In Australian Open fourth-round play, top-ranked players advance This year marks the 112th Australian Open, and this past Saturday and Sunday, the numbers shrunk to eight in singles play. Ninth-seeded Rafael Nadal took down Gael Monfils to land him a spot in the quarter-finals. Additionally, Roger Federer grabbed a spot in the quarters as well…
Most of my time is spent in class, at work or working on homework, and a lot of the time I feel incredibly overwhelmed and unbelievably busy. So, like I assume most people in similar situations do, I kill a lot of time that I’m not busy by watching movies, playing games and reading fun…
What is college for? If you answered personal enrichment or gaining more knowledge in a desired subject, you would be wrong! College is for devoting unhealthy amounts of your day to devouring hours upon hours of television series, with little regard to your own well being or responsibilities. Have a paper to write, reading to…
The Hope College Concert Series will present Hiss Golden Messenger with special guest Phil Cook on Friday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland. Hiss Golden Messenger is an American folk music band that originated from Durham, North Carolina. The band is led by musician M.C. Taylor. Taylor signed with…
If someone were to randomly walk into the DeWitt lobby last Friday night at 7:30 p.m., they would have found a long line of chattering Hope students waiting to rush into the large auditorium. It twisted and turned its way around the entire first floor. What was everyone waiting for? The Vanderprov and Upright Citizens…
So 54 of us — students, staff and faculty from Hope College — spent last weekend sleeping (or not) on a bus, eating way too many Cheez-Its, brushing our teeth in rest-stop bathrooms, standing for five hours in a crowd listening (or not, depending on where we were situated) to a great number of speakers,…
As the United States is faced with the questions of how to move forward in the light of the new nationals situation, some have found an answer and way to make their voice heard. Hundreds of thousands of people from women to men attended the women’s march on Washington D.C. Some Hope College students made…
The Step Up program at Hope College is beginning again this spring semester in the coming weeks. The program matches school students to our campus by pairing the kids with volunteer mentors. The mentors provide them with the consistent support they need to succeed in school and reach their personal potentials. The time spent with…
U.S.-Russian relations have never been the most cordial of international relationships. Indeed, for many years they were as far from cordial as one can get without full-out war being declared. While these things seem to have passed, recently Russia and the U.S. have been butting heads once again. It has been well documented, with allegations…