At the center of what it means to be human is a desire for hope, and that same word resides at the center of our college. In the fall semester of this academic year, the hope of music students faltered. Lately, though, their beloved department has continued to progress in a tentatively positive direction. Provost…
Welcome back to our fourth episode of the miniseries Humans of Hope! This week we interviewed Jose Espinosa. Learn about his hometown, favorite food and what inspires him!
The men’s and women’s basketball teams played in the MIAA tournament last week, finishing with some close, tense moments. The men’s team played Calvin last Wednesday in the quarterfinal, suffering a loss with a close score of 68-66 that ended their season. The men ended the season with a 15-11 record, with three of those…
The women’s swim & dive team competed in a three and a half day competition this past weekend. Resulting in three relay wins, three new school records and a MIAA title, the team swam spectacularly. “Our races were so solid. Most of us were so focused on our own races and not worried about what…
The men’s and women’s indoor track and field MIAA championship took place last weekend at Aquinas College. The women competed to defend their championship title from the year before but took second behind Trine University, with wins in two individual events and two relays. The women scored a total of 141 points throughout the meet,…
College is hard. There are so many factors impacting students on a regular basis, causing a rollercoaster of emotions. Stress from classes, issues back home, conflict with friends and the panic of looking into an uncertain future are just a few challenges Hope students may face in their daily lives. Luckily, Hope provides resources that…
So you’ve heard about everything that went down in the music department – you saw the students protesting, heard responses from the faculty and administration and read the news coverage. Unless you’re a music major, you’ve probably been left wondering how this pertains to all of you and why it matters in the grand scheme…
Over the past year, there have been several changes happening on Hope’s campus. The college decided on a new president, the Arcadian fraternity came back from the dead, and the Boerigter Center for Career and Calling was officially opened to students. While all of these were positive changes that happened over the past several months,…
“Ignorance is bliss” is a pretty good summary of many people’s attitudes toward climate change and humanity’s effect on ecological degradation. We prefer to forget that it exists, ignoring the fact that our every day actions have a large impact on what the world will look like in the next few decades. This is the…
Editor’s note: The following interview was with Justin Merriman, a senior and music minor at Hope College. How have the changes within the music department affected you as a music student? Fortunately, I completed my music minor a semester before any of these changes started to occur. Thus, my [music] education was not impacted. What…