To conclude the Arts Faculty Spotlights of the semester, visiting professor of dance Sharon Wong spoke to The Anchor. She teaches jazz and modern dance in the fall and choreographs for Hope College’s pre-professional dance companies H2 and Strike Time. She shared many of her professional experiences with being a dancer, choreographer and dance teacher,…
OPUS, the literary magazine that has been at Hope College for decades, is coming out with its newest edition this coming Thursday, December 9. What can we expect to see from this year’s edition? What will OPUS Soup look like? And how on earth do they choose which pieces will be featured? We interviewed Co-Editor,…
In the past few weeks, Vladimir Putin’s administration has been amassing troops along the Russia-Ukrainian border. This move is reminiscent of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, a peninsula in Southern Ukraine, which sparked condemnation from the international community. While Russia controls Crimea and considers it part of their country, it is still internationally recognized as…
As the United States enters the busy holiday season, the nation is also in the midst of a severe labor shortage and supply chain crisis. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, and with new variants such as Omicron continuing to spread, the world’s economy is still trying to catch up from a global shutdown. A major…
The article below contains information concerning violence and death. Resources for grief or emotional distress include Hope’s Counseling Center (CAPS), 616-395-7945, or Campus Ministries, van Andel Huys der Hope, 616-395-7145. From a recent campus-wide email from Dean of Students Richard Frost: “Unfortunately, an event like this is a reminder to us all that caring for…