Each month, the Kruizenga Art Museum hosts a different special exhibit to coincide with the holidays of the month. For April, the exhibit was centered around sexual assault and spreading awareness on its different shapes, forms and impacts upon people who have experienced it. Hope College’s very own STEP organization—Students Teaching and Empowering Peers—teamed up…
Shanghai, the largest city in China, has been under yet another intense lockdown in recent weeks after numerous local outbreaks of COVID-19, specifically the Omicron variant. The city and China as a whole have been experiencing record numbers of COVID-19 infections, though their numbers are significantly lower than other countries, such as the US, mainly…
On Thursday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court with a 53-47 vote. Jackson replaces Justice Stephen Breyer, and she is President Biden’s first nomination to the Supreme Court. Back in January, Justice Stephen Breyer announced his plans to retire. Justice Breyer was the court’s oldest member at 83…
On March 28, the Floridian governor approved bill number 1557, entitled “Parental Rights in Education,” officially establishing the bill as law. Since its introduction on January 11, the bill has been a source of extreme controversy. Despite only affecting education in Florida, the bill has drawn nationwide criticism, with opponents calling it the “Don’t Say…
One of the things that differentiates Hope College from other colleges is Hope’s faith tradition. Each spring, campus ministries offer students a chance to develop their own faiths through different immersion trips. These trips aim to make students extensions of the hand of God through their actions and interactions with diverse communities. Ayanna Njoroge, a…
Do you ever find yourself sitting in class, not able to pay attention? Not because of anything that is being said or shown on a screen or whiteboard, but because of the room itself? Maybe it’s the lighting, maybe the seats are uncomfortable, maybe the technology is glitchy or maybe it is something else. Or…
This past Thursday, April 7, 2022, the Women’s Empowerment Organization (WEO) held a panel on feminism in VanderWerf Hall at 7:00 p.m. The topic for the night was, broadly, “What Is Feminism?” The panelists spent an hour discussing the different education that they received on feminism, the opinions they had formed on it during their…
Never been taken out to the ball game before? Always had to guess what your buddy meant when he said his batting average was better than Ty Cobb? Have you been more obsessed with America’s real favorite pastime instead of its “boring” brother? Well, it’s time to get on the bandwagon before baseball season starts…
Yelyzaveta (Liza) Slabchenko is a foreign exchange student at Zeeland West High School and has been living in West Michigan with a host family since August of 2021. Liza shared her thoughts about her beautiful country, Ukraine, and what it’s like to be far away from home during such difficult times. Tell me about Ukraine….
Back for the 48th time since its debut, Dance 48 returned to campus in person for the first time in two years. The dancers have been preparing for months as faculty and guest choreographers turned their ideas into productions for this incredible show. Taking place on March 4-5 as well as March 10-12, the dancers…