In the past few weeks, Vladimir Putin’s administration has been amassing troops along the Russia-Ukrainian border. This move is reminiscent of the 2014 annexation of Crimea, a peninsula in Southern Ukraine, which sparked condemnation from the international community. While Russia controls Crimea and considers it part of their country, it is still internationally recognized as…
As the United States enters the busy holiday season, the nation is also in the midst of a severe labor shortage and supply chain crisis. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, and with new variants such as Omicron continuing to spread, the world’s economy is still trying to catch up from a global shutdown. A major…
The article below contains information concerning violence and death. Resources for grief or emotional distress include Hope’s Counseling Center (CAPS), 616-395-7945, or Campus Ministries, van Andel Huys der Hope, 616-395-7145. From a recent campus-wide email from Dean of Students Richard Frost: “Unfortunately, an event like this is a reminder to us all that caring for…
On Tuesday, November 23, Kansas City inmate Kevin Strickland was exonerated from his 1979 conviction of one count of capital murder and two counts of second-degree murder. Retired Missouri Judge James Welsh ordered an immediate release of the 62-year-old, who spent 43 years in prison without any possibility of parole for 50 years and two…
On November 21, Gregory McMichael, his son, Travis, and their neighbor, William Bryan Jr., were found guilty of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Sentencing is to take place in the following weeks, and all are facing life in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Arbery was murdered on February 23, 2020, while he was out for a jog in…
Last week, a doctor in South Africa identified a new variant of COVID-19, which has since been named the “Omicron” variant. This new strain has been suggested to be far more contagious than previous strains, spreading rapidly in South Africa. That said, the doctor responsible for its discovery, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, has said that the…
This Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse was found “not guilty” on all charges related to the shooting of three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the summer protests and riots of 2020. Despite the trial being fully televised and the event being captured on camera from multiple angles and sources, a good amount of misinformation has surrounded the…
Since early November, thousands of migrants have been camped in the Białowieża Forest at the border of Belarus and Poland, suffering in freezing weather with few resources. Most of the migrants came from Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan and remain on the patch of land, nicknamed “the jungle,” because neither country will grant them access. While…
The United States military has been around longer than the United States itself. Like all things in the US government, the military has been slow to adapt to the changing modern world. The military was racially desegregated in 1948, but its relationship with women has been much more fraught. It was only in 2015 that…
It’s no secret that Hope College is home to a phenomenal football program. While the Dutchmen may be a reckoning force today, the team has come a long way since their initial exhibition in 1908. Their very first game, played against Benton Harbor College, resulted in a 54-0 loss, and the team continued to rank…