This past week alone over 1,000 park rangers were fired from their jobs all across the country due to severe budget cutes. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) implemented under the Trump administration was established to limit spending in areas deemed excessive to promote government efficiency and productivity. According to new online trackers on the…
Guest Writer: Maddison Wilder (’25) February 25, 2025 marks one year since I landed in my second home in Santiago, Chile. The last year has been filled with so many amazing and unique experiences from the pre-abroad process to my experience in Chile to reacclimating myself to life in America after living in another country…
At a local Walgreens, a few days before Jan. 19, two store clerks discuss their social media habits. One remarks on the difficulty of understanding other users while using Red Note, a Chinese social media app with short-form content, with majoritively Chinese-speaking users. The other clerk claims that they’ve returned to Instagram, namely, Instagram reels,…
The start of the spring 2025 semester came with the launch of the Effective Altruism Club, a new student organization on Hope College’s campus dedicated to examining the “best ways to do good” in the world. Founded and led by sophomore Wyatt Snyder, the club is an offshoot of the international U.K.-based organization by the…