Emma ('20) was the Beyond Editor for The Anchor during the spring semester of 2020 after having served as a staff writer the previous fall. A lifelong storyteller, Emma harnessed her love for reading books into writing short stories and joined The Anchor in the fall of 2018 as a guest writer to learn a more journalistic approach to writing. Emma loves that writing gets her out and exploring her community and speaking to all kinds of people. An apt traveler and history nerd, Emma translates her love for learning about far away places into both her Global Studies and French majors. When she’s not writing, you can find her sipping a coffee, out for a run, or perusing a library for her next great read.
At the moment, the world of politics is a complete and utter disaster. Countries are colluding with each other to threaten the global order, science and religion are sworn enemies in the political arena, countries can’t decide whether what they actually voted for is valid, even though their people voted for it (*cough* Brexit *cough*)…
Halloween is a time of light-spirited tomfoolery, but on Thursday on Capitol Hill, one spooky trick went a little further than intended. This past September, Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, initiated an impeachment inquiry in response to emerging information about the president withholding aid from Ukraine in order to serve his own private…
Necessary conversations are difficult to have. There’s rarely a good way to bring up the topic and when we finally approach discussion, can be difficult to put into words what we mean to say. This past Saturday, the Hope College Department of Theatre performed its closing night of Smokefall, a play by Noah Haidle. The…
“My journey into film production was kind of accidental,” Eunice Maruhi (‘21) admitted. When she initially arrived at Hope College, she aspired to study computer science, but during her freshman year, the communication department advertised a screenplay competition which caught her attention. “I had never, ever written a script before or even thought of doing…
Each year on the Friday of One Big Weekend, the Hope College Music Department hosts the Homecoming Gala Concert, which serves as an opportunity to showcase each of Hope’s music ensembles through performances from each group. The small taste each of the five ensembles gave of their repertoire this semester has created much anticipation for…
It’s easy to fall back on what is already known or what we can see when learning about something new. When we do this we use old experiences to form impressions of people or places before we even encounter them. In order to truly comprehend a group of people, one can’t just rely on what…
On Monday, September 23, the Hope College Department of Music hosted its first guest artist: soprano MeeAe Nam. A current Professor of Voice at Eastern Michigan University, Dr. Nam has worked throughout America, Europe, and Asia. She has been a guest artist and clinician at schools such as Korean National University of Arts in Seoul,…
Most students at Hope College would agree that Hope is a tight-knit community, one that has created a safe environment somewhat separate from the outside world. Hope takes countless measures to ensure student safety, from blue emergency lights, 24-hour campus safety, a night-time shuttle, and friendly officers always ready to escort students back to their…
September 11 marks a sobering anniversary in American history that left the world shellshocked. This day now also marks one of the most dramatic shifts in U.S. immigration policy of the twenty-first century, creating the already arduous process of applying for asylum even more complex. Just a few weeks ago the Supreme Court established new…
Dorian, a form of the Greek word dore meaning ‘gift,’ has been anything but for the inhabitants of the Caribbean and much of the Eastern coast of North America. Over the past two weeks, Dorian, initially considered a tropical depression developed into a full-fledged hurricane and left devastation in its wake. On August 24, the…