The latter half of the 2019-20 year at Hope College was disrupted in the early spring by the spread of COVID-19, with many changes and protocols being implemented then and throughout the year. The Hope administration worked diligently throughout the long summer to make sure that they could bring students back on campus safely for…
Protests in Belarus have reached their 50th consecutive day, with citizens taking to the streets to show their disdain for the country’s authoritarian state. This past Saturday, more than 100,000 Belarusians arrived in the capital city of Minsk and marched. These protests stem from the reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power…
The upcoming election is already proving to be one of the most contentious in recent American history, with a flurry of ads and social media campaigns taking aim at some of the most sensitive topics in U.S. politics. Questions of race, the economy, foreign policy, the COVID-19 response and scandals continue to trend as areas…
Muhammad Ali once said, “Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams. They have different names but all contain water. Religions have different names but all contain truth.” Hope College is a school that was founded on the principles of the Reformed Church of America. Since its founding, however, Hope has changed in many ways, one of those…
Throughout this semester, The Anchor has been covering the recent events of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and what they mean for students on campus. However, Hope College’s campus has more than just students; it also has faculty. Faculty are the bones of Hope. They teach the classes, run the departments and make Hope…
In recent weeks, The Anchor has covered discontent within Dining Services regarding modifications made to the employee eating schedule, as well as a series of small issues under COVID-19 regulations that have negatively impacted some employees’ perceptions of conditions. The Anchor has provided the perspective of Mark Ludwig, who described his desire to institute a…
This November, President Trump’s head-to-head faceoff with Vice President Biden isn’t the only important election Holland faces. Between the growing importance of the House of Representatives’ influence on the budget amidst the pandemic and the increased power of the vote when it comes to local elections, the ballot for the representative of Michigan’s second district…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the nation’s most influential and iconic Supreme Court justices, passed away in her Washington D.C. home on Friday, September 18, at the age of 87. Ginsburg had suffered from a number of health problems throughout the last 20 years of her life, the most recent being pancreatic cancer. Up until…
Last week, The Anchor highlighted the perspective of Mark Ludwig, a pantry chef who is championing the cause for establishing a union within Dining Services at Hope College. In an effort to provide context as well as the opposing viewpoint on this subject matter, The Anchor sought an official response from Creative Dining Services (CDS),…
This summer, most students at Hope were nervous about what this semester would look like. Students wondered if they would get to live on campus or go to in-person classes. All of this led to some stress for students, not to mention the faculty that made these plans. Add in flights, visas, customs and a…