This Saturday, Nykerk season comes to a close as the ’22 and ’23 classes go head to head in a showdown involving song, play, and oration. Nykerk has been well-loved by generations of Hope College students, and this year is sure to be an interesting night with Even Year defending last year’s win, and Odd…
Despite being a key face of a college or university, mascots are often a mystery outside of the costume. Often furry, brightly colored, and overly energetic, mascots are a quintessential but often ignored factor of the college experience. “Although I am underappreciated and make few appearances besides a few key events, I get paid $3,000…
This weekend I had the opportunity to interview one of the best football players on Hope’s football team. Chad McMuscles IV is in his fourth year as a student here and is majoring in business. Because he has such a strict training regimen, I wanted to dig deeper into how he balances school and sports. …
Recent changes in Hope College’s board of trustees have had major impacts on student life and education. After extensive review, Hope students managed to convince the board to allow students to join with voting power in order to better represent student opinion in the formation of college policies. With a diverse range of 20 students…
What follows are extracts from the journal of Dr. Boris Renderton, former Associate Professor of Chemistry at Hope College before his abrupt resignation: October 25th, 2019 “It seems a rather curious thing to dwell over. It’s the end of October, just after midterms, surely there isn’t a student on campus who isn’t feeling mentally…
After a period of controversy on Hope’s campus regarding Chapel speakers, Campus Ministries has decided to “play it safe” with a wholesome crowd pleaser: Kanye West. Given West’s spiritual awakening and newest gospel-rap album “JESUS IS KING,” students, faculty, and staff are all looking forward to hearing what West has to share with Hope’s campus….
Most college students are of the age that Denny’s, a popular restaurant chain, is to them both the post-church haunt from the days of their early childhood as well as the company behind one of Twitter’s most popular accounts, with 512.9 thousand followers and such memorable tweets as: “Me eating pancakes: – happy –…
It’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing from green to gold, the air is crisp as the crunchiest apple picked fresh from the orchard and all can partake in the fun of frolicking in the yard playing football while the turkey roasts inside. All is refreshing and calm. What once was new…
Students woke up this past Monday to a dense fog that had settled over the shallow hills on campus, but few suspected that anything was out of the ordinary and ignored the ominous harbinger of a debacle yet to ensue. It was a seemingly peaceful morning that boasted a slight chill in the air and…