The weather matched the crowd on Saturday as the Dutchmen faced off against Richard Stockton University during the Bergsma Memorial Tournament. It started off clear and sunny with only the slightest breeze, but by the last minute of overtime play, it was tense and dark, with the game nearly postponed due to weather. The energy…
After an early arrival on campus for Hope College athletes, fall sports are underway! Men’s and women’s golf, volleyball, football, cross country and soccer have already had their first matches this past weekend, with some earning strong wins and others taking tough losses, all determined to work hard as the season continues. Last weekend, the…
There are lots of ways to decorate a dorm room, cottage, apartment or house. When it comes to making it your own, everybody has their own idea of what feels like home. Whether it be including mementos from your childhood or starting new traditions, there are lots of ways to jazz up a dorm room…
The start of the Fall 2018 semester brought about many changes around campus with one of the most significant changes taking place in the music department. Between the Spring 2018 semester and the Fall 2018 semester, there were seven new additions to the music department faculty here at Hope with professors teaching various subjects including…
The Depree Art Gallery is currently filled with pieces created by Caleb Kortokrax from August 22nd to September 21st, 2018. Kortokrax is an American painter working in Baltimore, Maryland as well as a Borgeson Artist-In-Residence who has opened the school year with an exhibit titled “Gang Chant.” In this exhibit, Kortokrax uses images that are…
For every student at Hope College, a new school year brings challenges and adjustments. However, not every student has to adjust to a new country as well. For international students like Donghyun (Mark) Kim (‘22), coming to Hope for an education creates more challenges than the typical student faces. Although this isn’t Kim’s first time…
Directors are far from the only ones involved in orientation. Many Assistant Directors and Orientation Advisers put their heart and soul into making orientation the best experience it can be. To learn more about the different voices of Hope’s orientation, I joined the Anchor’s Michael Hood as he interviewed and gained perspective on the orientation…
School has started! As a returning student this statement can seem like a no-brainer. A new year begins; new books to buy, new readings that should have been done before classes started; rinse, wash repeat. Wrapped up in my own work, I can easily overlook the swath of new faces that stand between me and…
Mollie Tibbetts, the twenty year old student who was attending the University of Iowa, went missing after a solo jog on July 18, 2018. She was found on August 21, 2018 in a rural area hidden under cornstalks. How do we as a nation deal with the weight of issues that hit so close to…
Sentiments of unexpected union, warm memory and patriotic grief were among the primary reactions of the world to the death of Senator John McCain, who passed away Aug. 25, 2018 from a long- running battle with brain cancer. He was approaching his 82nd birthday, and his memory is carried on by his widow Cindy and…