So I have a question. You listen to podcasts? Correction: it wasn’t a question; it was a statement. You do. You listen to podcasts. All of the podcasts. And you like them. A lot. And you should, because podcasts are great. In many ways, podcasting has been a rising tide. A tide that creeps up…
Abria Franklin is a junior at Hope College studying communication with an emphasis on broadcast journalism and a minor in business. Franklin hopes to work as a news anchor and to travel around the world writing journalistic pieces. Eventually, she wants to create a talk show to shed light on underrepresented issues. Franklin’s goal is…
I was recently asked, quite ironically through an open mouth full of food, “What is your biggest pet peeve?” Regardless of living in a world full of slow drivers and toilet seats left up, I had a simple answer that instantly brought me back to February 8, 2014. After I grabbed my ticket stub and…
Madison Meeron is a Senior at Hope College majoring in Theatre and minoring in Communication. She began her performance career at the ripe age of 3 when she and her grandmother would act out “The Wizard of Oz” beginning to end. Madison was always Dorothy and her ninety four year old Grandma miraculously portrayed every…
I first saw this movie when it came out in 2016 and have yet to see a movie that has challenged me and stuck on my mind as much as this one has. Mark Ross, writer and director, gets his audience to ask many questions on technology, lifestyle and society as they get a glimpse…
The brilliant colors and intriguing cultural stories of the Yoruba people in Nigeria are now on display this semester at Hope College’s Kruizenga Art Museum.The Yoruba consist of more than four million people, which makes them one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. Their art, which portrays scenes of daily life and religious…
“I wish I was just an art major,” is a phrase I have heard multiple times throughout Hope College’s campus. Or, similarly, “All you do is draw, I have to do…” It’s quite common for students to ‘one-up’ one another with issues innate to their particular major. In other words, students love to have meaningless…
The ancient Chinese philosophy of yin and Yang was the inspiration for this year’s Dance 46, an annual exhibition of the talented Dance Department at Hope College. The philosophy of yin-Yang is symbolized with a circle containing two opposite colors, white and black, representing light and dark. It is based on the idea that the…
It’s gotten to the point in the semester where students are listening to the same five songs on repeat for weeks on end. With midterms and half-semester classes beginning and ending, schoolwork is packed to the brim. There’s no time to scour the internet for new artists, albums and singles, so the staff here at…
When Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped by four men, her community expected her to commit suicide. Instead, she took her rapists to court in what was a groundbreaking move in her home country of Pakistan and has since spent her life promoting education for women. Hers was one of the seven true stories of women around…