Last week, a doctor in South Africa identified a new variant of COVID-19, which has since been named the “Omicron” variant. This new strain has been suggested to be far more contagious than previous strains, spreading rapidly in South Africa. That said, the doctor responsible for its discovery, Dr. Angelique Coetzee, has said that the…
This Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse was found “not guilty” on all charges related to the shooting of three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the summer protests and riots of 2020. Despite the trial being fully televised and the event being captured on camera from multiple angles and sources, a good amount of misinformation has surrounded the…
Since early November, thousands of migrants have been camped in the Białowieża Forest at the border of Belarus and Poland, suffering in freezing weather with few resources. Most of the migrants came from Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan and remain on the patch of land, nicknamed “the jungle,” because neither country will grant them access. While…
The United States military has been around longer than the United States itself. Like all things in the US government, the military has been slow to adapt to the changing modern world. The military was racially desegregated in 1948, but its relationship with women has been much more fraught. It was only in 2015 that…
It’s no secret that Hope College is home to a phenomenal football program. While the Dutchmen may be a reckoning force today, the team has come a long way since their initial exhibition in 1908. Their very first game, played against Benton Harbor College, resulted in a 54-0 loss, and the team continued to rank…
For the rest of the semester, The Anchor will be interviewing different professors from the arts departments on campus, highlighting the unique and impactful faculty we are privileged to learn from. Greg Lookerse is an Assistant Professor of Art, and he teaches Design and upper-level studio classes, as well as Time Based Art and 3D…
This last Friday, November 12, the first-ever Disney+ Day was celebrated. On this day, the glorious amounts of content that are available to stream on the service were acknowledged, and some new shows and movies such as “Jungle Cruise” and “Shang-Chi” were released. Not only did they celebrate this, but they also announced an abundance…
An Overview On February 1, the Myanmar military—known as the Tatmadaw—staged a coup d’etat, overthrowing the Southeast Asian country’s government. This restricting takeover, involving the detainments of government officials and internet shutdowns, came after a 12-year quasi-democratic rule under State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and supported campaigns against Myanmar’s religious and ethnic minority groups,…
From October 31 to November 12, Glasgow held the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26. The annual conference was seen by many as a last-ditch effort to keep global temperatures from rising over 1.5℃ by 2100. In order for this to happen, global emissions need to be reduced by at least 45%. However,…
If you’ve been driving around the Holland area at all this semester then you may have noticed higher gas prices than you’re used to. In fact, the entire country is facing significantly higher prices than normal. This is due to many factors all culminating to inconvenience the American public. The most obvious reason for these…