On Wednesday night I watched the GOP debate and to be completely honest I thought it was a relatively unremarkable debate compared to ones I’ve watched in the past. However I think there were some clear winners and losers of this debate and I’m going to break down how I felt every candidate fared in…
Author: Dr. Heidi E. Kraus (Associate Provost for Academic Affairs) In her book Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University, Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick offers the following: “Generosity lies in part in the force of the commitments that we make to one another, but commitments that are based on an ethical obligation that endures…
Author: Heidi Hudson All summer, headlines screamed of record-breaking temperatures. Fires erupted in Canada, turning the sky in New York City orange. Maui burst into flames. Air quality regressed from progress gained from years of work. A question that has been hanging in the air for years is now too large to ignore— is the…
Author: Ava Bell On May 1, 2023, members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to go on strike after there was no agreement made to improve a contract called the Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA) which protects the guilds film and television writers. Making this writers strike the second longest and just five days…
On Friday, Sept. 15, nearly 1 of every 10 Auto Workers across the country went on strike in an apparent attempt to pressure the Big 3 automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (formerly Chrylsler), into raising wages and other benefits. Only three factories were initially on strike: the Toledo Jeep complex, the GM midsize Truck…
Author: Heidi Hudson Every morning, you have a choice. There is a question to be answered: Who am I going to be today? As we go throughout out day-to-day lives, we are faced with endless choices of identity-shaping capabilities. However mundane a choice may seem, it has the opportunity to shape an infinite number of…
Author: Ava Bell Whether it be car keys, a phone or a wallet, it is no shock that humans lose track of their belongings all the time. However, it came as a surprise when a United States Marine Corps jet went temporarily missing after the pilot ejected from it just over a week ago. Around…
Author: Gabriel Wolthuis New York indie-rock band The National released their 10th studio album Laugh Track this past week with hardly any advance notice. Adding to the surprise, this is the second album they’ve released this year, with their 9th album First Two Pages of Frankenstein coming only a few months prior. Factor in the…
Harvey Chapel, Photo by Nico Kaz There are two spaces at Hope College dedicated to prayer: the Saint Anne Oratory and the Harvey Prayer Chapel. No one would study or do homework in the Saint Anne Oratory for several reasons. Mainly because it is a space that feels holy and features a lowered ceiling and…
Academic pluralism, what is it? According to Wikipedia, pluralism as a political philosophy “is the recognition and affirmation of diversity within a political body, which is seen to permit the peaceful coexistence of different interests, convictions and lifestyles.” Thus, pluralism in the academic setting must mean all of those things, but on campus. Yes, I…