Phelps Dining Hall has undergone adjustments after a pipe burst midday Saturday near the fireplace, causing minor damage and making the area inaccessible for regular diners. While the situation is contained and being cleaned up in an orderly fashion, there have been questions raised about the transparency of the college to explain the nature of…
In spring 2017, it was believed that the Old Kletz Market was closed due to financial cuts to clear budget room for the new Kletz Market that is housed in the Bultman Student Center. However, contrary to popular belief, this was not the case. A small nesting of spiders in a secluded corner of the…
The Dutchman continues to live underneath Vorhees Hall, feeding on either the sewer water that leaks in or food that students leave behind in the dorm. You might remember the first part of his story, but it is still not complete. There is another story that needs to be told about a man named John…
In one of those spacious hallways that lie underneath the green grass of the pinegrove lies a conspicuous ghost: the Dutchman. When Holland was just a small market town, the Dutchman lived in peace, coexisting with the settlers of the day. Later, the college was founded and the Dutchman became part of its framework. One…
While planning your Halloween festivities for next week, you may want to take the time to consider some different ideas. There is more to the holiday than dressing up and eating or distributing candy. Halloween parties are fun too, but there are still many more fun things to do come Halloween week. As college students,…
Film critic Richard Brody begins his review of “Gavagai” in The New Yorker, “Every now and then, I like to highlight noteworthy films that aren’t, or are hardly, available to the public, both because they should be and because their unavailability…is a kind of news in itself.” Beginning Monday, Nov. 12, this “hardly available” and…
Both men’s and women’s soccer played last weekend to secure spots in the MIAA tournament. The women’s team shut out Saint Mary’s College at 5-0, moving within one win from repeating an outright MIAA title. The men’s team lost to Trine University, 1-0. The women’s team improved their MIAA record to 6-0-1 overall with the…
Last weekend was homecoming at Hope College with a home football game against Olivet College. Fans came out on the chilly Saturday evening, cheering on the Flying Dutchmen as they beat Olivet with a score of 35-30. The game started strong with senior Mike Miklusicak scoring the first touchdown of the game in the first…
The gallery in the DePree Art Center is silent, except for the hum of Hope College students and professors bustling about, conversing animatedly. The periodic sound of a shutter on a camera can be heard every few seconds. It seems a fitting setting for an exhibition which is centered on the familiar sights and scenes…
Nykerk is one of the most anticipated events of homecoming weekend, or, for some, the whole year. For 84 years, Hope College has continued the tradition of this fine arts competition between freshman and sophomore women. Nykerk contains three aspects: song, oration and play. Each is lead by student-coaches who help bring together the act….