Autumn: the time of falling leaves, pumpkin pie and, for high school seniors, finishing college applications. This leads to journeys across state and country lines to learn about early acceptances and possible choices to apply to before final deadlines. This past Saturday, fresh eyes coalesced the campus as visiting students took their time viewing the…
I could almost see transition of student to alumni through the shifting attire of those present as President Voskuil cut the ribbon officially declaring the Hope College Boerigter center open. From the green T-shirts of student staff, to the collared shirts of dedicated alum, to the suits and formal wear of founding members, the shifting…
“Pull is nothing if not tradition.” That’s what Ryan VanderLaan of the class of 2019 had to tell me when we chatted after his year’s recent Pull victory. As a tradition traced back to 1898 by news from Hope college editor Greg Olgers, The Pull has been around since before Hope college was officially a…
Last Monday, “Eminent Domain” was the takeaway phrase from Markets & Morality’s first public event of the semester. Held in Winants Auditorium, the group held a screening of the 2017 Courtney Balaker film “Little Pink House,” which discusses property rights and government overreach. The film itself ran for approximately an hour and a half, after…
“As I look around at the students in Phelps dining hall, ninety-two percent of them are on scholarship. That money didn’t grow on the trees in the pine grove. That money was given by somebody.” This is Bob Johnson, a Hope Alumni working for development and alumni engagement. “When I was a sophomore at Hope,…
“Folk music can’t even pretend to be pretentious. It really just brings everybody’s heads down to the same space. And that’s what I love about it. When I sing a folk song I want it to be good. I want to pursue excellence in this craft. But in my pursuit of excellence I don’t want…
In the last issue of the Anchor, Voices focused on the importance of the incoming freshmen. To finish this topic for the year, I sat down with Dr. Johnson, Convocation speaker and associate professor of history at Hope with an extensive background in “19th century civil war and also US 20th Century and US policy…
Directors are far from the only ones involved in orientation. Many Assistant Directors and Orientation Advisers put their heart and soul into making orientation the best experience it can be. To learn more about the different voices of Hope’s orientation, I joined the Anchor’s Michael Hood as he interviewed and gained perspective on the orientation…
School has started! As a returning student this statement can seem like a no-brainer. A new year begins; new books to buy, new readings that should have been done before classes started; rinse, wash repeat. Wrapped up in my own work, I can easily overlook the swath of new faces that stand between me and…
Both traditional assault and sexual assault are flagrant violations of our endowed rights, however, the wounds of sexual assault are often far more difficult to heal. #MeToo has created an avenue for both men and women to begin to heal these wounds. In this aspect alone the movement is historic. However, the culture of…