Emily was a staff writer for the Anchor during the 2019-2020 school year. Her drive for journalism comes from her desire for storytelling. She is passionate about finding and creating a way for voices to be heard, that otherwise would be bypassed. The most important thing to Emily is people. The work just follows. Emily studies English and political science for secondary education. Some of her hobbies include hiking, international travel, hanging with kids and training her german shepherd!
Spring feels like winter these days. The seasons have seemed to confuse one another. Winter blues have made their mark on spring. Staggering statistics rise with more bad news. It feels as if the new day brings old news. Rinse and repeat. Although professors, administrators and faculty continue to lend kindly to the comfort of…
COVID-19 feels like it’s straight out of history, yet it’s more present by each day we are living. Its economic predictions for future impact spans years. Its attachment to our human bodies reaches past the outside and touches our soul. Isolation is a term that asks a lot from our inner person. It asks us…
Oftentimes, veterans who are now students on the Hope College campus are an afterthought among their peers. Whether it be their first or fourth year on campus, they still have a need for recognition, relational support and simple acknowledgement. Many veterans prefer not to be singled out for their service, but acknowledging their service prior…
“This is not an end but a beginning,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared as the United Kingdom officially left the European Union at 6pm on Friday, January 31st. He hailed Brexit as the dawn of a new day and the opening scene of the next act in British history. Four years after the close British…
For decades, the Catholic community on Hope’s campus has fallen into the margins of our campus. Jacob Mazur-Batistoni from Lapeer, Michigan, saw this problem and decided to do something about it. Mazur-Batistoni is a senior at Hope College who’s planning to enter the Dominican Priesthood after graduating. When Mazur-Batistoni arrived on campus as a freshman,…
As we live, learn and socialize among peers our age, we also partake in our fair share of political agreements and disagreements. Cafeteria meals and late-night lobby talks can easily become among the hottest of climates on campus. In the Trump era, many of us recognize that we are living through one of America’s most…
Turtles are infesting urban parks. They were not invited, yet they found their way. The red-eared slider is located primarily in the Great Lakes Basin, although they are not native to it. According to the IUCN, the red-eared slider is one of the world’s hundred worst invasive species. While it inhabits much of the Upper…
As January comes to a close and we enter the first Black History Month of this new decade, it is right to give tribute to some of the greatest leaders in the fight for equal rights. To kick off the memorable and celebratory month of what has been such a long and necessary fight in…
The Coronavirus has officially made its way to the highest tier, holding a level four state of emergency issued by the State Department this January of 2020. Due to the public health threat, the State Department ordered a travel advisory instructing Americans not to travel to China at this time. According to the New York…
College campuses today are being rocked by the effects of the most recent wave of feminism. First-wave feminism, which focused primarily on suffrage for women, began in the early 1900s, while second-wave feminism arose during the 1960s. The second wave had its sights set on educational equity, economic parity and reproductive rights. Women of all…