The Ranchor is our semesterly, satire edition. Everything that is apart of this section is inaccurate, false, and written with comedic intent. The Anchor is not attempting to make any factual statements with these articles. Enjoy!
This academic term, Hope College students have had to face a bevy of unique and difficult challenges in terms of their college experience. Not only have students had to adjust to online or asynchronous classes, we’ve also had to shift our perspective on social well-being; how can we responsibly and safely hang out with the…
Professor Emily VanVlinken was letting a student tell a sad story in the middle of her Psychology 100 class for the third time that day when, as she described, “Something in me just snapped.” According to students in the class, the young woman had been going on a long and winding monologue for twelve minutes…
Last week Hope College announced an exciting development in the college’s ongoing COVID-19 mitigation strategy. A national pharmacy provider has offered to establish a vaccination clinic on Hope’s campus. While many of the details are still unknown, administration just announced guidelines outlining which students will receive the vaccine and in what order they will be…
On the night of October 16, Hope College junior Jack Soren didn’t come home. “I didn’t think much of it,” says Ryan Louder (’22), Soren’s roommate in DeGraaf Cottage. “I just thought, you know, ‘Oh, he’s spending the night at his girlfriend’s and forgot to tell me.’” However, when Soren didn’t show up at all…
The entirety of Van Vleck Hall was forced to quarantine this past Monday due to some alarming wastewater testing results. All of the girls were tested promptly, but no one came back as positive or showed any symptoms. However, on Monday evening, there was some alarming coughing and sneezing heard by the girls living on…
With the approach of final exams, the U.S. general election and living in the midst of a global pandemic, life can feel pretty stressful. College students, now more than ever, need a way to decompress and take care of their mental well-being. How else are they supposed to finish a full semester of school with…
On Monday, Oct. 29, Hope College’s new ban on Carhartt beanies went into effect. According to an email sent out to the student body, the decision to implement this new policy was made due to the fact that it was getting too difficult for professors to distinguish between their students. “They all wear that same…
Two weeks ago, I published an article in The Anchor’s Arts section entitled “In defense of country music.” In this article, I discussed the history, meaning and stars of today’s country genre. I have since recognized the colossal misstep I have made and would like to take this week’s article to apologize. You see, Hope…
Hope College’s newly announced $5,000 annual tuition raise is accompanied by an exciting tuition-funded project: Fixer Upper’s very own Chip and Joanna Gaines are traveling to the Hope College campus! Durfee Hall, the only all-male dormitory, is getting a facelift. Constructed in the 1950s, Durfee’s interior is quite dated with beige walls and unsanitary conditions—the…
In an ideal world, we would like to think that politicians live up to expectations placed upon them by voters. That they would be honest, hardworking and do everything in their power to serve their constituents well. Let’s be real though: that seems too good to be true, especially with everything that has gone down…