March 2000

We 've found the ear

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M O M E Y M A K E R S : Eighty-six dancers

join together in the

Dow Center the night

of March 70-7/ to dance for the children.

After four months of

fundraisingy more

than $23,000 was

collected to help the

patients of DeVos Children ys Hospital

The Dance Marathon, which had estimated

$4,700 as there

original goal, spent

part of the night with the children doing

activities and all of the

night dancing.

Anchor photo by Jen Bodine

Children dance away with hope MIKE ZUIDEMA ecJitor-in-chief

Hope College's Dance Marathon com-

miuee had been given an es t imate of

$4,700 for its first fundraiser. Director Anne Schrock ( '00) had no

clue how much the first annual Dance

Marathon would be able to raise. Assistant Director Keith Cravotta ("01)

and most of the remaining crowd had goals, but didn't have any idea how much

the college and the Chi ldren 's Miracle

Network would be able to raise for the DeVos

Children's Hospital. In the end. all goals and esti-

mates that had been set were

shat tered as $ 2 3 , 3 2 8 . 0 5 was

raised. "I had no idea. I cannot believe

they raised $23,000," said Laura

S t a s k i e w i c z , C M N Di rec to r . "They had set one goal, then coming in about a week before, they said 'well, we didn't get

as high as we thought but we're doing pretty

well.' I had no idea what to expect."

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Dancers packed into the Dow Center on Friday

at 7 p.m. to begin their 24-hour trek into Saturday.

Funds raised from the 86 dancers, which included members of fraternities and so-

rorities and residence halls, benefitted 10

families. Throughout the evening, dancers par-

ticipated in games, skits, and were treated

to entertainment from local bands.

At 11:30 p.m. the Del Phis won a lip sync con-

test. The John Reed Band played at 4 a.m. and danc-

ers were treated to a baby powder slide and mas-

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Opus to be formatted as audio CD M/vrx COOK i n te rmiss ion e d i t o r

For the first time in its history,

Hope Col lege ' s literary and arts magazine. Opus, will not be re-

leased in print. Instead, the editorial staff plans

on releasing it in a completely dif-

ferent format: audio CD. According to Opus editor-in-

chief Craig Tommola ( '00), Opus'

next release will be in the form of a CD featuring writers reading their

works. They are also considering

releasing a text version on-line.

Tommola feels that it is very im-portant, especially for poetry, that

peop le -hear writ ten works read

aloud by their authors. "It would be beneficial because

you can hear things the way the

w r i t e r s i n t e n d e d it to s o u n d , " Tommola said. " I t ' s just like the

Visiting Writers Series when writ-ers come and read for us. It brings

a new light to the situation." In addition to having students

read their writing. Opus plans to

branch out to other forms of art by

including music performed by stu-more OPUS on 6

Summer credits

• Hope's four-credit summer classes are extended an extra week.

KATE VAN KRIMPEN a d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e

This year May, June, and July

terms will last four weeks rather than three weeks as they have in the

past. "The main reason for the change

was to accommodate four-credit

courses/ ' said Jon Huisken. Dean for Academic Services and Regis-

trar. "With a continuing increase in four-credit courses, it was necessary

to reflect that change in our sum-

mer terms." Some professors are grateful for

the extra time. "It 's hard to squeeze a class into

three weeks; four weeks is much more sane," said science professor

John Krupczak, who will be teach-

ing Science and Technology of Ev-

eryday Life during May. Krupczak taught a May term for

the first time last summer. "Three weeks went by fast last

year, but the smaller class size com-pensates for the lack of instructional

time available," he said. While the change in duration has

not provided for a larger quantity

of avai lable courses, it has pre-vented a drop in the number of sum-

mer classes. "If we did not make the change,

there would be significantly fewer

classes offered," Huisken said. Although the additional week is

intended to accommodate the needs

of four-credit courses, not all four-

credit classes will meet the entire four weeks. Some professors feel

they can fulfill the educational pur-

poses in only three weeks.

"I think for some classes, the ex-

tra week will be necessary, but not

necessarily for all courses," said p h i l o s o p h y p r o f e s s o r A n d r e w

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Inaugural Lecture Series ends with DePree ULIE GREEN c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

Max DePree will be addressing the ques-

tion "Does leadership have a future?" as the last speaker in the presidential Inaugural Lec-

ture Series. "We are closing out a year, we are closing

out an inauguration, everything is slowly

coming lo a close, and yet i t 's a new begin-

ning," said D. Wesley Poythress. Dean of

Multicultural Life. DePree started with Herman Miller Inc. in

1947 in management and has spent his last eight years as chief executive officer of the

company. As a leader for most of his life, DePree will

sha re his k n o w l e d g e wi th the c o l l e g e

Wednesday. March 29 at 4 p.m. in the Dewitt

Theatre.

"How do we get there, how do we grow the next generat ion of

leaders?" said Alfredo Gonzales,

assistant Provost. "Our hope is that DePree will say things that will

challenge us and excite us." DePree is also the author of five

books, including "Leadership is an

Art" and "Dear Zoe." The Inaugural Lecture Series, ending with

DePree

DePree, has already hosted four speakers throughout the year.

"They 've done a great job of

getting speakers that are articulate

and provocative," said President

James Bultman. This year, the inauguration of

Bul tman took the place of the

Critical Issues Symposium.

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Campus Beat ^Anchor March I 5, 2000

campus briefs

Centurian pleads guilty Investigations into all Hope fra-

lemilies and sororities ended March

13 when Chet Scherer ( ' 0 0 ) . a Centurain, entered a guilty plea to

providing alcohol without a license.

The charge conies from a party

that was he ld ove r H a l l o w e e n weekend where two women were taken to the hospital with alcohol

poisoning.

Scherer will be sentenced April

17. His charge can be reduced to a

misdemeanor if he abides to the conditions set by his sentencing.

Nathan Brown ( ' 01 ) was also

charged with selling alcohol with-out a license. He had previously

pleaded guilty, and may have the charges cleared from his record if

he complies with court orders.

Shattenkirk acclaimed Hope composer-in-residence and

assistant professor of music Ray

Shattenkirk won acclaim from the

New Mexico Symphony Orchestra

for his piece "American Icons."

The piece, which the "Albuquer-que Journal" described as having

"created a lyrical and moving evo-

cation and loss," mourns the loss of

America's wildlife and voices con-cerns over the environment.

"American Icons" was commis-

sioned by the NMSO, and a final

version of the movements will be

presented in a one-hour composi-

tion to be performed by the Grand

Rapids S y m p h o n y Orches t ra in

May 2001.

Shattenkirk joined Hope's faculty in 1999, hav ing a l so taught at

Harvard University, the Yale School

of Music, and the Preparatory De-partment of the San Francisco Con-

servatory.

Shattenkirk also composed the

piece "Wings of Hope," which pre-

miered at the inauguration of Presi-

dent James Bultman.

Anchor photo by Carrie Arnold

K I D ' S C O R N E R : Members of the Phelps Scholars Program work with community children Saturday, March 11 at the Holland Museum as part of a service project. The Phelps Scholars taught the children such topics as diversity and the harm of calling names.

Celebrat ion of Color

Baker Scholars take aps Sophomore business, economics

and account ing majors can now

apply for the Baker Scholar award.

This is a program that lets the schol-

ars interact with members of the

local business community. Approximately 20 students apply

each year, and five students are cho-.

sen.

"I t ' s a chance for a small group

to get exposure to the bus iness world that requires talking to people

that can't be communicated through

books ," said Baker Scholar Eric

Goodman ( '00).

Applications can be found in the

Business and Economics Office and

are due the week after Spring Break.

Anchor wins award at AGP "The Anchor" recently won third

place in a journalism contest at the

'Best of the M i d w e s t C o l l e g e

Newspaper Convention," held an-

nual ly in M i n n e a p o l i s , M i n n . ,

March 3-5". The award category was for gen-

eral excellence at four-year colleges

and universities with an enrollment

of 5.000 or fewer students. More than 37 colleges and uni-

versities were represented at the

L E C T U R E f r o m I

conference, with students travelling

from Pennsylvania and Kansas. "Grand Views" of Grand View

College in Des Moines, Iowa, took

first place, and "The Exponent" from the University of Wisconsin-

Platteville took second. O t h e r j w a r d s included four-year

colleges and universities with en-

rollment greater than 5,000, on-line

publications, and specialty publica-

tions.

CARRIE ARNOLD c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r

When D. Wesley Poythress, Dean of Mult icultural Life, began the

annual "Women of Color Celebra-

tion" three years ago, he hoped it

would serve as a way for minority

women to ref lect on both their

struggles and triumphs. The event, which will take place

at 5:30 p.m. in the Maas Auditorium

on Tuesday, March 28, will feature

a discussion by minority women

from Hope's faculty, staff, and stu-dent body , as well as k e y n o t e

speaker Dr. Anna M. Oritz.

"It needed to be here in this place

called Hope because it gets into the reflection and celebration of women

of color in our society," Poythress

said. "There aren ' t any right or

wrong answers, just women reflect-

ing on their lives. People laugh,

people cry." Oritz, an assistant professor in the

College of Education at Michigan

"Most students don't get to ex-

perience the in-

st i l lat ion of a

new president." Poythress said.

T h e last

presidential in-auguration was

J o h n

J a c o b s o n ' s in

1987. "1 knew there ^ ^

would be some chal lenges coming in. and there

have befen." he said. "The things 1

want to continue to work on are re-

spect and dignity {for] every mem-

ber on campus."

M A Y f r o m I

Bultman has experienced some

d i s a p -p o i n t -

m e n t s ,

l ike the

failure of

the Area C e n t e r

w h e n it

went to vo te in

the com-m u n i t y ,

but he also looks towards projects

of the future, like the new science building he is currently gaining

funding for.

More immediate problems face

I'm always concerned for

morale. It's probably the

former coach in me, but I always have my antennae out

for how people feel. — J a m e s B u l t m a n

Pres ident

Bultman. He hopes that the com-

muni ty will suppor t the Greek

groups that have recently had prob-

lems due to alcohol and partying.

"It is important, after the sanc-tions have been placed, the we re-

main working d e \ e l o p m e n t a l l y

with these groups," he said. "It's very important to do this in a part-

nership way."

This^vear. there are more faculty

members retiring or leaving than usual. Bultman is concerned with

finding equally competent replace-

ments. "To date, given the number we

have interviewed and hired, I am

very encouraged." Bultman said.

Del 1'Olio. Since tuition is always set by the

credit hour, the modifications to the length of the sessions will not af-

fect the costs of courses. However, room and board prices would reflect

the change because of the length of

slay required. Tuition fees for Summer 2000

terms will be $262 per credit hour.

while the cost to rent a room will

be $48 per week. Board prices will vary according to the desired meal-

plan. May term will run Monday, May

8. through Friday. June 2. June term will begin Monday. June 5. and end Friday. June 30. July term will last

from Wednesday, July 5. through

Friday. July 28. The one-week

This will be a celebration of authentic voices

— D . W e s l e y P o y t h r e s s

D e a n o f M u l t i c u l t u r a l L i f e

State University, will speak on

"Redefining Ourselves in the New

Millennium." She will speak fol-

lowing dinner and a panel discus-

sion. Oritz received her doctorate in

h igher edu -

c a t i o n and

o r g a n i z a -

tional change

at UCLA in

1997, and

h a s s p o k e n

on such top-

ics as r ace , class, and gender in the classroom

and educa t iona l s t ra teg ies f o r

cross-cultural education. "This will be a celebration of au-

thentic voices ," Poythress said. "We all have our own stories, but

these stories take on a different

light because they have shared

their lives."

Tickets are available at the Stu-dent Union Desk in the DeWitt

Center through March 17, and

must be purchased in advance. The cost is $3.50 for Hope students not

on the meal plan, $1 for those on

meal plan, and $6 for non-students.

They will also be available in the

Student Development Office from March 20-

24.

"I hope s t u d e n t s

ge t a

greater ap-

p rec i a t i on

for the im-

pact that

w o m e n of

color have had and continue to have

in the development of our society," Poythress said. "In our society, we

t ru ly f o r g e t »what a g rea t ro le they've had. Students will be chal-

lenged, educated, and impacted to

change in to a greater conscious-

ness." The event is co-sponsored by the

Off ices of Special Programs and

Multicultural Life.

"Summer Seminars" will lake place

Monday-Friday, July 31-Aug. 4. Classes are offered according to

the desires of individual depart-ments and professors. Schedules for

May. June and* July terms, as well as "Summer Seminars" ^re avail-

able in the Registrar's Office. Reg-istration will take place April 10-

14 during regular fall registration.

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Anchor photo by Carrie Arnold

W O R L D A F F A I R S : A Model UN sluelenl gathers food from the buffet at the opening banquet dinner on Thurs-day, March 9. High school students from across Michigan came to Hope to participate in the two-day long Model UN, an annual simulation of the United Nations.

March I 5, 2000 the Anchor Rel igion

R A N D O M S A M P L I N G S

Jane Bast

God the parent I 'm a PK. This isn't something I an-

nounce trequenlly. I don't have a patch on my backpack saying,

" I 'm not rebellious, I 'm a

preacher's kid." Quite frankly,

the fact that my father is a minister doesn't often cross my

mind. It's just that, a fact, an

occupation, the same way your dad is a banker, or a teacher, or a

nurse. I'm not ashamed of my dad's

job. Actually, I 'm quite proud of

him and the important work he

does. Because my father is a

minister, I often take his opinion

as the word of God itself.

Sometimes it's difficult for me to

separate my father the man from

the images I have of him

standing in the pulpit. And because of my father 's job, when

I think of God as a father, 1

picture my dad's face. Lucky for me, my father is an

incredible man. If he were cruel,

demeaning, or unfair, the psychological damage would be

incalculable. Since my father is

kind, loving, and forgiving, I subconsciously associate these

qualities with Yahweh. My religious education wasn' t

male-dominated. Along with an

involved and nurturing father, I

was raised by an equally influential mother. My dad may

have cast a tall shadow from the pulpit each Sunday, but it was

my mother who sat next to me in

the pew week after week. Because she was there, I came

to her first when I had religious

questions and then appealed to

my dad when I needed theologi-

cal proof. Their joint participa-

tion in my life affected my personal views of God.

I still call God the Father. In casual conversation, I refer to

God as him or he. I am his child.

He is my Lord. I never gave the feminist

supposition much thought.

What would happen if I sud-

denly changed all my references

to she or her? Not much. In fact, by calling

God a she, I only reinforce the

same feelings and pictures I already had. Now, in addition to

my gracious father, 1 picture my honest and caring mother. God

becomes the Great Parent. Unfortunately, we have to call

God something. We humans

work terribly with abstract

concepts. That 's why we resort

to labels. Since we haven't

developed pronouns that encompass all genders, God

becomes a he or she.

Still, what we choose to call God is very important. It is

fundamental that we retain

phrases like "God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy

Spirit" in our liturgy and

religious way of thinking. But it's also important that we allow

those who want to refer to God

as a she to do so. Just as my religious education

would have been incomplete without the involvement of both

my parents, my concept of God

would be incomplete if I limited

God to a gender role. God

transcends gender. When I look at my face in the

mirror. I see I have my dad's eyes and my mom's nose. Both

parents have found their way

into my reflection.

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Seeking God's reflection ^ 20 years since the

Reformed Church in

America voted to

allow the ordination

of women, women

seek to define their

place in the modern

face of Christianity.

JANE BASX re l ig ion e d i t o r

More than 20 years ago. the Re-

formed Church in America voted to allow the ordination of women. The

vote, which gave women the right

to become a deacon, elder and at-tend seminary, was the first in a se-

ries of steps that gave women more opportunities in the church.

T h e min is te r

"The field of ministry is opening

up more and more for women." said

Chaplin Dolores Nasrallah. "With

more educated and professional

women in the field, there are more o p p o r t u n i t i e s be ing m a d e and

greater credibility is built. But I still

think we have a long way to go."

Nasrallah credits the Women's Movement of the 1970s for help-

ing initiate change.

"It 's been very helpful because vocational ministry has been domi-

na ted by men for so l o n g . " Nasrallah said. "I think that the

Women's Movement helped change

that." Nasrallah believes that God gives

spiritual gifts to everyone and that

it's an individual's responsibility to use those gifts. Women, as well as

men. have been given the gifts that

may lead to a career in the minis-

try. "I think now women are identi-

fying a wider variety of spiritual

g i f t s and

Anchor graphic by Chad Sampson

is due in part to stereotypes. These and positions of leadership."

Children's concepts of God

reflect their experiences with their parents... Children tend

to see God as more powerful when their mothers are

powerful. — J a n e D i c k i e

D i r e c t o r o f W o m e n ' s S t u d i e s

are using

them to

build the body of

C h r i s t , " Nasrallah

sa id . "I p e r s o n -

ally be-lieve that

ever>' per-

son is

cal led to use their spiritual gifts, whether

those gifts become part of your vo-

cation or not." Nasrallah feels that if a woman

is given the gifts of leadership and preaching, she should be able to use

those gifts. "God created us equal and it is

his desire that we experience the

fullest." Nasrallah said. Nasrallah thinks perhaps the rea-

son women haven't been able to hold ministerial positions in the past

s tereotypes made it difficult for women to gain credibility as min-

isters. "For some people, the idea of a

woman in a pastoral position is un-

c o m f o r t a b l e , " N a s r a l l a h sa id .

"They may have grown up with a stereotype, maybe all their minis-

ters were men, so they have that

mental block. I think that some-

times some men can be intimidated

by a woman in a position of power." Nasrallah feels the best way to

change people 's negative stereo-

types is for women to become ex-

cellent at what they do. "If I were to give advice to a

woman enter ing the minis t ry , I

would say, Tf you want to build credibility be excellent at what you

do , ' " Nasrallah said. "Your avail-ability and skills will open doors."

T h e theo log ian

Lynn Japinga, professor of reli-gion at Hope College, has written a book on Christian feminism. In it

and inher classes, Japinga seeks to

raise awareness to the issues facing

women in the church. Japinga def ines feminism as a

commitment to the humanity, dig-

nity and equality of all persons. " C h r i s -

t ian f e m i -

nism might say that the

source for t he se be-

liefs about dignity and

equali ty is the t heo -

logical as-

sertion that all peop le

are created

in G o d ' s image , " Jap inga said.

"Therefore, all are valuable, gifted,

free and responsible." Although the Christian church is

c u r r e n t l y t w o - t h i r d s w o m e n , Japinga feels women still don ' t have the same amount of influence

as men. "There are still many p laces

where women aren ' t accep ted ,"

Japinga said. "There are still many

barriers. People are still dubious about women in preaching positions

Japinga feels that this lack of in-

fluence is due to patriarchal read-ings of the Bib le . S i n c e many women are unnamed in the New

Testament , their participation in Christ 's ministry is easily ignored.

"When you look at the Bible, how

do you hear the men and women's

voices?" Japinga asked. "We need to make an effort to recover a lost

heritage. Part of what I do in my

classes is tell those lost stories." .

Japinga feels that if the church wants to encourage the involvement

of women, the church needs to re-

form the way it educates children, especially young girls. Young girls

at risk in developing low self-es-

teem if they don't feel included in the churches' teachings of God.

"We need to teach kids about gen-der issues and how we value people

in regard to how we view God,"

Japinga said. "We need to ask. 'how do we teach girls to have strong

self-esteem?'"

T h e psychologist

Jane Dickie, Hope Psychology

professor and Director o fWomen ' s

Studies, has done vast research on

the ways children perceive God.

Dickie interviewed a diverse cross-section of children from the center

Holland area. "Children's concepts of God re-

flect their experiences with their

parents," Dickie said. "Children

tend to see God as more nurturing when their fathers are nurturing and

they tend to see God as more pow-erful when their mothers are pow-

erful." Dickie feels that these associa-

tions can also be influenced by the

gender roles a church encourages. "People who preach the strict

gender roles may be preaching a God who is less nurturing, perhaps

power fu l but more v indic t ive ,"

Dickie said. Dickie believes that the language

a church uses to describe God can

effect young girls ability to see

themselves in God's image. If the language is more inclusive, girls

may be able to develop a stronger

s ense of b e l o n g i n g in the i r

churches.

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our voice. your voice.

Dancing into the future This past w e e k e n d marked the beg inn ing of the Dance

Mara thon chapter of Hope Col lege , and by all accounts

the event could be cal led a vast success .

T h e 2 4 - h o u r f u n d r a i s e r fo r the D e V o s C h i l d r e n ' s

Hospital far exceeded expecta t ion es t ima tes by rais ing

$23 ,328 .05 .

A n y o n e w h o a t tended the event cou ldn ' t help but be

touched by the test imonies of the famil ies that funds were

raised for. Equal ly touch ing was the involvement of the

86 dancers w h o spent their Fr iday night and the better

part of Sa tu rday d a n c i n g for the cause .

One can only h o p e that this m a r k s the beg inn ing of a

much larger trend and even b igger th ings to come .

The college communi ty should be lauded for exceeding

most peop le ' s expec ta t ions with f u n d s raised. But this

should only be a scratch on the g iv ing sur face .

The col lege was able to raise m o r e than $23 ,000 with

only 86 dancers . I t 's easy to say only 86 dance r s when

that equa tes to only three percent of the s tudent body.

Gran ted , one dance r cou ld actual ly represent a round 4 0

o t h e r ind iv idua ls . But the n u m b e r of those invo lved

should g row even more.

Fu tu re D a n c e M a r a t h o n s s h o u l d h a v e no p r o b l e m

f inding more s tudents and ra is ing even m o r e money.

M a r a t h o n s at l a rge D i v i s i o n I s c h o o l s h a v e r a i s ed

mil l ions of dol lars .

Th i s y e a r ' s 86 dancers raised on average $271.26 . If

10 percent of the c a m p u s , or 290 dance r s , par t ic ipate in

next yea r ' s mara thon, more than $77 ,300 could be raised.

And judging by the par t ic ipat ion rates of s tudents in

extracurr icular activities, that n u m b e r is not unattainable.

The event is a lso a w a y for current organiza t ions to

b e c o m e i n v o l v e d . T h e M a r a t h o n has a l r e a d y been

associa ted with Greek Life , and whi le this label is far

f rom firm, the expecta t ion is that o the r organizat ions and

res idence halls will get involved.

Th i s yea r ' s Dance Mara thon has a l ready been a h u g e

success , and that fact a lone will gene ra te even m o r e

interest . Le t ' s hope that the co l lege c o m m u n i t y w o n ' t

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Professor objects to Anchor's speaking for "other" To the Edi lor :

In a previous issue of the Anchor ,

an ariicle appeared dea l ing with t he

o n g o i n g ef for t to d ive r s i fy the fac-

ulty at H o p e Col lege . At first 1 was

pleasant ly surpr ised . W h a t a great

o p p o r t u n i t y to e d u c a t e the H o p e

c o m m u n i t y abou t a c ruc ia l i s sue

w h i c h is n o r m a t i v e l y m a s k e d in

m i s i n f o r m a t i o n , g e n e r a l i z a t i o n s

a n d i g n o r a n c e . 1 q u i c k l y r e a d

t h rough the ar t ic le , c u r i o u s a s to

which facul ty of co lo r had been in-

terviewed to present v iews f r o m the

"unde r s ide" of the communi ty . U n -

f o r t u n a t e l y it b e c a m e c l e a r tha t

n o n e w e r e c o n s u l t e d . A g a i n , w e

were the object , not sub jec t of dis-

course .

Please unders tand that I d o not

necessar i ly disagree with those w h o

were in terv iewed. W h a t I f ind ap-

Students examine To the Edi tor :

We dec ided to wri te to say that

w e think the Res ident Ass is tants of

H o p e Co l l ege are pa id ex t r eme ly

wel l . We received the m e m o r a n d u m

abou t the 3.9 percent inc rease in

H o p e ' s tuition and immedia te ly f ig-

ured it was because of the ex t rava -

gant amoun t of money that H o p e ' s

R .A.s gel paid .

If s o m e of you d o n ' t know, the

R.A.s ge t paid abou t $1 ,000 a se-

mes te r . for a total of S2 .000 a year.

Most o ther schoo l s g ive their R.A.s

f ree r o o m and board . In fact , we

personal ly k n o w R . A . s at univers i -

ties in Wash ing ton D.C. , Ca l i fo rn ia

and Mich igan that are g iven f ree

pall ing, however , is that once again

the d o m i n a n t cu l ture takes it upon

itself to speak for p e o p l e of color .

Whi le the art icle was mean t to be

" f r i e n d l y " toward facul ty of color ,

it o n l y m a s k e d t h e d o m i n a n t

c u l t u r e ' s n o r m a t i v e g a z e c o n -

s t r u c t e d to r e n d e r u s v o i c e - l e s s .

W h a t w o u l d have happened if ou r

vo i ce s we re consu l t ed? Cer ta in is-

sues . spec i f ica l ly those w h i c h the

dominan t cul ture may not necessar-

ily want to discuss , might rise to the

top of the d i scourse .

Fo r e x a m p l e , h o w the focus on

d ive r s i fy ing the facul ty c rea tes the

impress ion a m o n g s tudents and co l -

leagues that the on ly reason we are

hired is b e c a u s e our skin p i g m e n -

tation and/or our ethnicity, a presup-

posi t ion mos t of us deal wi th on a

c o n t i n u o u s basis - or. the cons tan t

s t rugg le to o v e r c o m e the impres -

sion that ou r "vo ices f r o m the mar -

g i n " a r e i n t e r e s t i n g a n d e x o t i c

v i ews , ra ther than essent ial schol -

a r ly e l e m e n t s to the ove ra l l d is -

course . Or the belief that any posi -

tion (ei ther on the facul ty or student

body) occupied by a person of color

was o n e taken a w a y f r o m the r ight-

ful A n g l o he i r to that posi t ion.

M a y I h u m b l y sugges t that the

nex t t ime the A n c h o r c h o o s e s to

d i s cus s an issue dea l ing with a d i f -

fe ren t racial o r e thnic g r o u p that it

avo ids the se l f -de luded tempta t ion

of speak ing for the Other . Pick up

the phone , call us and let us speak

for ou r se lves . O u r r e sponses will

e n h a n c e , s h o c k , e n r i c h , u n m a s k ,

subver t a n d cha l l enge the overal l

conversa t ion .

M i g u e l D e L a T o r r e

Re l i g ion D e p a r t m e n t

pay for Resident Assistants r o o m and board , but not H o p e . W e

get paid that large a m o u n t of $2 ,000

a year. We did s o m e research a n d

c a m e up with the ave rage l ime c o m -

m i t m e n t that an R . A . will m a k e

each semester .

T h e s e hou r s are for jus t work ing

(be ing on du ty ) : 12 hou r s l imes 14

w e e k s equa ls 168 hours on duly.

T h e s e a r e t he h o u r s s p e n l f o r

m e e t i n g s : o n e h o u r t imes 14 w e e k s

equa ls 14 hours of mee t ings .

T h e s e are the hours spent on o ther

" e x t r a " th ings ( inc lud ing act ivi t ies

with their f loor, c luster , etc. , p rob-

lems and o ther things to that e f fee l ) :

25 hours t imes 14 weeks equa l s 350

hours .

The total l ime c o m m i t m e n t for

R . A . s equa l s 5 3 2 hours for the se-

mester . N o w r e m e m b e r lhal R .A.s

get paid $ 1,000 each semester . Tha t

c o m e s ou t to about $1 .88 an hour.

T h e R . A . s at H o p e ge l pa id a

w h o p p i n g $1 .88 an hour. But, ac-

c o r d i n g to H o p e a r c h i v e s , t h i s

$ 2 , 0 0 0 a yea r is c lose to p a y i n g for

r o o m a n d board. . . i f w e we re go ing

to school in 1981 w h e n r o o m and

board was $2 ,080 .

We finally real ize why there are

a l w a y s an a b u n d a n t a m o u n t of ap-

p l ican ts e a c h yea r for R . A . posi -

t ions. It has to be the money .

J o n Powel l ( ' 0 3 )

A n d r e w V a n E n g e n ( ' 0 3 )

Women's Studies class objects to Anchor column To the Editor,

We read with del ight all the w o n -

d e r f u l w a y s A n d r e w L o t z ( ' 0 1 )

thought H o p e cou ld save money -

i n c l u d i n g t he s u g g e s t i o n t h a t

W o m e n ' s S tud ies cou ld b e e l imi -

nated b e c a u s e , as h e says , "I k n o w

a lot of guys w h o s tudy w o m e n con-

stantly - ihey d o n ' t need a c lass to

leach them how to d o it ."

Well Andrew, the In t roduct ion to

W o m e n ' s S tud ies c lass dec ided to

sha re with you the T o p 10 R e a s o n s

W h y A n d r e w Lotz and His Buddies

Should Take W o m e n ' s S tudies .

10. Because y o u ' v e gotten men ' s

s tudies in eve ry o the r depar tmen t

on c a m p u s .

9. W o m e n shou ldn ' t be " s t ud i ed"

like we are objec ts . We shou ld be

respec ted like people .

8. I ' ve seen Loiz and his f r i ends

and they could use s o m e lessons on

h o w to be " b e a u t i f u l " people .

7. We gel to sit ou t s ide w h e n i t ' s

w a r m sunny weather . H o o r a y !

6. You will find out how w o m e n

are c h e c k i n g out m e n .

5 . M e n n e e d w o m e n ' s s t u d i e s

b e c a u s e m o s t d o n ' t h a v e a c l u e

about what w o m e n really wan t .

4. To learn that there really are

not that m a n y d i f f e r ences b e t w e e n

men and w o m e n .

3. W o m e n l o v e m e n w h o take

w o m e n ' s s tud ies ( the re is on ly o n e

m a n in the c lass now.)

2 . B e c a u s e i t ' s p r o b a b l y b e e n a

whi le s ince y o u ' v e had a good cry.

a n d s tudy ing thousands of yea r s of

pat r iarchy may br ing you to a new

emot iona l awareness .

I . S o m e day he ' l l b e work ing f o r

a w o m a n s o it behooves him to learn

all he c a n in the co l l ege c lass room

se l l i ng . . . i n fac t , th is cou r se should

b e requ i red for bus iness admin i s -

t ra t ion.

O K . s o we h a v e 12.

I . ( a g a i n ) I ' v e m e t m y b e s t

f r i e n d s in w o m e n ' s s t u d i e s —

a m a z i n g , a m a z i n g w o m e n .

1. (yet aga in) Because , if y o u ' r e

really interested in s tudying w o m e n

- w e h a v e p lenty of wild, succulent

w o m e n w h o would l ike to tell you

all abou t us .

S o there you g o A n d r e w , are you

m a n e n o u g h for the cha l l enge? S e e

you in the fall .

W o m e n ' s S t u d i e s

c l a s s of s p r i n g 2 0 0 0

Model UN members offer public thanks To the Edi tor :

We w o u l d l ike to thank the Hope

Co l l ege c o m m u n i t y for iheir exce l -

lent work in suppor t of the 2 0 0 0

Hope C o l l e g e Mode l Un i t ed Na-

t ions . We h a d a b o u t 1 ,000 ex t r a

pe r sons on c a m p u s for the p rog ram

and apprec ia te the work of all in-

volved. In a p rogram of this size and

complex i ty , it is imposs ib le for ihe

organizers lo k n o w all that has been

done lo m a k e it w o r k . T h e con fe r -

ence this year was a h u g e success ,

and much of this was due lo Ihe hard

w o r k a n d c o o p e r a t i o n o f m a n y

peop le th roughout the col lege c o m -

muni ty .

The s tuden t s and their advisers

wish lo thank eve ryone w h o he lped

a n d the H o p e c o m m u n i t y f o r i ts

cont r ibut ion lo this p rog ram, which

p r o m o t e s u n d e r s t a n d i n g of wor ld

i s sues . P l ea se a c c e p t o u r s ince re

thanks for a j o b well done .

P a u l B u s h ( ' 0 1 ) ,

S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l

L o u i s C a n f i e l d T O l ) ,

S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l

M a t t Scog in ( ' 0 2 ) ,

U n d e r S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l

J a c k H o l m e s , F a c u l t y A d v i s e r

J o e l T o p p e n , F a c u l t y A d v i s e r

Sa l ly S m i t h ,

D e p a r t m e n t a l A s s i s t a n t

Letters to the Editor Should be dropped o f f in The Anchor office, or e-mailed ro anchor@hope.edu

March I 5, 2000 ^ Anchor O p i n i o n

your voice.

Removal of poems unfortunate, others should "give poetry a chance" To ihc Editor,

When I came lo work on Thurs-day. I was surprised and pleased lo

see lhal someone had ducHaped one of Shakespeare's love sonnets lo my

ofTieerdoor. "Lei me nol lo the mar-riage of true minds/Admit impedi-

menls," I read, the graceful lines of the familiar lyric lifting my spirits

on a gray, blustery March morning.

In Ihe first Hush of ego. I thought I d been singly blessed, but soon

noiiced ihe small, while Hags of

poetry waving from other of f ice doors. I scanned the poems along

the corridor: Frost's reflection on roads not taken. Donne 's fervent

wrestling with his God. even Dr. Seuss' crazy wonderment. I went on

wilh the day buoyed by these hon-

est and earnest efforts of humans to trust their lives to words, to try and make something new, something

fresh wilh the language — some-

thing that might even be beautiful. Later. I learned lhal these poetry

Hags had been raised all over cam-

pus—in Peale, in the chapel, even in trees and on sidewalks, alongside

the other postings for meetings and

speakers and parlies and political

candidates. As if to remind us of what William Carlos Williams said: "It is difficult/ to gel the news from

poems/yet men die miserably every day/for lack/of what is found there."

This, I thought, is what college is all about: a luxurious labor of mind

and spirit, of reading and listening and pondering images and ideas.

Unfortunately, the luxury was short-lived.

By nightfall, most of the poems had been torn down. I don't know

why. I suspect it has something to do with our urge to make order out

of chaos, the urge lhal frequently

manifests itself in our compulsion lo neatly pile the papers on our

desks , put books back on their shelves, hang up our clothes, dust

the nightstand rather than admit to the larger confusion, the ambigu-ities that exist in anyone's life, es-

pecially if they're really living.

I miss those poems fluttering like prayer flags in the wind. I need lo

be reminded that life is not tidy, that others have come before and are liv-

ing now who recognize how discon-certing the chaos is.

In the next few lines of that son-

net duc t t aped to my door ,

Shakespeare writes, 44 . . . Love is not love/ Which alters when it al-

teration finds,/ Or bends wilh the

remover to remove:". The most ba-sic tenet of Christianity—of every

religion, for that matter—is love. Hope seeks to he a Christian col-

lege where students, faculty and staff can expect the freedom that

Christian love allows to engage in the labor of mind and spirit with-

out undue censure. Let's give po-etry a chance.

Jackie Bartley Adjunct Assistant Professor

Holland's cable system needs Hope's assistance To the Editor:

Perhaps many of my fellow stu-

denis have wondered, as I often

have, why cable TV in Holland and at Hope College, is so poor. I have

heard many students say that they

would purchase cable TV. but the

service here does nol include their favorite channels, such as ihe Sci-

Fi Channel or Comedy Central .

Rates for the service seem high for

the number of channels provided. AT&T, the cable TV provider for

I lope College and the City of Hol-land. has increased rales 22 percent

in the past three years. Meanwhile.

local residents have received no

upgrades. Neighboring communi-

ties pay less than we do for cable TV access and gel up to twice as

many channels.

I m p r o v e d cab l e TV s e r v i c e would also allow AT&T lo provide

local area residents wilh cable mo-

dem access to the Internet, with

speeds greatly exceeding those with

t radi t ional modem connec t ions . Currently, city ordinances restrict

AT&T from being able to provide

this highly desired service. Resi-dents of Hope cottages and apart-

ments would greatly benefit from

this faster access to the Internet.

Fortunately, a community group

has been formed to assist City Council and AT&T in improving

our service. They call themselves

the Alliance-for Better Cable and have a website located at http://

www.bet te rcable .org . There are

names and addresses of people to

contact and sample letters available for you lo send to local officials.

Please visit their site and take ac-

tion to get better cable for Hope.

Carl Bussema ('01)

The Anchor w i l l not be published unti l April 5. W e w i l l be busy enjoying The splendors of Spring Break.

Letter to The Editor Guidelines The miss ion of the Anchor

opinion page is to provide a fo-

rum for members of the college community to engage in intelli-

gent dialogue. The page is open

to s tudents , faculty, staff and other member s of the related

community.

The Anchor reserves the right

to edit letters due to space con-

straints, but the editor will take care to retain the tone and intent

of the letter. The Anchor will not publish letters that are personal

attacks, in poor taste or poten-

tially libelous. Letters will be se-

lected for publication in one of two ways: first come, first serve,

or as a representa t ive sample

when too many letters come in to

fit into an issue.

The Editor-in-Chief has discre-

tion regarding the publishing of anonymous letters. No letter will

be published without the writer's

identity being know to the Editor-

in-Chief, who will discuss with the writer his/her wish for ano-

nymity. Anonymity is reserved for

those who feel their letter may result in loss of position or other

fo rms of d iscr iminat ion, or in cases invo lv ing rape v ic t ims ,

whose anonymity is guaranteed. When the Editor receives any

letter it is his/her responsibility to

verify by phone or in person the

identity of the writer to prevent

falsification of any letter writer's identity on the opinion page.

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GPS hosts renowned string quartet, pianist M A T T C O O K i n te rmiss ion e d i t o r

T h e c o m b i n a t i o n of t w o re-

nowned musical forces will be fea-

tured in the next installment of the

Great Performance Series. On Monday. March 27. the Great

Performance Series will present the

Vogler Quartet of Berlin with guest

artist Angela Cheng, at 8 p.m. in

Dimnent Memorial Chapel. "It's a unique opportunity to see

two really great artists combine tal-ents." said Derek Emerson. Hope

College arts coordinator. The Vogler Quartet, a string quar-

tet formed at the Hans Eisler Col-

lege of Music in Berlin, quickly

rose to international acclaim after winning the International String

Quartet Competition.

"They made a big splash right off

the bat." Emerson said. According to Emerson, they are

known for adding life to older mu-

sic. Although they are acc la imed,

they are a relatively new group.

Emerson felt that it was important

to bring them to Hope while they

were still young. "They ' re considered one of the

top string quartets in the world and

they're an up and coming group."

Emerson said. "You want to grab the groups while you can before

they get o u t , t h e r e b e y o n d our

reach." T h e Q u a r t e t will open the

evening with Haydn's "Quartet in

G major." and then "Minimax" by

Hindemith. Then they will bring out pianist

Angela Cheng to perform Chopin's

"Ballade No. 1 in G minor" as a solo

piece. Then they will combine to per-

form "Piano Quintet in E-flat Ma-

jor." by Schumann. Cheng, who is Canadian, has won

many awards including the Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein In-

ternational Piano Masters Compe-

tition. and the Medal of Excellence

from the Salzburg Mozarteum. She does not usually perform

with the Vogler Quartet , so this

event will be special to Hope Col-

lege. "You're going to go from a string

quartet to a just a great pianist, and

\ Anchor photo courtesy Public Relations

F O U R O F A K I N D : The Vogler Quartet of Berlin includes two violinists, a viola player and a cellist. They will perform on March 27, as part of the Great Performance Series.

then you ' re going to see the twp

combined," Emerson said. "So that wil l m a k e a p re t t y u n u s u a l

evening." Emerson fell that the pairing will

make the performance interesting.

"Usually when you go. you'll see

the quartet for the whole perfor-

mance or you'll see the pianist for

the whole performance," Emerson

said. "You'll get a little bit of ev-

erything-some variety in the show."

T icke t s for the Great Perfor -

mance Series are $ 12.50 for adults,

$ 1 0 . 5 0 for sen ior c i t i zens , and

$6.50 for students. They may be

purchased at the theater lobby ticket

office in DeWitt, or at the door.

Symphonette and Chapel Choir depart on tour MAT T C O O K

i n te rmiss ion e d i t o r

Although both will be on tour, the Hope College Symphone t t e and

Chapel Choir will be as far apart as

possible in the United Slates this

Spring Break. Both music groups will be on

their annual tours during Spring Break. The Symphonette will tour

the East Coas t , and the Chapel

Choir will head for the slate of

Washington. Every year, as part of the curricu-

lum. both groups travel somewhere

and perform at many stops along the

way. This can be an educational

experience for the student musi-

cians. "They're learning how to be pro-

fessional musicians, that's their goal

in life." said Richard Piippo. direc-

tor of ihe Symphonette. "Having to

go on tour and play every single

evening forces them to be on their best performance all the time."

It can also validate all the hard

work they put into their music.

1

C H A P E L C H O I R : a tour during Spring Break.

"They work all year to come up

with a wide variety of music," said

Brad Richmond, director of the

Chapel Choir. T o do it just here

seems ant ic l imact ic for all that

work." While on lour, the groups typi-

cally stay at accommodations ar-

ranged by Hope alumni. They play

Anchor photo courtesy Public Relations

Along with the Symphonette, the Chapel Choir will hit the road for

at churches and other venues. Ac-

cording to Piippo, the highlight of

the Symphonette tour will be a per-

formance at the Netherlands Em-

bassy in Washington, D.C. Of t en , members of the g roup

have family in the area and this is an opportunity for them to see the

groups in concert without going the

O P U S f r o m I

long distance to Hope. But family and alumni are not the only ones

who attend. "We will get people that haven't

heard of H o p e C o l l e g e jus t by

word-of-mouth," Richmond said. "These may be people who will just

go because they like choral music

and they think it will be a good con-

cert." Because this may be the first time

many of those in attendance will hear these groups, the directors tried

to choose diverse music that will

reflect the ability of the musicians. "We try to do a wide variety of

music f rom different styles and dif-ferent languages," Richmond said.

Also, the music must keep the

interest of the students who will

have to perform it over and over. "I chose music that would be in-

teresting, fun and also challenging,"

Piippo said. Stops for the Symphonet te are

Brooklyn, Ohio; Rochester, N.Y.;

Albany, N.Y.; Waiting, N.J.; Wash-

ington, D.C.; and New York City.

The Chapel Choir will perform

in R e n t o n , O a k H a r b o r , and

Lynden, Wash. The Symphonette will give a pre-

view concert tomorrow at 8 p.m. in

Dimnent Chapel. Upon their return, the Chapel

Choir will perform a "Home Con-cert" on Wednesday, March 29, at

7 p.m. in Dimnent Chapel.

Carlson Wagonlit Travel will be opening

a new location on Holland's Northside the end of February!

Call the new branch manager, Jan VanderPloeg, for all your travel needs at 3 9 2 - 7 0 0 0 ext. 2 S 3

dent musicians. These musicians will be selected

through an audition process simi-

lar to the way Opus currently se-lects submitted writing and art.

"1 thought it was important to in-

clude music which is an art form Opus has never been able to include

before," Tommola said. The art work that Opus tradition-

ally includes will appear in the booklet that goes with the CD.

So far, Tommola has gotten a

good reaction lo the idea of an au-

dio CD.

" I talked to some people and most

of them thought it was a pretty good

idea," Tommola said. "We shall see

what the reaction is once more

people know about it." Although Opus was cleared by

Student Congress to use their bud-get in this way, they have not yet

determined if they will be able to distribute the CDs for free as usual,

or if there will be a small fee.

Tommola predicted that once the whole thing is put together, it will

take up a four CD set. If there is a

price, he did not think it would be

OPUS is n o w accepting: creative wri t ing

artwork

much more than $7. Because the new fo rmat will

combine the budget for both issues

that were scheduled to come out this semester. Opus will be accepting

new submissions. These submissions can be any

form of writing, art or photography.

They can be submitted at the En-

glish department desk on the third

floor of Lubbers Hall. They are due by Monday, March,

27. T h e O p u s staff has not yet

worked out the submission process

for music.

t u r n y o u r w o r k in a t t he English o f f i c e , on t h e 3 r d f loo r o f Lubbers b y

March 27

March I 5. 2000 the Anchor Intermissior

Students produce and premiere movie Windmil l and f r ames shool a scene tonight? Can you

M / v r x C O O K I n te rmiss ion e d i t o r

Red carpel, screaming women,

body guards, movie stars, speeches

and awards are all part ot a typical Hollywood movie premiere, but

they are a rare occurrence al Hope

College. None the less, all these things

were present at the premiere of "The Day the Windmill Died." last

S a t u r d a y in

t h e VanderWer f

Hall theater.

T h e pre-miere show-

cased the re-

sult of a

p r o j e c t s ta r t ed last

year by Joel P a t t e r s o n ( '01), who di-

rec ted the

m o v i e , and Noah Tucker

C O D . w h o

wrote it. The idea to

m a k e a

movie came

to the long-

t ime r o o m -mates on a whim one morning last

April. "He (Patterson) turned to me and

said. 4Noah, let's make a movie , ' "

Tucker said. "So we came up with

an idea and I sat down and he locked me in the room all day. and I came

up with a script." The film takes place in Holland.

In the movie, a Nazi seeking re-

venge for his father's death and bent

on world domination, destroys the

DeZwaan Windmil l and f r a m e s three Hope College students for the

crime. The three students go on the

run pursued by a zealous Public

Safely officer and his men. They

enlist the help of a janitor, a reporter, and a trio of single women in the

quest to prove their innocence. A l though it is bi l led as " the

movie that changed the meaning of what we call low b u d g e t , " the

movie features several special ef-f ec t s se-

q u e n c e s ,

including a car c h a s e

and a roof-

top battle.

After the

scr ipt w a s written, the

p r o d u c e r s

w e n t in s e a r c h of

actors to fill the ca s t .

For th i s

they turned

to the i r

friends. i4 W e

called up a)l

t h e s e p e o p l e on the p h o n e

and said 'Hey, tomorrow we're go-

ing to make a movie, why don't you

come over and be in i t ," ' Tucker

said. Unfortunately, their timing was

not always the best. Most of the

f i lming look place during f inals

week.

Anchor photo by Andrew Kleczek

T H E S T A R : Noah Tucker CO I) waits to greet his audience.

shoot a scene lonighl? Can you

shoot a scene tomorrow?' They to-

tally had no clue." The cast had to deal with more

than schedule conflicts. One cold

m o r n i n g at 7 a .m. , -Pa t te rson brought them out to a beach 20 min-

utes from campus lo film a scene.

He then realized that he had forgot-ten the camera. The cast and crew

was forced lo pile into one car to slay warm as Patterson went lo gel

the camera. "If he hadn't brought doughnuts,

that would have been the end , "

Tucker said. Even with the problems, the crew

stuck with it. and they were glad

that they did. "I remember just sitting there

thinking 'is it worth it.' but then in

the end it w a s . " said M e l i s s a LaBarge ( 4 0l ) , who played one of

t h e s t u d e n t f u g i t i v e s . " I t w a s r e a l l y Anchor photo by Andrew Kleczek

fun, and Joel and Noah worked re- p R E M | E R E I M I G H T : A well-dressed audience

ally hard at i t " mingles following the premiere of "The Day the Windmill Died." Dan Bos ( '01), who also played s J * r

one of the fugitives, had similar even came equipped with his own

bodyguards. Tucker was thrilled al the turn-

out. "I haven't been this excited since

my fourth birthday when I got a

record player," Tucker said. "This

is a great night." The audience was in-lum thrilled

by ihe movie. "That movie absolutely rocked.

I am in love with Joel Patterson."

said Dane Splinter ( '02). Patterson was not able to make

The premiere because he is study-

ing in Costa Rica ihis semester. Patterson's father, Ben Patterson,

Dean of Chapel, was proud of his

son's accomplishment. He saw it as

a continuation of a love of filming

feelings. "I totally thought it was a goof, it

was nothing," Bos said. "In the pro-cess, I came to love it and I came to

adore it." After they filmed it, the movie

was edited and music and credits were added. Then the movie was

ready for its extravagant premiere.

Those who attended were encour-aged to dress up. and many took

advantage of this, wearing every-

thing from a kill lo clothes of the

1920s. A red carpet made out of con-

"It was really insane," said Heidi • struclion paper was laid out by the

Huebner ( '00), who played one of door, and the movie's stars circu-

the single women. "They'd call up laled among the audience. One star, and they would be like, 'can you Holland resident Andy Patterson,

that Patterson has had since he was

seven years old. " W e ' v e got library shelves at

home full of videos he 's made,"

Patterson said. The duo does not plan on the pre-

miere of "The Day the Windmill Died" being the end of their moyie

careers. Tucker hopes lo have more

chances to show his movie as il gains in popularity sparked by its

first showing. Also, he is working

on a script for another film.

" I t ' s tentatively called 'Seven Stories of Holland, or 856 Dutch

Nights. ' It 's a liltle more of an epi-

sodic kind of thing," Tucker said. "We're trying to branch out a little

bit. involve some more people, and

make fun of Holland. Michigan."

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The campus was full of poetry for

a short period last week, but it did

not last very long. As an observance of National

Poetry Month, professor Jack Ridl had students from his poetry classes

blanket Hope's campus with poems

by a variety of poets. He called it

the First Annual Poetry Blitz. "I wanted to do something to

bring poems to people in all kinds

of surprising places," Ridl said. "I wanted to bring poems out of books

and confined spaces and courses,

and just suggest that they are all

around us everywhere."

To catch the campus by surprise,

students from Ridl 's English 255,

344, and 455 classes put them up

late Wednesday night. They were

hoping that the poems would be

well received. "We all wanted to bring some

magic, and spontaneity, and sur-

prise, and joy and innocent delight

to everybody," Ridl said. Their goal was to put poems in

places where people wouldn' t ex-pect them. The poems appeared

eve rywhere inside and outs ide , from dorm walls, to professor 's of-

fice doors, to light posts. A diverse range of poets was rep-

resented. "We all hoped that people would

discover a cool poem or poet they'd

not before known about," Ridl said.

Many of the poems did not last very long in their place, though.

According to Ridl, because they

violated Hope's policy on hanging

signs, a large number of the poems

were taken down. Some still re-

main. Ridl was reprimanded and asked

not to do it again. This was a disap-

pointment for him. "It does illustrate how two value

systems can collide," Ridl said. However, this set-back will not

deter him from doing it again. "We did call it the first ' annual /

so that leaves room for the poets to

strike again," Ridl said.

U p < l n < l C o m i n g events -for

this week. . .

M a r c h 1 5 M a r c h J5 M a r c h ife

DeGraff Lecture Professor Lawrence Buell "The Misery of Beasts and Humans" 4 p.m. Mass Center Confer-ence Room

Java Jive featuring Matthew West 9 p.m. the Kletz

Student Recital Dimnent Chapel 11 a.m.

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U.S. Senator: Carl Levin

Wednesday, March 15th 4:00 p.m.

In the Otte Room/ Phelps

A Q u i c k Survey

1) A r e y o u in need o f s o m e

e x t r a cash?

2) A r e y o u i n t e r e s t e d in

w r i t i n g , w e b design, bus i -

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3) D o y o u have a sense o f

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4) D o y o u ever w o n d e r i f

t h e r e a re m i c r o p h o n e s h id-

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if you answered yes t o

any o r all o f these

questions, o r any oth-

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heard, then wo rk i ng

for t h e Anchor* is for

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We are looking to fill the follow-ing positions for the fall of 2000:

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And others too...

Jusi c-mail a nolo lo ANCHOR@hope.edu i f you're

intereslcd in working for ihe most exciting organization on campus

March I 5, 2000 the Anchor Spot l ight

Seth Bruggers ( '00) Jamie H a r t m a n ( '03)

A R O M P I N T H E P E A -N U T S : Anna Holt ('01), Teagan

McCaslin ('02), Sarah Benjamin ('02), and Betty Ann Daniels ('02) take a time-

out from dancing to play in a kiddie

pool filled with styrofoam packing

peanuts.

Dance aratho

Sorority raises funds, awareness ANDREW LOTZl spot l ight e d i t o r

' N T *

H E R E ' S L O O K I N G U P AT" Y O U : Jennifer Mudra's

('02) dancing is emulated by one of the

children the marathon helped.

omnuf t t c

J A N I T O R ' S N I G H T -M A R E : Beth Otto (y03) spreads talcum powder to make the talcum slide.

This rejuvenating activity kept the

dancers awake in the midnight hours.

M A R A T H O N f r o m I

Members of the Sibylline sorority who

participated in Dance Marathon were danc-

ing for a cause that helped save a sister's life. Jessica Lyons ( '02), who joined the Sibs

this year, made the notion of helping chil-

dren a reality for her sorority.

Lyons was born prema-

turely, three and one half months early. She remained

in an i n c u b a t o r f o r f ou r

months, and was fed intra-venously. Still to this day,

Lyons ' muscles are not as

strong as they could be.

"My fa the r t r ied to be

t he re all the t i m e , " sa id Lyons. "If babies are touched they get belter

faster. They can feel someone is there." Lyons shared her experience with some of

her sorority sisters, and it increased their spirit

for the event. "It made us feel the dancing on a more

personal level," said Erin VanDyken (*02).

"Her emotions spread to us." But Lyons was not the only premature birth

that motivated the Sibs' dancing. The soror-

ity-sponsored children were also born pre-

maturely and were saved at DeVos Children's

hospital. Alec and Julia Batts were born six weeks

early, and remained in the hospital for care for the first few weeks of their life. The Sibs

were paired with the two children, making the importance in fund-raising for infant care

facilities an important theme within the so-

C M O N O V E R : Moralers joined in

group dances at

times, and danced

individually at

others.

rority. "It definitely gives us more of a connec-

tion to the marathon," said Trena Hedley ( '00). "It makes it more real that one of our

sisters went through it. These children are

miracle children, and Jessica is a miracle sis-

ter." Kathy Batts, the mother of Alec and Julia,

was excited about the Dance Marathon, and espec ia l ly thankfu l for the sorority's fund-raising efforts.

"We've gotten to know a lot of them, and they ' re a great

group of girls," Batts said. "To

say this is a good cause is an

understatement. Philanthropic

money is what keeps the hos-

pital going." T h e Sibs not only raised

more funds for Dance Marathon than any

other sorority, they were the campus organi-

zation with the most funds raised overall: $4,430. They won Dance Marathon's gold

crown trophy for money raised and highest

number of spirit points. " I t ' s good to know that w e ' r e raising

money for the same treatments that saved

Jessica's life," said Sarah Sudnick ( '02).

Lyons was pleased with the involvement

of her sorority in the marathon and expressed her hopes that the tradition of supporting sick

children continues. "I want to get more involved in Dance

Marathon next year," Lyons said. "It 's im-

portant and great that the different organiza-

tions are all raising money for kids. Even people who weren't bom early can under-

stand and contribute to helping kids."

T H E E L E C T R I C S L I D E : Sarah Sudnick ('02) shows

o f f her moves during an early morning

session of line-dancing.

R U B D O W N : Ellen

Colenbrander COO) gets a double massage to ease her tired muscles after

a long night of dancing.

Photos courtesy Public Relations and

Jen Bodine

S H A K E Y O U R G R O O V E T H A N G : Deb Hoffman CO I ) shows o f f her rendition

of the robot.

sage at 9:15 a.m. "I think everything went really smooth,"

Schrock said. "Especially for the first time

ever." While both Schrock and Cravotta said that

there were no major problems, they could sense that things reached a slower tempo

once Saturday morning arrived. "In the beginning of the night we had a lot

of visitors." Cravotta said. "But by three or

four in the morning it seems like everyone

had left. "Then the kids came back and that's what

kept us going." Just before the final tally was announced,

each family was able to give a short testi-

mony. There was the Bock family whose son,

Duncan, was diagnosed with leukemia three

and a half years ago.

There was the DeWitt family whose daugh-

ter, Monika, was born with a serious heart

defect and later developed a bad lung infec-

tion. And there was the White family whose

daughter, Samantha, had her first open heart

surgery at four days old. Dance Marathon Adviser Diana Breclaw

hopes that the event will become an annual

event.

"Every year I want people to look forward

to it and want to dance and be a part of it."

Breclaw said. Breclaw has seen Dance Marathons at Penn

State, Bowling Green and Indiana, where

schools can raise millions in funds. She ex-

pected Hope to make around $15,000. "I thought ours, with the number of danc-

ers, money raised and families, I thought it

was a great start," Breclaw said.

Sports ^Anchor March I 5. 2000

H o p e H o c k e y s

Greatest Moments 1) Hope 8, Lawrence Tech 2. The team's

f i r s t ever v i c to ry . 2) Hope 10, N o r t h w o o d Un ive rs i t y 4 . (LJge Ice

Arena . Ho l land) . F i rs t ice hockey game ever in Hol-land, f i r s t F l y ing D u t c h m e n league w in .

3) Ca lv in 4, Hope 3 OT. (Edge Ice Arena) "The loss in ove r t ime to Ca lv in w a s one o f the b igges t t u rn i ng po in t s fo r us, j u s t because we real ized w h a t we cou ld do w i th our team's po ten t ia l , " sa id Clark Beacom ('01).

4) Hope 4, Ca lv in 1. (Grand Rap ids) The w i n w a s the F ly ing D u t c h m e n ' s f i rs t ever aga ins t the Kn igh t s .

5)Hope 7, Ca lv in 3. (Edge Ice Arena) . Hope s w e e p s Calv in for the f i r s t t ime in h is to ry .

-our years after theirhumble beginnings Hope hockey is becoming a contender ANDREW KLECZEK spor t s ed i tor

or Jon Kopchick ( '00). the story of Hope ice hockey started six months before he look a single class, when he played pickup hockey with the players that would later form the first

team. •During the winter of my senior year of high school, a bunch of the guys who were plan-

ning on playing on the team would come to Grand Rapids and play drop in," Kopchick said.

"So I played with them and got to know a bunch of the guys."

Today, roughly four years later, Kopchick was the first player to enter Hope and play all

four of his years - from freshman to senior. The formation of the team began in February of 1996 as Alan Thorpe (*99), Troy Davis

(*98) and Ryan Cook (*96) held a meeting to gauge student interest. Later that year the trio

would form a constituition and create a proposal to the school. Nine months later the team

would take to the ice. Hope's first game came Nov. 2, 1996 against the University of Michigan club team. They

lost the game 18-3, however, it was an important moment for those who played in the game.

"I was really excited," Kopchick said. "There was some nervousness, but it was awesome to

be out there for the first game.'* Hope had to deal with some growing pains those first few seasons as they took a beating

from opponents. However their biggest challenges weren' t coming from other teams, but

being a team themselves. "We knew how to play hockey, but we didn't play as a team," Kopchick said. "You have to

get used to how everyone plays." Other challenges the early teams had to face were lack of leadership and lack of commit-

ment. "We didn't have the leadership," said Chris VanTimmeren (*98). "Coaches were part time ...

People just didn't show 100 percent commitment to the team." Van Timmeren, who will be the team's head coach next year, sees the dedication level as

one of the biggest things that's changed over the last four years.

"If they have to miss (a practice) they better have a good reason," Van Timmeren said.

"And if they do it still might affect their playing time." John McDonald (*01) sees the commitment level and the team*s overall competitiveness as

two major changes. "The first few years were brutal,** McDonald said. "A lot of fighting, scores were lopsided

... This season things have changed. Our biggest margin was a game we won 14-0.'* McDonald, who was the team's president the last two seasons, but won*t be next year, has

seen a number of improvements over the last three seasons including: better communication

with the Hope administration, better organization, recruiting, web site, and the team's unity. However, one of the most important changes players point to is the move to the Edge Ice

Arena in Holland. Previously the team played at South Side Ice Arena, which is approxi-

mately 30 minutes from Holland. F "The biggest thing about playing in Holland is that the games aren't as publicized, yet, we

get a lot of fans." said Clark Beacom (*01). Beacom, who has been the team*s captain the last three years, also notices increased

community support at the games. "It 's not just students, families are going to games," he said.

However, the biggest improvement in the team is their belief that they can succeed.

"Any of Hope's players truly believe they can play with any team in the league." Kopchick

said. Van Timmeren echoes his sentiments. "I feel that we are going to be contenders in the league next year," he said. "We can play

with any team in the league on any given night.**

Evolution of Hope Hockey

1st Season Coach: Jerri Corretti Overall Record: 2-11 League wins: 0

2nd Season Coach: Jerry Lallo Overall Record: 3-13 League wins: 0

3rd Season Coach: Jeff Chappel Overall Record; 2-13 League wins: 2

4th Season Coach: Jeff Chappel Overall Record: 6-14 League wins: 4

March I 5. 2000 the Anchor Sports

Track teams set to start season ANDREW KLECZEK spor ts e d i t o r

Hope's (rack teams aren't look-ing for a fast start this season. In-

stead they ' r e holding out for a

strong finish. • I 'm looking forward to their per-

March 25 when they travel to Emory University for a Division III

invitational. According to Chavis the purpose

of the meets is twofold.

' T i n just wanting them to get the feel for running outdoors again and

putting up good limes," Chavis said. On the men's team Chavis. ex-formances in the conference meet."

said head coach Dereck Chavis . pects sprinters Curtis Tyler ( '02)

"They ' re looking pretty good in and Chris Kerrins ( '00) to perform

practice right now." He also thinks that the team has

the potential to upset some league

opponents. "I think we are going to surprise

some people." Chavis said. "Espe-

cially with the y o u n g team we

have." Long before the teams reach the

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic

Association meet (May 4 and 5) they'll travel to Atlanta. Ga. for a

pair of meets. Their first test will

come at Morehouse Col lege on

March 18. The meet will feature

NCAA Division I and II schools. Hope's second meet will come on

well. He also looks to: Paul Berke ( ' 0 0 ) , C h a s e C a r p e n t e r ( ' 0 1 ) .

Garrett Childs ( '01). Ben Freeburn

( ' 0 3 ) , Joe Ka t t e lus ( ' 0 1 ) . Je f f Kauffman ( '03) and Dylan Wade

( '02) to be solid contributors. s For the women ' s team Chavis

looks to: Sarah Burgess ( ' 0 2 ) ,

Karen Clark ( ' 03 ) , Jenny Ernst COO), Courtney Munz( '02) , Brooke

( ' 03 ) and Jessica Cost ing ( ' 0 3 ) :

Ashly Pries ( '00), Sarah Shirpsema

( '02) and Emily Sowers ( '01). Both

Ernst and Sowers are returning ail-

Americans.

Chavis thinks Erica Torgerson ( '01) stands a good chance of earn-

sports briefs Lacrosse club defeats

Hope's Lacrosse Club defeated

Eastern Michigan University 19-5 recently to claim their first victory

of the season. This is the first year that Eastern

Michigan University, an N C A A

Division I school, has had a club

team. A c c o r d i n g to c o a c h M a r k

Mea ley ( ' 9 7 ) . i t ' s o n e of the

program's biggest victories in his experience with the team.

"This is the first time in the last

eight years that w e ' v e won this,

big," Mealey said. "It's also been the best team we 've had in .years.

Eastern, 19-5 at least in terms of depth."

Mealey points to a number of

players as strong performers in the

victory, including: Dave Carstens C02), Chris Sizemore ( '02), Ryan

Cox ( '03) and Pat Kearney ( '03).

Carstens had a goal and an assist

for the team, .while Sizemore had two goa ls and two assis ts , and

Kearney had four goals. According

to Mealey, Cox performed well on

faceoffs. Steve Engel ( '01) started in goal

for the Flying Dutchmen. Hope's next game is today, at 5

p.m. at the soccer field.

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nationals last year." Chavis said. "I

expect her to be able to make up the few points that kept her from

qualifying for nationals last year." Both team's strengths are their

youth and strong leadership from

the upper classes. "With me being a new coach

they've (seniors) been instrumen-

tal in me getting the job done here."

Chavis said; "They're very task ori-ented, they all want to get better."

"They ' re enthusiastic about the changes in the program. They can

see the program going in the right

direction." Despite the senior lead leader-

ship, the team's greatest strength is

in it 's youth. "Overall my team is very young,"

Chavis said. "But I 've got some

good talent and its something we

can build on for the next two, three

years." The team's first league meet is

home, April I against Alma.

Anchor photo cour tesy Public Relations

S O A R : Courtney Munz ('02) flies through the air in the long jump event. Hope's first home track meet is April / , against Alma.

Chavis challenges track teams ANDREW KLECZEK s p o r t s e d i t o r

Hope ' s new head track coach Dereck Chavis is looking to build a

team for the future by

using the blueprint of

the past. " H o p e has a real ly

g o o d t r ad i t i on in

sports," Chavis said. "I

d o n ' t want track and

field to be an excep-

tion." Chavis takes over the

head t rack and f i e l d

coaching positions from

M a r k N o r t h u i s , w h o

will coach distance run-ners, and Donna Eaton, who is also

the women's golf coach. Chavis, a native of Elkhart, Ind.,

completed his graduate and under-

graduate work at Indiana State Uni-

versity. As a student, he was a four year letter winner and a two-time

All-Missouri Valley Conference

sprinter. While working on his masters in

D.Chavis

recreation and sports management, Chavis served as a graduate assis-

tant coach for sprinters. During the s u m m e r of 1998 he d i rec ted a

sprinters summer camp. Those ex-

p e r i e n c e s he lped h im s h a p e h i s

coach ing ph i loso-

phy. "I d id a lot of

r e a d i n g , " C h a v i s

said. "I b e c a m e a

s t u d e n t of the

sport."

Chavis also ob-

s e r v e d o t h e r coaches and their

methods as a way of

learning. "There 's always new ways to do

things." Chavis said.

A large factor in his decision to

take the Hope coaching position

was the opportunity to be a head coach and do things his own way.

"This is a great opportunity to

build a program." Chavis said. Chavis. who has never been in a

losing program, looks to keep Hope

competit ive as a team within the

league. " I 'm used to winning." Chavis

said. "I want us to be a constant

contender in the league." According to players. Chavis is

keeping the team focused. t 4He p u s h e s u s . " sa id J a s o n

Monstrola ( '03). "He wants us to

do well. He gets all he can out of

his players."

In between his graduate and un-

dergraduate work, Chavis served in the AmeriCorps as a mentor leader

in Indianapolis. His responsibilities

included: Organizing college trips

within the state, helping assign stu-

dents tutors, helping students and their families receive financial aide,

and special events. Chavis found

the experience rewarding.

"It got me in touch with students

again." Chavis said. "It put me back

into the school system, which I en-joyed. I 've always enjoyed teach-

ing and coaching." Next year C h a v i s wil l teach

health dynamics, powerlifting. and

a first year seminar class.

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Sports the Anchor March I 5. 2000

Softball team sets sights on another 20 win season P A U L L O O D E E N

p r o d u c t i o n e d i t o r

Spring Break is righl around the

corner, and with ii the spring sporls

season. The Hope Softball team is

looking to once again be competi-

tive within the league.

Last year the Flying Dutch fin-

ished their season wi th a 21-13

record and finished second in the

Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic

Associat ion with a 12-4 record.

This success may be hard to dupli-

cate with this year ' s young squad.

"Over half of the people are new

this year, but we have a core of sea-

soned veterans to build on." head

coach Karla Wolters said.

Of the 18 players on the team

seven are freshmen. "We' re a very young team, but

in practice everybody is playing re-

ally well." Kim Grotenhuis ( ' 01 )

said. "But the team gets along and

that 's a plus." However, nine of the remaining

11 are previous letter winners. Of

the players that are returning, Car-

rie Scott (*01) was named an all-

American and an a l l -MIAA first

t eam, and G r o t e n h u i s w a s also

named to the al l-MIAA first team.

The team is young, but still is look-

ing to c o m p e t e fo r the M I A A

crown. "We' re young, but we still look

to have a good season. It 's just a

l i t t le bit more u n p r e d i c t a b l e , "

Wolters said. "We have not set any team goals

yet. but I expect that we will ex-

pect to be right up there competing

with Alma and the other top teams

in the conference." The team expects to do well dur-

ing Spring Break as well as during

the regular season. "I think that one of team goals

will be to do well in F lo r i da , "

Grotenhuis said. "And another goal

will be to win the M1%AA."

The Flying Dutch will get their

chance to sharpen their skills on

their upcoming Florida trip where

they will be tested by strong non-

conference opponents. During the

week of Spring Break the Flying

Dutch will play a total of 10 games.

" T h e t eams we will f ace are

s t r o n g e r t han in m o s t y e a r s , "

Wol ters said. " W e - f a c e a lot of

teams that usually make the NCAA

tournament while in Florida."

It will not get any easier when

the Flying Dutch return to Michi-

gan for MIAA conference play as

the team starts by playing four road

games in two doubleheader set with

Alma and then Adrian.

Alma has already posted a 10-0

record in non-conference play. Af-

ter these games there is a few game

build up until the Flying Dutch face

rival Calvin, but on the way they

have to face an Olivet squad who

already has an 8-0-1 record in non-

conference action. "We have been close to winning

the conference the past couple of

years, but Alma is always lurking

in the shadows and somehow seem

to sneak away with (the) champi-

onship," Grotenhuis said.

Anchor photo courtesy Public Relations

G R E A T " S C O T T : C a m e Scott ('01) swings at a pitch.

Last season Scott was named to the all-America team.

Women's tennis set to start A. KLECZEK spor ts e d i t o r

Last year's league-winning Fly-

ing Dutch return eight p layers

from last season 's squad, includ-

ing their lop four singles players.

" W e ' v e got the cream of the

crop,'* said coach Karen Page.

" W e ' v e got strength and w e ' v e

got depth." The team has its sights set on

the N C A A T o u r n a m e n t o n c e

again this year. Last year ' s team

failed to earn a bid. however two

years ago the team competed at

nationals. "We just want to shoot for mak-

ing it to nationals," said Kristin

Kooyer ( '01) .

T h e i r S p r i n g Break t r i p to

Hilton Head, S. C , may go a long

way towards that goal since it will

expose them to a wide range of

competit ion. Page said that wins

during break could factor in later

in the season when the team starts

looking for a bid to nationals. If

Hope defeats a team over Spring

Break that is successful later in the

season it helps the Flying Dutch

towards receiving a bid to nation-

als. Another one of the team's goals

is to win the Michigan Intercolle-

giate Athletic Associat ion once

again this year. While Hope has

won ii six conseccitive years. Page

is wary of her team being too con-

fident. " I t ' s a s t rong l eague , " Page

said. "There are some teams that

are out to gel us."

She pointed to Albion. Saint

Mary 's and Calvin as teams that

could also contend for the league

championship. With three returning seniors -

J e n n i f e r Smi th ( 0 0 ) . J e s s i c a

Mulder ( '00) and Jenny Esterline

COO) - the team has the leadership

to make an attempt on the league

title. •"We've got some good role

models." Page said. "Their quiet

demeanor is what motivates the

team. They-all promote the best

Men's tennis seeking success

Anchor photo courtesy Public Relations

S W I M C M : Jennifer

Smith COO) takes a swing at a shot in a match last season.

f rom everybody."

Page also pointed to two play-

ers in par t icu lar . Kooye r and

Mulder, as having made signifi-

cant improvement over the year.

Last season Mulder was voted by

her teammates as the Most Im-

proved Player. " K r i s s y K o o y e r is p l a y i n g

number three (singles). She ' s a

very determined, consistent, in-

tense player." Page said.

Kooyer ' s intensity and deter-

minat ion paid off when Hope

p layed Fe r r i s S ta t e . Feb. 29.

Ferris, a Division II school, de-

f ea t ed H o p e 8-1 . T h e F ly ing

Dutch 's lone victory came f rom

Kooyer who won both of her sets

by a score of 6-4. "We were very pleased with

our pe r fo rmances agains t this

school." Page said. "Especially

since it was our first match of the

season." Hope defea ted DePauw 6-3 .

March 11 at home to bring their

record to 1-1. The team's regu-

lar season beg ins Wednesday.

M a r c h 29 by h o s t i n g S a i n t

Mary 's .

KAXE VAN KRIMPEN ad r e p r e s e n t a t i v e

With eight returning players, four

of whom are seniors, the mens ' ten-

nis team has a positive outlook.

"We 've got the toughest sched-

ule w e ' v e had in the past e ight

years, with the knowledge that we

have a s t rong team." said coach

Steve Gorno . "We have a great

c h a n c e to have the best season

ever." First singles player Paul Lillie

(*00) also has high hopes for the

team. "My goal, both personally and as

a team, is to win the MIAA." Lillie

said. "In the beginning, we'l l have

some tough situations, but it will get

better as the season progresses."

The team's toughest competit ion

is Kalamazoo, who has proven to

be the stronger team for the past 62

years. "There ' s always a chance to beat

K a l a m a z o o , " G o r n o said of the

home match scheduled for April 4.

"It would take our best effort , and

less than the best f rom Kalamazoo,

but there 's always the possibility."

Lillie has a similar outlook to that

of his coach. " T h i s yea r w e h a v e a b e t t e r

chance than in years past," Lillie

said. Number three s ingles and two

doubles player Chad Bollinger ( '00)

said, "Our team is definitely going

to be the strongest we ' ve been in

the past three, maybe four years.

W e ' r e real ly exc i t ed abou t o u r

match against Kalamazoo. We 've

got the team believing we can win."

Dan Mann C03) has stepped up

as a freshman to fill the number two

singles and doubles slots.

"I t 's kind of intimidating, but I

hope I can do a good job, and I hope

I 'm the righl person for the posi-

t ion," Mann said. " M y personal

goal for the season would be just to

play the best that I can." Of one of his only two freshmen.

Gorno said. "Dan is one player who

has really proven himself early in

the season." Fellow teammate Lillie also sees

Mann as a beneficial addition to the

otherwise experienced team.

"1 think he (Mann) is going to

surprise a lot of teams who have

never played him before, and obvi-

ously by moving the other players

down a slot, it will make the team

stronger." Lillie said.

M a n n ' s doubles partner. Chad

Bollinger C00) had very positive

comments about his new teammate.

"It has definitely worked out well

playing together; better than I ex-

pected." Bollinger said.

When looking ahead to the goals

of the team. Bollinger said. "Our

main focus as a team is to make

Nationals, because it's something

we 've let slip away the past couple

of years." G o m o is looking forward to a fun

season. "We 've got a t remendous group

of guys," G o m o said of his team.

"By far the classiest team in the

conference." So far. in the team's indoor sea-

son, the Flying Dutchmen are 4-1.

wi th t he i r on ly loss c o m i n g to

Grand Valley. They look forward to playing five

s c h e d u l e d m a t c h e s on a sp r ing

break trip to Hilton Head, S. C . and

will begin the regular season on

Tuesday. March 28 against Alma.

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