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…
As students began to arrive back on campus this semester, one of the biggest changes to campus was something Hope College can take very little ownership of: the newly constructed 10th Street that passes right through campus. The day immediately following Convocation for the class of 2021, the City of Holland began to tear up…
Aficionados of Relient K will recognize my headline from their classic song “The Best Thing.” They will also most likely know that the next lyric in that song goes, “but now you’re here / almost as if to solve them.” While these lines, in many ways, represent the way I feel when I think about…
To the Hope College Community, Over the past year, there has been a horrifying rise of hate crimes, xenophobia, harassment and racism towards the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. On behalf of Hope College, we, the Asian Student Union, acknowledge that these events have brought forth feelings of fear, anger and frustration. Thus,…
Over the course of my academic year as the Opinion section editor, there have been a few times where I have an opinion that either doesn’t quite qualify for a full article, or it isn’t an extremely original thought, but I would like to publish nonetheless. Since I’ll be moving positions here on The Anchor…