As a senior, perhaps it is natural that the last few weeks have been a period of relative reflection on my time at Hope. As the senioritis kicks in, my thoughts have often turned from the task at hand to broader questions about what I have gained over the last four years. Like many students,…
Public backlash causes EPA to put brakes on new rule that would have prevented vehicle modification After sharp national backlash from racing fans, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew a proposed regulation that could have effectively banned the majority of U.S. auto racing. Last year the EPA proposed a relatively obscure new rule that…
After Google began rolling out its Google Fiber internet service in 2010 to select cities, web users around the country have been salivating over the opportunities that access to an ultra-high-speed internet connection would provide. Now the city of Holland is studying different options as it looks to roll out its own municipally-owned fiber offering…
The recent controversy surrounding the provost’s abrupt resignation and reports of disagreements between our president and Board of Trustees has undoubtedly caused many students to feel uneasy. It is an understandable reaction when an institution that many of us have come to love is subject to so much controversy and uncertainty. Though we have little…
At noon on Friday, April 15, dozens of students, faculty and alumni gathered in the Pine Grove to hold a silent protest in support of Hope College President John Knapp. According to a short speech by Aaron Goodyke (’16), an organizer of the demonstration, the protest was called “to support the president and administration in…
With the stoke of a pen, California’s governor Jerry Brown turned the nation’s most populous state into an economic lab rat last week when he signed legislation that would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Despite increasing calls for a “living wage” nationwide, California is the first state to…
Proposal would extend Cook Village complex east on 11th Street Only three years after opening the new $3.6 million Cook Village townhouse-style apartment complex, Hope College is again seeking city approval to build new student apartments on 11th Street between Lincoln and Fairbanks avenues directly across from the DeVos Fieldhouse. In a bid…
