The next iteration of International Relations Club’s (IRC) “Country Series” events got a special treat when thirteen students from Kobe Gakuin University in Japan visited to talk about their culture. The event was even larger than previous entries, with over 50 people present in room 004 of the Bultman Student Center. The event featured authentic…
The Hope College Ballet Club brought a beloved fairytale to life over the weekend. This year, the club’s annual production was “Cinderella and the Glass Slipper.” The production featured Prokofiev’s “Cinderella” as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre Previn. Directed by Jenny Lussenhop (’19), Emma Scannell (’20) and Emma Barnhart (’21), the…
Do you like breakfast late at night? Are you a fan of dancing for hours on end? Does the idea of loud music and lots of friends appeal to you? If you answered yes to any of these questions, I have just the place for you. Hawkinson/Van Zyl Cottages (otherwise known as Pancake/ Waffle house)…
With April already in full swing, Hope College is making great efforts in raising awareness in the community by educating people on sexual assault. Many Hope students who already understand the magnitude of a problem that sexual assault is through the #MeToo movement. have gotten involved. Hope Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) events and educational…
Tensions are running high this week as students take to the Pine Grove in protest of the annual March Madness basketball tournament. Over the past few weeks, students have held viewing parties on the weekends in the Bultman Student Center, but some think they have taken it too far. “It’s not fun anymore; it’s just…
Spring has sprung! Michiganders everywhere are celebrating the first few weeks of spring with glorious partly cloudy, 40 degree days. Venturing out of hibernation after a chilly winter into the slightly less bitterly cold outdoors is wonderfully refreshing, especially if you happen to be outside for the beautiful ten minutes of sunshine a day. Is…
Life is hard. College is hard. Why does everything have to be so difficult? Fear not reader, for you are not the only one who cannot manage to complete basic daily tasks required for a human body to function properly. Like the rest of us, you are probably “so over it” and need a new…
A well-known Hope College professor of dance took the campus by storm when a dance she had choreographed was performed for the first time for the public eye. Audience members flocked to the Knickerbocker Theatre on March 29 to witness the performance, and none were disappointed. “What an amazing performance! I was sobbing halfway through,…
It was a typical March afternoon at Hope College when the fight broke out in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts lobby last Thursday. What seemed like an innocent debate escalated rapidly, ending with two students wrestling on the floor. The students, whose names have not been released to the public, were taken…
Editor’s note: The subject of this interview will be referred to as SM (sidewalk monitor), as she prefers anonymity for the sake of undercover work. “The reign of pushy longboards and obnoxious scooters is over,” says SM. This Hope College hero has been hired to “return the sidewalks to all common walking pedestrians, protecting them…