Every person passionate about music should be pumped for the concert line-up this semester at Hope College, which will include a wide range of incredibly talented musicians. The Concert Series, hosted by the Student Activities Committee, consistently brings in artists that both cater to what students are interested in and challenge the music students…
Daina Robins has theater in her blood. Her maternal grandmother was involved in theater in Latvia, and Robins considers her to be her first director. Robins, her grandmother and her parents would go to a Latvian-speaking Lutheran church, where part of Sunday school involved learning about Latvian culture, as well as putting on plays. Theater…
I am a freshman at Hope College and have been blessed to live with an amazing community, prodigious academics and the acceptance of Christ into my life. I consider Hope to be my new home, and it’s unfortunate to hear attacks against its core identity and principles. I want to remind everyone that Hope is…
As a senior, perhaps it is natural that the last few weeks have been a period of relative reflection on my time at Hope. As the senioritis kicks in, my thoughts have often turned from the task at hand to broader questions about what I have gained over the last four years. Like many students,…
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April 19, 2016 Like many Hope College alumni, I have been following the situation with President John Knapp and the Board of Trustees closely. It is in wake of the news that the board was indeed prepared to fire the president before the Pine Grove demonstrations on April 15 that I feel called to write…
Department to receive school funding for club in the coming semester For those who are a kinesiology major, minor or anyone interested in the field of human movement, be sure to look for the Kinesiology Club, which will start in the fall semester of 2016. The Kinesiology Club is dedicated to showing students what…
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Paul Boersma remembers laying in bed as a child and hearing his parents read scriptures together, hearing them pray together before they went to sleep. “My parents were strong, strong Christian parents. And not only in belief but in how they lived it out in the life as well, too,” Boersma said. Boermsa is often…
On Tuesday, April 11, Alexis Brenner’s (’16) senior project for her women’s and gender studies class debuted on campus. The Transgender Conference had three sessions throughout the day. “Becoming Trans: The History and Politics of a Category,” delivered by Dr. Cael Keegan of Grand Valley State University, discussed the centuries old record of trans-life. Despite…