This spring, director Chris Garcia Peak was invited to come work with Hope theatre students to create a fun and interesting devised work. During the fall, students were invited to attend a three-day workshop led by Garcia Peak. From here, the students along with Garcia Peak created a concept that he would then present to…
General information On Monday, March 27, a shooting occurred in Nashville, TN at Covenant School, a private Christian school for preschool to sixth grade students. Three staff members and three nine-year-old students were killed as a result of this attack. What happened The shooter, armed with three guns, entered the school by shooting through a…
The United States’ political climate has entered uncharted waters as Donald Trump becomes the first former President to face criminal charges. Trump has been convicted of thirty-four counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. All of the charges relate to a $130,000 hush-money payment made by one of Trump’s lawyers and Trump’s subsequent…
Devised theatre is a Hope College tradition that takes place every few years. This is where an invited guest artist comes in to work with students on creating an original work. Hope Theatre’s last production of the year, “The Boy Who Hates Everything”, opens this week and it is exactly that. The script has been…
*Please note that this article is part of the Ranchor (the Anchor’s satirical edition)! Ever since the new Anchor Plan was created, it is all that professors, advisors and faculty have been able to talk about. For the past year or so, the registrar’s office has been working to improve and change the Hope College…
*Please note that this article is part of the Ranchor (the Anchor’s satirical edition)! Have you ever been in Phelps Dining Hall During community hour and thought to yourself: surely there’s a better way! Do you go to Chapel and ask the Lord, “Please let there be a place for me to sit. Please let…
*Please note that this article is part of the Ranchor (the Anchor’s satirical edition)! On March 3, 2023 the entire campus gathered around Gilmore Hall as firefighters rushed to the scene while smoke left the building and encircled the windows, continuing to hang in the Hope College campus air. Fortunately, no one was harmed from…
*Please note that this article is part of the Ranchor (the Anchor’s satirical edition)! Spring is on the horizon, and the end of the semester is in sight. With that knowledge comes a lot of uncertainty, especially concerning student housing. Underclassmen at Hope College eagerly await the annual housing draw, hoping that their uncertainty will…
NBC’s hit show “America’s Got Talent” concluded its 17th season in summer 2022. Alongside the typical lineup of singers, dancers and comedians, the fourthplace winner showcased a new talent all together. The group, named Metaphysic, focused on the use of deepfake technology. In their first audition, they edited judge Simon Cowell’s face onto a singer…
Although 2024 feels like a lifetime away, it will be here before we know it, along with the 2024 Presidential Election. In the United States, elections are a time of division. Politicians throw arguments and criticisms between one another while the American people huddle in the middle and look for shelter. While many of us…