*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* By: Rebecca McGregor On April 3, Theatre Department Chair Bernadette VanPeters met with other theatre professors to discuss the possibility of putting on “Hamilton” next…
By: Oprah “America’s Got Talent” has finally discovered real talent: the beautiful ladies in Hope College’s Nykerk Cup competition! All six acts traveled to audition in Detroit last spring and after a long journey, the competition has finished airing and Nykerk was established as the 2027 winners of the national television show. The NBC show…
*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* By: Oprah Students all across campus are flocking to their television screens in excitement. No, they are not turning on the March Madness final championship…
*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* By: Rebecca McGregor “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling and the Ghost of William Shakespeare will attend Hope College’s Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series in the…
Who was the “medium” at Endor? Dr. Lynn Japinga of Hope College’s religion faculty is hoping to teach readers that she is not a “Star Wars” character from the forest moon inhabited by Ewoks but actually a figure from the Old Testament. She is doing so in her new book entitled “Preaching the Women of…
On March 3, New Zealand singer, songwriter and producer, Lorde, released the single “Green Light” from her sophomore album “Melodrama.” This has been a long anticipated album for the artist, since her last album, “Pure Heroine,” was re- leased in 2012. However, Lorde has been busy. She has inter- nationally toured, headlined Coachella and Lollapalooza,…
Since Bruce Benedict arrived as chaplain of worship at Hope College two and a half years ago, he has urged students to create original worship songs and has helped write EPs including “Fairer” and “The Beatitudes” over the course of the last school year. They have now begun the process of creating a new EP…
The Hope College Chamber Orchestra and Jazz Arts Collective will present its spring con- cert on Wednesday, March 15. The concert, entitled “Hope on the Road,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts. The public is invited, and admission is free. The concert…
(Photos by Kelly Ocock) Every month on either a Friday or Saturday night, Hope College students, faculty and Holland community members gather in the DeWitt theatre to await VanderProv, Hope’s student-run improvisational group. Nothing beats a free comedic study break. This past Saturday, the doors to DeWitt opened at 7 p.m. and the improv…
Hope College’s Department of Dance kicked off Dance 43 last weekend on March 3 and 4. The performance took place at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland and featured student dancers. Department Chair, Matthew Farmer, explained the event’s theme in the program notes, writing, “Tonight the Dance Department celebrates 43 years of presenting works to…