One of the mainstage productions this semester is a four-women play titled “The Revolutionists.” The play, written by Lauren Gunderson, follows four fictional and nonfictional women alike: playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle, during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. The cast includes Cecilia Casper…
If you have been around Hope College, you will know that rush season is underway. The last two and half weeks have consisted of a variety of sororities, fraternities and students taking part in events, and lots of getting to know one another. Hope College’s campus has seven sororities consisting of: Alpha Gamma Phi ΑΓΦ,…
Written by: Emily Damstra (‘23) Hope College promotes the slogan: “The Hope Difference.” Hope’s website gives the definition of the difference as “the rigorous Christian academics and Christian community prepare Hope grads for a life of leadership and service.” As I am a senior preparing to graduate this May, I have thought about what has…
How can schools improve childhood literacy? For decades, educators have tried to crack the code. From the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 to the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015, policymakers have searched for ways to ensure struggling students do not slip through the cracks in the education system. In a renewed effort…
Celebrated by many Asian cultures and Asian-Americans, the Lunar New Year falls between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. In the United States, the Lunar New Year has been widely popularized as the Chinese New Year. The Pew Research Center explains that “Chinese Americans are the largest Asian origin group in the U.S.” Therefore, they hold…
Early on Saturday, Jan. 28, a shooting occurred in a Los Angeles neighborhood, killing three and injuring four people. While little information about the victims or motive behind this act of violence has been released, this tragedy follows two other mass shootings in California that occurred this week: the Monterey Park Massacre and the Half…
It’s 10:30 a.m. on a crisp Monday morning. Students, fresh out of class, filter into Dimnent Chapel. The pews quickly fill, and it is only a matter of time before the first chord is played, the first voice raised in worship. Live music, performed Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Chapel services, along with their Sunday night…
Content Warning and Disclaimer: This article mentions topics of self harm, depression, and eating disorders. While this article states a review on the success of the show, it in no way is encouraging readers to watch it if that would be triggering for them. In 2019 the world was rocked with the dramatic show, Euphoria….
After a long wait, the Percy Jackson books, written by Rick Riordan, are being transformed into a television series. Previously in 2010, Riordan’s books had been turned into movies. However, when they came out, many avid readers of Percy Jackson complained that the movies did not follow the plot of the books. In early 2022,…
OPUS is Hope College’s literary and arts magazine. Beginning in 1954, OPUS continues to showcase visual art, poetry, and prose in issues published each semester. Eileen Ellis (‘23) is a senior at Hope College and is the Co-Editor of OPUS. Ellis is majoring in English with an emphasis in creative writing. Ellis is one of…