The Hope College athletes gathered at an end of season Halloween costume contest over the past weekend in DeVos Fieldhouse. The event called for students to “come in their most innovative sport or jersey costume.” Winners were announced in several categories, with laughs and candy had by all. The overall winner of the contest was…
The annual Halloween sports ball game was played by a courageous team of young Even Year freshmen against the Odd Year sophomores. The match took place in DeVos Fieldhouse after being thoroughly decorated by junior and senior alumni, who haunted the corriders as the underclassmen played. The Even Year freshmen managed to escape DeVos with…
The FDA is banning all Halloween candy this year because of the growing sugar addiction crisis among children. Instead of handing out candy, parents are being told to give out fruits and vegetables. Halloween will be all tricks and no treats this year. Stores will be prohibited from selling bulk bags of Halloween candy. There…
This past weekend, mysterious additions and disappearances were discovered in the Kruizenga Art Museum. None of these additions were scheduled, so workers quickly had to investigate the scene. On Oct. 27, all pieces in the museum appeared normal upon closing. Around midnight that night, surveillance images showed paintings from the Living Traditions collection mysteriously flying…
Every year around Halloween, people all over the country get in the spirit of the “spooky season” by playing tricks, staging scares and drinking lots of pumpkin spice lattes. Students on Hope College’s campus are no exception. Many students will decorate their dorms, dress up for parties and eat a little bit more candy than…
The hours for accessing the Dow and Devos fieldhouse this week have been changed from 1 to 11 p.m. to 3 to 8 p.m. This is in order to accommodate and allow practice for multiple teams of European athletes arriving for a weightlifting challenge: “The World’s Great Hunkfest.” The competition features men-of-might lifting weights, reading…
At first, there was only blackness. An air, thick with ash and dust, silted itself through the throat of Holland like a bone caught in the jugular. No one could blink or move or speak. For with their eyes open, the world was darker than with their eyes closed. Then a fire, piercing, raging heat,…
Have you ever felt the chill of something behind you? The feeling of being watched? Have you ever experienced a moment that could only be described as “supernatural?” If so, you’re not alone. The students of Hope College continue to find themselves in the presence of the paranormal and in the sites of a ghastly…
At an exciting rally in Texas this past week, Donald Trump was seen making remarks to a crowd of misfit deviants. Trump made sure to endorse his best friend, Ted Cruz, and his wonderful wife, Heidi Cruz. Mr. Trump did not forget to mention that everyone needed to get out and vote to make sure…
With the month of October coming to a close, many members of the press corps are now changing their names back to normal, thank God; however, many of their “spooky” surnames were quite catchy and creative. Cue the usual, goofy, corny jokes. Names such as “Caleb SkHull,” “Booe! Gabriel Simonson,” “Grim Creature” (Jim Treacher), “Scarin’…