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D a n c e r s d o d g e rain-d rops , p r i son in Dance 22.
In t e rmi s s ion , p a g e 4-5.
Kletz j o k e s t e r crosses the line. C a m p u s b e a t , p a g e 2.
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Pales t in ians ta lk f rank ly about war and bloodshed in their country.
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Fel lowship r ec ip i en t does Hope proud.
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Four's a charm for Dutch basketball GL.YN WILLIAMS staff w r i t e r
The saying "there 's a first time for every-thing" has never been more true than when it comes to the Hope College men ' s basketball team.
For the first time in the illustrious 94 years of men's basketball at Hope, the Flying Dutch-men (26-4) are headed for the NCAA Division III Final Four to be played this weekend in Salem, Virginia. The Dutchmen wi l l p lay the h igh ly t o u t e d F r a n k l i n & Marshall (29-1) who won their region.
Hope won both of their games last weekend, first beating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 88-66 and then overpow-ering Wittenberg University 69-60.
"We've worked a long time to get a group of players to get to this point," coach Glenn Van Wieren said. "It takes a lot of integrity and com-
It's something you dream about, but it is so hard to believe because there are
so many teams. —Duane Bosma ('96)
mitment to get this far and it is very gratifying to win a big tournament game on the road and the way we did."
The Dutchmen surprised the Tigers (24-5) in front of their home crowd, where they were undefeated throughout the season. Hope, as al-ways, effectively utilized their big men, as Duane Bosma ( '96) and Kris Merritt ( '98) each hit out-side shots to put Hope up 6-2 with 16:30 left in
the first half. Wittenberg notched
their on ly lead of the game at 7-6 with 13:20 to play. From there on it was a practically a one team show, as Hope coasted on a 20-7 run that left Tigers licking their wounds and p u r r i n g h e l p l e s s l y . A M a r c W h i t f o r d ( ' 9 7 ) layup and foul shot put
the Dutchmen ahead by ten with 3:51 left in the first half and there was no looking back.
The keys to Hope's win were a number of little things that added up to be huge. First, they out-rebounded Wittenberg 32-25. Although that
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x o XHE TOP: Joel Hostelge ('98) dribbles his way around a defender to help take Hope to the Final Four tournament.
Arab league takes home honors JENN DORN campusbeat ed i tor
Hope students once again took home the brass ring at the ninth annual Midwest Model League of Arab States which took place at Calvin Col-lege Feb. 29- March 2.
The student delegations, representing Egypt and Iraq, each won "Best Delegation" awards. Of the 12 Hope students who participated, nine took home individual "Outstanding Delegate" awards.
"We have participated in the Model for the past nine years," said Laurie Engle, advisor to the League. "This is the eighth year in a row that we have won "Outstanding Delegat ion" honors."
The Midwest Model League of Arab States is a three-day conference in which colleges from Michigan and other states come together to take on the role of one of the 22 countries in the ac-
tual Arab league. "The perfection of the Model is to be that
country in every way," said Beta Bajwa ( '96) from India. "It is necessary to really get into it."
The students prepare for the model for seven weeks, compiling summaries of the countries, including their governments, politics, and cur-rent issues.
The Hope students knew they were going to be assigned to cover Egypt and Iraq, so they hit the books, or magazines rather, reading article upon article, to learn all that they could about the countries. After doing the extensive research, the delegations developed resolutions to make proposals to deal with the issues.
"It gives participants a belter understanding of the Arab world," said Amer Madi ( '98) from Palestine, "of the political processes, and the ste-reotyping that goes on. We have to be in charac-ter and take on the role of the country that we
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is a normal feature of Hope basketball, the Ti-gers have a season average of out-rebounding their opponents by nine. Nearly one-third of Hope's rebounds were grabbed by Bosma alone.
"We have great respect for their rebounding, and we were saying that we need to stay with them," Van Wieren said. "One of the giants of the game is under Bosma 's name and that is 10 rebounds. He was a man on the glass and he was determined to bring down those rebounds."
Another factor involved in the win was the Dutchmen's nearly perfect free-throw shooting. Hope shot a season-high 94 percent on 16/17 shooting from the charity stripe, while their sea-son a v e r a g e is a much lower 7 5 p e r c e n t . Wittenberg shot only 61.5 percent from the free throw line off of 8/13 shooting.
The third factor was Hope 's suffocating zone d e f e n s e that Wi t t enberg could not opera te against. All evening the Tigers appeared to be out of sync and were unable to move as effec-tively as they had in the past. The Dutchmen are usually a man-to-man defensive team, but the final two weeks of the season revealed that Hope had gradually moved to the zone defense, and
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Trip to Canada planned, faucets remain leaky
JENN DORN campusbeat ed i tor
All cottage residents are being offered a lift to Toronto for weekend, free of charge. Some students are grateful for the time away from cam-pus, others are hot under the collar, wishing the money would go towards more functional out-lets, like repairs.
Planning these getaways is something that cot-tage RDs have been doing for years; providing each cottage resident with transportation to and lodging in a city that bears no resemblance to Holland. Traditionally the destination has been Chicago, but this year it was decided to head to the border and take Toronto by storm.
"In the staff meeting, the RAs decided what they wanted to do," said Shelly Spencer, RD of cottages. "We just wanted to do something dif-ferent. And Toronto is good choice, culturally and educationally."
So where is the money coming from? ' T h e r e is a cottage fund," Spencer said. "Five
dollars for every resident. There has been a lot of unused money because the cottages didn't do programs, so that has accumulated."
Spencer does not know at this point the total cost of the trip.
The fund set aside for each cottage is to go towards programs for the residents. As RD, Spencer also tries to do programs for the resi-dents.
"I try to do at least one educational program and one social program," she said. "This is my educational program."
While this weekend getaway may be just what some students need, others feel that they would rather have the funds funneled into other out-lets, possibly towards the repairs needed in many on-campus houses.
But the idea of spending the cottage fund on repairing cottages was never taken into consid-eration.
"This money is for programming, not for re-pairs," Spencer said. ' T h e money is for residents to do social and educational activities."
Some students seem to think that spending the money for repairs on the places that they call home for eight months out of the year would be more appropriate then spending it on a week-end escape.
"It seems like a waste to me ," said Jason Dillabough ( '96). "The money could be better spend. There are a lot of existing cottages that are in need of repair."
Last year, Dillabough and others tried to get general improvements in Greek houses.
"Greek houses seem to have more traffic than other nouses, so we tried to get more funding," he said. "A lot of the cottages need new carpet, and we also wanted to be able to fix up the base-
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Campus Beat ^Anchor March I 3. I 996
C r u d e K le tz comed ian offers laughter and groans of disgust
J E N N D O R N cam pus beat editor
Bill Lowry, the last Kle tz c o m e -
dian of the year fo r SAC, w a s not
exactly an entertainer for the shy,
nor for the weak s tomached .
Lowry, w h o has appeared
on Def Comedy Jam and
Showtime at the Apollo,
did very little to adapt his
rout ine to the co l lege
aud ience .
H e s t a r t e d ou t h i s
act wi th e n t h u s i a s m
and energy, which en-
couraged the s tudents
w h o h a d n e a r l y
p a c k e d the Kle tz to
eagerly ant ic ipate the c o m e d i c an-
tics of the next hour.
Lowry leaped onto the stage c o m -
p l a i n i n g a b o u t t h e w e a t h e r in
Michigan , s ta t ing that it w a s " too
damn co ld" and then segued into his
next material , u s ing the r e s t rooms
on airplanes. This part icular subject
was representat ive of the rest of his
hour and a half rout ine.
It s e e m e d apparent that most of
the j o k e s that Lowry told related in
s o m e way or another back to ei ther
bodily funct ions , sex, o r o ther less-
than-pleasant topics.
COTTAGES f rom I
ments ."
Rush and p ledg ing do put a lot
wear and tear on Greek houses .
" O u r carpet needs to be rep laced
b e c a u s e a lot o f p e o p l e c o m e
th rough the house d u r i n g R u s h "
said Carr ie Carley ( ' 97) , S I B active.
T h e S I B house , as do o ther co t -
tages, needs repair that g o beyond
d a m a g e s caused by p ledging.
" T h e h o u s e is j u s t rea l ly o u t -
dated ," Carley said. "The re are little
things that need to be done, like our
d r apes a re b r o k e n . Ac tua l ly , o u r
light fell out of the ce i l ing a b o v e
our ki tchen table. The re w a s glass
eve rywhere . Ma in t enance c a m e to
f ix it, but it took at least a w e e k . "
Main tenance o f t en has a problem
of get t ing to reques t s as quickly as
they wou ld like.
" W e d o not h a v e a n y m a i n t e -
nance men just for co t tages , un-
f o r t u n a t e l y " s a id K a t h l e e n
A r n o l d , o f f i c e m a n a g e r at
Physical Plant . " W h e n w e get
a request , w e respond to it.
But i t ' s d i f f icu l t
to k e e p u p
a n d r e -
spond as ^
Lowry w a s funny ; he had the au-
d ience m e m b e r s r e spond ing to his
questions, laughing, at t imes uncon-
trollably, and c lapp ing in response
to his ant ics .
Lowry also sl ipped s o m e public
s e r v i c e a n n o u n c e -
m e n t s i n t o h is ac t ,
u r g i n g the a u d i e n c e
m e m b e r s to p r ac t i c e
s a f e s e x a n d no t to
dr ink and drive.
A m a j o r i t y o f
L o w r y ' s m a t e r i a l
evolved f r o m either his
c h i l d h o o d or his per-
sonal l ife. He talked
e x t e n s i v e l y of h i s
d a u g h t e r s and the
trials that he goes th rough raising a
s ix-year-old and a 14-year-old. Of
course, he managed to tie even these
references back to sex. He had the
duty of exp la in ing to his daughter
what an o rgasm was . He also went
in to g rea t de ta i l a b o u t w h e n h is
daugh te r " b e c a m e a w o m a n " and
he, the on ly pe r son h o m e at the
t ime, w a s forced to buy her "p ro-
tect ion" for her. Tha t reference led
to a tangent about f emin ine prod-
uc t s and the i r p o s s i b l e a l t e rna t e
uses .
His imi ta t ions are perhaps what
quickly as w e would like."
P h y s i c a l P l an t h a s o n l y n i n e
m a i n t e n a n c e m e n f o r the en t i r e
c a m p u s . Each man special izes in a
trade, f r o m carpenter to mechan ic
to e lec t r ic ian . T h e s e men a re re-
sponsib le for m a k i n g repairs , f ix-
ing p l u m b i n g , d o i n g c a r p e n t r y
w o r k , g r o o m i n g the g r o u n d s and
numerous o ther dut ies .
" C o t t a g e s have so m u c h m o r e
ma in t enance than dorms ," Arnold
said. "Each one has its o w n fu rnace
and wate r heater. I t ' s tricky trying
to get it all d o n e . "
Physical Plant has not expanded
its staff in at least seven years, ac-
co rd ing to Arnold . In fac t , several
years ago , they were forced to cut
several people f r o m staff and have
not g a i n e d any e m p l o y e e s b a c k
s ince .
" T h e C o l l e g e
Student reaps awards of fellowship
saved the show f r o m being com-
pletely c rude and vulgar. Early in
the p e r f o r m a n c e , L o w r y did his
own imitation of Barry White , with
whom he toured for a short t ime.
L o w r y l o w e r e d h i s v o i c e a n d
cupped the mic rophone to imitate
the sexy, deep-voiced R & B singer.
H i s i m p e r s o n a t i o n and s i n g i n g
abil i t ies were qui te authent ic and
drew rounds of applause f r o m the
audience.
Lowry not only boasted an imi-
tation of Barry White , but he also
did a mean impression of Humptey,
f r o m t h e g r o u p D i g i t a l U n d e r -
g round . Th i s part icular imperson-
ation sounded exact ly like the ac-
tual performer. He also incorporated
m i m i c r i e s of J a m e s B r o w n a n d
Mike Tyson , which w e r e t rue- to-
life.
T h r o u g h o u t the ent i re evening ,
Lowry ' s antics and material evoked
bouts of laughter and applause f rom
the a u d i e n c e . T h e s t u d e n t s w h o
braved the cold to listen to the hu-
mor of the even ing seemed to en-
j o y t h e m s e l v e s , but the cons t an t
re ferences to body parts, sex, and
fecal matter w e r e a little much for
most audience members , as proc-
lamations of disgust were overheard
on a fairly regular basis .
w e n t t h r o u g h c u t s a f e w y e a r s
back," said Fred Coates , Director of
Physical Plant Operat ions. " W e had
to reduce the s taff . S ince then w e
have been trying to hold o u r own.
Current ly , w e are t ry ing to get a
couple of addi t ions and fill the po-
s i t ions w e feel w e need so that w e
can provide a bit bet ter service."
T h e d e m a n d on main tenance to
repair cot tages is constant , with the
houses needing both day- to-day re-
pairs, such as chang ing l ights and
f ix ing those leaky s inks , to m o r e
m a j o r r e p a i r s l ike r e p l a c i n g the
w o r n - d o w n carpet and repa in t ing
the exterior.
" J u s t l ike a h o m e - o w n e r , w e
would a lways love to be able to up-
g rade th ings , " Arno ld sa id . "Bu t
some t imes w e just d o n ' t have the
funds or the staff ."
Anchor Editor Opus ed i to r W T H S
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Deadl ine: March 14, 1996
KIM POWELL, staff repor te r
W h e n A m y E s c h l e m a n ( , 9 6 )
th inks about what put her over the
top when in terviewing fo r the P E W
fel lowship, she th inks of H o p e pro-
fessors and the research that she was
ab le to pa r t i cpa te in th rough the
Col lege ' s Psycho logy Depar tment .
E s h l e m a n , a H o p e sen ior , and
Anna-Lisa C o x ( ' 9 4 ) w e r e honored
to receive two of on ly 11 Pew Fel-
lowships . S tuden ts f r o m over 2 0 0
schools are el igible fo r the the fel-
lowships .
" H o p e ' s research opportuni t ies in
p s y c h o l o g y a r e e x c e p t i o n a l , "
Esch leman said. " T h e psycho logy
professors have wonde r fu l intern-
ships with s tuden t s and grea t re-
sea rch . "
O b t a i n i n g her deg ree in socia l
p s y c h o l o g y g i v e s E s h l e m a n the
o p p o r t u n i t y t o r e s e a r c h
mul t i cu l tu ra l and g e n d e r i s sues ,
speci f ica l ly h o w these p re jud ices
e f fec t the se l f -concept .
A s for a career , Esh leman sees
herself teaching.
"I would like to be a H o p e Col-
l ege - type p r o f e s s o r , " E s h l e m a n
said. " A teaching emphas i s but also
research."
T h e Pew Younger Scho la r s Fel-
l o w s h i p g r a n t s e a c h r e c i p i e n t
$36 ,000 to be spread out over a pe -
riod of three years as they attend
graduate school .
"Th i s is money for me to live off
o f , " Esh leman sa id .
T h e fe l lowship serves as a source
of income for grad students . Instead
of hav ing to wait tables a f te r a day
of classes, s tudents can spend m o r e
t ime researching.
T h e p rog ram ' s goal is to encour -
age s t u d e n t s in Soc ia l S c i e n c e s ,
A m y Eschleman (*96)
Humani t i e s and Theologica l s tud-
ies f r o m Chris t ian schools to pur-
sue Ph .D s tudies with the hope that
s t u d e n t s w i l l i n c o r p o r a t e t h e i r
Christ ian perspec t ive into research
and teaching.
O n e hundred s tudents applied to
the Pew Younger Scho la r s Program
and on ly 2 1 f inal is ts were picked
to g o to the Un ive r s i ty of No t r e
D a m e on January 12 and 13.
T h e t w o - d a y e x c u r s i o n w a s a
t ime to ce lebra te personal accom-
p l i shment . T h e s tudents had an op-
por tun i ty to mee t and talk abou t
their Chris t ian bel iefs .
T h e w e e k e n d w a s n ' t a l l f u n
t h o u g h . E a c h f i n a l i s t h a d a 2 5
m i n u t e in te rv iew wi th a panel of
professors and scholars to talk about
how they will incorporate Christ ian
be l ie f s into their par t icular f ield of
s tudy.
Esh leman w a s nervous , but a f te r
hav ing pract iced wi th Hope profes-
sors she felt as prepared as possible.
"I d i d n ' t fee l l ike I had done very
wel l in the in terview," Esh leman
s a i d . " I k e p t t e l l i n g e v e r y o n e I
d idn ' t get the scholarsh ip ."
E s h l e m a n on ly had to wait one
day b e f o r e she received the good
n e w s o v e r the te lephone .
"I w a s th r i l l ed w h e n I got the
p h o n e c a l l , " s a i d E s h l e m a n . " I t
t akes a w a y a lot of s t ress ."
Prof urges 'universallsm' JEM ZERRIP staff repor te r
Finding a c o m m o n tradit ion held
by al l r a c e s w a s the s u g g e s t i o n
given by an expert economis t at a
lecture last Tuesday regarding the
issue of divided societ ies .
Dr. Glenn Loury, an economics
professor at Boston University, pre-
s e n t e d h i s v i e w s o n r a c i a l
d iscr iminat ion ,which , he feels , di-
v ides society.
"Skin and blood do not think,
neither do they pray," he said. "A
reflect ion of the spirit isn ' t about
color and isn ' t unique to me."
Loury explained the need to f ind
and to focus on similarit ies be tween
societies, thus reducing the division
present in society. He te rmed this
idea ' un ive r sa l i sm ' .
" W e need to t ranscend the par-
t iculars of race and find a tradit ion
shared by eve ryone , " Loury said.
Accord ing to Loury, many are
p r o d u c i n g the racial d iv i s ion by
bel ieving that, due to different ex-
periences, people cannot relate to
one another . Loury ' s response w a s
to not f o c u s on the d i f f e r e n c e s ;
rather f ind a tradition that shared by
everyone .
Focus ing on the t radi t ions expe-
r ienced spec i f i ca l ly by o n l y o n e
race is the cause of the divided so-
ciet ies, Loury said.
" W e m u s t c o m e t o g e t h e r as
A m e r i c a n s , not as spec i f ic e thnic
g r o u p , " h e s a i d . " E v e r y o n e
s t ruggles to l ive a Godly life, and
tha t ' s m o r e interest ing than shar ing
the s a m e z ip code."
T h r o u g h o u t the e v e n i n g , aud i -
e n c e m e m b e r s cou ld p ick up on
Loury ' s fa i th . T h e phrase " G o d has
no respect fo r person, but loves ev-
e r y o n e " w a s repeated throughout
the evening, and used as a chal lenge
to audience members . Loury would
like all people to live by this s tan-
dard, not jus t respect ing a person,
but loving t hem.
Whi le m a k i n g the point that w e
are one nation, Loury compared the
d i f fe rences that exist a m o n g Amer i -
cans . Loury cha l l enged audience
m e m b e r s to accept the d i f fe rences
that exist a m o n g individuals and to
realize the unity in this nat ion.
Loury stated that he w a s n ' t try-
ing to c o n v i c t p e o p l e , r a the r he
wanted them to become more aware
of the problem of divided societ ies
in our country .
" B e i n g colored isn ' t me, be ing a
child of God is," Loury said. " W e
need to grow up out of our ethnic
pride and have a universalist per-
spect ive."
March I 3, I 996 ^Anchor Foe
Ranting, raving, and practi-
cally foaming at the mouth, Alan Keyes s t r u g g l e d as the cops dragged him from the TV studio.
Inside, GOP presidential can-didates debating. Outside, hand-
cuffs were s lapping on Keyes '
wrenching wrists. "I have the right to speak!" he
shouted as they took him into cus-
tody. As Dave Barry would say, I
am not making this up. Alan Keyes, the crusading moralist and lan-
guish ing pres ident ia l h o p e f u l ,
freaked out big time last week. Not being invited to the debate
involving the top three GOP con-tenders , he c la ims that "media
bosses" are controlling politics and bemoans the downfall of democ-
racy. And he blames the media, of
all things. As a member of that upstand-
ing breed that are journalists, I am extremely offended at this absurd
statement. Au contraire to those who
bash it—the media is friend and
beneficiary to society. Busy nineties voters value
their time, and now, thanks to the
media, they don't have to squander
it dwelling on the issues. We can now have the pure, un-
adulterated Truth fed to us in 30-second sound bites and colorful
charts. This is progress. Find it vexing to form your
own opinion? Never fear—that's what informed, non-biased people like Dan, Barbara and Willard are
there for. They, quite simply, know best.
Why do you think the media so en-
thusiastically supported Operation
Desert Storm and so condemningly
damned the effort in Bosnia? Sure, there are those petty
mudslingers who insist it was all
about oil, nukes, and politics. But we know the real reason
those media virtuosos favored Ku-wait—Colin Powell, who the me-dia knows is the absolute epitome
of American truth and patriotism,
was involved. On the home front, the media
has blessed us as well. Two simple words for the fu-
ture of sex ed: Wall Disney.
True story: subliminal sexual symbolism has been found on such
kiddie flicks as The Lion King,
Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid. Skip the tiresome debate we
don't need sex ed in schools. Par-ents just need to bust out cartoon
genies. For more advanced levels,
Disney could come out with The Lion King 2: Siniba Unleashed and
The Little Mermaid After Hours. The media also benefits teen-
agers. Besides keeping those pesky hoodlums off the street, it increases
social conciousness. When Coolio tells kids to rock
the vote, you can bet they flip off the MTV and rush right out to reg-
ister. The virtuous media yearns to
help and to objectively increase knowledge, awareness, and wis-
dom. Subliminal messages? Blatant
bias? Come on. You can trust me. I'm here to
help. After all, I am the media.
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HEATHER BOSCH infocus edi tor
Sharp crackling echoes rever-
berate through the busy shopping
district. Bullets rip through the teem-
ing crowd, which quickly disperses
anlid screams.. .and the moans of
those who were plugged by the ran-
dom shots. It's just another day in the war-
torn realm known as the Promised
Land. To Palestinian students such as
H a n a n A w w a d ( ' 96 ) , and Ja laa
Abdelwahab ('97), this was simply
the norm. "Back home, we are used to
h e a r i n g g u n -
shots," another
Palest inian stu-
den t • s a i d .
"When I came to
H o p e , it w a s
strange to just be
able to go down-
t o w n and not
have bullets fly
over your head."
T h e West
Some Palestinians are frustrated
with the fact that groups such as the
PLO, which used to be more de-
manding, are now "going with the
flow" and accepting a peace that they
say is unacceptable and unfair.
Groups like Hamas appeal be-
cause they seem to stick to what they
say and follow through with it.
This peace referred to is a Sept.
28, 1995 agreement between the
PLO and Israeli government which
grants Palestinian self-rule in the
West Bank. Howeve r , th is m u c h - h a i l e d
treaty isn't all it's cracked up to be.
S o m e Palest inians are upset ,
saying that they are not truly repre-sented in these
discussions that
so many praise.
A c c o r d i n g
to some, Israel
chose the PLO
out of many dif-
fering Palestin-
ian g roups and
m a d e a p e a c e
treaty that would
favor their own
It was strange to just be able to go downtown and not
have bullets fly over your head.
Bank is located Palestinian Student interests, ignor-
in o n e of the
m o s t t r o u b l e d areas on earth-Israel and Palestine.
This Holy Land to Jews, Mus-
lims, and Christians is also the pre-
dicted site of the horrible world-end-
ing battle that Scripture calls Arma-
geddon. And when one knows its bloody
past, tense present and uncertain fu-
ture, apocalyptic scenes occuring
here are not difficult to envision.
It is here that the fiery blasts of
several suicide bombings have killed
57 people and wounded hundreds in
the past two weeks. But these Hope students call it
home. And they have a lot to say about
the Arab/Israeli conflict—a fiercely
festering wound of resentment that
was further inflamed by the bomb-
ings. "There is so much that you can't
forget," Abdelwahab said. "We can-
not just open a fresh page—who is
going to decide when the new page
is going to start, you know, before
the Israelis' final killing or the Pal-
estinians* final killing?" This ongoing saga of hatred was
continued in the past weeks with the
scorch ing de tonat ions of su ic ide
bombs, killing bus passengers in
Jerusalem and shoppers in Tel Aviv.
H a m a s , an I s lamic poli t ical
group that may be suffering from
d i v i s i o n in the r a n k s , c l a i m e d
responsiblility for the carnage.
Some members of this group
want to compromise with the peace
plan advocated by Yassir Arafat, the
leader of the Palestinian Liberation
Organization. Others, such as those who made
their mark with the suicidal explo-
sions, consider themselves eternal
foot soldiers in the jihad, or holy war,
against Israel. And this militarism is not a bad
thing to everyone.
" W h o is going to stop them?"
T h e s tuden t s wi tnessed and
heard many horrible things during
their lives in Palestine. "During the occupation, whole
v i l l a g e s w e r e d e s t r o y e d , " Abdelwahab said. "People were
kicked out of their homes."
"Some of them still have the
keys, hoping someday they will go
back to their home," Awwad said.
C u r f e w s , b ru ta l b e a t i n g s ,
squalid refugee camps, bullets fly-
ing through crowds—all are too
familiar. y
"If the soldiers suspect
you of anything, or even if
they are just bored, they can
stop you, beat you, imprison
you...and these are 18 year-
old kids with guns w h o
f ee l p o w e r f u l , "
Abdelwahab said.
"I had a classmate who was also Jalaa's jenrt®**™
second cousin who
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ing the dissent-
ing v o i c e s of
other Palestinian groups. "It is so clear that what they call
peace is actually the safety of the
Israelis," Abdelwahab said. "The
attitude seems to be screw the Pal-
estinians—it is the peace that Israel
wants." This peace agreement includes
granting about four percent of the
West Bank to Palestinians, accord-
ing to Abdelwahab.
Six Palestinian cities that have
been declared to be under self-rule
dot the landscape.
Their hometown of Ramallah,
located on the West Bank about 20
minutes from Jerusalem, is one such
town. What they experienced there
and what is going on now could help
to e x p l a i n why g r o u p s such as
Hamas are so bitter.
"The towns are under Palestin-
ian a u t h o r i t y ,
but they are still
su r rounded by
Israeli soldiers,"
A b d e l w a h a b
said. P e o p l e in
the towns often
c a n n o t f r e e l y
travel, thanks to
b a r r i c a d e s of
s o l d i e r s and
c h e c k p o i n t s .
The only change
seems to be that
the Israeli sol-
diers su r round
the t o w n s in-stead of roaming the inner grounds.
"It is k ind of l ike a b igger
prison," Abdelwahab said.
Israeli soldiers still roam the
streets like they did before the peace
treaty. "Soldiers can walk in and d o
whatever they want," Awwad said.
\
sr
Awwad said.
"This was an
innocent 14 year-
old and they took h
him to the mountains, '
burned his body with •
c igarre t tes , beat him,
and left him there." "A shepherd found
his body three days later,"
Abdelwahab said.
"I don't know now much
of this still goes on inside the
cities. But I do know that the sol-
diers can still go in there and do what
they want," Abdelwahab said.
" T h i n g s got bet ter a f t e r the
peace talks, but the bombings and
what has been going on lately has
started the whole thing again to be
like it was when we were in high
school," Awwad said.
Groups like Hamas refuse to
accept this restrictive life as a peace,
according to the students.
And many Palestinians agree
with their point. "Everyone is applauding how
the situation is in those cities. But the current s i tua-
tion is not peace
and it is not free-
dom," Abdelwahab
said. "It is by name
only that they gave
us back some of our
land," Awwad said.
Also upsetting
to the Palestinians
is the apparent pro-
Israel slant of the
western powers.
" T h e r e is a
definite bias in the
American media,"
Awwad said. "It
makes it seem like only one side is
suffering." "Why is it only when it happens
to them that people question it?"
Abdelwahab said. "There was an
Israeli that shot and killed 45 Pales-
t i n i a n s w h o w e r e p r a y i n g at a
mosque, and they built a shrine for
R. Fris lcr
him in that ci ty—a statue! Because
he is a hero to them."
"So why are the Israelis so in-
nocent and we are criminals and ter-
rorists?" Awwad said. "Recognize that the Palestin-
ians are also people that have suf-
fered and been killed. Their blood
that has been shed is not less
than the I s rae l i s b lood , "
Abdelwahab said."
"The American me-
dia ignores the fact that
there are two sides to
this." " T h e Israelis have
the power because they
have the military and the
support of other nations.
We have n o t h i n g , "
Abdelwahab said.
" W e a re not real ly
h o p i n g fo r m u c h f r o m
America," Awwad said. "It's
not like America is the power
that is going to come and save
t h e s e o p p r e s s e d p e o p l e .
America is going to help those
who are going to help America
V, back." And the two sides continue
to feud and hate and bleed for a chunk of land on the eastern side
of the Mediterranean." "I don't support the killing of
the children or innocent people. But
only when people are treated equally
is when they can expect no vio-
lence," Abdelwahab said. "Wha t they call terrorism is
sometimes the only way of making
people realize that there are people
being oppressed. When no one is
listening, what other options do they
have?" "What peace are they talking
about when your family and friends
are being killed and imprisoned? It
is too late for peace now," Awwad
said. The bitterness runs deeper than
current strife and injustice. It f lows
with the shed blood of generation
after generation. "You can't forget the things that
have happened to you, your father,
you brother, to your grandfather,"
Abdelwahab said. "They are our enemies. We are
never going to be the same people.
They occupied us, and we just want
to be free of them. We don't want
them to be included in our lives in
any way," Awwad said. And this vicious cycle of hatred
keeps circulating. "What I am realizing is that if
there were an Israeli person here, he
w o u l d h a v e the s a m e hos t i l i t y
against us, the same frustration. I
can't deny that. There is always the
other side," Abdelwahab said.
And as for how to resolve this
conf l i c t , so recently revealed in
wreckage and death, no one has an
answer. "I personally don't think peace,
the real peace, will exist in my life-
time," Abdelwahab said. And in the meantime, the strife
cont inues as the watch ing world
holds its breath.
* Editor's note: Names have been withheld for anonimity
Dance 22
When the spiWt mo M. MORGAN staff repor te r
The opening number of Dance 22, entitled "With You," immedi-
ately evoked feelings of contentment and freedom in the audience. This
engrossing dance number was the perfect opening act for the perfor-
mance, a presentation of student dancing by the Hope College Dance
Department in DeWitt Theater on the nights of March 7, 8, and 9. The consistently upbeat piece was performed by twelve talented
dancers appropriately costumed in frocks reminiscent of the revolution-
ary anti-war movement of the sixties.The backdrop of the stage changed throughout the dance from teal to lavender to a light sky blue. The tie-
dye clad dancers performed collectively during the first two songs. The
musical accompaniment for "With You" was provided by a live band, the Folk Lizards. The first song played was an original Folk Lizards
composition entitled "Tennesse Rain," followed by a cover of the Grate-
ful Dead 's "Franklin's Tower." The twelve dancers then formed a loose group in the corner of the
stage to watch the solos performed by Stephanie Gebhardt ( '99) and
Gina Buwalda ( ,99). Both girls performed their individual numbers beau-tifully as the the other dancers on stage playfully shouted words of en-
couragement. As the song ended, the dancers all left the stage, except
Crystal Wright ( '98) and Nathanael Buckley ( '97) . Wright performed
an athletic solo climaxing in a graceful frenzy as Phil Melton, drummer for The Folk Lizards, drummed a solo on the bongo. Buckley joined in
at the conclusion of the piece, and the two danced together before the
rest of the cast reappeared to finish with a flourish. Huddled together in
the middle of the stage, they concluded their message of freedom with
the final triumphant stance of a tangled formation. The second piece of the night, "d 'Ebacle de Ballet," was a comical
ballet choreographed by M. Linda Graham. The spoof began with five women dancers posed together, smiling suspiciously. The lights were
cut and a voice over the loudspeaker announced a change in the plans:
the male lead was "unfortunately" to be replaced by Jonathan Fry. When
the lights came on again. Fry was kneeling in the center of the ballerinas
smiling broadly, continuing the spoof with his attempt to flirt with the
dancers, and their attempt to throw him off the stage.
This crowd favorite proved not only humorous but full
of well timed, tight dancing. A ma jo r change of pace occu red when the
product ion 's guest dancer, Avi Kaiser, began his
twenty-eight minute "Le Depart De Marseille Pt. 1."
Kaiser is well respected in dancing circles for
h i s internationally known choreog-. raphy and teaching. Kaiser's
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p e r -
formance was met with criticism and compliments f rom different mem-bers of the audience. He marched sideways across a diagonal strip of
spotlight, his face menacing but otherwise devoid of expression and his
bald head adding to the unsettling effect of the music. Kaiser illustrated
sudden movements of "escape" from his monotonous journey, only to
be dragged back into his steady pace and pattern of marching. He effec-
tively portrayed feelings of helplessness and struggling through his move-
ments, his face showing the pained looks of hopelessness. At last the passionate dancer began a new series of repeated move-
ments. Kaiser would charge up a wooden ramp only to stop everytime,
throwing his hands in the air and falling back. The result was always the
same: he was rejected and would again fell to the floor. Kaiser is a startling dancer in his fluidity of movement, and yet his
piece became extremely monotonous; the lack of energetic movement
wearied the audience. Following Kaiser's performance was the student-performed "Clay
Dolls," choreographed by Julio Enrique Rivera. This piece began with
four dancers lifting and lowering a large, transparent piece of material, causing it to mushroom in the air like a descending parachute before
falling lazily back to its original state. The "dolls" appeared to be de-
picting creation and the spiritual fall of humanity. The synthesizer-driven
music and jerking, freeze frame motions of the dancers were reminis-cent of the movements of the snaggle-toothed David Byrne in an early
80 's Talking Heads video. The most chaotic, sinister number was "Somewhere There ' s Al-
ways Something Going On." The dancers, visually androgynous, were dressed in matching black and white camoflouge, loose gray shirts, and
gray hats that covered head and hid hair. The dancers ' movements ech-
oed the pounding, industrial music of Glenn Branca with a tightness
unachieved by many other numbers, making Stephen lannacone's cho-
reography among the most creative of the evening. The dancers ' faces
showed no sign of emotion, and their actions personified power and
strength. The climaxing moment came when all the dancers threaten-
ingly aproached the apprehensive audience before sitting down on the
front of the stage in a single file line facing the audience. Audible with
the concluding silence of the performance, were the dancers heaving,
gasping for air and counting together. "A Walk Between the Raindrops," choreographed by M. Linda Gra-
ham, was among the most tightly danced pieces of the evening. This
performance fit perfectly with the simple, acoustic balladsof Neil Young.
Cleverly using an umbrella, the dancers impressed onlookers with grace-
ful movements and smiling faces. Avi Kaiser once again took the stage for part two of his journey,
this t ime ca r ry ing a bundle of evenly cut, ma tch ing lumber . He
emphaticaly dropped the wood with a crash, awakening those who were
already asleep in anticipation of another long, confusing piece. Once again Kaiser executed the dance with excellent skill, but
dismal repetition. This time, his repeated motion seemed to serve more of a purpose as he rearranged the wood, trying to balance the
sticks upright and find some sort of acceptable symmetry. At last
he placed them in an even, uniform stack and acceptingly sat on
it. The mood was altered, and he began using more of the stage to
sway hips and arms, as if by arranging the wood he was somehow free. Kaiser also proved to be a skillful ac-
tor. His face never broke character, and he con-
vincingly portrayed the p a s s i o n a t e f ee l -
ings he was trying to convey.
The performance concluded with a
t ap p i ece ,
" C a l i e n t e , " per-
formed to Mexican music. Dancers executed
the dance which was choreo-
graphed by Terri Filips, garbed in red and black lace dress of Span-
ish flavor. The demanding kicks and turns, which were not always
simultaneous, emitted random tapping sounds, but its
unique style was
pleasing, causing
some to claim it as there favorite act
of the evening.
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X: Kirsten Singer ('96), front, and Beth McCuster ('98) for their performance of "Calienie." Top right, Sandra d, and Angela Lo Cicero ('96), prepare their stage faces for i "A Walk Between the Raindrops."
LIBERATE ME: Bottom right. Dance 22's guest artist, Avi Kaiser, performed two self-choreo-graphed dances, "Le Depart De Marseille " Parts I and 11. Kaiser is an international dancer, choreographer, performer and teacher. His works have been commissioned by the Canadian government, Communaute Francaise, and the Hebbel Theatre in Berlin, among others. Kaiser's appearance was funded by the Dorothy Wiley DeLong professorship in Dance.
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KETED CREATION: "Clay Dolls," choreographed by Julio Enrique \arated six student dancers into three characterizations: The "Dolls," the "Good," and The dance itself was choreographed by Rivera in five parts: I. The Dust, 11. Creation,
ery, IV. Separation, and V. Balanced. The dance depicted a spiritual creation story. Anchor photos by Jill Fischer
Opinion the Anchor March 13, 1996
our voice. your voice.
Making H o m e Improvements T h e s h o w e r d o o r w o n ' t quite c l o s e . A crack in the kitchen
w i n d o w has s l o w l y begun creeping across the glass . Paint ch ips
o c c a s i o n a l l y fall f rom the c e i l i n g onto the top bunk during
the night like s n o w f l a k e s in early N o v e m b e r and the once ivory
l iv ing r o o m c o u c h has turned a dusty gray over the years.
W h i l e the c o n d i t i o n s o f H o p e - o w n e d co t tages d o not fall
into the g e n r e of Animal House l iv ing quarters, many o f the
C o l l e g e h o u s e s here o n c a m p u s are in dire need o f touch ups.
But instead o f i n v e s t i n g in capital i m p r o v e m e n t s w h i c h
w o u l d improve the l iv ing c o n d i t i o n s for s tudents year round,
the H o u s i n g Department has dec ided to al locate e x c e s s funding
ear-marked for co t tage act iv i t ies for a w e e k e n d e x c u r s i o n to
Toronto, Canada.
A n d , w h i l e roadtrips are f u n — e v e n educat ional in the c a s e
o f travel ing to a fore ign country—it m a y not be the best use
of dol lars .
The m o n e y to be used c o m e s from the general h o u s i n g fund.
W h e n each student pays their h o u s i n g f e e s at the b e g i n n i n g
o f the year, five dol lars per cot tage resident is a l located for
t w o p r o g r a m s — o n e s o c i a l a c t i v i t y and o n e e d u c a t i o n a l
activity. E a c h res ident ass is tant and the m e m b e r s o f their
cot tage are g i v e n a chunk . A n y l e f tover m o n e y g o e s into a pot
for the f o l l o w i n g year. T h i s year co t tage res idents wi l l use the
accumula ted pot to pay for the trip.
But a c c o r d i n g to co t tage Res ident Director S h e l l y Spencer ,
o f the 4 3 8 s tudent s w h o l ive in c o t t a g e s , o n l y 2 0 p e o p l e
attended last year 's e x c u r s i o n to C h i c a g o . A g a i n this year,
any m o n e y not used on the Toronto trip wi l l g o back into the
fund for the 1 9 9 6 - 9 7 year.
S p e n c e r is careful to m a k e the d is t inct ion b e t w e e n m o n e y
set aside for student act ivit ies and that used for h o u s i n g repairs:
they s i m p l y aren't the s a m e thing.
Sti l l , if the o p t i o n w a s g i v e n to s tudents and they c o u l d
c h o o s e b e t w e e n a w e e k e n d in the northland or a n e w d in ing
r o o m table vo id o f s t i cky spi l l s on w h i c h they c o u l d spread
out their h o m e w o r k every night, they might very w e l l c h o o s e
the table. It m a y b e t ime for h o u s i n g to rethink their a l locat ion o f
funding . K e e p i n g up-to-date w i t h cot tage repairs w o u l d be a
w i s e capital inves tment .
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Parking violation questioned Dear Editor,
When I found a parking place
ralher late one February night be-hind the Dorian cottage, I was over-
joyed. Tired from work, the walk back to my apartment would nei-
ther seem as long or as frightening. Pulling into a recently vacated spot
in the very snow-covered lot, never did I think there would be a prob-
lem. No signs were visible to the contrary and the six other cars on
either side of me seemed to share
my opinion. Nevertheless, when I
returned to my car the next day, I
was greeted with a f i f teen dollar
ticket f o r " parking on the grass." " My appeal of the ticket, which ex-
plained that the snow cover, the lack of signs and the presence of six
other cars in the same area gave no indication of a " no parking zone,"
was denied. Hope College has pro-vided much in terms of education
and opportunity in the four years that I have been a student here. I
will be the first to acknowledge this.
However, in future years, when I am
approached to freely donate as an alumni, memories of a fifteen dol-
lars not so freely taken will be sure
to have an impact on my spirit of generosity. I would like to encour-
age Public Safety to continue focus-ing on creating a safe campus at-
mosphere to the s ame degree at
which they regulate our parking
patterns. Sincerely, Hollis M. Pangle ('96)
S t u d e n t C o n g r e s s Z l b b v , M i n u t e s
The meeting on 3-7-96 was called to order at 8:08 p.m.
Old Business • The Constitutional Review was brought off the table. After brief discussion Parliamentarian Jeremy Van Ek moved
to approve the changes. It passed with a majority of 17 with 3 abstentions. • President Nina Bieliauskas asked for questions concerning the Alternative Proposal for the Core Curriculum.
r> . •~ll • .* r\ I . 1 . J . C • L . O n n o a k A f l p \ Cot-
tage Representative Christine Osborn requested a representative of the proposal to address Congress. Van Ek moved to leave organization of Congress' objective to the Social Environment task group and passed unanimously.
Bieliauskas requested the return of completed surveys of the College's boards and committees.
New Business . . . . . . • Van Ek moved to recommend to the Executive Committee (dealing with the questioned jurisdiction of the Adminis-
trative Affairs Board to ban smoking in the Kletz) that Student Congress be allowed to work on the issue before a particular board commits a vote. The motion was passed 16 to 3 with 1 abstention.
• Tne Social Environment task group p dence hall bathrooms and another to live Jeremy Monty moved to pass both proposals. The former passed
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. The next meeting bThursday, March 21
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Joel Holstege: actions louder than words GLYN WILLIAMS staff r e p o r t e r
After the Hope College men ' s basketball team beat Wittenberg to advance to the NCAA Final Four,
Joel Holstege ( '98) allowed himself to crack a smile. For perhaps the
first time all season long, Holstege showed uncharacteristic emotion.
He never talks to the of f ic ia ls
when they make
a bad ca l l . He
wi l l no t ta lk
trash to the op-
ponents and get
into their heads
to try to mess up
their game . He
d o e s n ' t even j o k e a r o u n d s
and show-off at
the m o r n i n g s h o o t - a r o u n d . He is a c o o l
character , even
t h o u g h he has
had much to talk
about lately. But t h a t ' s j u s t h i s
style. His impec -
cable humility doesn't permit him
to show much emotion on or off the court. He regards himself as just
simply a member of the team. "It
just comes naturally," he said of his skills. "The team just gives me the ball and if I 'm hitting then so be it.
The rest of the guys on the team can put the ball in the basket just as well
as I can." Almost all of his regular season
averages jumped in the NCAA tour-
nament. He averaged 11.9 points, 50.8 percent field goal shooting, 4.2
rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 2.5 steals per game dur-
ing the regular
season. In the
t o u r n a m e n t ,
he has aver-
aged 18 .3
points, nearly
60 p e r c e n t
f i e l d goa l shooting, and
six assists. In
f a c t , aga ins t W i s c o n s i n -
W h i t e w a t e r , he came close
to n o t c h i n g
his first colle-
g i a t e t r i p l e -
d o u b l e w i t h
12 points, 10
a s s i s t s , and
eight rebounds. "He has been quite the savior
lately," teammate Kevin Brintnell ( '96) said. "Our offense has been
Joel H o l s t e g e ( ' 9 8 )
kind of lax lately, but he has car-
ried it for us. He can really do it all and it is very exciting to play with
him." Holstege's marvelous play and
determination do not at all go un-
noticed by theMIAA, as he was named to the first team MIAA as
shoot ing guard . Calvin Col lege head coach Ed Douma holds Joel 's
play in the highest regard. "He is a really good player,"
Douma said. "Next year he will
definitely be the best player in the
MIAA. Without a doubt. It's obvi-
ous why he made the first team All-
MIAA, and that is the fact that he
is certainly the best shooting guard
in the league." Ninth all-time leading scorer in
Hope College history, Clare Van Wieren ( '66) is an avid basketball
fan and says that Holstege offers
something to the team that no one else can . " H e is a very c lu tch
player," Van Wieren said. "He has
a great knifing drive that not many can do. He is very strong willed and
exudes a lot of confidence. He is a
great player and in no way is he one-
dimensional." Perhaps the reason for his amaz-
ing talent and will to win are his
highly-touted days of high school basketball at Covenant Christian
High School in Grandville, Michi-
Dutchmen romp to Final Four continued from I
they have apparently perfected it. "We've always been a man-to-
man team," Kevin Brintnell said.
" W e ' v e been p lay ing more and
more zone lately and now that we
have b e c o m e more c o m f o r t a b l e
with it, we are starting to use it to
get us wins." The final factor was, as expected,
the e x h i l a r a t i n g p lay of J o e l
Holstege ( '98) and Merritt who fin-ished with 19 and 17 points respec-
t ively . Both had a g rea t g a m e agains t W h i t e w a t e r as wel l , as Hols tege came c lose to a t r ip le
double with 12 points, 10 assists,
and eight rebounds. Merritt scored 16 points, 12 in the second half
alone, on Friday night off of 6/8
field goal shooting.
"Merritt did a great job of get-
ting isolated and putting the ball
into the basket," Van Wieren said. "Holstege is a guy you have to pay
attention to. He definitely plays a
key role in our wins." Holstege was the leading scorer
for Hope on Saturday night with 7/
11 shooting from the field, seven assists, and a smooth f ive steals.
Many of Merritt's points came from the free throw line, as he was 7/8
from the foul stripe and 5/9 from the field. The big forward also had
three rebounds and four blocks. To
add to B o s m a ' s impres s ive re-b o u n d i n g ac t ion , he scored 12
points despite being consistently double - teamed and even tr iple-
teamed on numerous occasions. A statistic highly in favor of
Wittenberg was under the foul col-
umn. The Tigers were called on
merely two fouls in the first half.
Offsides by Jeff Brown
C O ^ C H
gan. While there, Joel won two
Michigan state titles in basketball,
and only knows how to win. Not once while he was in high school
did he experience playing on a team
with a losing record. "Joel finds a way to win," said
Hope Col lege baske tba l l coach Glenn Van Wieren. "He has always
experienced the winning fee l ing
and refuses to allow himself to lose.
Joel does things perhaps uncon-
sciously to win." A d i f f i c u l t t r a n s i t i o n that
Holstege had to make while on the
Hope basketball squad was that all
through high school he played the
point guard and thrived as the of-fensive leader. However, he seems
to have adapted well to the com-
pletely different role. "The point guard 's main objec-
tive is to lead the team and his fo-
c u s is not to sco re , " Cla re Van Wieren said. "The shooting guard,
however, gels in there and scores. Tha t ' s what he does . He gets in
there, gets the rebound, scores. The
responsibilities are very different and that just shows you how multi-
dimensional he is." Holstege gives his all every
game. He doesn ' t quit. He can ' t
quit. Quitting would show that he
is afraid, and he can ' t do that, for that would mean that he is display-
ing emotion. He can't do that.
That ' s not his style.
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Dow fever Community lines up for memberships
DAN CWIK staff r e p o r t e r
PR photo
FOREVER D U T C H : Wendy Carroll ('96), Jeff "Spanky" Amlotte ('98), and Jeff WhUmore ('99) hopped the Hope College booster bus along with approximately 48 other fans to watch the Dutch advance to the Final Four last weekend.
At o n e po in t t he n u m b e r of
Bosma ' s fouls was exactly even
with the total number of fouls that
were assessed to Wittenberg. The trip to the Final Four is es-
pecially heart-thumping to the se-niors on the team, as they have
faced adversity and have drastically
improved their game from the first day of practice in 1991. Bosma said
he didn't smile about the fact that
he was going to be playing in Vir-
ginia next weekend until there was
a mere :30 left in the game. " I t ' s s o m e t h i n g you dream
about as a kid," Bosma said. "Deep down you believe it in your mind
and all. But actually it is so hard to
believe because there are so many teams out there. But I guess it's like
the assistant coaches say, 4why not
Hope?" '
For most Hope students the Dow
Center is always there. It is a place
to play, work out, and have a good
time. And best of all there is no waiting.Students can just walk right
in without waiting whenever the Dow is open. What may surprise
many Hope students is that commu-nity members are also able to use
the Dow, but they have to buy a
membership to do so. What also may be surprising is that so many
community members desire to use
the facilities that there is a year-long
waiting list just to get into the Dow.
In order to get on the waiting list,
you just tell the Dow office your
name and address and then all you can do is wait. Usually, the time a
resident must spend on the wailing list is be tween one year and 14
months. According to Jane Holman, Ihe
head of the Dow Center, people go
to the Dow because, "Not everyone has a s w i m m i n g poo l , r unn ing
Irack, exercise room, and a weight
room." The first type of membership is
the Community Membership which
allows use of the Dow any lime.
The price is $314 per year for the first person on Ihe membership, and
$70 for an additional person such as a s p o u s e . O t h e r a d d i t i o n a l
people, like children, incur a $35 cost. Hope alumni get a slight break
on a membership $39 cut f rom Ihe
total cost. There is also a waiting
list for this type of membership. The second type of membership
is Early Bird Membership through
which you can only use the Dow in the morning on weekdays and Sat-
urday f rom 8:30 -10:30 a.m. With
this type of membership one can not use the Dow on Sunday. They can
use the Dow at any time only when
the s tudents are on breaks f rom school such as Chris tmas Break. From January to March, the season
when the Hope Swim teams are
practicing, members can only use
the swimming pool from 12-1 p.m. When the swim teams are not in
season. Early Bird members can
only swim in the morning. How-
ever, the price is $100 per year per
person. There is no waiting list for the Early Bird Membership and the Hope alumni do not get their price
reduced. For senior citizens, it costs $95
per year for a single membership, and $145 for a couple. Also, with a
s e n i o r m e m b e r s h i p , the H o p e
alumni do not gel their price re-duced. They have to be on the wail-
ing list and they can use the Dow
any time.As it turns out, the Dow is not only for students but for others
as well. The wailing list is long be-
cause the Dow doesn't want to cre-
ate further crowding problems in the already overcrowded space in the Dow. Students already have a
hard enough lime finding space to
use the facilities around the com-
munity members.
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are representing, so that means that
we are not going to look at it with an American perspective."
The issue of emphasizing aware-
ness seems to be a focal point to the
conference. "You can really see a lot of per-
spectives," Matt Lapinga ( '97) said. "It o p e n s your eyes to a lot of
things." In addi t ion to awareness , the
Model also aspires to highlight the
important issues of the Arabic re-
gion, and to generate understand-
ing about the patterns of coopera-tion and conflict within the Arab world and within the international
community. The students worked on one of
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affairs. Each delegation wrote po-
sition papers outlining its nation's
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of the Arab League," Lapinga said.
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amended for the benefit of the coun-try which we represented."
The Model League has taken
place at Calvin for the past several
years , t hough the loca t ion has moved from state to state, includ-
ing to the University of Miami in
Ohio . Hope par t i c ipan ts in the Model would like to see Hope have
a crack at hosting as well. Several years ago, Engle approached the
administration about holding the Model on campus and was turned
down. "Knowing that we host one of the
biggest Model UN conventions, I
think that Hope should host the
Model," Madi said. "It would be a
good sign of open-mindedness."
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