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Campus

Briefs

English prof publishes new children's book

Hcalhcr Sellers, professor

of English, has a new book on

the m a r k e t . " S p i k e a n d

C u b b y ' s Ice C r e a m Is land

Adventure," features Seller 's

corgi and aulhor / i l lus i ra ior

Amy Young's black lab as two

dogs trapped in a boat during

a storm. The pups use their

creativity to find a way out

and earn themselves a treat:

ice cream sundaes.

A kick-off party will be held

to benefit local dogs on Sat-

urday, Oct. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.

at the Harbor Humane Soci-

ety in Grand Haven. Admis-

sion is free.

Math award goes to senior

Hope student Mike Cortez

("05), a chemistry and math-

ematics major, was recently awarded the Socicly for l a

dustrial and Applied Math-

ematics Award by the Pi Mu

Epsilon society. He was pre-

sented with this honor for his

speech titled "A Mathemati-

ca l M o d e l o f T r i - T r o p h i c

Interactions." Two other Hope students

also presented their papers

d u r i n g M a t h F e s t . H e n r y

Gould ( '05) read "Mathemati-

cal Biology Curriculum De-

v e l o p m e n t " a n d A n d r e w

Wells ( '05) read his "Count-

ing Symmet r i c Matr ices of

R a n k O n e and T w o . "

Homecoming Voting online

Students can now vote for

the top 15 Homecoming rep-

resentatives on Knowhope.

Nominations are also being

held for "Favor i te Facul ty

Member." Homecoming fes-

tivities will include a Hoe-

down. the 27th annual Run-

B i k e - S w i m - W a l k event , a

parade, a home football game

and the Homecoming Ball.

HOUSE MAKEOVER TIME

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AMCHOR PHOTO BY ERIN L HOTTA

Campus ministries staff and Hope students performed a song and dance number about their yard work project as they served on Saturday morning. Students worked in 2-hour shifts, improving areas on 15th and 17th Streets.

Campus ministries teams with Jubilee to rejuvenate community

The Extreme House Makeover, held

this past Saturday, was sponsored by Ju-

bilee Ministries, a local Christian out-

reach program.

C a m p u s m i n i s t r i e s p r o m o t e d the

project in chapel and the Gathering for

s eve ra l w e e k s , but w e r e s t i l l o v e r -

whelmed by the 200 students who turned

out to help improve a house for low-in-

come families on 15th Street, as well as

businesses on 17ih Street.

The large turnout has spurred the min-

istries t eam to begin a new p rog ram

cal led "Tuesday : Every hou r on the

hour," which will feature service projects

for students all day long, every week.

CIS focuses on desegregation, equality

Linda, Cheryl to visi t Sept.

Brown 28, 29.

Nick Engel STAFF REPORTER

On Sept. 28 and 29,

Hope College holds its

annua l Cri t ica l I ssues

Sympos ium, chal leng-

ing the campus to think

a b o u t i m p o r t a n t and som-c t imcrmgh ty c o n -

troversial topics.

Th i s y e a r ' s s y m p o -

sium is entitled "Race

and Oppor tuni ty : Ech-

oes of 'Brown v. Board of Educat ion. '" It

marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme

Court ruling that out lawed segregation in

public schools and accelerated Amer ica ' s

ascent to a more integrated society.

The program will focus on the history of

"Brown v. Board" and the factors leading up

to the landmark decision. It will also look at

and what the country, and Holland. Michi-

gan, still needs to do. in order to overcome

segregation. "We have to set a historical background.

but I don ' t want us to dwell 50 years ago

either." said Alf redo Gonzales, Assistant

Provost and chair for the CIS committee.

"The Critical Issues Symposium needs to

deal with contemporary issues relating to

this landmark case. I think we 've asked our

speakers to d o that." Gonzales said. He also

expressed his belief that the speakers cho-

striking that balance. v

For 23 years. Hope College has cancelled

a day of c l a s ses to al low s tudents and

more SYMPOSIUM on 2

Pull teams begin intensive training Amanda Zoratti STAFF REPORTER

The 107,h Annual Pull is sched-

uled for Oct . 2 at 3 p.m., and train-

ing is in full swing on campus.

T h e e v e n - y e a r a n d o d d - y e a r

teams each consist of 36 members

apiece; 18 male pullers and 18 fe-

male moralers. . Over its history, the Pull has

lasted an average of three hours,

with the longest Pull running nearly

four in 1977. In 1978, judges es-

tablished a 3-hour lime limit, which

still stands today. The shortest Pull,

held in 1956, was a mere 2 minutes

and 40 seconds.

The tradition is the oldest event

in any college history. T h e first

known mention of the Pull comes

from the November 1898 edition ot

the Anchor, where a small box reads

"Come out and see the tug-of-war

between the Sophomores and the

A's and Freshmen."

This smal l announcement esca-

lated to today's Pull tradition, even-

year students versus odd-, where

the juniors coach the freshmen and

the seniors coach the sophomores.

"Even year rocks." said Haleigh

Heneve ld ( ' 0 8 ) . " I ' v e l ived in

Zeeland my entire life and gone to

the Pull many times, and just al-

ways wanted to be a morale girl."

Moralers have the job of making

the ca l l s and chan t s as well as

cheering the team on.

"They leach us to yell like men,"

said Melissa Murray (*08), about

being a moraler. "We just need to keep them mo-

A / f O H O f f PHOTO BY AMANDA ZOBATTI

The '07 pull team prepares for practice each day by carrying their rope to the practice pits.

livated while they work out." added

Elise Nelson ( '08).

The event takes place in pits on

opposite sides of the Black River.

The pullers can't see the olher team

or the river, so the moralers act as

the eyes for the team, calling out

orders and strategies f rom above

the pit. " I t ' s an a w e s o m e e x p e r i e n c e

where you bond with other fresh-

men and truly represent your class.

I t ' s brutal, but it 's awesome, be-

cause you test your mental strength

and how hard you can push your-

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%VncKor C A M P U S BEAT September 22, 2004

Chapel for faculty is new Crossroads project Sean Daenzer PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

"The Crossroads Projccl" is a name heard

frequently on campus. The relalively young

program, which began in the fall of 2003 and

is funded by a grant f rom ihc Lilly Endow-

ment, has now taken on a new project that

focuses on Hope faculty.

On Thursdays, the Crossroads Prqjcct and

Hope professors are coming together for a

new worship service.

•There was a wish for faculty to worship

regu la r ly" said David Cunningham, direc-

tor of Crossroads. "Chapel is focused toward

s tudents . . .and faculty need their own space

Chapel is focused toward students...and faculty need their own space (to worship).

—David Cunningham, director of Crossroads

wmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

(to worship)."

Cunningham explained that Hope profes-

sors aren ' t just looking for different style, but

also have different issues, and relate to the

college differently than students do.

"In the past, the annual commemorat ive

service for September 1 Ith has offered a dif-

ferent style of worship, and included more

traditional Hymnody," Cunningham said.

"While some people who were accustomed

SYMPOSIUM from 1

to the typical chapel service

found it less attention grabbing,

many faculty were pleased."

Cunningham also ci tes the

success of last year ' s Choral

Evensong, which was held at

Mulder Chapel with the aid of

B r a d R i c h m o n d a n d H u w

Lewis, professors of music, as

an encouraging indicator that

there existed a "real interest,

not j u s t a f e w s c a t t e r e d

people". Following a letter to die President at the

end of the Spring 2004 semester, the idea for

the faculty service was approved by

the adminisiration. A commit tee was appointed to

make the idea a reality. It was com-

posed of interested faculty mem-

bers, including Sander de Haan,

chair of the DMCL, Lynn Japinga,

professor of religion, George Kraft,

professor of kinesiology, Caroline

Simon, p rofessor of philosophy,

and Richmond and Lewis.

"(The services) will provide opportunity

to meet in a small group context and make it

part of our workweek to come together for

worship," said Deirdre Johnston, professor

of communicat ions.

Cunningham considers the program to fit

perfectly with the goal of Crossroads, which

explores the intersection of theology and vo-

cation. both on and off campus.

David Cunningham

A series of seminars at

Baylor University had a big

influence on the concept for

the f a c u l t y s e r v i c e s .

Cunningham drew upon the

ideas of David Lyle Jeffrey,

Baylor's provost, who spoke

about the facul ty ' s role in

s h a p i n g Chr i s t i an h i g h e r

education.

T h e 30 - to 4 0 - m i n u l e

Thursday services are orga-

nized by faculty. They are

geared towards issues and concerns that af-

fect faculty; however everyone, including

students, is invited. A number of different

worship styles will be represented.

The services will be held in either the or-

gan studio in Nykerk or the Mulder chapel

at Western Theological Seminary, alternat-

ing between 11 a.m. and 4; 15 p.m., respec-

tively. "It is my hope that it will encourage fac-

ulty to see themselves as a worshipping com-

munity of sorts," Cunningham said. T h e tor-

mat and content of the services are entirely

up to the presenters.

Lewis and Richmond have agreed to as-

sist in providing music for the services. They

plan on also allowing students from the mu-

sic department to be involved in special mu-

sic on occasion. The Hope College Chapel Choir has al-

ready sung at the first of three services al-

ready conducted, which followed the basic

form of Event ide, and was led by David

Cunningham. The second was the 9/11 memorial service,

which featured psalm and other scriptural

readings, prayers and hymn singing, accom-

panied by Huw Lewis on the organ. T h e

memorial also featured a poem on "The Ma-

terialism of Angels" by Jack Ridl. professor

of English. Last week 's service was organized by a

group of Catholic faculty, and was based on

the spirituality of St. Francis.

"St. Francis lived in an anxious lime, and

wrote to people in an anxious t ime," said

Maura Reynolds, director of acadmic advis-

ing. She sees the faculty services as an alter-

nate opportunity for some. "We ' r e all busy people," Reynolds said.

She noted that, like St. Francis, we all are

living out vocation right where we are, "even

if i t ' s at 4:15 on a Thursday af ternoon." It is

hoped that the alternating t imes will allow

more faculty to attend the services.

Services for this semester have already

been planned. Johnston and her husband Dr.

James Dumerauf will lead tomorrow's fac-

ulty service at 11 a.m. in Nykerk 113. It will

focus on the subject "Nobody 's Perfect ," and

will address the range of personality styles

created in God ' s image.

On Sept. 30. the service will be lead by de

Haan. and for the service on Oct. 7. George

and Roberta Kraft will take the lead, focus-

ing on the music and hymns of Cha r l e s

Wesley.

faculty the opportunity to discuss,

reflect on and hear differing view-

po in t s about a topic that ref lects

current trends and changing times.

In years past the symposium fo-

T i v i n g

on the Internet." and "What Future

is in our Genes: Freedom from from

Disease, Good investment . Manu-

factured Humans?"

Though the subjects were differ-

ent. they united the entire campus

for a s ingle day in the c o m m o n

cause of deepening students ' col-

lecuve understanding of the issues

in focus. This year 's program prom-

ises to do the same.

" W e chose " B r o w n v. B o a r d "

because it was begging to be fo-

cused upon," said Fred Johnson,

professor of history and CIS com-

mittee member.

" I t ' s been 50 years. Here we are,

at a midcentury point, and for many

people it is plain and obvious that

the goals of "Brown v. Board" have

not been achieved. In 2004, (the

committee) felt it appropriate to ask

ourselves, i n America, in Michi-

gan. in Hope College, are we still

separate, and if we are, how equal

are w e ? " ' Johnson said.

' T h e issue in our current culture

is that every person needs a safety

zone, and it's easier for minorities

and all people to create their safety

zone with members of their own

race," said Emily Hunt ( '07).

"We are taught early on an innate

sense of stereotypes. I would defi-

nitely say that there's still racism,"

Hunt said.

However, some students believe

that we are making great strides

towards an integrated society, in

America and at Hope.

"Lately Hope has been working

on diversity," said Shova KC ( '07) ,

a former Phelps Scholar and inter-

national student.

money on students of color. They

held a visitation day...and I see a

lot of people here now that I saw

on the visitation day. A lot of lib-

eral arts schools are more diverse

lhan Hone is. h n j H p o e is wnrkinff its way towards that.

"There are areas in our commu-

nity where people are warned not

to go because of stereotypes. Those

perceptions and biases are as alive

today as in 1954, in 1854," Johnson

said.

"But even so, America has made

significant progress. 'Brown v.

Board' was one of those progres-

s i v e l i g h t n i n g - b o l t s s p l i t t i n g

through history. In one moment ,

America got real with itself. It was

like an airplane that broke the sound

barrier, shattering the glass of the

o ld w a y s in prepara t ion for the

new."

T h e r e wi l l b e t h r e e k e y n o t e

speakers during the two-day sym-

posium. along with several other

speakers, including Hope College

facul ty , w h o will cha l l enge the

campus to view the issue of race in

terms of subjects as diverse as po-

litical sc ience , communica t i ons ,

and biology.

The first keynote speaker is Rev.

Peter G o m e s , a Baptist minister

w h o has lec tured extens ively in

America and Great Britain.

G o m e s has published two best-

selling books, seven volumes of

sermons, numerous papers and ar-

ticles, and has studied extensively

the issue of race, even devoting an

ent i re chap te r in his bes t - se l le r

" T h e G o o d Book: R e a d i n g the

Bible with Mind and Heart" to bib-

lical interpretations of race.

T h e second and third keynote

speakers are none other than Cheryl

and Linda Brown, two of the three

children of Rev. Oliver Brown, of

"Brown v. Board."

The Browns will present memo-

9 a.m.

10 a.m.

I p.m.

by s e g r e g a t i o n a n d

their father 's struggle

to overturn the sepa-

rate-but-equal rul ing

in the courts. L i n d a ' s ch i ldhood

w a s e s p e c i a l l y im-

pacted by segregation.

Bar red f r o m an a l l -

w h i t e pub l i c s choo l

four blocks away from

her home, Linda had

to walk seven blocks

and then ride a bus five

miles to a school des-

ignated for black chil-

dren.

This spurred Oliver

B r o w n to j o i n t h e

N A A C P in t a k i n g

separale-but-equal to

the courts. By the time

the case reached the

S u p r e m e C o u r t ,

Brown was the figure-

head fo r near ly 200

plaintiffs.

C a t h e r i n e

B e n a m o u , w h o

leaches in the Film and

V i d e o S t u d i e s p r o -

gram at the University

of Michigan, will be

c o m m e n t i n g on an -

other ruling thai opposed segrega-

tion. "Mendez v. Westminster" pre-

dated "Brown v. Board" and ended

l ega l s e g r e g a t i o n o f M e x i c a n

Amer icans in Ca l i fomian public

schools.

Other speakers include Christian

Dark, professor at Howard Univer-

sity of Law, Steven Spencer, asso-

ciate professor of psychology at the

Universi ty of Waterloo, and Or-

lando Taylor, vice-provost for re-

search at Howard University. Hope

College faculty who will be pre-

senting during the Symposium in-

clude Chris Barney, professor of bi-

ology, and Johnson. More infor-

CIS Schedule Tuesday, Sept 28 7 p.m. Keynote Address - 'Reflections of a Race Man'

The Rev. Peter Gomes, Dimnent Chapel

Wednesday, Sept. 29

2:15 p.m.

Keynote Address - 'Beyond the Headlines: Personal Reflec

tions on Brown v. Board of Education' Cheryl and Linda Brown, Dimnent Chapel

Breakout Sessions 6Brown to Birmingham: A Personal Odyssey into Science9

Shirley Malcolm, Maas Auditorium

'Working as a Change Agent Within the Community: Becom ing a Flea for Justicey

Okianer Christian Dark, Wichers Auditor ium (Nykerk)

Topic TBA

Rev. Gomes, Location T B A

Breakout Sessions

'Numbers Ain V Enough: The Significance of Diversity in What and How We Teach*

Orlando Taylor, Winants Auditorium (Graves Hall)

'Questions and Answers with Cheryl Brown, Hope Students, and Hope Faculty*

Cheryl Brown an d panel, Maas Auditor ium

'Mendez v. Westminster: An Ethnic Studies Perspective on Its Cultural and Political Significance9

Catherine Benamou, Wichers Auditorium (Nykerk)

Department-Sponsored Sessions

PULL from 1

"Last year they spent a lot of ries of a childhood overshadowed mation can be found on Knowhope.

self ," said Ashley Joseph ( '08) . J

There are only four years when

the Pull was not held. Due to the

war, ihe event w a s cancel led in

I9 I8 , 1943, and 1944. It was also

cancelled in 1957 due to a flu epi-

demic. Sophomores have won the

competition 58 limes; the freshmen

trail at 29. The Pullers were un-

available for comment , c la iming

they did not want to give away

strategies.

The Pull is won in the same fash-

ion as any tug of war game: the

team with the most rope at the end

is the winner. However, detennin-

ing the winner is not always this

easy.

Il is possible for both teams to

gain rope during the competition,

because the rope stretches. In this

case, the winner is determined by

which side gained more rope.

There are also 4 years where the

event ended in a lie: I916, 1926.

1952, and 1977. The 1926 team

settled the matter in a game of bas-

ketball, where the sophomores tri-

umphed. and the rest were left un-

resolved.

It is also possible for the rope to

break, as it did in 1974. In this case,

a new rope must be found and the

event is rescheduled.

September 22, 2004 A R T S or

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Trio of musicians jazz up Hope's campus

Critically acclaimed MSU jazz professors to perform for the campus community

Andrea Vandenburgh STAFF REPORTER

At 7 p.m. on Saturday in Wichcrs

Auditorium, the Music Department

will feature j a zz music ians Fred

Hersch. Gene Bertoncini and Tom

K n i f i c , t h r e e p r o f e s s o r s f r o m

Western Michigan University, in a

special jazz performance.

P i a n i s t F r ed H e r s c h is an

i n n o v a t i v e f o r c e in the j a z z

community , having received two

Grammy nominations for Best Jazz

Instrumental Performance. He has

recorded 20 a l b u m s as e i ther a

so lo is t or a band leade r , c o - l e d

another 20 sessions and appeared

as a s ideman or featured soloist on

s o m e 8 0 fu r t he r r e c o r d i n g s . A

native of Cinncinnati . Hersch has

been playing the piano since he was

4 y e a r s o l d . A f t e r s t u d y i n g at

B o s t o n ' s N e w E n g l a n d

Conservatory, he headed to New

York C i ty , w h e r e he q u i c k l y

became most one of the most in-

demand pianists in town.

H e r s c h has a l s o a c t e d a s a

passionate spokesman and fund-

r a i s e r fo r A I D S s e r v i c e s a n d

e d u c a t i o n a g e n c i e s , a c a u s e to

which he is e spec i a l l y d e v o t e d

given his own 17-yeiir struggle with

HIV. In fact. Hersch feels that his

health has put a premium on the

time he has to grow as an artist. He

takes nothing for granted.

Gu i t a r i s t G e n e Ber tonc in i is

r e c o g n i z e d w o r l d w i d e fo r h i s

e c l e c t i c p e r f o r m a n c e s . He has

firmly established himself as one of

the mos t e loquent and versat i le

masters of the guitar. With elegance

and e a s e , h e b r i d g e s the j a z z ,

c l a s s i ca l , pop . and bossa nova

s t y l e s , i n t e g r a t i n g h i s o w n

s p o n t a n e o u s and t a s t e f u l

improvisations along the way. He

has p e r f o r m e d regular ly on the

Merv Griff in and Johnny Carson

shows and has been one of the most

p r o l i f i c a n d p o p u l a r s t u d i o

m u s i c i a n s in N e w York C i t y .

Bertoncini has twice been named

jazz guitarist of the year in Brazil

and by JAZZIZ magazine.

B a s s i s t T o m K n i f i c is a l s o

r e c o g n i z e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y ,

although much of his best work has

b e e n d o n e h e r e in M i c h i g a n

c lass rooms . He has appeared at

chamber music festivals throughout

North America and Europe.

Knific is professor of double bass

and director of the Jazz Studies

P r o g r a m at Wes te rn M i c h i g a n

Universi ty, which has p roduced

more Down Beat Magazine Student

M u s i c Award winne r s than any

other school for most of the last

decade. Knific has also taught at the

I n t e r l o c h e n A r t s A c a d e m y ,

Michigan State University, and the

Cleveland Institute of Music, and

has presented more than 100 master

classes worldwide.

T h e p u b l i c is i n v i t e d to the

concert and admission is free.

Guitarist Gene Bertoncini (top left), Bassist Tom Knific (top right), and Pianist Fred Hersch (left) will perform for Hope students on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium.

"Golden Ladder" starts off year

of Hope Theatre Productions "Golden Ladder" will be followed by "Candide" as Hope students rehearse for the start of 2004-2005 theatre season.

Jenny Cencer SPOTLIGHT EDITOR

T h e Hope Col lege Theatre Depar tment

w i l l b e o p e n i n g i t s fa l l s e a s o n w i th

p e r f o r m a n c e s of T h e Go lden Ladder, by

Donna Spector October 6 -9 and 13-16 in the

Studio Theatre located in the basement of

DeWitt. The Golden Ladder is a collaboration of

comedy and drama that partially reflects the

experiences of Donna Spector ' s childhood

a n d t e e n a g e y e a r s . H e r s e m i -

autobiographical production is described as

an "exp lora t ion of the d i f f i cu l t i e s many

people exper ience when they come f r o m

f a m i l i e s t o rn by r e l i g i o u s a n d e t h n i c

differences" (The Harbor Theatre).

For in s t ance , the cha rac t e r Ca the r ine

f r a n k l y na r r a t e s s cenes c o n c e r n i n g he r

childhood and adolescence to the audience

which are acted out by her family and friends.

Time seems to fast forward and rewind as

she moves back and forth in her subconscious

memory between 1943 and 1980.

A s C a t h e r i n e h a s b e e n r a i s e d a s a

Presbyterian by her anti-Semitic mother and

influenced by her father, a "Jewish atheist"

she is confronted with conflicting faiths and

even becomes concerned that her father will

go to hell for his beliefs, or lack thereof.

C a t h e r i n e ' s f r i e n d M a r y , a p r a c t i c i n g

Catholic, contributes to her confusion when

she d e c l a r e s that all J e w i s h g i r l s have

e x c e s s i v e h o r m o n e s . Reca l l i ng M a r y s

s ta tement , Cather ine is posi t ive that her

sexual destiny is with her knew acquaintance,

Aaron Feldman. At the tender age of 14,

however, the two young teens realize that

they must s imply r ema in c lose f r i ends .

Cather ine then impulsively breaks off the relationship in accordance with her parents wishes. Desperately searching for where sTre

belongs Catherine begins to worship as a

Presbyterian, then attends Catholic mass, and

f i n a l l y she a t t e m p t s C h r i s t i a n

Fundamentalism. Each religious choice fails,

h o w e v e r , to s a t i s f y her b e c a u s e she is

motivated by the wrong reasons. She realizes

that she is simply searching for an answer in

unstable love relationships and various faiths.

Ultimately Catherine grasps the fact that she

must discern her own life and beliefs herself.

In the Hope production this fall, Catherine

will be played by Kat Ramsey 06, Mary will

be Kate FinkbeinerO?, Caitelen C.Anderson

07 will be Carole, Adam S. Carpenter07 will

be Aaron, and Jocelyn Vammer 08 will be a

Hotel Clerk. F o l l o w i n g the p e r f o r m a n c e s of ' T h e

Golden Ladder," the Theatre Department will

be presenting "Candide," written by Voltaire.

The production will open November 19* and

20 ,h as well as December 8-11 on DeWitt

Theatre 's Main Stage. Contact the DeWitt Theatre ticket off ice

at (616) 395-7890 for additional information.

Independent musician Elodie Lauten performs for Hope E o s t m i n i m a i i s t c o m n o s f i r

JXecpcle

the

Anchor

and songwriter will also work with music students while on campus

Jordan Wolfson A R T S EDITOR

Independent composer and producer

Elodie Lauten will be performing for the

Hope Col lege communi ty at 7 p.m. on

Friday in Wichers Auditorium.

Born in Paris in 1950, Lauten studied

piano at the Paris Conservatory at age 7.

At 12. she wrote her first composition. She

a p p l i e d and w a s a c c e p t e d to the

prestigious Institut d 'Etudes Politiques at

age 18, because her uncle wanted her to

get a p r a c t i c a l e d u c a t i o n . A f t e r he r

graduation, she received an opportunity at

the Musee d 'a r t M o d e m e to compose and

pe r fo rm music for a play by Dashiel l

Hedayat. It was a rousing success, and

after this she decided to devote her life to

music. Lauten traveled to New York, where

she became fr iends with the poet Allen

Ginsberg, who would change the course

of her musical career simply by buying

he r a F a r f i s a o r g a n . T h i s led her to

e x p e r i m e n t with how music cou ld be

expressed electronically. In 1986 Lauten

received a Master of Arts in Electronic

Composit ion from New York University.

"A seminal figure ... one of the leading

post m i n i m a l c o m p o s e r s , " sa id T h e

EloWeLaut'en's^ work extracts order from chaos

-The New York Times

Musician Elodie Lauten

Village Voice online. L a u t e n ' s w o r k s i n c l u d e c h a m b e r

music, songs, dance music, multimedia

operas, soundtracks and music for the

Tr ine , a lyre w h i c h Lauten des igned

h e r s e l f , w h i c h p r o d u c e s m i c r o t o n a l

music. Over the past 30 years, Lauten has

released 18 albums under 10 labels. She

i s w e l l - k n o w n fo r he r w o r k in pos t -

m i n i m a l i s m . Her m o s t recen t w o r k ,

entitled "Waking in New York City, a

portrait of Allen Ginsberg," reveals the

late poet 's work in a new light.

"Elodie Lauten ' s work extracts order

f rom chaos," said the New York Times.

While Lauten is here at Hope, she will

be working with students in the music

d e p a r t m e n t as wel l as l ec tu r ing and

presenting in other music classes. This

p e r f o r m a n c e wi l l i nc lude the wor ld

p r e m i e r e of s e v e r a l of her w o r k s ,

including a contrabass solo titled "The

Four Pillars of Common Sense." and a trio

fo r v io l in , c e l l o , and p i a n o en t i t l ed

"T .E .VB." W i c h e r s A u d i t o r i u m is l oca t ed in

Nykerk Hall on H o p e ' s campus . T h e

publ ic is invited to this concer t , and

admission is free.

% \ r L c h o r F E A T U R E S September 22/ 2004

CAMPUS

AND BEYOND OUR NATION S P O T L I G H T

Caroline Coleman STAFF REPORTER

Jenny Cencer Spotlight Editor

Ok, so this is another religion talk, but it 's

not one that will indoctrinate or be a guilt-

provoking social lesson. Seeing as religion

is such a prevalent and divisive factor in the

current campaign for the presidency, it begs

to be investigated in everyday l ife. Fully

aware of the implications the nation places

on culture, former President Abraham Lin-

coln said, "A house divided cannot stand."

Neither can Hope College. Since Hope is culturally and historically a

Christian college, it 's intriguing to explore

the different rel igions represented on this

campus—how they are perceived, how the

Chr is t ian presence on c a m p u s pe rce ives

them, and on what grounds the College con-

siders itself Christ ian enough to confront

Challenging the acceptance of religions on campus from a Christian perspective

such a topic. By avoiding legalistic rules and mandatory

religious services, Hope draws in people of

other organized faiths and dogmas.Students

attend Hope f rom beyond international bor-

ders, representing a variety of countries and

cultures. However, one wonders what religious prin-

ciples our communi ty s tands for besides

social justice alone. For instance, the college continues to use

the slogan ' l ibera l arts within the context of

the historic Christian faith." This, however,

is perceived differently by every student and

faculty member on campus, including Chris-

tians. Many have no problem participating in

activities that are not considered Christian.

In addition, the Scriptures of the Bible are

not necessarily declared in the classroom as

the Word of God. Other than the observant

fact that Hope is a dry campus, there do not

seem to be many moral guidelines that spe-

cifically set it apart f rom non-Christian af-

filiated college. Therefore, does the word

"Christ ian" in the campus ' sense, automati-

cally mean that our college is undisputedly

more moral than other colleges?

Students truly appear to be very active

participants in the numerous Chapel program

missions, where the teachings of Jesus Christ

seem to be revered great ly and divers i ty

ce lebra ted .Chr i s t ' s message to love your

neighbor as yourself especially plays a large

role when students interact with the commu-

nities they visit.

Somet imes Christians on campus, how-

ever, may see people of other religions and

cultures as evangelistic opportunities. Oth-

ers may simply acknowledge their faiths and

homelands as foreign and hard to relate to.

When asked how she felt about people of

other religions on campus. Christine Renter

*07 said, " I 'm kind of disappointed that there

aren ' t many non-Christian students on cam-

pus to get to know—diversi ty is important."

Concerning a professor of a different reli-

gion, Erin Hawkinson '07 said. "I don ' t be-

lieve what my professor believes, but I know

i t ' s good for me to be challenged in this way."

Many students and faculty are challeng-

ing their acceptance of other beliefs repre-

sented on campus. They are respectful of and

genuinely interested in others ' faith culture,

but lack of knowledge of foreign concepts,

can also cause someone to just not under-

stand.

Acceptance through comprehension and understanding Christianity is the world 's larg-

est religion and represents the ma-

jority of students on campus ' affili-

ation.. The world 's second largest reli-

gion, Islam, was founded by the

p rophe t M o h a m m e d in seven th

century Arabia.He is believed to

have received the Quran f rom God.

. . . J a ' a p b U i f a t e

who submits to God ."

P r a c t i c i n g M u s l i m s p r a y in

mosques, led by an imam. There are

approximately 6 million Musl ims

in the United States and over 1.3

billion worldwide.

The Quran emphasizes the unity

of one God and Islam is believed

to solidify the final revelation of

G o d to h u m a n i t y , c h a n n e l e d

through Mohammed.

The renowned Five Pillars of Is-

lam focus on faith, prayer five times

per day, alms giving or zakat, pil-

grimage or hajj and fasting during

the period of Ramadan.

No Musl ims are obligated to fol-

low a certain style of dress, how-

ever, some Muslim women don a

veil which covers everything but

others wear no veil at all.

The world 's third largest religion

is Hinduism and represents India 's

religious and cultural system. There

are approximately 900 million Hin-

dus in the wor ld and 1 ,285.000

pract ic ing Hindus in the United

Slates alone.

Re fe r r ed to as the S a n a t a n a

Dharma, or "eternal religion," Hin-

duism honors a broad spectrum of

p h i l o s o p h i e s and s u p p o r t s f o u r

dominant denominations which are

essentially independent rel igions

sharing select common beliefs.

Most sects of Hinduism honor

the divini ty of the w o r l d ' s most

ancient scripture, the Vedas.

Hindus are mono-theistic, sup-

porting the belief of an all-perva-

sive God, however, also suggesting

that diving beinas exist in unseen r ea lms . C o m m u n i o n w i th these

gods can be gained through wor-

ship and rituals.

Hindus also support the law of

kharma, where each person creates

his own dest iny by his thought ,

word, and deed.Until all kharmas

are resolved, the soul will reincar-

nate.

Hinduism decrees that all life is

sacred and that no particular reli-

gion can provide the only way to

salvation.

Many Hindu women wear long,

wrapping silk gowns call saris. An

adornment, worn on the forehead

is known as a bindi. Some men,

especially f rom the northern region

of India, choose to wear turbans.

As the fourth-largest rel igion.

B u d d h i s m w a s i n i t i a t e d by

Gau t ama Siddhar tha around 525

B .C.E . in India . K n o w n as "the Buddha" it is said that he received

enlightenment through meditation.

A p p r o x i m a t e l y 3 6 0 m i l l i o n

people practice Buddhism around

the world.

Buddhists are nontheistic, mean-

ing they do not believe in an om-

nipotent or personal God. A collec-

tion of Buddha 's teachings called

the Tripitaka as well as Sutras are

studied as sacred texts.

Buddhists also believe in laws of

karma and seek enlightenment from

the cycle of rebirth, which is attrib-

uted to personal desire and attach-

ment to oneself.

B u d d h i s t m o n k s o f t e n a re

clothed in saffron robes and typi-

cally shave their heads.

Sikhism is the fifth largest reli-

gion in the world and the majority

of 23 million believers live in In-

dia. In P u n j a b i , the word S ikh is

translated as "disciple".

Sikhism was founded by Guru

Nanak Dev who was b o m in 1469

and raised in a Hindu family in In-

dia. To begin his first sermon, Dev

said. "There is no Hindu, there is

no Musl im," to the outrage of local

religions.

Followers of Sikhism worship in

t emples and honor sacred texts

completed by Guru Gobind Singh,

the ninth teacher following Dev.

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Mawiage L u b b e r s W 7 10 p.m.

Adopt a blodS Ministry teams

Serving Holland commmfty

Contact lofm Dmee ati omee@fiope.edM to get involved

Diversity Film Series September 23 and 30

7:30 p.m. Rosa Parks Circle

Grand Rapids

Life Retrgat

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Destination: unknown!

Sponsored by the off ice of Mul t icu l tu ra l L i fe and the of f ice of the Provost

€€ Searching the Sacred" Lecture Thursday September 30

Miguel De La Torre, of the Religion Department: presents a discussion of one of his newest books: "Santeria- The beliefs and rituals of a growing religion in America"

S e p t e m b e r 22r 2004 F E A T U R E S I k ^Anchor

Bush Vs. Kerry: The presidential debate E L E C T I O N Bush says he believes in a better America Bush believes in...

Erin L'Hotta INFOCUS EDITOR

" A s i r o n g c r A m e r i c a ! " T h e

crowd d ice red. ^A belter America!"

T h e c r o w d s c r c a m e d . "A sa fe r

America!" The crowd wepl.

In a r e c e n t c a m p a i g n s l o p ,

George W. Bush walked onto the

wooden stage in Blaine. Minn. He

smiled and waited for the cheers to

cease. Then he explained his plan

fo r a s t ronger , be t te r and s a f e r

America if he is re-elected presi-

dent this November.

B u s h e m p h a s i z e d a b e t t e r

e c o n o m y . Wi th in the past f o u r

years, America experienced a stock

market slump, a corporate scandal

and a fatal terrorist attack. The Sept

11, 2001, attacks cost America a

loss of 1 mi l l ion j o b s in three

m o n t h s . S i n c e this m i s f o r t u n e .

Bush has worked to recover the

economy through instituting per-

manent tax cuts, including the re-

duction in the marriage penalty, the

doubling of the child tax credit, the

phase-out of the death lax, and the

increase in small business expens-

ing. Bush also plans to reduce income

taxes. According to the Treasury

Department, 111 million families

will receive an average tax cut of

$1,586 this year. Forty-nine million

married couples will have an aver-

age lax cut of $2,602. Families with

chi ldren, elderly individuals and

small business owners will also re-

ceive a tax cut of a couple thousand

Christiana Hug BUSINESS MANAGER

dollars. Bush said lhal ihese lax cuts

will increase the avai labi l i ty of

higher paying jobs. Thus, the un-

employment rale of 5.4 percent will

continue to decrease.

Bush noted that "Bush bashers"

associate our poor cconomy with

America ' s involvement in Iraq. In

response, BusH stressed that the war

in Iraq is necessary and that il is

crucial for America 10 defend and

promote peace across the world. He

explained that he chose for America

to go to w a r with Iraq because

A m e r i c a w a s n o t s a f e un t i l

S a d d a m s w e a p o n s of

mass destruciion or capa-

bility to create them were

removed. Bush said he

believes that Iraq is on its

way to becoming a peace-

ful nation. Bush promised

America lhal U.S. troops

would gradually pull out of Iraq and

transfer power to the Iraqi people.

After Bush spoke about peace in

the Middle East , he focused on

health care, a growing problem in

America. Bush promised to solve

this need by focus ing on a new

health care program for small busi-

ness owners. Fifty percent of unin-

sured Amer icans work for small

businesses. "Pool r isking" would

allow small businesses to purchase

insurance at the same discount as

large business owners. This will al-

low them to be protected under fed-

eral law. Bush also mentioned es-

tablishing health savings accounts.

With a hea l th sav ings a c c o u n t .

health care will remain stable no

matter what the job change. This

account also has a family plan that

a l lows health care to be passed

down through generations.

Bush also hoped to increase the

number of community health cen-

ters across the nation. His goal is

to have one health center in every

poor county in America.

Since Bush look office, there has

been a 49 percent increase in fed-

eral spending on education. To im-

prove America ' s education system.

Bush instituted a program called No

By remaining resolute and firm and strong, this world will be peaceful. —President Bush

Child Left Behind, that is designed

to help students achieve more.

T h e goal is that even s tudents

with academic disadvantages will

a c h i e v e a c a d e m i c p r o f i c i e n c y .

Teachers, parents and communi ty

m e m b e r s will b e c o m e more in-

volved in the students ' academic

p rogress by d i s t r ibu t ing annual

s ta te and schoo l d is t r ic t r epor t

cards. Students w h o d o n ' t make

academic progress will be given

f r ee t u t o r i n g . If a s choo l , a s a

who le , d o e s n ' t m a k e a c a d e m i c

progress after f ive years, dramatic

changes will be made in the way

it 's run.

Bush wrapped up his arguments

wilh a simple state-

ment.

"Our view of ihe

governmenl is that

government ought

to help people real-

ize the i r d r e a m s .

I 'm running against

a fe l low w h o be-

lieves that govern-

ment ought to dic-

tate to people. And

that 's a fundamen-

tal p h i l o s o p h i c a l

difference," Bush

said. "You 've got

to h a v e an un -

shakable faith in

ihe ability of lib-

erty to transform

the world for the

better. And by re-

main ing resolute

and f i r m a n d

strong, this world

will b e p e a c e f u l .

May God bless."

" A s t r o n g e r

A m e r i c a ! " T h e

crowd cheered. "A

b e t t e r A m e r i c a ! "

T h e c r o w d

screamed. ,4A safer

A m e r i c a ! " T h e

crowd wepl.

H e w a l k e d o f f

the wooden stage

of B la ine , M i n n .

He s m i l e d . T h e

c h e e r s d i d not

cease.

—Permanent tax cuts

-Increasing small business

expenses

—Maintaining troops

in Iraq

to stablize peace

—Health savings accounts

—No Child Left Behind

—Reduction in

marriage penalty

Kerry says he promises a better economy

Kerry believes in.

—Cutting taxes for

business corporations

—Improving homeland

security

—Extending health care

coverage

—Establishing a

National Education

Trust Fund

—Enacting a

Conservation Covenant

As E l e c t i o n D a y

d r a w s c loser , p res i -

d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e s

J o h n Ke r ry a n d

George W. Bush are

tour ing the coun t ry ,

explaining their plans

fo r the f o u r y e a r s

ahead, in an effort to

rally voters.

" I a m a b s o l u t e l y

taking the gloves off ,"

said Kerry, in a Sept.

15 interview wilh na-

tionally syndicated ra-

dio host Don Imus.

In r e g a r d s to the

economy, Kerry told

Imus. "We 've lost 1.6

million jobs. Bush is

ihe first president in

72 years to have lost

jobs . " The John Kerry and

John E d w a r d s c a m -

p a i g n w e b s i t e ,

www.johnkcrry .com,

said, "John Kerry and

John Edwards ' plan to

bu i ld a s t r o n g e r

e c o n o m y wi l l cut

t axes fo r bus inesses

that create jobs here in

A m e r i c a in s t ead of

m o v i n g t h e m o v e r -

seas . N i n e t y - e i g h t

percent of all Ameri-

cans and 99 percent of

American businesses

will get a lax cut un-

der the Kerry-Edwards plan. Kerry

will end corporate welfare as we

know it, roll back the Bush tax cuts

for the wealthiest Americans, and

impose a real cap to keep spending

in check." Terrorism and homeland security

are the focal points of this election.

Kerry told Imus, "I ' l l do a better

j o b o f m a k i n g A m e r i c a s a f e .

George Bush has talked a game, but

he hasn ' t done it."

A c c o r d i n g to

K e r r y ' s w e b s i t e at

www.johnkcrry.com.

points of ihe Kerry-

E d w a r d s homeland

security plan include

"Improving our abil-

ity to gather, analyze

and share in fo rma-

tion so we can irack down and stop terrorists before they

cause harm; taking strong measures

to harden likely targets—including

nuclear plants, trains, and subways-

against possible a t t a c k . a n d mak-

ing our airports, seaports, and bor-

ders more secure without intruding

upon personal liberties."

Addressing the issue of health

care, Kerry told Imus, "Bush hasn't

done anything about health care in

four years. Five million people

have lost their health care."

The campaign website says the

Kerry-Edwards plan for health care

will "cut family premiums by up to

$ 1 , 0 0 0 . . . ; give every Amer ican

access to the range of high-quality,

affordable plans available to mem-

bers of Congress and extend cov-

erage to 95 pcrcent of Americans,

including every American chi ld . .

fight to erase the health disparities

lhal persist along racial and eco-

nomic lines.. . ; and reduce prescrip-

tion drug prices by allowing the re-

impor ta t ion of sa fe prescr ipt ion

drugs f rom Canada , overhaul ing

the Medicare drug plan, ensuring

low-cost drugs, and ending arlifi-

We're going to fund edu-cation and not leave mil-lions of children behind every day. —John Kerry

cial barriers to generic drug com-

petition."

In an interview with Time maga-

zine, pub l i shed Sept . 12. Kerry

said, "We' re going to fund educa-

tion and not leave millions of chil-

dren behind every day." John Kerry ' s websile says his

plan for education includes "estab-

lishing a National Education Trust

Fund to ensure that schools always

get ihe funding they need, enact-

ing a new bargain that offers teach-

ers better training and belter pay in

troubled schools, offering 3.5 mil-

l ion a f t e r - s c h o o l o p p o r t u n i i i e s

through School's Open 'Til Six, and

offering a fully refundable College

Oppor tuni ty tax credi t on up to

$4,000 of tuition for every year of

college and offer aid to states that

keep tuitions down."

The Democrat ic campaign also

deals wilh the environment.

"They [the Bush administration]

have rolled back protections for the

quality of our air. They have low-

ered the standards and the regula-

tory requirements lhal have been in

place for over 25 years. It's dam-

aging not only to the environment,

it 's damaging to the health of our

kids who have asthma, to seniors

who have respirator)' problems. 1

think i t ' s an enormous issue," said

Edwards at an campaign in New

Mexico last month.

The campaign websile says the

Kerry-Edwards plan for the envi-

ronment "will revitalize contami-

nated industrial sites; get toxins out

of communities; guarantee our chil-

dren access to clean, safe parks and

baseball fields; and take on traffic

congestion and spawls; and enact a

C o n s e r v a t i o n C o v e n a n t w i t h

America to ensure balanced protec-

tion for our public lands and ad-

equate resources to enhance our

national parks."

Kerry also plans to "reverse the

B u s h - C h e n e y r o l l b a c k s to o u r

Clean Air Act; plug loopholes in the

law; take aggressive action to stop

acid rain; use innovative, job-cre-

aling programs to reduce mercury

emissions and other emissions that

contribute to global warming."

1]lAnchor O P I N I O N September 22/ 2004

Editor's voice

Martin Luther King Day could be just what Hope needs

While reading the Saturday Holland Sentinel this pasl weekend,

the Life & Style section caught my eye. Whal I found interesting was thai the section's first page, con-

sisting of two slories and a column, was completely devoted lo re-

ligion. Reading further, 1 look particular interest in an article dis-

cussing the rise of customized communion and the divisions that are now surfacing due lo some of ihe changes being made by indi-

vidual churches. As a Roman Catholic growing up with a Jewish father, I 've learned

a little bit about whal it's like lo iry lo combine two different faiths

into one. harmonious relationship. I have attended Catholic Mass, synagogue services. Bar Mitzvahs,

Baptisms and other Catholic and Jewish events for as long I can

remember. I celebrate both Catholic and Jewish holidays, not nec-

essarily because I believe everything about both of them, but I lake part in them because they are important lo my family and an impor-

tant part of my life. Bui it 's not always easy. Jusi like wilh any other difference of

opinion, there have been many misunderstandings within my fam-

ily regarding my parents ' faiths, from iheir marriage to the religion

of their children. Likewise, when I came lo Hope, I experienced another "differ-

ence of opinion." This time it was between myself and other (non-

Catholic) Christians, i found myself avoiding chapel services and not wanting to participate in my religion classes because every-

thing was so different f rom anything 1 had ever learned about my

faith. Many students didn't always take too kindly to the idea of being

Catholic either. There often seemed lo be an "us" and '"them" men-

taliiy when it came to discussing Calholic belief and I fell as if I

had to somehow prove myself worthy as a Christian. I particularly liked a statement made in Tom Schaefer ' s column

in the Sentinel: "Faith is not argumentative or confrontational. . . You

don ' t have lo prove your spiritual worth to God or your co-worker

(or friend, or professor)." Just because you're different from some-one docsn' l make you any better or any worse than that person.

This is a lot more difficult of a concept than one may think. Since my freshman year I have never been lo the Gathering and

I 've only been lo chapel about a handful of times per year. But

while 1 have found that this is not the path for me, I know that for many others, ii has brought them closer lo God and strenglhened

their faith immensely. Our beliefs and way we come to having

these beliefs may be different, bul in the end we ' re all human be-

ings just trying to have a lillle faith, one day at a lime.

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Your voice

Students clarify mistaken political affiliation in Anchor To the Editor:

In regards to your front-page pic-lure depicting protestors of George

W. Bush on Monday, Seplembcr

13, we would like to point out that

neither Glenn Lester nor Jordon Vandc Bunle is a Hope Democrat.

Yet your caption describes ihem as

such. It seems to be a gross over-sighl on your part to generalize that

anyone opposed lo Bush is a Demo-

crat. We are, in fact, merely con-

cerned citizens.

Jordan Vande Buntc ('05)

Glenn Lester ('05)

Food Waste Awareness Week encourages reflection To the Editor:

Do you ever ihink about hunger?

Excess? Need? Affluence? Pov-

erty? Wealth? Deficiency? Sur-plus? Lack? Extravagance? Scar-

city? Luxury ? Destitution? Short-age? Distribution? Stewardship?

Responsibility? I hope so. And I 'm hoping that

this week ' s event in Phelps will re-

mind you to do so. Food Waste Awareness Week is a student-initi-

aled effort wilh a few underlying

goals. Firsi, we hope to reduce the

amount of food that gets thrown away. As a general rule, students

lake more than they eat. In a Janu-

ary 2004 informal survey, students

told us that they consistently look

loo much food for a variety of rea-

s o n s i n c l u d i n g , " B e c a u s e i t ' s there," Because I see something,

grab it, and then see something 1

want more," and "Because 1 don ' t

know what I 'm going lo like." We

hope that a little bit of forethoughi

can reduce that excess. Our second and perhaps more

p e r v a s i v e goal is an increased awareness of the communi ty at

large. As students of Hope College eating in the dining halls on meal

plans, it 's easy to forget that the

world extends beyond us. I know, because I lived it. When I first be-

gan eating in the dining halls last

fall, I did whal most people do: I

saw food, look it, ate whal I wanted, and set the rest on the conveyor belt

lo disappear behind a wall, never

lo be seen again. It took the knowl-

edge of the Community Kitchen

right next lo campus to show me that a conveyor belt isn't really the

end of the line. T h e Communi ty Kitchen is a

joint ministry of Weslem Theologi-cal Seminary and Community Ac-

tion House where volunteers serve

approximately one hundred free meals each day. Local donors, in-

c luding area businesses , supply

food for this purpose. The manag-

ers and director of Phelps Dining

Hall, as one of many strategies for waste reduction, partner with the

Community Kitchen as one of those

donors. If, af ter their efforts lo

minimize waste, there is a surplus

of a food item that will be safe the following day, it is donated to the

Community Kitchen where it helps

feed a portion of the 11,000 people living in poverty in Ottawa Counly.

In other words, your awareness of what you will actually consume can

directly aid in meeting the needs of

people who live jus t down the

street. As recipients of bountiful re-

sources and as brothers and sisters

lo members of our community, we must take personal responsibility to

help. We can no longer conceptu-

alize poverty as a problem half a

world away when people are re-ceiving needed free meals a mere

two hundred yards from our dining

hall. Know that your decisions af-

fect the world in a significant way. If you open your eyes in the dining

hall, you may be surprised at whal

you see outside it. Now go ahead. Eat up.

Shea Tattle ('05)

New student Orientation not necessarily for everyone To the Editor:

I did not orientate. Perhaps I should repeal t ha t I

didn ' t orientate. My first weekend

at Hope started on Saturday, when

I arrived and moved my posses-

sions in: on Sunday, I allended my church 's festival and spent some

quality t ime with my soon-io-be-

emply-nesler parents: on Monday

evening I came back, and the next

day I went to class. It was perfectly

lovely. Now, I want lo make something

perfectly clear before I continue.

This is not a letter disparaging Ori-

entation. I greatly respect the amaz-

ing effort put forth by the students lo coordinate this massive event.

No, I am writing this because of

the r e sponse I go t , wh ich w a s

shocking to say the least. One af-

ter another on Saturday, ihe RA's & R D in my building acted as if 1

had missed my train. I could go to

DeWitl and catch up with them if I

wanted to, they said. They couldn't seem to comprehend 1 had not gone

to Orientation on purpose. Soon,

walking around campus became

like being in an interrogation room. People I knew (and some I didn't)

had to know why I was leisurely

surveying campus and was not with

my group. Weary of the endless

questioning, my family resorted to excuses: I had lo work (which was

true) and I wanted to go to my

church's festival (also true).

Well, for all you who asked,

here's the whole truth: I didn't ori-

entate because I d idn ' t want to.

Thai 's all there is lo i t I am con-vinced there are many like me on

campus: the shy ones. I am not a

social person, and doing four days of icebreakers was my idea of tor-

lure. For many it would be great,

bul not for me, and so I didn't do it.

Little did I realize this would be

such a huge deal! And, just for con-clusion, lei me say I am doing just

fine here, thank you. I have met

many friends wilh my passion for music, and 1 can confidently say

from talking to others who have

orientated that 1 wouldn't have met

any more meaningful friends had I orientated. I am happy, and 1 did il

my way.

Christopher Turhessi ('08)

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Campus Beat Editor

When I think about crtipircs,

I think of the Aztecs, the

Romans and that saying, ' T h e

sun never sets on the British

Empire."

The British were history's

last great conquerors. One by

one, though, their territories

gained independence, and

imperialism retreated to the

pages of history. Right?

Maybe not . . .

Today, the giant yellow

arches of McDonald 's litter

skylines around the world. The

world 's major economic

powers have set the rules of the

global marketplace. Institu-

tions controlled by the power-

ful, such as the International

Monetary Fund and the World

Bank, dictate policy to weaker

nations; they impose economic

and political conditions for

granting much-needed loans.

The differences between

national economies are

blurring, and power, in the

form of money, is being

consolidated in the hands of an

elite few.

Could all of this be imperial-

ism, of an economic nature?

What about the ideas that

permeate our world? It is

commonly assumed that

democracy is the only good

form of government and that

the rights we. as First World

citizens, consider essential

should apply to everyone.

Material wealth has become a

measure of status across the

Earth. Is this imperialism, of a

cultural nature?

Neocolonialism, some call it.

Others label it economic

progress. Call it what you will,

our world is homogenizing

and, to me, this process seems

suspiciously like a new form of

imperialism, of global eco-

nomic empire building by the

powerful , moneyed elite.

National identity and native

cultures arc being swept away

Imperialism in tides of capitalism and

progress. Everyone is buying into

our economic system - or being

bought out. National boundaries

are losing their importance;

globalism is all the rage.

But isn't this homogenization

dangerous? Diversity - of

cultures and voices, of ideas and

opinions - is an essential ingredi-

ent of a healthy society.

This is not to say that our

system of democratic free-market

capitalism is bad. It is the attitude

that our system is the only right

one and the indiscriminant

imposition of this system that

speak to me of imperialism and

its inherent dangers.

The IMF and the World Bank

are key players in this game of

economic imperialism. Both

institutions were created by the

Allies after their victory in World

War II to provide loans to

developing countries. Their

mission of providing simple loans

to member states has evolved to

the point that the IMF and W B

are now synonymous with

"structural adjustment programs."

These fancy words mean that

countries are required to adopt

certain economic policies, in

accordance with globalization and

free-market economics, in order

to receive loans. These policies

call for the privatization and

liberalization of markets (i.e. the

selling of government-owned

business and the dropping of

trade barriers such as tariffs and

quotas) and are erasing the

borderlines on world maps -

without the consent of the people

affected. These international economic

institutions are run in nondemo-

cratic ways. The voting power of

member nations is directly related

to their level of monetary

contribution. This leads to policy

dictation by rich countries,

including the United States,

which holds 18 percent of the

vote.

Another clue pointing

toward the imperialist nature

of structural adjustment is its

ineffectiveness at accomplish-

ing its supposed goal: ridding

the world of poverty.

These policies have been

applied across Latin American

and other areas of the world

with little success. They treat

only the symptoms of the

multidimensional disease that

is poverty and do little to get

at the root of the problem.

If these programs were to be

measured on a yardstick of

elYectiveness, it would be

determined that the time,

energy and money spent on

dictating and enforcing the

prescribed economic change is

being wasted. On the other

hand, when measured by their

effectiveness at extending the

sphere of influence of the

powerful and increasing he

level of dependency of the

weak, they pass with flying

colors.

What yardstick should we

be using? Does the world

need to be "colonized" by

capitalism to grow economi-

cally? These are fundamental

questions to consider. . .

Action of t h e Week: Fight

cultural homogenization -

value diversity by attending

the Critical Issues Symposium

next week.

M o r e i n f o r m a t i o n :

Visit http://

www.globalexchange. org/ campaigns/wbimf/ for more

information on the I M F and

World Bank, the harm their

policies are causing and what

is being done to promote

change.

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Grounded: Dutchmen can't tackle Tigers Balanced rushing attack stuns Dutch Chris Kirby STAFF REPORTER

Hope traveled lo Grecncast le ,

Ind. las t S a t u r d a y and f o u n d D e P a u w University lo be some

rather nasty hosts as the Tigers dis-

patched of the Dutchmen 35-14. Joe Schwander (*06) managed to

go 14 of 35 passing, for 255 yards

with two touchdowns and two in-

terceptions, lo DePauw's Curran

Clark. Hope (1 -1) was unable lo hall the

DePauw rushing attack as the Ti-gers (2-1) ground up 388 yards

rushing on the day as the Tigers'

Ross Wielhoff ran for 158 yards and

Jeremiah Marks rushed for 144

yards and a touchdown. The Tigers struck first with just

53 seconds left in the first quarter

as Wielhoff hooked up with Jamar Shephard for a 21 -yard touchdown

pass to make the score 7-0.

The Dutchmen wasled no lime

answer ing as Schwander found Jake Schrock (*05) from 54 yards

out with 13:45 remaining in

the first half to knot the

score at 7-7. No more than 2 minutes

later at the 11:07 mark in

t he s e c o n d q u a r t e r , Shephard and Wiet hoff

hooked up again for a 9-

yard touchdown catch to

go back up 14-7. Hope answered the chal-

lenge and drove all the way to the Tigers' 2-yard

line, but was slopped on

four straight plays. On the

next possession, DePauw

drove the length of the field, end-ing on a 3-yard run by Jason

Murphy for a 21-7 advantage at

the half. The second half started prom-

isingly as the Dutchmen recov-

ered a DePauw fumble at the Ti-

gers' 32-yard line, but turned the

ball over on downs on back-to-

back possessions. DePauw would tack on another

touchdown with 6:27 remaining in

the third quarter as Wiehoff con-

A Hope ballcarrier takes off for the endzone as teammate Andy Crane ('05) looks for another block.

nectcd with Brett Claxton for a 2-

yard touchdown pass and a 28-7

DePauw advantage. The Dutchmen would answer on

the following possession with a 6 - .

play, 77-yard drive that finished

with Schwander f inding Duslin Smith ( '08) from 7 yards out to

bring the lead down lo 28-14 to fin-

ish the third quarter.

DePauw would find the end zone one final lime, with 12:25 remain-

ing in the contest , when Marks

scored from 5 yards out for the

35-14 advantage lo cap a six-play, 64-yard drive thai lasted

2:35. The Dutchmen would threaten

later in the fourth, but a Curran Clark interception ruined a nine-

play, 57-yard drive that would

have put the Dutchmen within two touchdowns.

After forcing a DePauw punt,

Schwander was picked again by

Clark on the f i rs t play f r o m

s c r i m m a g e to seal the

Dutchmen's fate. Schwander led all rushers with

68 yards on 12 carries, and Paul

Burgess (*06) added 13 carries for

38 yards. Joe Verschueren ( '05) had seven

ca tches for 110 yards, Schrock

chipped in with three catches for

115 yards. Verrschueren also had a fumble

recovery.

Milch C u m i n g s ( ' 0 5 ) had 12

tackles on the day and a sack to lead the defense for Hope.

J o e D i e k e v e r s (*06). B ryan

Turner ( '08), and Nick Oostvcen C07) all had nine tackles each, Paul

tackles for the Flying Dutchmen on

the defensive side of the ball. DePauw had 22 first downs to

Hope's 18, and were 10 of 17 on third-down conversions, while the

Dutchmen were 2 of 11 on third

downs. Wiehoff also managed to go 13

for 17 passing for 110 yards and

three louchdowns. Hope managed to rack up 378

total yards of offense, but DePauw out gained them wilh 498 total

yards of offense. The Tigers managed lo control

the clock as well wi th-39:26 of

possesion to the Flying Dutchmen's

20:34. The Dutchmen will look lo go 2-

1 with a win this Saturday when it

will host Wheaton College, 111., at

1 p.m. T h e T h u n d e r wil l en te r th i s

Saturday's contest wilh a 2-0 record

after defeating Greenville 65-6 and

downing Gustavus Aldolphus 42-21 in their season opener.

Dutch cheerleading is fired up for a new season Dutch use positive mix of genders on cheer team. Lindsay Manthei STAFF REPORTER

Hope cheerleading is gearing up for an-other great year. The team began practicing

the first week of August and kicked off the

season with a irip to Universal Cheerleading

Assoc ia t ion ' s Col legia te Cheer lead ing

Summer Camp at the University of Wiscon-

sin in Madison. Hope did its best ever at camp this year,

winning two oul of three competitions. 44Wc took first place in Sideline and Fight

Song and second in Cheer Competition,"'

said Wes Wooley, head coach. "Since camp

is only four days long, that 's a quick turn-

around period and our team did awesome." Hope's team, composed of three men. 11

women, and three alternates, also received

the Most Col legia te Squad irophy, the

camp 's most prestigious award. Wooley, who has been coaching Hope

Cheerleading since 1990, with six of those

years as an assistant coach, said "The fresh-

men had to hit the ground running because they came in knowing no one and went to

camp right away.'

Captain Kelly Sleeves ( '05) said. "The

freshmen girls on varsity are some of the

most talented cheerleaders we 've ever had

at Hope." Wooley ech-

oed this statement, say-

ing, This is the most tal-

ented group of freshman

we 've ever had." T h e t e a m h a s s o m e

high goals for this year.

This year we are looking

to rebuild the team and

pass down some experi-ence. All the girls with

varsity experience are se-niors. so we want to build

some cont inui ty in the

program. Wooley p o i n t e d out

that another goal for this

season was lo get the fans

more involved lo encour-

age the team. "Hope's fans are amazing," Wooley said.

"Coaches from other schools complain that

their fans never cheer along, but our fans are

awesome. They really do create that home

field advantage." Cheerleaders have to be extremely dedi-

cated to the sport, because football and bas-

The cheerleaders keep the crowd on their feet.

ketball seasons overlap, giving the team little

or no break between seasons.

"We spend a lot of lime together. Sieves said. "It 's hard sometimes, but

the people are great. My favor-

ite part about cheerleading is

the friendships I 've made." Along with having one of

the longest seasons in college

sports, cheerleading is the only

true coed sport at Hope Col-lege and male cheerleaders are

an integral pari of H o p e ' s

cheerleading program.

"Being a male cheerleader

is i n t e r e s t i n g . s a i d C a p l a i n Aaron Thomson ( '05). "I gel

to throw girls in the air and do

crazy stunts with them like

you would see on ESPN. I just

look at it as, why lift weights when you could throw a girl

in the air?" Coach Wooley said, "It 's been challeng-

ing being a male coach. A lot of guys arc

intimidated by cheerleading, but it's nol like

they're jumping around wilh pompoms. "We're always looking for athletic guys

who can get past the weird stereotypes. Col-

lege cheerleading is different than you would

think." Wooley said. "Our primary goal is to cheer for the

teams. We may compete again sometime, but probably nol this year." Steves agreed, say-

ing, "Our main goal is to do well for the

games. We want lo be the best cheer squad

in the MIAA." The cheerleaders do more than just sports.

They are looking forward to several impor-

tant events this year. "We host a big cheer clinic in February."

said Sleeves. " In t he pas t w e ' v e v i s i t ed DeVos

Children's Hospital and played with the kids.

The team loves giving back to the commu-

nity." T h e team is a lso looking forward to

Homecoming, when alumni cheerleaders

come back and get to cheer for the first half

of the Homecoming football game. In ihe morning the alumni will meet with

the present cheerleaders to share their expe-

riences as a Hope cheerleader. "They always like lo reminisce and when

they get on the field." Wooley said. "I t ' s

amazing how quickly the stunts come back

to them. "They remember all the pyramids they

used to build and all the old cheers."

Dutch win Wheaton tournament after up-and-down week

Deena VanAssen ('07) spikes the ball between two Alma defenders.

Hope makes up for a slow week with a tourney win.

Jen Gould STAFF REPORTER

For the Hope women's volleyball

team, last week 's hump day really

put a bump in their week. Looking fo rward lo a compet i t ive match

with longtime rival Calvin College,

the team was no less than disap-pointed with the final outcome.

The Calvin match was Hope 's

third conference loss in the season so far. ending with scores of 30-22,

30-18, and 30-22. Still, heading the

team oul wilh the most digs was junior Julie VanderSlice ( '06) with

13, as well as Shawna Buche ( '06) wilh 11. Setter Stephanie Poll ( '07)

pitched in wilh 16 assists. H o w e v e r , no la te r than that

weekend Hope won the Wheaton

College Thunder Classic tourna-ment in Illinois, last Saturday. At

the tournament . H o p e de fea ted Lake Forest, Wheaton and Beloil.

VanderSlice accumulated 17 digs in addition lo 17 kills against Lake

Forest. "We will gel there, and when we

do, it will be some amazing volley-

ball," Poll said. With the tournament win the

Dutch move to 6-5 on the year.

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