On Thursday and Friday, Hope College’s Natural and Applied Sciences Division will welcome Dr. Peter Agre, as he headlines the annual Gentile Interdisciplinary Lectureship. Agre studied chemistry at Augsburg College and medicine at John Hopkins. Agre went on to join John Hopkins School of Medicine faculty in 1984 and eventually went on to become…
Hope College’s Dr. Temple Smith explores college-aged populations and the impact of childhood poverty on aspirations. Dr. Smith is dedicated to mentoring undergraduate students and addressing systemic educational inequities among college populations. Smith is an assistant professor of sociology and social work. She attended Michigan State University, where she received her B.A. and PhD in…
It is no surprise that flu season is upon us, and living in tight quarters makes it an undesirable fate for college students. I think most of Hope’s campus would agree that we do not want an outbreak like that of 2008. A norovirus took over campus, keeping hundreds bedridden and miserable. In an effort…
The past few years have been flooded with tragic public school shootings and as Marshall County High School in western Kentucky now knows too well, 2018 will not be the year to break the trend. Students Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, both 15-years-old, were murdered in the event. According to CNN, Holt died in the…
National Girls and Women in Sports Day is coming up! On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Hope College will be hosting middle school girls in the West Michigan area for a special event. Hope’s female student athletes will be running the evening activities at the Dow Center. This is an amazing opportunity for Hope students to connect…
The Knickerbocker is at it again with their annual winter film series and the lineup for this season seems to be just as dazzling and heart wrenching as ever. Starting Jan. 22 and finishing strong April 14, the series is comprised of four independent films. Tickets are available at the Knickerbocker Theater for free if…
You might possibly wonder what is up with the green smoothie buzz surfacing and why you see photos popping up on your timelines featuring different blended concoctions. Well, let me hop on the bandwagon here and let you in on some maybe unknown benefits to drinking a smoothie. A major benefit of the smoothie…
Saturday, people gathered all over the nation to honor the anniversary of the Women’s March. Last year’s march, following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, was historically groundbreaking. On Jan. 21, 2017, women’s marches across the United States drew over three million people, according to The Washington Post, making it one of the…
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Athleisure is a term combining the ideas of athletic wear and leisure wear, but what exactly does it mean or entail? The basic purpose of this new style trend is to take things like leggings and sweatpants, among other clothing you could typically find in a gym setting, and make them wearable to the…