Author: Gabriel Wolthius It’s fair to say that Bruce Benedict has a lot of experience when it comes to music. In addition to serving as Hope’s worship chaplain since 2014 and a professor who teaches on worship theology, he has also been involved in a wide variety of projects, bands, and musical collectives. He has…
Author: Grace Srinivasan Friday, November 3rd 2023, students of Hope College and H2 dance company put on a phenomenal fall performance at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland. The historical and well-known knickerbocker theater was built in 1911 by Hope College to accommodate the people of Holland. The performance was choreographed by Sharon Wong, Mathew…
Author: Ava Bell A scandal has arisen in Ann Arbor, MI after the University of Michigan’s head football coach, Jim Harbaugh, was suspended for the final three games of their regular season. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is investigating against the university’s team after being accused of sign-stealing, the act of paying people, such…
Author: Heidi Hudson Large-scale problems often require many small creative solutions. When it comes to climate change, there is not one set answer. Throughout the years, various ideas and processes have been researched and proposed to impact the fight against climate change. One rapidly emerging solution is insect farming. There are two industries at play…
Author: Anna Whittle Guns are the number one killer of my generation. Since I’ve been a student at Hope College inMichigan, there’ve been at least two school mass shootings in the state. On Nov. 30, 2021, Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, and Justin Shilling were shot and killed at Oxford High School. In…
Author: Ava Bell Like most things in our world, tragedy often occurs before change can be made to prevent that tragedy from happening again. Within the past week, the hockey community has seen this shift after the death of a young player. According to CNN, on Oct. 28, 2023, professional ice hockey player Adam Johnson…
Author: Gabriel Wolthuis In a night to remember, Jordy Searcy brought good songs and good feelings to Hope College’s Dimnent Chapel on Nov. 2. Hope’s concert series has a strong track record. Time and again, Hope has been way ahead of the curve, bringing in artists who seem destined to sell out large venues once…
Author: Nico Kazlauskas Auteur Theory is the idea that film directors have total control and operate as the true writers of a movie more than the actual writers. It makes sense; directors are given the option to control lighting, cutting, editing, camera movements, lenses, colors, tone, mise en scene and the camera operation as a…
Author: Heidi Hudson News is all around us— embedded in the way we think and the media we consume. The world is constantly changing, but there is an endless stream of resources with the ability to keep people informed on what is going on. In the past two decades, news consumption has shifted from physical…
Author: Castle Dettinger Have you ever noticed that there are certain things in America, specifically when it comes to our government and public policy, that just about every single reasonable person agrees is broken? And nothing ever gets done to fix them? Allow me to highlight one in particular: water pollution. I spent most of…