Meet the Anchor Staff
Every semester, we gain new people to join our team of writers and editors at The Anchor. Get to know our staff and the quirks that make them unique on Hope’s campus. Click here!
Every semester, we gain new people to join our team of writers and editors at The Anchor. Get to know our staff and the quirks that make them unique on Hope’s campus. Click here!
It’s difficult to believe that this is going to be my last issues of The Anchor ever. After two years here, I’ve become very accustomed to giving up my entire Monday and a resemblance to anything even remotely close to sleep. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to actually fill up my…
*This is part of The Ranchor issue of The Anchor, which is a satire edition of our student newspaper. None of this article is meant to be taken as fact.* The true story of how The Anchor has gotten so much better in 10 years time: An interview By: Nada Motolli What makes an organization…
This evening, I rolled out of work at Phelps and into The Anchor office a little earlier than I was used to getting out, so I really got to see a lot of the members of my staff in action. Because a few of our Copy Editors weren’t able to make it due to Rush…
Contrary to the name that this column has come to bear proudly, I’m not actually angry about anything in particular today. Actually, I’d say that I’m pretty happy about the events that transpired leading to this. In case you didn’t know it, I am an Education major. I know it seems a little strange that…
Summer 2015 included an email addressed to me from some girl that I’d met in a Creative Writing class the semester before. When I opened it a month after I got it, I saw that it was a suggestion that I should apply to some student group called The Anchor. When I learned it was…
I have written and edited for The Anchor for two years. Four semesters. One half of my college career. My introduction to the organization and its amazing staff serves as a clear-cut turning point in my Hope College experience. The Anchor provided me with direction, skill and pleasure, all because one day I reached out…
The future is terrifying. I’ve mentioned again and again that I’m afraid to leave Hope College. Two weeks ago, I wrote about the reasons why I couldn’t bare with the thought of graduation: my love for Hope, my uncertain future and my egotistical tendencies. Upon much needed reflection, I realized how wrong I was. I’m…
*Please note that because this is my last column, I am using the oxford comma, dangit. I can break AP rules this one time. This past week I’ve been working really hard to mentally prepare myself for the end of the semester. I have had some really amazing things happen in the last few days,…