Fire alarms went off between 2:30 and 3 in the morning on Sunday, giving the 103 residents of Voorhees Hall a rude awakening. Water, pouring from the attic made its way all the way down to the hall’s basement. Quickly, the residential life staff of Voorhees acted to evacuate the residents, ushering them into the…
In classic Hope v. Calvin fashion, both the men and women put up nail-biting performances this past week with the men topping off Calvin 77-72 on Wednesday, and the women edging out Calvin 58-51 on Saturday. The women remain undefeated after their past win on Saturday with a record of 16-0, seven of which…
Hope College’s Student Activities Committee (SAC) hosted hypnotist Chris Jones, a regular visitor to campus as a performer and entertainer for the students. Jones was born and raised in Chicago. He has dedicated his life to hypnosis. Jones had previously appeared on Season 10 of “America’s Got Talent.” He was able to show his abilities…
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California may not be the place to live this year. Not only has the state experienced a massive array of wildfires, but as of last Thursday Jan. 11, the Santa Barbara area experienced rapid rainfall rates that exceeded one inch per hour. This contributed to their damaging mudslides that have killed at least 17 people…
Hope College presented biology seminar “Current Issues for Women in Medicine and Science-Let’s Discuss.” The seminar was led by Dr. Kanakadurga (Durga) Singer ,visiting from the University of Michigan medical school. Dr. Singer was hosted by Hope’s Ginny McDonough, professor of biology and department chair. She received her undergraduate degree in biophysics from John Hopkins…
The political science department has been actively searching for a new member of their team for over a year now. After a long series of interviews and guest lectures, Dr. David Ryden, the Political Science Department Chair, announced on Jan. 4 that alumnus Dr. Rachel Schotte (’06) will be joining the department as a full-time…
On Saturday Jan. 13, the entire state of Hawaii filled with panic as residents and tourists of the area received a threatening alert of a ballistic missile inbound through an alert system. This threat lasted a whole 38 minutes before a follow-up notification was delivered to notify that the alert was a false alarm. Panicked…
Hope College’s Dance Department’s Striketime Dance Theatre presented “Dance for Children” last Friday and Saturday in the Knickerbocker Theatre. Striketime is a pre-professional dance company that provides outreach assemblies and performances for young audiences. Striketime aims to teach. Company members include Gillian Bourke (’19), Taylor Clegg (’17), Abigail Daniels (’19), Catherine Dustrude (’19), Victoria Homann,…
We live in a serious world. There is as always, war, famine, death, disease, murder and other horrible things happening every day. Even our personal lives can be filled with a litany of is- sues and calamities that keep us with a scowl on our faces, and give us very little to laugh about. Couple…