This quote brought to the world by H. Ross Perot demanded attention throughout the Jim Crow Forum on Wednesday evening: “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” Dr. David Pilgrim, an applied sociologist, public speaker, leading expert on race relations…
Changing our habits is the first way to change our carbon footprint. Hope College is dedicated to providing students with the education and resources they need to make an impact on the Earth personally as well as campus-wide. The Hope College Cupanion Initiative is one of the practical ways Hope plans to do this; this…
When my doctor suggested I try antidepressants, I was pretty skeptical. Sure, I understood that there was plenty of solid scientific evidence for their effectiveness, but it didn’t seem like something as simple as a pill taken nightly could solve something that felt so complicated, existential and close to the core of who I was….
On October 25, the celebrity rapper Kanye West dropped his long awaited album Jesus is King. Anyone who is mildly familiar with his name might expect this album to contain profanity and secular themes like his previous work. However, an analysis of the album’s lyrics reveals it is unapologetically Christian. The eleven track album takes…