On the night of October 16, Hope College junior Jack Soren didn’t come home. “I didn’t think much of it,” says Ryan Louder (’22), Soren’s roommate in DeGraaf Cottage. “I just thought, you know, ‘Oh, he’s spending the night at his girlfriend’s and forgot to tell me.’” However, when Soren didn’t show up at all…
The entirety of Van Vleck Hall was forced to quarantine this past Monday due to some alarming wastewater testing results. All of the girls were tested promptly, but no one came back as positive or showed any symptoms. However, on Monday evening, there was some alarming coughing and sneezing heard by the girls living on…
With the approach of final exams, the U.S. general election and living in the midst of a global pandemic, life can feel pretty stressful. College students, now more than ever, need a way to decompress and take care of their mental well-being. How else are they supposed to finish a full semester of school with…
On Monday, Oct. 29, Hope College’s new ban on Carhartt beanies went into effect. According to an email sent out to the student body, the decision to implement this new policy was made due to the fact that it was getting too difficult for professors to distinguish between their students. “They all wear that same…
Two weeks ago, I published an article in The Anchor’s Arts section entitled “In defense of country music.” In this article, I discussed the history, meaning and stars of today’s country genre. I have since recognized the colossal misstep I have made and would like to take this week’s article to apologize. You see, Hope…
Hope College’s newly announced $5,000 annual tuition raise is accompanied by an exciting tuition-funded project: Fixer Upper’s very own Chip and Joanna Gaines are traveling to the Hope College campus! Durfee Hall, the only all-male dormitory, is getting a facelift. Constructed in the 1950s, Durfee’s interior is quite dated with beige walls and unsanitary conditions—the…
In an ideal world, we would like to think that politicians live up to expectations placed upon them by voters. That they would be honest, hardworking and do everything in their power to serve their constituents well. Let’s be real though: that seems too good to be true, especially with everything that has gone down…
CAMPUSMAIL DISTRIBUTION (from Student Development) Subject: This ends here. Dear Campus Community, It has come to our attention that students and faculty alike have been engaging in persistent and harmful acts of misconduct. In a time when almost nothing is certain, every individual should at least be assured that their place in line at Phelps…