Over the past weekend, both the women’s cross country and the women’s soccer teams competed at the NCAA Division III level. The women’s X-C team ran on Saturday in Winneconne, Wisconsin in the NCAA Division III Championships. The women’s soccer team competed Friday night under the lights against Christopher Newport University in the sectional semifinals…
The men’s and women’s basketball teams started off their seasons with wins over the past weekend. The women’s team played at home Friday against MacMurray College and Saturday against Benedictine University, while the men played in Chicago against Greenville College on Friday and Simpson College on Saturday. The women’s team took victories on both nights,…
Entering your twenties can be an exciting and scary time. With college in full swing and the impending stresses of adulthood morphing into a whirlwind of a time period, life can get messy. Being 20 means that you are far beyond your high school years, and well on your way to becoming an expert at…
Jazz music has been inspiring Americans since its invention in the 20th century. It is no surprise then that the improvisational- based genre would make its way to Holland to inspire members of Hope College’s community. On Wednesday, Nov. 14, four of Hope’s six jazz groups hosted a concert in the recital hall at the…
Kristian Matsson of The Tallest Man on Earth is, in fact, not the tallest man on earth. The petit musician, born and raised in Sweden, made a stop on his U.S. tour at Hope College this past Friday as a part of the Hope College Concert Series fall semester lineup. With no opener and no…
Trinity Knight (’19) is ahead of the curve with sustainability. She started composting last fall after becoming an R.A. and has not stopped. Knight oversees Oggel Apartments, which has a composting bucket under the kitchen sink. Knight says composting leaves kitchens smell- and-squirrel-free. Trash takeout is less frequent, and food is sealed tight. Even when…
This past week, I have been deeply stuck in homesickness. The last month of my program is an internship phase, which has moved me away from my friends, homestay and program staff to an entirely new community and city. I know I am tough, I know I am being proactive and I know I can…
“I presented at GCLA (Great Lakes College Association). [My presentation] was called ‘Passing Out: The Intersectionality of Passing as White and Able- Bodied.’ It was all about the similarities between the different minorities that entails.” This is Safia Hattab (’21). When I met with her to learn more about the nature of her presentation, she…
The morning of Nov. 1 was cold and brisk on Hope College’s campus; remnants of Halloween still hung about windows while students bundled in winter jackets drifted down sidewalks. Inside the Kruizenga Art Museum, a small group of readers had gathered in a cozy conference room located immediately behind the front desk for a gallery…
This week proved to be an enormously entertaining and contentious time for big technology. The news of Amazon’s location for HQ2 was overshadowed by Facebook’s devastating scandal, which was published in the New York Times. The main focus of the story in the Times seems to be the manner that Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg,…