We can all use our voices to change the culture to prevent sexual violence. Sexual Awareness Month is this April and we can take on a role of changing the culture to prevent sexual violence. Prevention requires addressing the root causes and social norms that allow sexual violence to exist. Steps to taking these…
Welcome to April, where our old pal Michigan proves that her weather is about as stable as a clown balancing on a ball, if the ball were over a pit of lava: so not very. We’ve always heard the old saying that “April showers bring May flowers,” but it’s April and most of us don’t…
U.S. ratchets up its involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Russia disagrees with further US involvement Civil war is nasty business. Syria has been embroiled in its own conflict for over six years now, although the United States has been involved in the conflict by “covertly advising” “moderate rebels” for several years. Last Friday President…
The annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance is coming up quickly here at Hope College. This year’s event will be held on Friday, April 21, from 2:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. at the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse. Every one is invited to the event, yes even the public and parents, and it’s…
This year will be the last chance to be taught by eight retiring members of the Hope College faculty. The retiring professors have served a combined 280 years at Hope, mentoring and instructing countless students during that time. Barney, the T. Elliot Weier professor of biology, has been a faculty member since 1980. He is…