Hope College’s Dr. Temple Smith explores college-aged populations and the impact of childhood poverty on aspirations. Dr. Smith is dedicated to mentoring undergraduate students and addressing systemic educational inequities among college populations. Smith is an assistant professor of sociology and social work. She attended Michigan State University, where she received her B.A. and PhD in…
Attention Hope College students: finals week is approaching. With the last papers and projects coming to a due date and finals demanding hours of study time, one word comes to mind: stress. Take a breath, Dutchmen. Here are some tips to de-stress at the end of this fall semester. Color. It’s highly recommended to invest…
By Keith Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love my DynaTAC 8000X from Motorola. Even though it only takes me about 10 hours to recharge, which work outs nicely with my sleep schedule, I get an astounding 30 minutes of talk time every time I recharge my cell phone all the way. While you may…
I will admit that I was not looking forward to returning to campus this semester. The thought of leaving the warm, lazy days of summer behind and beginning another busy chapter of my education was not very inviting. I could stay home, get a full-time retail or nanny job and spend the rest of my…
A vast amount of a student’s college career is spent around food, whether that be frequenting one of the school cafeterias, having late night snacks while churning out the research paper that had been procrastinated for several weeks or going out to socialize with some friends. Personally, food is the great est love of my…