In early September, China announced their plan to eventually ban gasoline-powered cars. Not too soon after, California may do something similar if regulators ban the internal combustion engine entirely. With the push for the automotive industry to shift toward electric vehicles (EV), several large automakers have announced some form of “electrification” within the next few…
Hope College’s Jack Ridl Visting Writers Series presented best-selling writer, Paisley Rekdal. Rekdal is the author of a book of essays, “The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee” and four books of poetry: “A Crash of Rhinos,” “Six Girls Without Pants,” “The Invention of the Kaledidoscope” and “Animal Eyes.” She was part of a Q&A…
Last Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the A. Paul Schaap Science Center, the Hope College student organization Growing Respect, Authentic Community and Education on Sexuality held a Transgender Panel, commonly known as GRACES, which opened dialogue for students to talk about creating a community more equipped to welcome transgender individuals. The ads for…
Homecoming weekend gave Hope College Greek organization, The Fraternal Society, a chance to reconnect with alumni. Frater James Bultman (’63) came to Hope’s new student center, named after him and his wife Martie, to give a speech to his old college fraternity. The Jim and Martie Bultman center went underway in 2015. It was built…
On the morning of Oct. 6 in Oslo, Norway, the 2017 No-bel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,also known as ICAN. This is a group of non-governmental organizations from approximately 100 different countries around the world who are campaign-ing to eliminate nuclear weapons. Banning nuclear weapons as an international…
As new faces emerge within the Title IX areas of campus and the the topic of sexual harassment in colleges and universities moves to the national media spotlight, these modifications may not always seem translucent. On Sept. 22, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the removal of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, enacted by the…
The school year began in a familiar swing of busyness but the casual and cozy Thursday evenings of weekly SAC Coffeehouses have brought mixed emotions out of students. The new location, in the Program Area of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center, can hold a larger audience but the bright lights and audience –…
Have you ever considered taking a gap-year after time at Hope College? Perhaps a little panicked when deciding what to do next? Many graduates are finding that a gap-year gives young adults the freedom to spread their wings and take a step back before deciding what to do next. Hope’s Career Development Center is hosting…
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three American researchers for discovering the molecular circuitry of the circadian rhythm. Over several decades of work, Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young can help further ex plain how biology adapts to the 24hour cycle of every day. Additionally, their studies found how diseases…
Wildfires began tearing through northern California Oct. 8. Since then at least 40 people have died, including 22 in Sonoma County, where San ta Rosa is located. Fires blazed through parts of Santa Rosa ear lier this week, reducing neighborhoods to ash and twisted metal. The fires have been taking advantage of the wind and…