*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: Jeanae Traakip Hope College is no stranger to marriages being held in its historic Dimnent Memorial Chapel, but April 1 became a day of…
*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: Sriracha Maserati Leonardo Dicaprio men tioned it, the Discovery channel has mentioned it and even Club Penguin has faced it. That’s right, it’s all…
It seems that American foreign focus has shifted to the east in recent months and for good reason. With rising tensions between the U.S. and both China and Russia, it is wise to be watching the east. This week offers another interesting turn of events in the east, one whose consequences have yet to be…
The story of the boy who cries wolf is a timeless tale; while it is typically applied when instructing children on the importance of asking for help or accusing someone (likely an older brother) of some heinous crime against them, it is equally applicable in today’s overly sensationalized world. Last week, the media organization Wikileaks…
President Donald Trump’s reconstruction of Obamacare leaves several in disagreement of its benefits In an ideal world, generosity would be the backbone of America. People would work and strive toward their highest potential, the poor would be humble and thankful and the rich would share their wealth with no governmental force. People would support the…
On Thursday, Feb. 2, Snap Inc. released their initial public offering of market stocks to the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE with its trading value reaching to $24.48 a share. This sale of SNAP is the largest since Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s IPO in 2014. Snap’s offering price on Wednesday was $17 a share,…
Social media has quickly become one of the most powerful platforms on the planet for marketing, networking and social connection. With billions of users across the planet and several social media websites, it is hard, if not impossible, to mitigate the extreme impact that these internet networks have had on the world. These trends have…
The 2017 French presidential election cycle has been as wild of a ride as the 2016 U.S. counter-part. The French elections are held in a different method than the way we conduct them in the U.S. France has a first election comparable to the primaries and caucuses held before the U.S. general election. After the…
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, as- tronomers from NASA discov- ered a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, with three orbiting around their par- ent star at similar proportions like Earth and the Sun. The star named TRAPPIST-1 is located about 40 light years away, but with modern rocket technology, it would estimate about 11,250…
Oh, to go back to the days of obviously fake news. The glory days when the National Inquirer would inform us of all the aliens masquerading as celebrities or The Onion letting us know how the “CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years.” Nowadays, fake news seems harder to distinguish. Traditional news…