I don’t think the world around us pays enough attention to music. Music, if executed the “right way” (I use this term lightly) can carry you in a poetic dissertation. It invites you to compose a familiar yet unfamiliar movie in your head or allows you to paintbrush mental memories to external masterpieces. In essence,…
Due to growing controversy, Michigan’s former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lee Chatfield, resigned from his position as CEO of Southwest Michigan First on February 22. Chatfield’s resignation comes in the wake of controversy surrounding his support for blocking protections for LGBTQ+ individuals in his former role of state representative. This included Chatfield blocking expansions…
On February 22, the United States passed a devastating milestone of over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, this means that on average around 2,000 people die from the virus every day. However, positive test rates and other metrics are slowly trending downward. Although the statistics are still concerning, there…
In 2017 China began a harsh campaign against the Uighurs, a primarily Muslim ethnic minority group in the Xinjiang region, under the pretense of “reeducation.” Over one million Uighurs have been detained in what Beijing has called “vocational, educational and training centers” over periods ranging from weeks to years with reports of torture, forced labor,…
On February 1, the Myanmar military—known as the Tatmadaw—staged a coup d’etat, overthrowing the Southeast Asian country’s government. This restricting takeover, involving the detainments of government officials and internet shutdowns, came after a 12-year quasi-democratic rule under State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Protests quickly broke out in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital city, as well as…
I know that for me, picking up my cap and gown was a moment heavy with an overlying anxiety. The plastic bag with my blue ceremonial clothes sits on my shelf, and I try not to think about it. It’s not because I’m overly sentimental or despise thinking about leaving Hope College. It’s not the…
In November, the Center for Diversity and Inclusion moved to the Keppel House, a three-story structure situated between Cook Hall and Gilmore Hall on 10th Street. It’s a cozy-looking building, but is unfortunately little-known to many students at Hope College. This is largely due to the limited number of individuals who regularly occupy the building;…