.
Next up for the
Dutchmen (22-2 , 12-0) is an MI A A
tournament round two game on Fri-
day night against
the w i n n e r of
tonight's game pit-
ting Albion against
Alma.
T h e F l y i n g
Dutchmen are favored to win, as they will not only be hosting the
game, but also coming in off of a full week's rest.
C a l v i n has a r e l a t ive ly easy
bracket ahead of them and another Hope-Calvin face-off is lilcely to
occur next Saturday night in the
MIAA tournament championship
game. "We expect to see them again this
season, whether it be in the tourna-
ment championship game or the
NCAA tournament maybe ," said Kris Merritt ( '98).
T h e win
o v e r C a l v i n
w a s no t an
easy one, de-
spite the mis-
leading score,
as H o p e
t r a i l e d
t h r o u g h o u t m u c h of the
W e e x p e c t t o see
( C a l v i n ) aga in t h i s
season , w h e t h e r i t
b e i n t h e
t o u r n a m e n t
c h a m p i o n s h i p g a m e
o r t h e N C A A
t o u r n a m e n t m a y b e . —Kris Mer r i t t ('98)
game.
The Dutch-
m e n w e r e
d o w n by an
uncharacteris-
tic 11 points early in the second half.
With Calvin up 52-41 and 13:38
left to play, Hope Col lege head
coach Glenn Van Wieren made his move.
First, he switched to a tougher
trap style of defense that flustered
the Knights and kept them on their
toes. The Flying Dutchmen forced 27
turnovers, while giving up only 13
themselves. Hope also had more
than three times as many steals in
the game, 15-4. "We are much more productive
when we are playing in a trap, man-
t o - m a n s ty le of d e f e n s e , " Van
Wieren said.
He also proved to be the more ex-
perienced coach than Calvin's first-
year headman with his clever use
of the bench. As the clock ticked down and ap-
proached the ten minute mark. Van
Wieren opted to go with a quicker
three guard system, with Brandon
Goodyke ( '99) , Josh Canan ( '00), Jason VanderWoude ( '97) , Tom
Gortsema ( ' 97 ) and Jon Vertalka
( '99).
The use of this lineup was to wear
down an already tired Calvin team
that still had three of its starters in
the game. The plan worked, and the Knights
began to lose a little hop to their
m o r e C A L V I M o n I 2
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Anchor photo by Matthew Scholtens
Anchor photo by Matthew Scholtens I S " T H A T " S C O R E R I G H T ? : Coach Glenn Van Wieren, who has coached more than 500 Hope College varsity men's basketball games, grimaces as he looks up at the scoreboard early in the second half only to find his team down by 11 points.
Sports the Anchor February 26. I 997
Seniors power Flying Dutch to league title M I K E Z U I D E M A staff r e p o r t e r
Over ihe four day period of Feb.
19-22, ihe m e n ' s and w o m e n ' s
swimming and diving teams con-
cluded their MIAA season with the
conference championsh ip in the
Kresge Natatorium. For the sixteenth time in eighteen
years the women's
team captured the
MIAA champion-
sh ip a h e a d of
Kalamazoo. " K a l a m a z o o ' s
team swam a little
closer, but o ther t e a m s p l a y e d a
role in displacing them," said head
c o a c h J o h n
Patnott.
The men's team
finished in second
place behind K-Zoo College.
"We were a definite, solid sec-
ond," Patnott said. "Kalamazoo is
very strong and we are stronger than
the third place team, so it was pretty much a given where we were go-
ing to finish." The women's team had numer-
ous individuals qualify for national
cuts. Qual i fy ing in three individual
events was team co-captain Lindy
Chelf ( '97). Chelf made cuts in the
100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard
backstroke and the 200-yard indi-
vidual medley.
Chelf was also the league cham-pion for the third consecutive year
in both the 200 individual medley
and backstroke.
Also qualifying earlier in the sea-son were divers
Kari J a c k s o n ( '99) and Laura
Mihailoff ( '97).
" W e h a v e
twe lve w o m e n
who are possi-
b i l i t i e s , but I suspect nine will
make it. It all de-pends on where
they r ank n a -
tionally," Patnott
said.
M e g a n Hunter ( '97) won the 100-yard and
the 200-yard breaststroke events for
the fourth consecutive year. Only
five other swimmers in the history
of the league have acompl ished
such an outstanding feat.
Patnott was also pleased with the
performance of four freshmen who were able to make qualifying times.
Qual i fying were Amy Bos ( '00) ,
L lena D u r a n t e ( ' 0 0 ) , A d r i e n n e
W e w e r e a d e f i n i t e ,
s o l i d s e c o n d .
K a l a m a z o o is v e r y
s t r o n g a n d w e a r e
s t r o n g e r t h a n t h e
t h i r d p l a c e t e a m . —John Patnott
swim coach Anchor p\r\oXo by Jess Grevenstuk
F A S T S T A R T : Women swimmers from across the MIAA try to get a great head start on their race. Hope hosted the league championship meet last weekend. The home pool advantage proved helpful, as the women finished first and the men took second. Prince ( '00), and Erinn VanAuken 200-yard f rees tyle and 500-yard Hunter, Chelf, and Mihailoff.
( '00) who captured two MIAA tides
in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-
yard freestyle.
The men had four individuals
q u a l i f y f o r na t i ona l s i nc lud ing Derek VanderHeide ( '97) made cuts
in five events including the 50-yard
freestyle, the 200-yard freestyle,
and the 500-yard freestyle.
VanderHeide also qualified in the
Flying Dutch enter M I A A tournament
f rees ty le relays with t eammates J a r o d L i p p e r t ( ' 0 0 ) , B r a n d o n
Nyboer ( ' 98 ) , and Dan She l ley
( '98).
Look ing toward next season , Patnott will need to find swimmers
to step up and fill the shoes of some
graduating seniors.
Leaving for the women will be
All-Americans Melissa Theil ( '97),
CALVIN from I I
M e n ' s c a p t a i n s Bil l M a l p a s s ( '97) , Luke Pinkerton ( '97) , and
VanderHeide will also be graduat-
ing and could be very difficult to
replace. "We 've got some people to re-
place and we have to make an ef-
fo r t to r e p l a c e t h o s e p e o p l e , " Patnott said. "But we have a solid
base to work f rom."
G L Y N W I L L I A M S sports e d i t o r
Just weeks ago Brian Morehouse
and his Flying Dutch (13-11, 7-5)
were beaming with pride, having
won seven of their last ten and tied
for third in the league with Adrian.
What could go wrong? As it turned
out, everything.
First came a 54-47 loss to Adrian
last Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Dow
Center that dropped them down to
fourth in the league. The loss to the
Bulldogs was bad enough, but to
top it off Hope was forced to carry themse lves into last S a t u r d a y ' s
game against rival Calvin without
Lisa Hoekstra ( '00) , who injured
her ankle against the Bulldogs.
Hoekstra, a young post player.
used her first collegiate season to
progress immensely, as she aver-
aged 14 points per game, third best
in the league. She also averaged close to seven rebounds per game,
third best in the league. Without Hoekstra to help Lisa
T i m m e r ( ' 9 7 ) ins ide, the Dutch
proved to be overpowered by the
Knights ' stronger and taller inside
players. The 59-56 weekend loss in
Grand Rapids had no impact on the
league standings, as Adrian lost as
well. The Flying Dutch still entered
the MIAA tournament last night in
fourth place. The score of the game
was not available at press time.
The winner of last night 's game
will face a strong Calvin College team, on the road tomorrow night
for the semi-finals. The Knights are
22-2 overall, and undefeated in the
league. Last night, Feb. 25, at the Dow
Cente r , H o p e p layed f i f t h seed
Kalamazoo last night in the first
round of tournament action. The F l y i n g D u t c h ea s i l y d e f e a t e d
Kalamazoo (9-15) both times they
met this season. First, 58-44 at home
on Jan . 22 , and then 5 9 - 5 3 at
Kalamazoo on Feb. 15.
Hope College finished the regu-
lar season with three stat is t ical
league leaders. T immer lead the
league in field goal percentage, av-
eraging nearly 49 percent from the
field, and blocked shots with a total
of 22. Tara Hosford ( '98) led the league
in steals with 31 thefts in just 12
games.
shots and a step to their drives while
Hope 's stars rested up.
When the time was right, in came Pat Stegeman ( '99), Joel Holstege
( ' 98 ) , M a r c W h i t f o r d ( ' 9 7 ) and
Merritt. Before Calvin could react,
their substantial lead had dimin-
ished and Hope had the upper hand.
"We were able to really regroup
with that lineup and it helped Joel
out offensively," Van Wieren said.
"On the bench we really had an
optimistic outlook and we didn't get
down at all. They kept saying on the
bench, 'We will win this game . ' " Holstege's shot was non-existent
in the first half, as he didn't make a
single field goal until there were
9:40 left to play.
Plagued by both a sprained ankle
and jeering Calvin fans methodi-
Both tennis teams gear up to ace the upcoming season M I K E Z I U I D E M A staff r e p o r t e r
The men ' s and women ' s tennis
teams will enter their respective
seasons trying to top pe renn ia l MIAA rival Kalamazoo College.
"Kalamazoo is the number one
school in the country," men ' s head coach Steve G o m o said. "They are
a stronger team than they were last
year and we are a stronger team than we were last year."
Both teams enter the indoor sea-
son without a set line-up as of yet,
and return much of the same talent
from last year 's teams.
"From a coach's perspective we have more talent than in the five
years that I 've been here," G o m o
said. Both teams return the top play-
ers from last season's lineups.
For the w o m e n , top p l a y e r
Audrey Coates ( '97), enters her sec-ond year as the team's captain. Also
returning from last year ' s team will
be B^cky Lucas ( '97), Joy Green
( '98), and Erin Sowerby ( '98).
"We have a lot of experience.
Even the freshmen have a lot of ex-perience not only
f r o m h i g h s c h o o l , bu t in
U n i t e d S t a t e s
Tennis Associa-
t ion c o m p e t i -
t i o n , " s a id
w o m e n ' s h e a d coach Kathy Van
Tubbergen. For the men ,
d u a l c a p t a i n s
Steve DeVrieze ( '98) and Saum
R a h i m i ( ' 9 7 ) ,
b o t h s e c o n d team AI1-MIAA members, retum as
well as last year 's top player Jeff
MacDoniels ( '98) , a first team All-
MIAA selection. Only three of six members that
T h e w a y o u r
s c h e d u l e is se t u p
w e p lay a l o t o f
n a t i o n a l t e a m s . . . s o
w e r e a l l y c o n t r o l
o u r o w n d e s t i n y f o r
n a t i o n a l s . — S t e v e G o r n o
M e n ' s t e n n i s c o a c h
played varsity last year retum to
varsity this year, with a couple of seniors that didn ' t play last year.
The men ' s team have had two
matches already. They had a loss to
Division 1 school
Western Michigan University and a
4-3 loss to Ripon
the tenth ranked
team in the region.
B o t h t e a m s
h a v e se t h igh
goals for this sea-s o n , w h i c h in-
clude qua l i fy ing
for nationals and
making a run for the league t i t le.
Ka lamazoo Col-
lege is a strong fa-
vorite to win the MIAA. " I ' m exc i ted about the team.
They ' re very enthusiastic and very
motivated. They look to improve as individuals and as a team, and that
makes it fun," Van Tubbergen said. The women kick off their season
tonight with a home match against
Aquinas, at the DeWitt Tennis Cen-
ter. The match will begin at 6 p.m.
The men's next match will be at the DeWit t Tennis Center Saturday,
March 1, against Wabash at 2 p.m.
"The way the schedule is set up we play a lot of national and re-
gional teams, so we really control
our own destiny for na t ionals , "
G o m o said.
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cally chanting his name, he relied
more on his ability to create big
plays for other people and his de-
fense. He dished off eight assists, reg-
istered f ive steals, and recorded
only two fouls to go along with his
13 points. "In the first half there was noth-
ing I could say to Joel to get him
into the game," Van Wieren said.
"Sometimes Joel is his own worst
enemy."
By far the hero of the game was
Merritt, as he shined in the second
half absence of David Meulenberg
( '97), who left the game late in the
first half with an injured left shoul-
der. Nearly every Hope rally was cre-
ated by Merritt 's scoring, defense,
or leadership. He finished with 24
p o i n t s , 11 r e b o u n d s , and f i v e
blocks. "1 was very pleased with Merritt's
leadership on the court and on the
bench," Van Wieren said. "It was
definitely a Kris Merritt day. He
played exceptionally well."
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