Discourse around hot topics like abortion is hard to come by nowadays, especially among young adults. We as a society are so afraid of offending each other that we hide our beliefs or stay silent when we should be speaking up. However, I believe that conversations among those with differing views are vital. This is…
Last year around this time, I was asked to join a project with only the promise of adventure. I entered a Zoom call to meet Daniel Fisher, a retired engineer who had been composing music on the side for many years. Over the year that followed, I was introduced to the intricacy of album creation…
I am from Oxford, Michigan. A month ago, Oxford was a town no one had ever heard of. When I first arrived at Hope College and people asked where I was from, I’d make a map out of my hand and point. “It’s about an hour north of Detroit,” I’d say. It’s my hometown. I…
Do any of your families have Thanksgiving traditions? These can include cooking turkey and mashed potatoes, watching the Macy’s Day parade on TV, running a turkey trot or watching an NFL football game. Especially in Michigan, it is an honored tradition to watch the Detroit Lions lose basically every Thanksgiving. However, in America, we don’t…
Travis Scott, arguably one of the biggest names in modern rap, was on his Astroworld tour when tragedy hit Houston, TX the evening of November 5, 2021. Eight people ages 14-27 years old died at his concert, and one more woman passed away from injuries sustained from the concert a few days later. The cause…
Is there anyone in the world who is truly irredeemable? Can you think of someone who did terrible things and had no justification or excuse for acting that way? Generally speaking, we all have people that come to our minds when asked that question. For some it may be historical dictators like Stalin or famous…
The first thing that comes to most students’ minds when they hear “The Pull” is that it’s a cult or it’s weird. And I’m not going to lie, these thoughts crossed my mind. This may be because you see the Even and Odd Year teams chanting cheers while running around campus in strange voices. Or…
The month of September has been a wild ride for anti-abortion and pro-abortion activists alike. As Texas Senate Bill 8 went into effect, pro-abortion activists immediately tried to have the courts block the new law. However, due to some crafty writing within the bill, the courts let it go into effect. This law, which makes…
If you’ve had an in-person conversation with me in the last couple weeks, you know that I recently watched Addison Rae’s hit Netflix movie “He’s All That.” My initial reaction to this film was simple: culture is dead. We took culture, and we killed it. Every five minutes I had to close my eyes, repeatedly…
An African, conservative philosopher and a white, liberal race and Christianity professor talking about race and racism: nothing else is more intriguing, am I right? The Saint Benedict Institute brought this event to Hope College to demonstrate what a healthy, respectful conversation looks like between two drastically opposed individuals. This comes at a time where…