When she traveled from California to Hope College, Clare Da Silva knew which wardrobe staples to pack for her upcoming semester. She grabbed her essentials: joggers, zip-ups, leggings— her athleisure. “I wear athletic clothing five out of the seven days of the week,” Da Silva said. As a former athlete, she said, “It’s basically the…
SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCE — During The Gathering this past Sunday, the Rev. Trygve Johnson baptized five Hope College students. This was the first time a baptism has taken place in the Chapel Gathering. (Photos: Kelly Ocock) Allison Utting (’19) “I had wanted to be baptized for quite a while, and when Trygve offered the…
I’ve been a football fan for a long time. I remember saying I was a Bears fan when I was young, but then, when they reached the Super Bowl in the 2006-2007 season, I really started to embrace the fan inside of me. It was around this time that I began playing the Madden football…
In the previous issue of The Anchor, my Co-Editor-in-Chief Adam, self-titled “Angry Adam,” decided to use his platform to gruesomely roast most of The Anchor staff. As a preface to his previous column, it is important to note the contents of the roast were only Adam’s opinions and could hardly be said to be based…
(Photos by Stephanie Arndt) Apple picking is one of Michigan’s signs that fall has arrived. There are several things I can think of that we Michiganders prefer fresh, but our water and our fruit are the most prominent two. This weekend my friends and I took time away from studying to make the trip to…
Rolling out of bed can be the hardest thing for most of us. Although we have classes to attend, we sometimes ask ourselves whether or not we can use our last free absence today to sleep in. The one thing that still gets me up in the morning is my fresh cup of coffee after…
Most of the people who know me have grown accustomed to an unpleasant aspect of my personality: I listen to my music at full blast. When my earbuds are in, be assured that I cannot hear a single word you’ve said. My habit of playing my music at full volume is tied to a horribly…
I sat down this evening to write my piece for The Anchor. After noticing a trend in my articles about being things I’m angry about, and subsequently naming my last article “Angry Adam,” I decided that my next article would be something that made me mad. But, as I sat in the office, I realized…
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The only constant in life is change… Oh, the irony. The world we live in is constantly changing, whether it’s the weather (yay for fall!), the economy, the political scene, seven-billion-people worth of emotions or the climate. Change is something fluid, moving through all facets of our lives. We can neither stop it nor encourage…