NTCHOR VOL. 124 NO. 18 MARCH 9. 2011 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN DEO" HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND, MICHIGAN ARTS Knick Flick Academy Award-nominated "Another Year" comes to Hope Page 4 FEATURES New Novelists After a month of hard work and little sleep. 18 new novelists have finally completed all 50,000 words! PageS SPORTS ARTS Knick Flick Academy Award-nominated "Another Year" comes to Hope Page 4 FEATURES New Novelists After a month of hard work and little sleep. 18 new novelists have finally completed all 50,000 words! PageS Hoops Heartbreak Both men's and women's basketball made it to the second round of NCAA playoffs only to come up short. PageS Library to open hour earlier on Sundays Jenelle Ranville G U E S T W R I T E R Student Congress has been busy working toward bettering Hope's campus this semester by introducing initiatives that di- rectly impact students' accessi- bility to the library, as well as the campus's ability to become more sustainable. This semester, Congress has been working toward chang- ing Van Wylen Library's Sunday hours. The previous opening time on Sundays was at 1 p.m., but has been moved to 12 p.m. to give students another impor- tant hour of studying time. Christina Aardema (13), a member of the Hope Library Committee, was the first to bring up the concern. The commit- tee attempted to find the most beneficial times for the library to be open. Aardema brought up changing weekday closings to 2 a.m., and Sunday openings to 11 a.m. However, opening the library an hour earlier on Sun- days was the best extension that could be made. "This is mainly because of costs and trying to find p e o p l e to work during late hours," Aar- dema said of the reasons for only the Sunday change of hours. Not only is this good news for students but also for employ- ees. "I a m excited to be able to head straight to the library af- ter lunch instead of wasting an hour. Graves and other academic buildings are closed on Sundays, so 1 always head to the library to get studying and homework fin- ished," said Anne Harrison ('13), who works at the main floor checkout. Harrison also said that the same people who usually open at 1 pm will be opening at 12 pm, and they also seem to be happy about the hour increase. In addition to new library hours, Student Congress' Sustainability Committee is selling water bob- bles to benefit Dance Marathon, as well as to help Hope students make more sustainable choices. SEE CONGRESS, PAGE 2 Dance 37 )i ( W O ' A i > N \ % K PHOTO BY ERIC ALBERG DANCE 37— Hope's annual major dance concert Dance 37 opened Friday and continues at 8 p.m. March 10-12 at the Knickerbocker. Faculty forum addresses discrimination issues Chris Russ C A M P U S N E W S C O - E D I T G R On Feb. 24, for two hours be- tween 5 and 7 p.m. in the Maas Conference Room, a group of Hope College faculty members met to discuss issues of discrim- ination on Hope's campus. "Sometimes I think we feel we are more divergent in our opinions on some of these issues than we really are. And once we put ourselves together in a room you begin to see the common ground, the common passion, the common commitment to our students, to the institution, that we all care about this place and we all care about students," said Dr. Deirdre Johnston of the communications department. The event was an open fo- rum and was organized by the Professional Interest Committee which represents teachers at the college. There was no agenda at the meeting; the only rule was that there would be a two-min- ute time limit each time a speak- er was given the floor. For two hours professors passed a microphone around a room of their peers and ex- changed their ideas on the sub- ject matter. Johnston estimated that around 110 members of the faculty were present. Repre- sentatives of the administration were also in attendance. The meeting began with a dis- cussion of the educational envi- ronment at Hope and whether or not this environment contrib- utes to discrimination. "After the special faculty meeting called about the KKK flyer incident, it was clear the faculty had much more to talk about relating to discrimina- tion and the campus climate at Hope," Dr. David Klooster of the English Department said. "At that meeting, there had been only a few minutes avail- able for faculty conversation, so the idea of a longer faculty forum was appealing to me and to many colleagues as a chance to understand and process our situation at the college and the responsibilities we have as fac- ulty members. After the results of the Campus Climate survey were released, it was even more urgent for the faculty to discuss its responsibilities," Klooster said. In that recently compiled Campus Climate survey, John- ston said that faculty reported a higher level of comfort discuss- ing their opinions regarding race and ethnicity as opposed to their views regarding sexuality. Facul- ty members were also found to be more comfortable reporting an incident of racial discrimina- tion than reporting an incident of sexual discrimination. The data was collected last spring, through the summer and during this past fall. Johnston pointed out that while most of the time at the fo- rum was spent examining issues of sexual orientation, issues of SEE FORUM, PAGE 2 Model UN encourages political discussion Madalyn Muncy C A M P U S N E W S C O - E D I T O R The United Nations is an im- portant aspect of international relationships, becoming in- creasingly significant in light of the growing global economy and community. Teaching about the UN through simulation exercis- es, Hope College's Model United Nations provides high school students with the opportunity to try solving world problems right here on Hope's campus. Hope College will host close to 700 high school students from 27 different high schools across Michigan for Model UN Thurs- day and Friday. Model U N is based on the structure of the United Nations based in New York City. It is run by Hope College students for high school students, who practice being UN delegates in simulated proceedings. Hope's version is the largest conference of its kind in Michigan, offering several forms of UN simulation including General Assembly, Se- curity Council, Economic Social Council and International Court of Justice. Though complex, the event is a great learning experience for everyone involved, including Hope students who help orga- nize and monitor meetings. "This is my third year working with Model UN. I enjoy hearing high school students talk and argue about political issues, and the conference itself is always fun," said James Colten ('11), who is the student high school coordinator for the event. Preparation for the event be- gins in the fall, with participants researching general topics both before and after country assign- ments are distributed. Each del- egate must be knowledgeable about their country's foreign policy, as well as other coun- tries that they will be interacting with. Hope student leaders choose certain issues for consideration prior to the event. For example, this year, the SEE CONFERENCE, PAGE 2 WHAT'S INSIDE NATIONAL 3 ARTS 4 FEATURES 5 VOICES 6 SPORTS 8 Got a story idea? Let us know at [email protected]. or call us at 395-7877.
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M A R C H 9. 2011 • SINCE 1887 "SPERA IN DEO" HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND, MICHIGAN
ARTS
Knick Flick Academy Award-nominated
"Another Year" comes to Hope
Page 4
F E A T U R E S
New Novelists After a mon th of hard work and l i t t le sleep. 1 8 new
novelists have f inal ly comple ted all 5 0 , 0 0 0 words!
P a g e S
S P O R T S ARTS
Knick Flick Academy Award-nominated
"Another Year" comes to Hope
Page 4
F E A T U R E S
New Novelists After a mon th of hard work and l i t t le sleep. 1 8 new
novelists have f inal ly comple ted all 5 0 , 0 0 0 words!
P a g e S
Hoops Heartbreak Both men 's and women 's basketbal l made it to the second round of NCAA playoffs only to come up short .
P a g e S
Library to open hour earlier on Sundays Jenel le Ranvi l le G U E S T W R I T E R
S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s h a s b e e n
busy w o r k i n g t o w a r d b e t t e r i n g
Hope ' s c a m p u s th is s e m e s t e r by
i n t r o d u c i n g ini t ia t ives tha t di-
rect ly i m p a c t s t u d e n t s ' access i -
bility to t h e library, as well as t h e
c a m p u s ' s abil i ty t o b e c o m e m o r e
sus ta inab le .
This semes te r , C o n g r e s s has
b e e n w o r k i n g t o w a r d c h a n g -
ing Van W y l e n Library 's S u n d a y
h o u r s . T h e p r e v i o u s o p e n i n g
t i m e o n S u n d a y s w a s at 1 p .m. ,
bu t h a s b e e n m o v e d to 12 p .m.
to give s t u d e n t s a n o t h e r i m p o r -
t a n t h o u r of s t u d y i n g t ime .
C h r i s t i n a A a r d e m a (13 ) , a
m e m b e r of t h e H o p e L ib ra ry
C o m m i t t e e , w a s t h e first to b r i n g
up t h e c o n c e r n . T h e c o m m i t -
tee a t t e m p t e d to find t h e m o s t
benef ic ia l t i m e s fo r t h e l ib ra ry
to be o p e n . A a r d e m a b r o u g h t
u p c h a n g i n g w e e k d a y c los ings
t o 2 a .m. , a n d S u n d a y o p e n i n g s
to 11 a .m. However , o p e n i n g t h e
l i b ra ry a n h o u r earl ier o n S u n -
days w a s t h e bes t e x t e n s i o n t h a t
cou ld b e m a d e .
"This is ma in ly b e c a u s e of
cos t s a n d t r y ing to find p e o p l e
to w o r k d u r i n g late hours ," A a r -
d e m a sa id of t h e r e a s o n s fo r on ly
the S u n d a y c h a n g e of h o u r s .
N o t on ly is th i s g o o d n e w s
fo r s t u d e n t s b u t a lso for e m p l o y -
ees .
"I a m exci ted to b e able to
h e a d s t r a igh t t o the l ib ra ry af-
te r l u n c h ins tead of w a s t i n g a n
hour . G r a v e s a n d o t h e r a c a d e m i c
bu i ld ings a re c losed o n Sundays ,
so 1 always h e a d to t h e l ib ra ry t o
get s tudy ing a n d h o m e w o r k fin-
ished," said A n n e H a r r i s o n ( '13),
w h o w o r k s a t t h e m a i n f loor
c h e c k o u t .
H a r r i s o n also said tha t t h e
s a m e p e o p l e w h o usual ly o p e n
at 1 p m will be o p e n i n g at 12 pm,
a n d t h e y also s e e m t o be happy
a b o u t t h e h o u r increase .
In a d d i t i o n t o n e w l ibrary h o u r s ,
S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s ' Susta inabi l i ty
C o m m i t t e e is selling wate r b o b -
bles t o bene f i t D a n c e M a r a t h o n ,
as well as to he lp H o p e s t u d e n t s
m a k e m o r e sus t a inab le choices .
SEE CONGRESS, PAGE 2
Dance 37
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PHOTO BY ERIC ALBERG
D A N C E 3 7 — Hope 's annua l ma jo r dance c o n c e r t Dance 37 opened Friday a n d c o n t i n u e s
a t 8 p.m. M a r c h 1 0 - 1 2 a t t h e K n i c k e r b o c k e r .
Faculty forum addresses discrimination issues
Chris Russ C A M P U S N E W S C O - E D I T G R
O n Feb. 24, for t w o h o u r s be -
t w e e n 5 a n d 7 p .m. in t h e M a a s
C o n f e r e n c e R o o m , a g r o u p of
H o p e Col lege facu l ty m e m b e r s
m e t to d i scuss i ssues of d i s c r i m -
ina t ion o n Hope ' s c a m p u s .
" S o m e t i m e s I t h ink w e feel
w e a re m o r e d ive rgen t in o u r
o p i n i o n s o n s o m e of t h e s e i ssues
t h a n w e really are. A n d o n c e w e
pu t ourse lves t o g e t h e r in a r o o m
you b e g i n t o see t h e c o m m o n
g r o u n d , t h e c o m m o n pass ion ,
t h e c o m m o n c o m m i t m e n t t o
o u r s t u d e n t s , t o t h e ins t i tu t ion ,
tha t w e all ca re a b o u t t h i s p lace
a n d w e all ca re a b o u t s tudents ,"
said Dr. D e i r d r e J o h n s t o n of t h e
c o m m u n i c a t i o n s d e p a r t m e n t .
T h e e v e n t w a s an o p e n fo-
r u m a n d w a s o r g a n i z e d by t h e
Profess iona l In te res t C o m m i t t e e
w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s t e a c h e r s at t h e
college. T h e r e w a s n o agenda at
t h e m e e t i n g ; t h e on ly r u l e w a s
t h a t t h e r e w o u l d be a t w o - m i n -
u t e t i m e l imit e a c h t i m e a speak-
e r w a s given t h e floor.
For t w o h o u r s p r o f e s s o r s
p a s s e d a m i c r o p h o n e a r o u n d
a r o o m of the i r p e e r s a n d ex-
c h a n g e d the i r ideas o n t h e sub -
ject ma t t e r . J o h n s t o n e s t i m a t e d
tha t a r o u n d 110 m e m b e r s of
t h e facu l ty w e r e p r e s e n t . R e p r e -
sen ta t ives of t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
w e r e a l so in a t t e n d a n c e .
T h e m e e t i n g b e g a n w i t h a d i s -
c u s s i o n of t h e e d u c a t i o n a l envi-
r o n m e n t at H o p e a n d w h e t h e r
o r n o t th is e n v i r o n m e n t c o n t r i b -
u tes to d i s c r i m i n a t i o n .
"After t h e spec ia l facu l ty
m e e t i n g cal led a b o u t t h e KKK
flyer i nc iden t , it w a s c lear t h e
facu l ty h a d m u c h m o r e to ta lk
a b o u t re la t ing t o d i s c r i m i n a -
t i on a n d t h e c a m p u s c l ima te at
Hope," Dr. Dav id Kloos te r of t h e
Engl ish D e p a r t m e n t said.
"At tha t m e e t i n g , t h e r e h a d
b e e n only a f e w m i n u t e s avail-
able for facul ty conve r s a t i on ,
so t h e idea of a longer facul ty
f o r u m w a s appea l ing to m e a n d
to m a n y co l l eagues as a c h a n c e
t o u n d e r s t a n d a n d p r o c e s s o u r
s i t ua t ion at t h e col lege a n d t h e
respons ib i l i t i es w e have as fac-
ul ty m e m b e r s . A f t e r t h e resu l t s
of t h e C a m p u s C l i m a t e s u r v e y
w e r e re leased , it w a s even m o r e
u r g e n t fo r t h e facul ty t o d i scuss
its responsibi l i t ies ," Kloos te r
said.
In tha t r ecen t ly c o m p i l e d
C a m p u s C l i m a t e survey, John -
s t o n sa id tha t facu l ty r e p o r t e d a
h ighe r level of c o m f o r t d i scuss -
ing the i r o p i n i o n s r e g a r d i n g race
a n d e thn ic i ty as o p p o s e d t o the i r
views r e g a r d i n g sexuali ty. Facul-
ty m e m b e r s w e r e also f o u n d to
b e m o r e c o m f o r t a b l e r e p o r t i n g
an i nc iden t of racial d i s c r i m i n a -
t i on t h a n r e p o r t i n g a n i nc iden t
of sexual d i s c r i m i n a t i o n . T h e
da t a w a s co l l ec ted last sp r ing ,
t h r o u g h t h e s u m m e r a n d d u r i n g
th is pas t fall.
J o h n s t o n p o i n t e d ou t t h a t
whi le m o s t of t h e t i m e at t h e fo-
r u m w a s s p e n t e x a m i n i n g issues
of sexual o r i e n t a t i o n , i ssues of
SEE FORUM, PAGE 2
Model UN encourages political discussion Madalyn Muncy C A M P U S N E W S C O - E D I T O R
T h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s is a n im-
p o r t a n t a s p e c t of i n t e rna t iona l
r e la t ionsh ips , b e c o m i n g in-
c reas ing ly s igni f icant in l ight of
t h e g r o w i n g global e c o n o m y a n d
c o m m u n i t y . T e a c h i n g a b o u t the
U N t h r o u g h s i m u l a t i o n exercis-
es, H o p e College 's M o d e l U n i t e d
N a t i o n s p rov ides h igh schoo l
s t u d e n t s wi th t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to
t ry solving wor ld p r o b l e m s r ight
h e r e o n Hope ' s c a m p u s .
H o p e Col lege will hos t c lose
to 7 0 0 h igh schoo l s t u d e n t s f r o m
27 d i f f e ren t h igh schoo l s ac ross
M i c h i g a n for M o d e l U N T h u r s -
day and Friday.
M o d e l U N is based o n the
s t r u c t u r e of t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s
b a s e d in N e w York City. It is
r u n by H o p e Col lege s t u d e n t s
fo r h igh s c h o o l s t u d e n t s , w h o
p r ac t i c e b e i n g U N de lega tes in
s imula ted p r o c e e d i n g s . H o p e ' s
v e r s i o n is t h e la rges t c o n f e r e n c e
of i ts k ind in Mich igan , o f fe r ing
severa l f o r m s of U N s i m u l a t i o n
inc lud ing G e n e r a l Assembly , Se-
cu r i t y Counc i l , E c o n o m i c Social
Counc i l a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o u r t
of Justice.
T h o u g h c o m p l e x , t h e e v e n t
is a g rea t l e a r n i n g e x p e r i e n c e
fo r e v e r y o n e involved, i n c l u d i n g
H o p e s t u d e n t s w h o he lp o rga -
nize a n d m o n i t o r m e e t i n g s .
"This is m y t h i r d year w o r k i n g
wi th M o d e l U N . I en joy h e a r i n g
h igh s c h o o l s t u d e n t s talk a n d
a rgue a b o u t pol i t ical issues, a n d
t h e c o n f e r e n c e itself is always
fun," said James C o l t e n ('11),
w h o is t h e s t u d e n t h igh s c h o o l
c o o r d i n a t o r for t h e even t .
P r e p a r a t i o n fo r t h e e v e n t be -
gins in t h e fall, wi th p a r t i c i p a n t s
r e s e a r c h i n g genera l top ics b o t h
b e f o r e a n d a f t e r c o u n t r y ass ign-
m e n t s a re d i s t r i bu t ed . Each del-
egate m u s t be k n o w l e d g e a b l e
a b o u t the i r coun t ry ' s fo re ign
policy, as well as o t h e r c o u n -
t r i e s tha t t h e y will be i n t e r ac t ing
wi th .
H o p e s t u d e n t l eade r s c h o o s e
ce r t a in i ssues fo r cons ide r a t i on
p r io r t o t h e even t .
For example , t h i s year, t h e
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In China: Could jasmine go jade? ^sKto Letter prompts Chinese officials to pre-emptively crack down on potential revolution p y j ^ j Q f 0 a r s
C O - N A T I O N A L E D I T O R
Recent protest movemen t s
across t he Arab region, increasingly referred to as
the Jasmine Revolution, may have sparked revolution in
China. However, the Chinese
government initiated a severe ; and pre-emptive crackdown 1 meant to prevent any such
movement . The crackdown came barely a
week after a letter was published
anonymously on the Chinese website Boxun.com. The letter,
published Feb. 19 and addressed to the National Peoples
Congress, asked Chinese citizens
to part icipate in weekly Sunday
protests demand ing increased equality, public oversight of
governmental p rocedures and
lessened corrupt ion . "We do not necessarily
have to over throw the cu r ren t government," a por t ion of the
letter reads, translated to English by H u m a n Rights In China, "but
we ,are resolute in asking the
government and the officials to accept t he supervis ion of
ordinary Chinese people, and
we mus t have an independen t judiciary/This is our fundamen ta l
demand." The letter went on to list
rallying poin ts around China ,
asking citizens to "stroll, watch,
or even just p re tend to pass by. As long as you are present , the
author i tar ian government will
be shaking with fear." The letter also firmly stated the authors '
c o m m i t m e n t to "non-violent
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PHOTO COURTESY OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
P R E V E N T I O N — Chinese pol ice swarm a s t reet In f ron t of a McDonald 's In Bei j ing on Feb. 20 . The area was a planned protest s i te for a Chinese version of the "Jasmine Revolut ion."
non-coopera t ion . The letter quickly spread
across Twitter, p rompt ing the
Chinese government to ban the
search word "jasmine" - a word that symbolizes Middle Eastern
upris ings - f r o m all search engines and microblogging services. The government also
initiated arres ts of anyone who
re-pos ted the letter. Despi te a lack of
demons t ra to r s and protest
signs, on the first Sunday of protest the government f looded
the meet ing point in Wangfu j ing
with plainclothes police officers
P ERSPECTIVES
and security teams, interrogat ing some and checking the ID
badges of o thers . Three people
were detained at the Shanghai
meet ing point . As the second Sunday
approached, Chinese officials assaulted and detained mult iple
lawyers, journalis ts , and other
activists, including BBC repor ter
Damian Grammat icas . "My hair was grabbed. . .
they tried to pick me up and throw me bodily in to |a] van,"
Grammat icas recounted to PBS.
"1 found myself lying on the floor
as they repeatedly s lammed the
door on my leg." Despite the swiftness and
ferocity of the government
crackdown, visible protest in China has yet to materialize.
It appears that the following
s ta tement m a d e in the protest letter will remain unfulfilled:
"China belongs to every Chinese
person, not to any political party. China's fu tu re will be decided by
every person."
A full version of the letter can
be found at www.hrichina.org/
public/contents/press?revision_
id=192612&item id=192610
Aftan Snyder C O - N A T I O N A L E D I T O R
Despite the fact that Libya
holds only 2 percent of the
world's oil supply, gas prices cont inue to climb. According to
experts , r epor t s Time magazine,
the cur rent price of oil - $116 dollars per barrel - is about $20
higher than it should be. Why?
The largest reason, wri tes Time magazine cont r ibutor
Rana Foroohar, is fear. "[Oil] is necessary to our survival," she
writes in the March 4 edit ion of
Time. " W h e n we fear that our ability to heat our homes and
fuel our cars might somehow be
in danger, we panic.. . i t is of ten fear ra ther than reality that
drives oil prices." Foroohar also notes that more
speculat ion in energy markets
may drive up prices. Investors increasingly see oil as a med ium
of t rade and income. A rising
energy demand also p rompts scares of an oil shortage.
According to Foroohar, Wes te rn companies have access
to only 25 percent of the world's
oil supply. The rest lies with companies th roughou t t he
Middle East, Africa and Asia, in countr ies that are increasingly seeing a t rend toward what
she calls "oil nationalism."
Oil nat ionalism is intimately connected to the domest ic
politics of oi l-bearing countries . This makes the oil business
uncertain. Unfortunately, an uncerta in
oil business causes fear, and fear about oil means we pay more at
the pump.
Collective bargaining does not belong in government Matt Lee C O - N A T I O N A L E D I T O R
Editor's note: This perspectives
column is a response to a letter
on page 7 entitled "Collective
bargaining is democracy"
H o w is fleeing the state and
leaving your job you were elected
to democrat ic? I unders tand that you feel this was an a t tempt for
them to make sure the protes ts were heard bu t they do not
just represent those protestors; they represent every person in
Wisconsin and it is their du ty
to do so. They took an oath to serve and it is their du ty and
obligation to be in a t tendance. To reiterate the quote I originally
used f r o m FDR, "The process of collective bargaining, as
usually unders tood, canno t be t ransplanted into the public
service... A strike of public employees manifests nothing
less than an intent on their part to prevent or obs t ruc t the
opera t ions of Government ." To address your second point ,
private sector employees do not make a "great" deal more, in fact
they don't make more money at
all. A recent article in USA Today
pointed ou t that Wisconsin is o n e of 41 states where the
public sector employees o n
average earn more than private sector employees. "Wisconsin is
typical," wri tes Dennis Cauchon of USA Today. "State, city and
school district workers earned
an average of $50,774 in wages and benefi ts in 2009, about
$1,800 more than in the private
sector." Now, this analysis did no t
take into account specific jobs,
age, educat ion o r experience. An earlier job- to- job analysis
conduc ted by USA Today did and they found that , when taking
these factors into account ,
public sector and private sector employees earn relatively the
same salary bu t when adding in overall benefi ts public sector
employees still ea rn more on
average. Wisconsin is no t the only state where this is the
case. In Michigan public sector employees earn an average of $58,801 a year which is $6,436
more than the average private
sector employees.
I also fail to see h o w you do
no t find the s ta tement of FDR
relevant. FDR is the fa ther of modern unionism; un ions exist
today because of his policies. Therefore if unions are still
relevant today what FDR had to say o n the mat ter is as well. If 66
years after his presidency things fail to be relevant in today's
politics then forget re forming
Social Security and welfare (both of which were also created under
FDR's New Deal) lets just get rid of them because apparently they
are no longer relevant. Collective bargaining has no
place in government because
in government there is no compet i t ion. It works great
in the private sector because private-sector un ions have
compet i tors and bargain over profi ts they help create. The
government relies solely on taxes. They have no profit . There are also no compet i to r s
for government un ions so they
have a monopoly. This means that the representat ives we send
to office must agree on tax and spending decisions with union
representatives. How is that
democrat ic? My voice is no t
being represented there. Unions were first established
to ensure quality working
env i ronments dur ing the industrial revolution and later
saw a b o o m in membersh ip dur ing the 1950s following
FDR's policies and legal work. It was a way to prevent employees
f rom being exploited. That was in the private sector though;
government workers have no such fear thanks to civil service laws yet they still have
unions. And since there are
no compet i tors or profits in
government unions the tax payers shoulder the cost of their
inflating demands . To address the compar ison
to Egypt, do we really want to cheapen that revolution by
compar ing it to a budget battle in a state that faces a projected $3.6 billion shortfall? I find it
ironic how a year ago when
Republicans were protest ing the health care legislation the
protestors were called "Un-American" and selfish, pretty
much every t e r m available, but
now that the tide has tu rned
people are using the great revolution in Egypt to inspire
protes ts over spending cuts . No th ing that these public sector
employees are being subjected to is anywhere near the kind of
oppression the people of Egypt
experienced. Budget cu t s are just a part
of being a public employee. It is
part of the risk of working for the government . Military personnel have recently had their pay frozen for three years and their
pay is already significantly lower, but no soldiers have gone on
strike because they realize what they are in the job for. Collective
bargaining strikes do not affect the private sector because there
are plenty of o ther goods and services to choose f rom. A strike
by United Auto Workers against Ford means consumers will t u rn
to Chrysler or General Motors . But that luxury does not exist in
government . W e can't buy other
teachers, legislators or police officers. The fact is the state of
Wisconsin and mos t o ther states right now face huge budget
British dramedy 'Another Year' comes to Knick Kat ie Schewe
C O - A R T S E D I T O R
T h e K n i c k e r b o c k e r Film
Ser ies is o p e n i n g i ts n e x t show,
" A n o t h e r Year", o n M a r c h 14. It
r u n s unt i l M a r c h 19 w i t h s h o w s
at 7:30 p . m . e a c h n igh t .
T h e synops i s t h e Knick gives
fo r t h e film is "A m a r r i e d c o u p l e
w h o have m a n a g e d to r e m a i n
s e a s o n s of o n e average year by
f r i ends , co l l eagues a n d fami ly
w h o all s e e m t o suf fer s o m e
d e g r e e of unhapp ines s . "
"Ano the r Year" is a Bri t ish
d r a m a , w r i t t e n a n d d i r e c t e d by
M i k e Leigh. Leigh is a d i r e c t o r
of b o t h films a n d thea te r . Leigh
s t a r t e d off as a t h e a t e r d i r e c t o r
a n d p laywr igh t in t h e m i d '60s. It
w a s in the 7 0 s a n d '80s tha t his
I N B R I E E
IDTTG PERFORM AFTER SPRING BREAK
T h e InSync D a n c e T h e -
a t re r e p e r t o r y c o m p a n y , b e t -
te r k n o w n as IDT, will p e r f o r m
Apri l 1 - 2 at 8 p . m . e a c h n igh t
at t h e K n i c k e r b o c k e r T h e a t r e
d o w n t o w n .
F o u n d e d in 1995 by D a w n
M c l l h a r g e y - W i g e r t a n d Ter r i
Filips, I D T is a s e m i - p r o f e s -
s ional j azz c o m p a n y aff i l ia ted
w i t h H o p e Col lege . T h e c u r r e n t
facul ty c o o r d i n a t o r is A m a n d a
S m i t h - H e y n e n .
T h e g r o u p p e r f o r m s e a c h
yea r to r e s i d e n t a n d gues t c h o -
r e o g r a p h e d tap a n d jazz p ieces .
A c c o r d i n g t o the i r webs i te ,
t h e c o m p a n y is " c o m m i t t e d t o
s h a r i n g t h e d iverse-voice of t a p
a n d jazz d a n c e w i t h m i d - w e s t -
e r n aud iences . It is a n e s t ab -
l ished e n s e m b l e t h a t s h a r e s t h e
a r t i s t r y of t h e s e d a n c e f o r m s
wi th a u d i e n c e s f r o m M i c h i g a n
a n d s u r r o u n d i n g states."
T icke ts for Apri l 's pe r -
f o r m a n c e m a y be p u r c h a s e d
t h r o u g h t h e t icket of f ice loca t -
e d in DeVos F ie ldhouse o n 222
Fa i rbanks .
Call t o o r d e r y o u r t i cke t s at
(616) 395-7890 . A d u l t t i cke t s
cos t $10, sen io r s cos t $7, a n d
s t u d e n t s cos t $5.
GPS PRESENTS ROSE ENSEMBLE
T h e in t e rna t iona l ly k n o w n
Rose E n s e m b l e will p e r f o r m in
D i m n e n t C h a p e l at 7 :30 p .m. o n
M a r c h 31.
Ind iv idua l t i cke t s a re $18 fo r
r egu la r a d m i s s i o n , $ 1 3 for se-
n io r c i t i zens , a n d $6 for ch i l d r en
18 a n d under .
F o u n d e d in M i n n e a p o l i s in
1996, t h e 1 3 - m e m b e r b a n d spe -
cializes in voca l ized classical
mus i c .
H0T0 COUHTCS*
A N O T H E R D R I N K — Peter W r i g h t and Lesley M a n v l l l e (ma in charac -
te rs M a r y and Tom) cope w i t h the i r u n h a p p i n e s s by r e s o r t i n g t o v ices .
blissful ly h a p p y
a u t u m n yea r s
o v e r t h e c o u r s e
i n t o the i r
a re s u r r o u n d e d
of t h e fou r
w o r k t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m t h e a t e r t o
f i lm.
O t h e r films of Leigh's inc lude:
"Life is Swee t " (1990),
"Ca ree r Gir l s" (1997),
G i lbe r t a n d Sull ivan b iop ic
"Topsy T u r v y " (1999), and
"All of N o t h i n g " (2002).
But h i s w o r k s tha t rece ived
t h e m o s t p ra i se inc luded :
" N a k e d " (1993), w h i c h
w o n h i m t h e Best D i r ec to r
A w a r d at t h e C a n n e s Film
Festival, "Sec re t s a n d Lies"
(1996) w h i c h w a s
n o m i n a t e d for a n
Oscar , a n d lastly
"Vera Drake"
(2004), w i n n e r of
t h e G o l d e n Lion .
" A n o t h e r
Year" i n c l u d e s
a c t o r s s u c h as
Jim B r o a d b e n t ,
Ru th S h e e n a n d
Lesley Manvi l le . M o s t
of t h e a c t o r s in t h e
film had w o r k e d w i t h
Leigh before . M u c h
co l l abo ra t i on w e n t
in to bu i ld ing t h e
c h a r a c t e r s a n d wor ld
of the film. A g rea t
deal of i m p r o v i s a t i o n
o c c u r s o n t h e ac to r s '
pa r t , as pa r t of t h e
p r o c e s s of b u i l d i n g
t h e final s c r ip t . "Ano the r Year" is
a m i x of c o m e d y a n d d r a m a .
"Ano the r Year" w a s first
r e leased in France in M a y of 2 0 1 0
at the C a n n e s Film Festival. Yet it
d id play at t h e 54 , h L o n d o n Film
Festival b e f o r e its official re lease
in France. It c a m e to t h e U.S. in
S e p t e m b e r at t h e Te l lu r ide Fi lm
Festival. T h e film w a s n o m i n a t e d
t h i s yea r fo r an A c a d e m y A w a r d
for bes t or ig ina l sc reenplay .
Don ' t m i s s y o u r c h a n c e to see
th is A c a d e m y A w a r d - n o m i n a t e d
film M a r c h 14-19 at t h e Knick a t
7:30 p .m.
WTHS: new and notable albums Hear the reviewers' radio shows!
Paul Rice: Mondays, 10 p.m.
Laura Helderop: Thursdays. 8 p.m.
ASOBI SEKSU
"Flourescence"
I n 2009, A s o b i Seksu pu t o u t "Rewolf,"
a n a l b u m of acous t i c t akes of songs
f r o m the i r p r ev ious a l b u m s . It w a s
wei rd . D r e a m p o p is def in i te ly A s o b i
Seksu 's mus i ca l fo r t e , a n d o n t h i s al-
b u m t h e y r e t u r n to the i r s t r e n g t h s . T h e
s inger ' s h i g h - p i t c h e d voice, s imi la r t o
t h a t of K a z u M a k i n o of B l o n d e Red-
head , b l ends in pe r f ec t ly w i t h t h e waves
of l o u d gu i t a r in t h e b a c k g r o u n d . T h e
songs a r e all a b o u t t e x t u r e m o r e t h a n
h o o k s , c r e a t e d by t h e ba l ance b e t w e e n
he r loud yet so f t voca ls a n d t h e g u i t a r
a n d keyboa rds .
Daniel Mart in Moore "In the Cool of the Day"
Danie l M a r t i n M o o r e w a s jus t a r egu la r
o ld s i n g e r / s o n g w r i t e r wi th a gu i t a r a n d
a so f t voice o n his last a l b u m , "Stray
Age." For h i s n e w a l b u m , he t h r e w ou t
h i s o ld a p p r o a c h a n d r e c o r d e d an as -
s o r t m e n t of o ld h y m n s a n d spi r i tua ls ,
m i x i n g in s o m e thema t i ca l l y cons i s t en t
songs of h i s o w n . T u r n s o u t h i s cove r s
have a lot m o r e c h a r a c t e r t h a n his o r ig -
inals. R e c r u i t i n g a var ie ty of m u s i c i a n s
( inc lud ing Jim James of M y M o r n i n g
Jacket) to va ry his s o u n d , he s w i n g s
a n d r o m p s t h r o u g h t h e f u n h y m n s
a n d gives s t a r t l i ng d e p t h to t h e s o l e m n
o n e s . A n y o n e look ing for fo lksy h y m n s
w i t h a r t i s t ic integri ty: , look no f u r t h e r !
Radiohead "The King of Limbs"
Ever s ince R a d i o h e a d g a i n e d a r e p u -
t a t i o n for c o m p l e t e l y r e c o n s t r u c t i n g
the i r style w i t h a l b u m s like "OK C o m -
p u t e r " a n d "Kid A," they 've b e e n re in -
v e n t i n g t h e m s e l v e s less a n d less. 2007's
"In R a i n b o w s " s o u n d e d like R a d i o h e a d
re lax ing , n o t t ak ing t h e m s e l v e s t o o se -
riously. But th is a b r u p t l y re leased n e w
" n e w s p a p e r a l b u m " s o u n d s n o t h i n g like
"In Rainbows." They s o u n d e v e n less
like a n o r m a l r o c k b a n d t h a n usual as
t h e o p e n i n g songs ski t te r by, p rope l l ed
by c l a sh ing r h y t h m s a n d anx ious , jerky
me lod i e s . C a l m b e a u t y u n f o l d s as t h e
a l b u m se t t l es in to s o m e t h i n g m o r e
s low a n d subt le . T h e n it e n d s - it's thei r
s h o r t e s t a l b u m to da te , u n d e r 40 m i n -
utes . Lack ing in fami l ia r s o u n d s a n d
s t r u c t u r e s , T h e King of L i m b s m i g h t be
t h e least accessible R a d i o h e a d a l b u m
yet, bu t any fan will be glad to hea r it.
N e w fans , be wary . This a l b u m is re -
w a r d i n g , bu t it's a cha l lenge .
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From left to right, f ront row: Wyatt Baldwin ('11), Sarah Baar ('04), Liz Geromet ta ('13), Ashley Tufnell ('12), Colleen Kolba (•12), Cara Haley £13) Madalyn Muncy ('13), Sarah Flinker n 2 ) . From left to ngh t , back row: Cour tney K. BlackweU ('11), Kristen Cray , Lucia Martis ('11), Emily Henry ('12), Kate Schrampfer (12) , Melody Hughes (13) , A m a n d a Cemen tz , (11), Leigh Clouse ( 13),
Andrew Jager ('13).
John Rebhan F E A T U R E S C O - E D I T O R
"Congratulations! You've accomplished what 97 percent of people never do when they say they want to write a novel!"
Pretty stunning statistic! It is what Profes-sor Elizabeth Trembley says to her students after 28 days of furious novel-writing. The truth is this: Writing a novel is incredibly difficult. The class's goal is to write 50,000 words in one month. Most students faint at the thought of writing a 10 to 20-page research paper. Now multiply that by 100, and you've got the typical page count for a novel f rom this class! And since the novel writing usually takes place in February, the number of days decreases by two.
Twenty-eight days is all they had, and they did it.
Everyone's methods are different for tackling this monstrous task. For me, when I took the class one year ago, it was "sim-ple." The word count per day is around 1,700, so I took it a day at a time. 1 devoted a
" I t u w p c U n f u l to- w r i t e '
i c e n e i ' c j u i c h a r u i c U t i y . '
T h e ' l u i U M y o f t u n e s c U d vurt
wUrit i n - t h i s p r o c e t y , 50-1
c o u l d n ' t / w o o y with
WOl'dfr."
M e l o d y H u t f K e s
large section of the day for writing, typi-cally in the morning after I woke up. The first few sentences were never coherent, but the idea of the class is not for the novel to make any sense. More on that later.
My classmates had different methods. One actually finished in only 10 days. Oth-ers took weekly word counts and, depend-ing on their schedules, took huge chunks out on one day and only a page or two on others. David Caplan ('11) had one of the more interesting (and hair-pulling) meth-ods. He pushed everything to the last min-ute. I checked in with him when we had only three days left, and he had just over 20,000 words to go. The amazing thing is that he pulled it off! By midnight on our last day, he had turned it all in and finished, along with everyone else in the class.
So how does this whole class work? It starts in January. Right off the bat, stu-dents are told they will have no life at all
outside of this novel writing process in Feb-ruary. They are given the ba-
sics in novel writ-ing and story struc-
ture until Feb. 1. Then, it's all up to them. The idea is
not to have a coherent story line f rom beginning to end; rather, it is
to finish the first draft of a story that you can then go back and revise. If you were writing and you wanted to change Fred's name to George, you would mark down where you are making the change (page 100), go to a separate document, and
make a note of what you have done. You would then go on with the rest of the story as if George was his name all along.
After the month of writing, the students gather their stories together and go through an entire workshop together. They pre-pare a pitch, a 10-second synopsis, and the first 20 pages of the story. Twenty might not seem like that much since you have a 50,000-word story, but it is what publish-ers typically want from potential authors.
So how did this year's group of novel-ists feel about the whole writing process? Melody Huges ('11) recalls how different it was than writing a typical short story. "It was painful to write scenes 'quick and dirty.' The luxury of time did not exist in this process, so I couldn't get fancy with words." When asked about the revisioning process, she said: "I agree wholehearted-ly with author James Michener who said, T am not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. ' After completing edi-torial re-constructive surgery on my first draft, I hope to end u p with a novel that I am really proud of."
Elizabeth Gerometta ('13) said she is ex-cited to get feedback f rom the other nov-elists. "I am a little apprehensive about giving my work to other readers, because it will be rough, even after revision work, but it is worth it to listen to both sides of constructive criticism. It will be great to see my story through the my classmates' perspectives."
Another big congratulations to everyone. We hope to see all your novels on the New York Times bestseller list soon.
6 ^ H E ANCHOR ^ O I C E S MARCH 9, 2 0 1 1
Paradoxical perspectives Three little words
Senior moment Free cash
Karen Patterson Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ring by spring. There is someth ing
about those three words consecutively wri t ten together that causes a par t of m e
to cringe. Yet, as a senior at H o p e Col-
lege it's a phrase I've been unable to out-run the last two years. Regardless of our
feelings on the topic, for bet ter or worse
(pun intended). Ring By Spring is a t r end
that inf luences this campus . Here's wha t I want to know, though: W h a t is it about
graduat ing college that leads to people
ei ther gett ing engaged or worrying if
they're single? Now, I'm not a scientist bu t I do
know that correlat ion does no t equal
causat ion. Tha t being said, I sense that s tudents o n this c a m p u s feel pressure to
be in a relat ionship dur ing college and if
that relat ionship has been going s t rong
for at least a year and a half at the end of junior year, to get engaged. Maybe I'm
completely wrong, maybe I 'm not . As s tudents at Hope, we are called
to excel academically while living lives
of faith and meaning . You can certainly
achieve bo th of those things while dat-
ing someone, bu t the urge to be in a sig-
nificant relat ionship doesn ' t necessarily have to be a par t of the equat ion. There is
an absolutely fantastic YouTube video of a
5-year-old saying, "I don't want to marry
you before I have a job." My housemates and I think it's hilarious bu t we also agree
that she's on to something. Did you know that in a 2007 census
poll, researchers found that the average Amer i can m a n gets mar r i ed at 27 years
old and the average Amer i can w o m a n
marr ies at 25 years? I realize that the ac-
tual n u m b e r of H o p e s tudents that get-
O marr ied within o n e year of graduat ion
is far lower than the r u m o r s would lead
you to believe; it's kind of like that ru-m o r where all Pull moralers and pullers
get mar r i ed—trus t me, that one's com-
pletely false. So then, if far fewer H o p e s tudents
get mar r ied than we're led to believe and
statistically nobody is get t ing marr ied
for a while, why o n earth do we feel this r idiculous pressure to give or receive a
r ing by spring? There are so many great
th ings abou t being single. Yes, it's nice
to always have s o m e o n e a round , but there's also an incredible oppor tun i ty for
personal growth when you're no t e m o -
tionally commi t t i ng a par t of yourself to
another person. Being in a relationship is awesome
and wonder fu l . Being single is awesome
and wonderfu l . So s tudents of H o p e College, I encourage you to take a deep
breath and ignore that pressure to be in
a relat ionship before April of your grad-
uation year. If you're gett ing marr ied in a few months , I sincerely offer my con-
gratulat ions. I recognize that while I am
not ma tu re enough to make that sor t of
c o m m i t m e n t , some people are. So wher-ever you are in life, enjoy it! Single, taken
or somewhere in be tween—don ' t s tress
it. We have t oo many things going for us
to let ourselves be def ined by our rela-
t ionship status.
Karen thinks Facebook should get rid
of the "Relationship Status" button. It
causes unnecessary drama.
Charlie Walter Columnist
I am sit t ing in the window of Crane 's
on Eighth Street. It's sunny and the
snow is sweating. An Amer ican flag
waves outside, over the store. Across the street , I watch a woman, who steps away
f rom the street-side ATM. She walks in
f ront of the long s t re tch of windows of Teerman's, Teerman's, Teerman's, Teer-
man's. As she stuffs her things back into
her purse, two pieces of paper d rop to
the sidewalk. She keeps walking. I sit up straight, put my hand to the
glass. I imagine she has d ropped a bank
card. Her bank s ta tement . Her social
securi ty card. This is serious. This could be t he be-
ginnings of identity thef t . I do no t know exactly what she has
d ropped , bu t I canno t bear that she has
left someth ing behind, and it could be a
p ic ture of her g randdaughte r or a letter
to her son. And she is still walking.
I slide ou t of my seat and walk ou t the door. I jog across the street , think-
ing that I am doing a very good thing for
this w o m a n . That I am a good man .
I bend over to pick up the left-be-
hinds. It is two $1 bills. I hold the money. Feel the r u b be-
tween my fingers, t he rub, the weight
of money that is so different f rom a re-
ceipt or no tebook paper. Real m o n e y
has weight. It's thicker. Denser. I think of a 47 cent refill with 3 cents
of tax at Crane's. Maybe a day-old muf-
fin at LJs. I could get t h e m both and
have m o n e y left over.
1 look up. The women, her purse
slung over her shoulder, enters a coffee
shop down at the s t reet corner. I was
hoping she had disappeared. Too late, I could say. Where 'd she go? I could say. I don't
know. I don't r emember what she looks like. But I know where she is. I hang my
head and jog. She is near and close and
the m o n e y belongs to her, and I know
where she is.... 1 enter the frosted door of the cof-
fee shop. Caf^ Konditorei . Alpen Rose.
Four-dollar brownies and chocola te frosted scones. The w o m a n is at the
counter, point ing a finger at the glass
case of pastries. I tap her on the shoulder. I hold the
two bills ou t to her. "You dropped this;
it's yours," I say. She stares at the bills, t h e n up at me.
She opens her hand . "Thank you," she
says. "It's no problem," I say. I exit, listen-
ing for her, for someth ing f rom her, bu t
she says nothing more . I jog back across the street . I sit back
down and dig for two quar ters ou t of
my pocket . For a refill. I pull ou t a d ime and a quarter , 15 cents shor t . I search
th rough my backpack, pulling ou t my blue cap and gown to look in the very
b o t t o m of the bag. But the quar te r and dime. It is all I
have. I have no other change. And I wonder if I've m a d e the w r o n g
choice.
JogginLthe globe : the abroad column Whitney Askew
('12), studying in: Santa Domingo,
Dominican
Republic
_ANCHOflL_
Karen Pa t te r son CO-EDITOR-IS-CHIEI
James Nichols Co-EmoR-is-Cniif
A n n M a l o n e PWDUCTIOS MASAGEA
Chris Russ CAMPUS NLHS CO-EOIWK
M a d a l y n M u n c y Cufff/s NEIVS CO-EDITOR
"Oye Oye, Duar te Duarte," the bus fare collector screams as he
hangs outs ide the moving vehicle. I signal the bus, known as una
guagua, to s top and c lamber on as the driver rushes off to pick
up more cus tomers . This is wha t I go th rough every morn ing to
get to class. Each day in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic is exciting be-
cause you never know what to expect: the guagua can break down
in the middle of a downpour, forcing the passengers to push; there
could be a bus strike preventing you to go to class, but also forcing the bus fare to increase; a professor can show up 20 minutes late or
just cancel class, even though you made the long trek to class; did I
mention everyone runs the red lights? Everything is fair game in the D.R. Besides the daily adventures, the culture is very rich as well; ev-
eryone is friendly and actually wants to get to know you. Every class,
1 am greeted by the Latin American cheek kiss. If I'm eating outside,
passer-bys say, "Buen provecho," meaning "have a good meal." On ev-ery corner, you see an intense dominoes game going down, where the
players slam their dominoes on a professional, green velvet table. The popular music that fills the streets consists of meringue, ba-
chata, salsa and Dembow, which is a very popular type of Dominican
music. You of course hear the big hits f rom the U.S., as well. When meringue or salsa is turned on, magically people start to dance like
professionals spinning and twirling their partner like there is no to-morrow. I would love to move like them; it is so colorful and lively
and free-spirited! This beautiful country is filled with gorgeous beaches, palm
trees, caves and mountains. My most recent excursion was to Cano Hondo.* We visited La Cueva de las Maravillas, the Cave of Won-
ders, This cave contains more than 500 pre-Columbian pictographs
painted by the Tainos onto the cave walls using charcoal and animal fat. Their painting skills are better than I ever could paint! It was also
amazing to see what the stalagmites and stalactites formed. There
were formations of a heart, a turtle, and even the Nativity scene for
the birth of Christ. The other part of the excursion consisted of whale watching—not
just any whales, but humpback whales. During the winter season,
the whales migrate to the tropical weather, so we were able to see a mother and her young show off their tails and blow holes when they
came up for air. I have never been so up-close to a humpback whale,
so this was an incredible experience! My next adventure will be in La Vega, where they have the larg-
est annual Carnaval in the country, celebrated for the entire month
of February. Each weekend, every town has their own parades and festivals with colorful costumes and masks. Carnaval climaxes on
February 27, the Dominican Independence Day. It is sad to think I have only two months left in this beautiful
country, but I am looking forward to learning more about the cul-
ture and the language, and also learning some dance moves!
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MARCH 9 , 2 0 1 1 VOICES THE ANCHOR 7
From the inside out Business as usual M a d a l y n M u n c y Co-Campus News Editor
Abou t a m o n t h ago, I unwill ingly
t u r n e d 20. Never had a b i r thday scared
m e so m u c h . Twenty m e a n t t ha t I wasn ' t a
t eenager anymore . Twenty m e a n t tha t next
year I cou ld legally buy alcohol. Twen ty
m e a n t tha t I was really g rowing up.
If we r e w o u n d and asked the 10-year- .
old m e wha t I was m o s t exci ted for, I wou ld
have a n s w e r e d "to g row up." H o w silly I
was, th ink ing tha t life would get so m u c h
easier w i t h o u t pa r en t s to answer to a n d a
younger sister bugging m e all t he t ime.
All of this g rowing u p bus iness t ha t
has been floating a r o u n d m y m i n d th i s
pas t m o n t h was recent ly e m b o d i e d in
the s t ranges t of fo rms . My r o o m m a t e has
b e e n actively pu r su ing an in te rnship , get-
t ing her r e s u m e ready, n e t w o r k i n g with
poten t ia l employe r s and going t o p rac t ice
interviews. All of th i s was just talk to me,
1 never t h o u g h t a b o u t w h a t it all m e a n t ,
o the r t h a n s o m e t h i n g t o d o th i s s u m m e r .
Last week, however, she c a m e in ca r ry -
ing a dark g a r m e n t bag f r o m N o r d s t r o m
Rack. Thinking tha t it w a s a n e w dress
or jus t s o m e t h i n g she was b r ing ing back
f r o m h o m e , I d idn ' t th ink m u c h of it. Unt i l
I c a m e back f r o m work the nex t day and a
p ressed black bus iness sui t w a s h a n g i n g in
o u r closet doorway . A f t e r asking w h a t it was for, I f o u n d
o u t t ha t she h a d b o u g h t it in p repara t ion
for i n t e r n s h i p in terv iews. "They told m e I
need to look m o r e professional," she said.
Before 1 k n e w it, my g roup of f r i ends
had ga the red in o n e r o o m to wa tch a p ro -
fessional bus iness f a sh ion show, t ry ing t o
dec ide w h a t b u t t o n - d o w n was m o r e ap-
propr ia te , t he s t r iped or solid? W e laughed
as our m o d e l posed, p r o u d of her n e w
look, f resh and ready to s h o w t h o s e engi-
nee r s w h a t she w a s m a d e of.
& W h e n the laughter d ied down , o n e of
m y f r i ends m a d e the obse rva t ion tha t I
k n e w eve ryone was th ink ing . "This m a k e s
m e kind of sad," she said. "It's like we ' re re-
ally g rowing up." N o o n e w a n t e d to th ink it, say it o r ac-
knowledge it, b u t the re it was, s ta r ing u s
in the face in the f o r m of a bus iness suit :
a d u l t h o o d . O r at least, th ings tha t lead t o
such. In te rnsh ips . | obs . Caree r s . Things
t ha t s e e m e d so far away w h e n we were
f r e s h m e n last year and a re c reep ing up o n
u s as a lmos t - jun io r s . The bus iness suit is still hang ing u p in
o u r closet doorway , so as n o t t o wr ink le in
o u r packed m o u n t a i n of c lo thes a n d bins,
r e m i n d i n g m e of w h a t lies ahead . W h o
k n e w that a few s e w n - t o g e t h e r p ieces of
fabr ic could symbol i ze so m u c h ?
I've dec la red my major , finished a minor ,
and t a k e n m a n y in teres t ing classes he re at
Hope ; however , I a m n o closer to finding
my n iche t h a n I was w h e n I s t epped o n
c a m p u s for t he first t ime. Despi te all of t he
anxie ty I 'm feel ing a b o u t s u m m e r research
and in te rnsh ips , as well as ca ree r choices ,
and as m u c h as I wou ld like to toss my
r o o m m a t e ' s suit ou t t he window, I th ink
tha t maybe floating a b o u t c o n f u s e d for a
while m i g h t lead m e in the r ight d i rec t ion .
I con t i nue t o r e m i n d myself t ha t I 'm 20
years young and tha t p inn ing myself d o w n
n o w m e a n s no th ing . If you have a plan, great , m o r e p o w e r
t o you. But if you don ' t , so be it . It's a dan -
gerous t h i n g t o be so ce r t a in of th ings
anyhow. Heck, w h o cou ld possibly have a
life view at this poin t? As for me, I 'm go-
ing t o actively work against t he cycle, a n d
m e a n d e r a r o u n d . Life will figure itself o u t
eventually.
Letters to the Editors Poster perpetrator owned up to mistakes
I was a t t he l ibrary the o the r night, and I f o u n d a copy of t he S tand Up edi t ion
of The Anchor . The first th ing tha t caught my eye was the in terview wi th the
p e r p e t r a t o r of t h e cont rovers ia l pos te rs , and as I read it, I couldn ' t he lp bu t
th ink tha t this was the m o s t humble , s incere apology I have ever read. I h o p e
tha t e v e r y o n e on c a m p u s w h o was ready t o lock th i s guy up and t h r o w away
the key gets t he c h a n c e to read this, too, and gets t he chance to realize tha t n o
ma t t e r h o w angry s o m e t h i n g like th i s m a k e s us, and regardless of h o w stupid
his mis t ake was , we're still deal ing with a p e r s o n here.
W h i l e I cer ta inly t h ink it's very i m p o r t a n t tha t we at H o p e grow in our racial
awareness and sensit ivity a f te r th i s event , I t h ink it's even m o r e i m p o r t a n t tha t
we learn to take issues and even t s for wha t they are, and n o t h i n g more . Yes, it
w a s an unaccep tab le , insensit ive act , and it shou ld be pun i shed . But if you read
the in terview in the Anchor , you k n o w tha t this s tuden t realizes this m o r e t h a n
anyone . If I cou ld have o n e wish for H o p e College, it wou ld be for us t o just take t i m e
to listen and figure o u t why people did wha t they did or said wha t they said be-
fore we ac t and speak rashly. W h i l e it w a s great t o see posi t ive s t u d e n t r e s p o n s e
and solidarity, I personal ly was d i s appo in t ed in a n u m b e r of s t u d e n t s and fac-
ulty w h o I felt w e r e us ing this inc ident negatively, as a kind of fuel for thei r fire,
so tha t they could keep po in t ing thei r finger at t he H o p e Col lege c o m m u n i t y t o
say s o m e t h i n g a long t h e lines of, "See? H o p e Col lege is racist." I th ink , in reality, if you a t t end H o p e Col lege wi th an o p e n hea r t ins tead of a
political agenda , you will not ice t ha t t h e r e is a great deal of h a r m o n y b e t w e e n a
lot of d i f fe ren t k inds of people and d i f fe ren t g roups of people , and you'll realize
tha t t he fu tu re is n o t qu i t e so bleak as ce r t a in o u t s p o k e n m e m b e r s of t he c o m -
muni ty wou ld have u s believe. I 'm wr i t ing this le t ter because I th ink it needs t o be said by s o m e o n e . The
s t u d e n t respons ib le for the pos ter t ha t has caused such an up roa r on c a m p u s
r e s p o n d e d in the bes t possible way h e could have, and if n o t h i n g else, h e has my
re spec t for own ing u p to his mis takes and being comple te ly ready a n d willing
to accept t he full force of his p u n i s h m e n t . There are a lot of l e s s o n s l personal ly
h o p e to learn f r o m this s i tuat ion, b u t tha t a t t i t ude is r ight up the re for m e as the
m o s t i m p o r t a n t lesson of all. M i k e Debowski (12 )
YOUR THREE LETTERS OF
RECOMMENDATION
'Collective bargaining IS democracy'
The Feb. 2 3 ar t ic le on the p ro te s t s in Wiscons in (which have since spread t o Ind iana and O h i o and
p robab ly m o r e t o come) was unfa i r and offensive. Mr. Lee a rgues t ha t t he d e m o c r a t s fleeing the s tate to pu rpose ly d o d g e a vo te tha t would kill collective
barga in ing for t e ache r s isn't d e m o c r a t i c . But, h o w is tha t no t democra t i c ? The Wiscons in (and Indiana)
d e m o c r a t s fled t o allow public workers , specifically teachers , to m a k e thei r collective voice heard . They
are work ing in sol idari ty wi th the teachers . Mr. Lee says the t eache r s "act cowardly and selfish" and t h e n
b lames the d e m o c r a t s in office. The real s tory is n o t a b o u t t he d e m o c r a t s fleeing office, it is a b o u t t he
t eachers S T A N D I N G UP for thei r h u m a n rights, and the i r r ight to un ion ize . A n d that is purely d e m o -
cratic. That is w h a t t he Egypt ian peop le fought F O R M E R Pres ident M u b a r a k for and tha t is w h a t every
A m e r i c a n ded ica ted t o d e m o c r a c y should STAND UP to. Mr. Lee writes that state employees are being asked to pay extra port ions of their pensions and health premi-
ums. He then compares their proposed $200 share to a private sector employee's $330 share. How can an aver-
age state employee be compared to the average private sector employee by financial means? N o doubt, private
employees make a great deal more than public employees, on average. Mr. Lee s tates , "The s i tuat ion in Wiscons in serves as a pe r fec t example of why g o v e r n m e n t employees
should no t have a collective barga in ing a g r e e m e n t " and t h e n backs t ha t u p with ev idence of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt never in tend ing for publ ic employee u n i o n s t o be crea ted . N o t only is it ex t remely
hard t o see re levance in 80-year-old politics, bu t FDR is t he same p res iden t t ha t sen t count less Japanese
A m e r i c a n s to i n t e r n m e n t camps . IS T H A T D E M O C R A T I C ? Mr. Lee ends his ar t ic le " W i t h u n e m p l o y m e n t at 9 pe rcen t , t he public has bigger p rob lems than to feel
sympa the t i c for s o m e cowardly publ ic sec tor employees." The m e n and w o m e n pro tes t ing in Wiscons in
and Indiana, and s o o n to be o t h e r s tates , are in no way cowardly. They are fighting. They are dil igent.
They have been u n d e r a p p r e c i a t e d for t oo long, and r e fuse to give u p thei r collective barga in ing r ights .
Collect ive barga in ing IS democracy . It allows the PEOPLE to dec ide instead of o n e c o n f u s e d Governor .
If we, as peers and ne ighbo r s of these p ro tes to rs , are going to r e fuse to acknowledge thei r plight and fight,
we may as well call M u b a r a k and ask h i m to r u n as the Republ ican C a n d i d a t e in 2012. Sam Hir t ( 1 2 )
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The victorious road comes to an end Men's basketball Women's basketball
^ H O T O B Y JENELLE RANDVILLE
D O W N A N D R E A D Y — Maddie Burnet t ( '12) ge ts down In defensive posi t ion on Friday's f i rst round game against DePauw. The Dutch ended up los ing to Washington University (Mo.) 56-52 on Saturday, end ing the i r season.
Charlotte Park A s s . S P O R T S E D I T O R
The Flying Dutch played their last game
of the season at the DeVos Fieldhouse on
Saturday night, bowing to last season's
nat ional champions Wash ing ton St-Louis 52-56. The loss broke a 77-game winning
streak for t he w o m e n , who finished their
season with a 27-3 record.
The first half consisted of non - s top
fights for possession, with H o p e trailing just one point at the buzzer, 26-27. The
Dutch scrambled late in the second half,
soaring the Bears to a 9-point lead 55-46 with two minutes to spare. Whi le Ail-
Amer ican Carr ie Snikkers managed to
sneak a 3-poin ter in with seven seconds
left on the clock, it just wasn't enough for
the Dutch . Snikkers ended the game with double
digits, 23 poin ts and nine rebounds . The
game was the last for five seniors; Snik-kers, Lauren Geers , Erika Bruinsma,
Miranda DeKuiper and Rachel Kutney,
whose record dur ing their four years was
an as tounding 117-8. "We have a great g roup of players w h o
left their mark in many years b o t h on and
off the court," said Coach Brian More-
house. The w o m e n claimed a 77-65 victory
over DePauw (Ind.) Friday night in f ront
of their orange and blue fans. "We were
blessed to be able to play in f ront of the
fans we have at Hope," Morehouse said. "The s tudents are fantast ic and so were all
the other fans w h o suppor ted our team."
H o p e led by six poin ts at halft ime,
39-33. Whi le DePauw did score the first
two points of the second half, H o p e came back, accumula t ing a 21-poin t lead, 58-37
a mere six minutes into the second half.
The Flying Dutch shot 54 percent overall with their final 30 points coming solely
f rom three point range. Snikkers once
again led the Dutch with 21 poin ts overall,
while Liz Ellis ('11) added 16, and Bruin-
sma 12. Whi le the Dutch unfor tunate ly didn't
snatch the national title this season, three
players have received al l-conference hon-ors f r o m the league's coaches. Snikkers
and Bruinsma are first t eam honorees
while Ellis is a second team honoree in
addit ion to being n a m e d the league's de-
fensive player of the year.
All C o n f e r e n c e H o n o r s
WOMEN'S MEN'S First Team: First Team:
Carrie Snikkers ('11) Will Bowser ('11) Erika Bruinsma ('11) Second Team:
Second Team: David Krombeen ('12) Liz Ellis ('13)
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F I G H T I N G H A R D — David Krombeen (*12) f ights for possession In Sat-urday's game against Augustana In Rock Island, III. The Dutchmen fought hard but came up shor t , los ing to the Vik ings 88-80 in over t ime.
Jolene Jeske S P O R T S E D I T O R
The N C A A t o u r n a m e n t in Rock Is-
land, III. seemed promis ing in the first round for the H o p e College Flying-
D u t c h m e n on Friday.
The D u t c h m e n defeated Hanover College (Ind.) 73-70, and advanced to
the second round against the host , Au-
gustana College. The Dutchmen ' s tough defense and
quick scoring f rom change of posses-
sion gave them an advantage in the first
round game. The Panthers trailed the D u t c h m e n
the entire game, only tying the game
once, 15 minu tes into the first half, while
keeping within a five-point margin to-wards the end of the first half.
The second half proved promis ing
for the D u t c h m e n as they pushed their lead to 10 points . That lead was quickly
slashed when Mike Case for the Panthers
hit two jumpers and two free th rows
within 21 seconds , reducing the score to 68-64 with only 3:09 remaining.
The D u t c h m e n kicked it into gear,
bu t the margin kept reducing. With sev-en seconds left, Drake Hendr icks for the
Panthers hit two free throws, closing the
gap to 70-68. But the free th row match was on
when Col ton Overway (13) sank two
and David Krombeen ('12) sank one,
ending the game with a final score of 73-
70 over the Panthers . The D u t c h m e n advanced to the sec-
ond round game, coming into compet i -
t ion Saturday with Augustana, who held
a 24-3 record. Kicking off the second round game
was Bowser, hi t t ing a 3-poin ter eight seconds into t he first half. The game
looked good unti l the Vikings pulled
three shots in a row over t he D u t c h m e n with 15 minu tes left in the first half.
There was a 10-point deficit f r om then on, resulting in a 40-30 Vikings lead at
the half. The D u t c h m e n came out firing in the
second half. Bowser hit a 3-pointer six minu tes in, reducing the Vikings lead to
one, 47-46. Hope came alive again, tying
the Vikings halfway into the second half when Logan Neil (12) hit a jumper .
The lead went back and for th as bo th teams fought for a shot . Wi th only 14
seconds left. Bowser hit one of two f ree
throws, put t ing the score at 74-71, the
Dutch were leading. The unexpected happened with five
seconds left in play; Vikings guard Bri-an DeSimone hit a 3-pointer, tying the
game 74-74, forcing the game into over-
time. The D u t c h m e n seemed to lose their
fire in overt ime, as the Vikings led for all
five minutes . The baskets were no t fall-ing for the Dutch, resulting in a final loss
of 88-80 to the Vikings. "We missed some shots and we fouled
them. They m a d e their f ree th rows when
they had to and that created the gap in overtime," coach Mat t Neil said.
The road to victory might have been
over for the N C A A tournament , but it's not over for the men's basketball pro-
gram. Neil led the D u t c h m e n into the
N C A A t o u r n a m e n t in his first year as
head coach and added to fo rmer coach
Glenn Van W i e r e n s five straight years in
the tou rnamen t . The end of this season does not mark
the end of success for H o p e basketball;
rather it defines the success of H o p e basketball and the success of a first-time
head coach. "I am completely honored to be able
to have these m e n call me 'coach.' W e en-
dured a lot of emot iona l ups and downs
this season, and our m e n discovered that mental toughness is necessary to be
successful, no mat ter the endeavor," Neil
said. Neil also expressed his appreciat ion
for the communi ty and fans. "Our basketball program would like
to thank the entire H o p e College com-muni ty for the suppor t and encourage-
ment dur ing the season. W e aim to serve
our college in a way that represents the loyalty of our fans and wish to thank
the Dew Crew for set t ing the tone," Neil
said. As for the seniors, they had a great
year. Special recognit ion goes to Will Bowser, Andy Venema, Ty Tanis and
A d a m Dickerson for their cont r ibut ions
to H o p e men's basketball. O the r recogni t ions include Bowser
