Author: Ava Bell It has been over 130 days since the Writers Guild of America (WGA) put down their pencils and picked up their strike signs. Headed straight for the picket lines, the labor union consisting of 11,500 film and television writers across the United States began their strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture…
Author: Heidi Hudson Celebrities seem to be getting canceled much more frequently nowadays as compared with a decade ago. From Ellen DeGeneres and Will Smith to Target and Balenciaga, there seems to be a never-ending list of celebrities and companies that have been exiled from the land of fame for controversial things they have said…
On Sunday Sept. 10, headlines out of East Lansing swept through the college football community. An incident occurred around two years ago following the Michigan State’s football team as they hosted Brenda Tracy, a rape survivor who has devoted her life to educating athletes about sexual violence. This visit took a turn and evolved into…
As a piano player of 13 years, Kellen Woolhiser (‘27) decided to share his talents at the Student Activities Committee Coffeehouse event on Thursday, Sep. 14. Performing a variety of pieces, such as orchestral pieces and Broadway songs, Woolhiser filled the Bultman Student Center Family Room with his serenades for over an hour. “It was…
Sydney Hughes This past Monday, Hope College’s Students Demand Action for Gun Sense chapter partnered with the Peace and Justice Department to bring the community a guest speaker, Shane Claiborne. Natalie Schiller (‘26), a member of Hope’s SDA and survivor of the 2021 Oxford shooting, opened Claiborne’s lecture with words on her experience as an…
Bella Spry As the Fall Semester plunges into full swing and students settle into their daily rhythms, we see the emergence of two staple Hope College Traditions: Nykerk and the Pull. Unique and challenging in their own ways, both are intense competition between the Even and Odd Years on campus, with Freshmen and Sophomore as…
Author: Gabriel Wolthuis Singer-songwriter Chris Renzema has built a career out of expressing feelings of doubt, faith and hope with a level of maturity and humility difficult to find in the Christian music landscape. Hailing from the nearby city of Grand Rapids, he found success early in his career with the single “How to Be…
No social media, no sweet food and cold showers every day for a whole semester may not sound like fun. However, for the 100+ men involved in Exodus 90, this lifestyle of sacrifice has become the norm. Exodus 90 is a program run through the Saint Benedict Institute here at Hope College. Those enrolled in…
Have you ever taken a look at yourself in the mirror and realized you need more hobbies?My reflection dropped that lovely truth bomb on me a couple months ago and since then I havebeen on a self-motivated and difficult journey of finding out what it is I actually like to do.As a growing child you…
Due to spring break, Hope College missed a very important celebration: World Water Day! On March 22, people around the world celebrated the beauty of water! Though many Hope students were off campus for break, we made it a priority to celebrate this day when students returned. Many people came together locally to raise awareness…