nchor O c t o b e r I 9 9 7

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check it out.

2000 pulls rope through Odd Year pits. P u l l S p r e a d , pages 4 & 5.

Sheila Tobias discusses gender differ-ences . C a m p u s b e a t , page 2.

Volleyball team beats Calvin to stay undefeated. S p o r t s , page 8.

Hope students launch P e n i e l o n d A m e r i c a n Bu f f a l o . I n t e r m i s s i o n , page 6.

Royal v is i t • Netherlands Princess Margriet to visit Holland for city's 150th anniversary.

LAURA MIMAILOFF c a m pus boat

Royally is making its way lo Holland ihis

week. Her Royal Highness Princess Margriel of

Ihe Netherlands will be visiting Holland, Mich, on Oct. 2 and 3, accompanied by her husband.

Pieter van Vollenhoven. During her short visit, the Princess will par-

ticipate in the unveiling, of a commemorat ive

plaque for the Van Raalte statue, which was dedi-

cated on the eastern side of the Centennial Park

on May 1. Ceremonies begin 4:30 p.m. on Thurs-

day. She will also be presented with a leather-bound

copy of the book, "A Dream Fulfilled: The Van

Raalte Sculpture in Centennial Park." The book, co-authored by Provost Dr. Jacob

E. Nyehhuis and Dr. Jeanne M. Jacobson spot-

lights the 75-year dream of installing a monu-mental stature in honor of Holland's founder, the

Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte. Cappon, the first mayor of Holland wished to

pay homage to VanRaalte for founding the city.

"The statue was proposed to honor the 75th

anniversary of the city of Holland in 1922, but

both the businesses and the people at that time

were economically poor" Jacobson said. Thus, the project was buried in the hardship of that era.

"Cappon began raising money to erect the

statue but the idea went down," Jacobson said. According to Jacobson, this all happened during

the Depression when banks failed and money that was saved away in banks disappeared. As a re-

sult, much of the money that Cappon had raised

was gone. The project was forgotten until Dr. Elton Bruins, director of the Van Raalte Insti-

tute, discovered a picture of the proposed statue's wax model, while shuffling through archived

photographs. Bruins later conducted research on

the subject and shared his discoveries. more PRINCESS on 2

Anchor photo by Nicole DeChelbor O N E M O R E I M C M : Matt "Monster" VanDam ('00), Pit 4, cries out while preparing to thow a heave while Moraler Erin "Cookie" Selmer ( 00) barks out the call. See pages 4 and 5 for a complete full color photo spread.

Residents f ind t rash t r a m p LAURA MIMAILOFF c a m p u s b e a t ed i to r

Dumpsters can house a plethora of treasures

and sometimes creatures, too, but several stu-dents were surprised'to find an anonymous hu-

man sleeping in the dumpster behind Verbeek

Cottage last Tuesday. On Sept . 23, a round 11 p .m. , R o x a n n e

Pascente ( '99) and several students walked out-

side to dispose of some garbage. After packing several bags of waste into the

container, Pascente attempted to roll the garbage

can to the curb but found it was too heavy. She

then called on Marty Landes ( '98) for assistance. "Mar ty was pounding on the can to stay

down," Pascente said. "It was really tight but

we just thought it was a lot of garbage, so we

started walking away." The group was almost back to the house when

they heard a shuffling sound. Thinking little of

it, they continued toward the house and dis-

missed the sound as a hungry squirrel or rac-

coon, but never anticipated the human face that

emerged from under the lid. "I started screaming and ran into the house,"

Pascente said. "1 was surprised," said Ann Zeneberg ( '99).

"I started laughing and found myself staring in

disbelief." "1 laughed because when the guy got out of

the can he said, 4Oh dude, kinda embarassirig,

isn't it , '" Landes said. Not knowing how lo respond, he said, "Catch-

ing a nice nap, eh?" more DUMPSTER on 7

Marchers rally against assault

ANDREW LOTZ staff r e p o r t e r

Catcalls and defamatory shouts

echoed from Durfee Hall and from

motorists driving past during the

fifth annual Take Back the Night March. The shouts added to the re-

ality of violence and hatred against w o m e n . T h e H o p e C o l l e g e

Women's Issues Organization spon-

sored the March, on Thursday, Sept. 25th, presenting a variety of voices

all opposed to violence and sexual

assault. Thurciay's

m a r c h w a s

part of a tradition w o r l d w i d e that

started in Germany in 1973. It began as a way

to show that violence

against women is

u n a c c e p t a b l e . More recently it

has b e e n e x -panded lo cover. violence against all people, regard-less of gender or sexual orientation.

This open view was reflected by the

marchers. Some marches don't allow men

lo participate, but the Hope march drew male and female students, as

wfl l as Hope faculty members.

The march began with keynote

speaker Krislen Gray, sexual ha-

rassment policy educator and Hope

psychology professor. Marchers gathered in the Pine

G r o v e to vo i ce t h e

unacceplability p e r p e t u a t e d

quo. " T h e

of v i o l e n c e

by the s tatus

status quo de-

fends itself by saying 'You get

what you ask for,' and I have news for

them: we won' t lake it,"

said Gray. T h e march then p roceeded

through the campus, slopping at

seven different spots where abduc-

tions or assaults of Hope students have occurred. At each location,

different speakers stood before the crowd and offered a variety of dif-

ferent ideas. Mary Lucas ( ' 9 8 ) , C A A R E

educator, stood in the Van Zoren

circle and shared the reality of vio-lence on Hope's campus. Accord-

ing lo a recent survey, 7% of Hope students have been assaulted.

"Students feel that they can ' l

make a difference. Tonight changes

m o r e M A R C H o n 2

Alumni pull up the past L. MIMAILOFF & K. SXEKEXEE c a m p u s b e a t e d i t o r & staff r e p o r t e r

T h e 1898 Pull r e m a i n s an

enigma to everyone but there is

no question it has evolved dra-matically lo more lhan a simple

tug-of-war. This year marks Ihe lOOlh an-

niversary of the Pull, though it's

not the lOOlh Pull. Results were

not recorded for 1918, 1943-1944

during ihe war years, and 1957 when the Asiatic flu ep idemic

plagued the college. Today' , Pull is more organized

earlier ones. T h e attire has changed f rom

dress suits and long dresses to jer-sey T-shirts and face paint.

"Even year calls have sped up a

lot s i nce I p u l l e d , " s a id Tad

H o o g e n d o o r n ( ' 9 0 ) , " w h i c h makes it much eas ie r lo gain

rope." The pits have improved as well.

"They have fancier holes," said

Ray Vinstra ( '58). "We were given a board and had

15 minutes lo dig ihe pit." Or ig ina l ly the Pull he ld on

Homecoming Friday af ternoons

until professors complained about

remarkably poor attendance that

day. Thus, in 1993 it was moved to

Saturday. The Pull hasn't always had strict

rules and judges lo enforce them. Dur ing the a lumni b a n q u e t ,

George Douma ( '36) and Ekdal Buys, Sr. ( '37) settled team differ-

ences. Af t e r be ing c o a x e d by Odd

Ekdal, Buys admitted ' 3 7 ^ win-

ning strategy. "We did have the rope lied lo a

tree...and we did later lie it to a

truck and drove away," he said. Today, hazing rituals are forbid-

den, bui in earlier years, freshmen wore green beanies, called "pots."

They wore the beenies unti l

Thanksgiving Break unless they

defeated ihe sophomores at the

Pull. Desp i l e e v o l u t i o n over 100

years, the spirit and intensity is the

same. "Somethings never change, said

Keri Law ('99). "Like Pull reps and the true

spirit of leam work and competi-

tion "

Campus Beat //̂ Anchor O c t o b e r I , 1 997

A

Spor ts lec ture series launched

Anchor pUoXo by Nicole DeChelbor W A L K T H I S W A Y : Students chant, 'People united will never he divided'during the Take Back the Night March, held last Thursday night, to protest violence against women and men.

MARCH from I

ihal," Lucas said.

Other speakers shared more per-

sonal stories. Jerry Kassuba ( ' 9 8 )

shared a poem he wrote express ing

h is r age aga ins t v i o l e n c e . H o p e

chemistry professor Nicole Bennet t

of fered personal tes t imony of the

fear that assaul t can put inside a

person.

"I no longer had the f r e e d o m to

walk a lone on the s t ree t , " Bennet t

said.

D u r i n g the m a r c h , the re w e r e

o p p o s i n g s h o u t s e c h o i n g f r o m

D u r f e e Hal l and f r o m m o t o r i s t s

dr iving past. T h e m o c k i n g and cat-

calls added to the reality of v io lence

and hatred against w o m e n .

T h e m a r c h e n d e d at t h e Van

Vleck emergency p h o n e with Jane

Dickie , psychology p ro fessor and

d i r e c t o r of w o m e n ' s s t u d i e s at

Hope. Dick ie shared a p o e m . " F o r

Strong W o m e n . " by Marge Percy.

"You all are s trong w o m e n and

m e n for c o m i n g here tonight ," she

said. "We are here because w e are

s t rong. We have a vision of a wor ld

wi thout v io lence . . .We have taken

back the n ight !"

S tuden ts gathered at the march

for a variety of reasons. Many came

b e c a u s e of a pe r sona l e n c o u n t e r

with violence.

"I c a m e because I have a very

close fr iend w h o was raped. N o one

should have to deal with the pain

of sexual assault ," said Mike Thelen

( ' 98 ) .

Doug Biz ine , Kollen Hall resi-

dent director and one of the march ' s

speakers , said he c a m e because of

his sisters and his mother. H e didn ' t

need any other reason to c o m e but

out of love for his family.

Others a t tended to j o in the f ight

agains t v io lence .

" I t ' s m o r e than w o m e n ' s v io -

l e n c e , " s a id S a r a h B r o c k ( ' 0 0 ) .

"Violence against anyone d isgus ts

m e . . . E v e r y o n e n e e d s to t a k e a

s tand ."

And still o thers s imply at tended

because something inside them told

them that the march was where they

needed to be that niaht .

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A new lecture series will be avail-

able to s tudents and faculty at Hope

this year.

The Distinguished Lecture Series

in Spor t s Medic ine , which is be ing

co-sponsored by Hope Col lege and

Hol land C o m m u n i t y Hospital , will

fea ture some of the na t ion ' s best

sports med ic ine profess ionals .

"Al l are f an t a s t i c peop le wi th

national recogni t ion," said Dr. Rich

Ray, c o o r d i n a t o r of the a th l e t i c

training program at Hope, w h o has

been planning the series.

T h e idea to begin this lecture se-

ries c a m e f r o m one of Ray ' s col-

l eagues w h o o r g a n i z e s a s imi la r

program at the Univers i ty of Ala-

bama.

"His s tudents got fantast ic expo-

sure to the best in the country ," said

Ray. "I thought it was something we

could do here, also.""

T h e sports medicine program has

previously brought in local p rofes -

s ionals to give lectures, but this is

the first t ime they have at tempted a

formal lecture series with nationally

recognized speakers .

Hol land C o m m u n i t y Hospi ta l ' s

involvement grew out of past con -

tact they have had with Hope Col-

lege and its sports med ic ine pro-

gram.

"We brought the t ra iner of the

Whi tecaps (baseball team) to c a m -

pus last year, and w h e n discuss ing

it later we decided w e could expand

on this theme," said Bill Winter, one

of the directors of rehab services for

the hospital .

An in t e rnsh ip p r o g r a m is a l s o

offered by the hospital for s tudents

s tudy ing spor ts med ic ine , so the

lecture series w a s "ano ther oppor -

tunity for us to work with Hope , "

said Winter. Accord ing to Ray. the

lecture topics , wh ich r ange f r o m

nutrition to knee injuries , show the

"broad spec t rum of spor t s m e d i -

c ine ."

Dr. D e v i n G l u s k i e w i c z , P h D .

ATC, will d iscuss t w o s tudies cur-

rently operat ing at the Univers i ty of

North Caro l ina-Chape l Hill .

" M y lecture, entitled, 'Mi ld Brain

Injury in Sports; Developing Objec-

tive Criteria for Return to Play, ' will

cover cogni t ive func t ion and bal-

ance in recover ing football p layers

with injuries. . ." with the purpose of

d i scover ing the best return-to-play

pol icies^

T h e se r ies wil l be open to the

entire campus .

"We hope s tudents and faculty in

other discipl ines will a t tend," Ray

said. "It should be interesting for

a n y o n e w h o m a y be cons ider ing ,

being a doctor, a nurse, or who has

an interest in spor ts ."

In addition to being open to m e m -

bers of the H o p e communi ty , the

se r ies has been adver t i sed to 4 0

hospi ta l s and about 1 ,000 health

care profess ionals .

Much of the f inancial support for

this p rogram is be ing provided by

G a r y N e d e r v e l d a n d A s s o c i a t e s

( G N A ) . a rehabi l i ta t ion c o m p a n y

which o f fe r s rehabil i tat ion services

for hospitals and clinics. T h e series

has fund ing for three years, but Ray

hopes it wil l con t inue fo r longer

than that.

T h e series will begin on Wednes-

day, Oct . 15. All lectures begin at

7 :00 p.m. in Wichers Audi to r ium,

in the Nykerk Hall of Music . Each

lecture will last an hour to an hour

and a half. There will be two speak-

ers this fall, with three more during

the spring semester .

Tobias out l ines women's ro le in society C A R R I E X E N M A N X staff r e p o r t e r

In the 1960s, Sheila Tobias, a Phi

Beta Kappa Harvard graduate, tran-

s c r i b e d E u g e n e M c C a r t h y ' s

speeches . Less -qua l i f i ed men ten

yea r s y o u n g e r wro t e pol icy , she

exp la ined M o n d a y to a g r o u p of

Hope students.

A s a p r o f e s s i o n a l m a r r i e d

w o m a n , a credi t card c o m p a n y de-

n ied h e r a p e r s o n a l c a r d . Time

magaz ine told her she could never

rise above a " fac t -checker" to actu-

ally wri te stories.

"We cal led these 'c l ick exper i -

e n c e s , " ' Tobias said. " [They repre-

sented] the d iscovery that our l ives

have been shaped more than any-

thing else by our gender. . . they cre-

ated the ' thrilling unanimi ty ' which

united w o m e n across class, color,

and exper ience , because w e saw in

each other the same kind of experi-

ences . "

Tobias has spent over 30 years as

an activist in the w o m e n ' s r ights

movement . She has also authored

several books , most recently Faces

of Feminism, which traces the his-

tory of the w o m e n ' s movement .

She entered the movement in its

"f i rs t genera t ion ." at a t ime w h e n

the inequali t ies that existed were so

f lagrant that most Amer icans , once

educated , agreed that change was

necessary.

PRINCESS from I

W o m e n were paid less for iden-

tical w o r k , and d e n i e d acces s to

credit and jobs due to gender .

T h e w o m e n ' s rights movement in

the 20 th cen tu ry , she e x p l a i n e d ,

grew out of the ant i -war and civil

rights movemen t when w o m e n re-

alized that they were denied lead-

ership in these movemen t s because

of their gender.

W o m e n began to ana lyze these

exper iences politically and def ine

the cause of the problem: not the

ma levo lence of individual males ,

but a pa ternal i s t ic socio-pol i t ica l

sys tem.

T h e second generat ion of issues

included many on which Amer icans

could not agree, such as the Equal

Rights A m e n d m e n t , abort ion, and

Tftie IX for w o m e n ' s rights.

"These things threatened age-old

c e r t a i n t i e s a b o u t w h a t m e n and

w o m e n do and d o n ' t d o , " Tobias

said. T o feminis ts , however , they

seemed logical steps.

T h i r d - g e n e r a t i o n i s s u e s w e r e

even more complex . There is great

disagreement even among feminists

about pornography, surrogacy, and

w o m e n in mili tary combat roles.

T h e s e issues; as well as a nega-

tive political c l imate in the 1980s,

spl intered the w o m e n ' s movement .

Tobias raised ques t ions about the

future of feminism, especially since

many y o u n g w o m e n no longer see

the need for the feminist movement .

"We have lost our p o w e r to con-

ve r t , " she sa id . " T h e m o v e m e n t

hasn ' t moved any far ther . W h a t is

the role of the movemen t in the next

decades , and w h o will lead i t?"

However , she remains opt imist ic

that w o m e n can still uni te and that

the w o m e n ' s m o v e m e n t is neces-

sary to act on n e w issues as they

arise.

Extra chai rs had to be set up in

the Maas confe rence room, as more

s tudents arr ived than had been an-

t icipated.

"I apprec ia ted her awareness of

h i s t o r y ; y o u n g f e m i n i s t w o m e n

who are our age a ren ' t as aware of

h i s t o r y a s w e s h o u l d b e , " s a id

MaryElIen Walter ( ' 98 ) .

T o b i a s ' visit w a s co - sponso red

by W o m e n ' s Studies and the Dean

of the Natural Sc iences .

Tob i a s has recen t ly f i n i shed a

book on "math anxiety." explaining

w h y there were so f ew w o m e n and

people of color s tudying mathemat-

ics and the sciences.

" [Tobias] expla ined that it was a

' p ipe l ine p r o b l e m , " ' Dick ie said.

" T h e p r o b l e m w a s no t w i t h a

learner. T h e e n v i r o n m e n t pushed

p e o p l e o u t ; t h e w a y w e l e a c h

needed to change . "

Tobias has worked with the math

and science d e p a r t m e n t s at Hope

Col lege to deve lop m o r e invit ing

leaching strategies in these areas.

According to Nyenhuis . the idea

for the book emerged as a reaction

to the fragil i ty of the early record.

H e a l s o r e a l i z e d that the b o o k

should discuss more than just the

statue alone. "We not only wanted

to provide a comple te record of the

sculpture itself, but a lso to docu-

ment its context , including Centen-

nial Park, the life of Van Raalte him-

self, and the history of the immi-

grat ion to and setting to Hol land.

Mich igan , " he said.

A c c o r d i n g to B r u i n s , J o h n s o n

Atelier sculp ted the work f r o m a

w a x m o d e l c r ea t ed by J a m e s L.

G a f g e n w h o w a s w o r k i n g f r o m

sculpture by Leonard Crunel le .

Princess Margriet will a lso un-

veil "Dren the" sculpture in Kollen

Park at 10:30 a . m . on Sa tu rday ,

spend much of Saturday in Zeeland.

taking a walking lour. She will a lso

visit the Holland museum. Haworth

Learning and C o n f e r e n c e Center ,

and Pillar Church . The princess last

visited Hol land and Hope Col lege

in Sept. 1972 for the 125th anniver-

sary of the city.

"Because the pr incess will be in

Centennial Park, 1 anticipate a won-

de r fu l c r o w d , " said Tom Renner ,

director of public relations at Hope.

O c t o b e r I . I 997 die Anchor Op in ion

/\ WORD FROM THE

EDITOR...

I have this liillc desk calendar

in the Anchor office lhat I like lo

look a! everyday - not just for ihe dale, but rather for words of

inspiration about my rights as a journalist, a citizen, a human.

The other day I came across a great one by Miriam Drennan of

the Freedom Forum that reads, "When will the United States

realize that the First Amendment

does not define taste - it only

defines freedom?" The First Amendment to the

Constitution of the United States

of America assures every single

man, woman, and child the rights to, among other things,

freedom of speech, press, and

religion. Those inalienable rights even apply to us here

within the bubble of Hope

College. It is this treasured

ammendment lhat allows the

Anchor lo have a venue in

which students, faculty, and even community members can

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world around them. It is crucial lo society that

anyone who wishes lo express

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and formal manner. At the Anchor, the letters lo the editor

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lhat. Il is because of this right

that we al the Anchor absolutely refuse lo edit any content of a

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That is the way il goes. You

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newspaper. What is said in a

letter to the editor is not always

in accordance lo what the

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newspaper believes, nor what

the campus believes. It does not

have to be agreed with. Taste is irrelevant to rights. I

have the right to say what I

w^nt, regardless of taste,

however, most people choose to

be tasteful in their rhetoric.

If we begin lo edit for taste

and judgement, we begin to censor what is said by our

constituents, and thus begin to tell the readers what lo think.

The domino effect will begin and censorship will reign. First I

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Harassing students is not Public Safety's job Dear Editor ,

I don ' t know. Maybe God was punishing me for unconfessed sins.

Maybe il was just an extension of my already rotten week. Il was

bound to happen. The other night. I had the pleasure of getting to know

a new member of the public safety staff. How did this all happen? Well,

I decided lo venture onto the 12th

street campus cut-through in front of Kollen Hall. I guess this was a

mistake. Now, those people down al pub-

lic safety aren't all the mean ogres

we make them out to be. (As a

former member of K-2, I had got-ten to know quite a few of them in-

timately last year). So I was excited

at this opportunity to meet some-one new. When he stopped me, he asked what in the world I was do-

ing. I then told him the truth. I had

to cut through because there were

l oo m a n y p e o p l e c r o s s i n g the

middle of the street by Columbia

Ave. Too many drunk people! (And

don't tell me I can ' t say they were

drunk, either! I know drunk people

when I sec and hear them. I am a

college student after all.) So lo

avoid a yelling/throwing incident, I just avoided the mess and went

through the street past Kollen Hall. The officer didn't seem to care

loo much. He said that il was not a

street , only author ized vehic les

were allowed to travel on it, and there were signs at the entrances

clearly indicating this. Yes, there are

such signs.' However , I) T h o s e s igns are

about as big as a matchbox and you

can't possibly read them from your

car. And, 2)Il was extremely dark

outside. How am I going to see an

unlit sign in the dark? With this in mind, the of f icer

could have given me a warning and told me not lo do it again. Instead,

he wrote me a $15 ticket for "en-dangering Ihe public's safely." This

brought a few things to my mind.

First of all, what about all the cars

that go through there on a daily ba-

sis? What about the Mercedes that I a lways see parked ou ts ide of

Nykerk? Are they endangering the

public's safely, loo? I don't think

so.

Second of all, exactly what "pub-

lic" was I endangering? My friend Steve who was driving the rape

van? No, he even waved to me as I

passed by. Could it be the two squirrels prancing about? No, they

were long gone into the nearest tree. How about the three Cosmos out

frisbee golfing? No, they hadn't

even teed off on the "Delphi Bush" hole yet. So, who exactly was I

endangering here? O.K., so why did I write this let-

ter? Will I hope to change anything with il? Not really. Did I do it to

inform people how idiotic and ab-

surd publ ic safe ty has become? Maybe. Will people just call me a

crybaby for it? Who cares. I just

fell lhat I got unfairly punished by an inconsistent staff of people with

nothing better to do al the time than

to harass students. It's my own fault, really. I guess

I am a menace. Maybe I shoud have

spent more lime thinking up a crime

lo real ly e n d a n g e r the pub l ic ' s safety. Like parking in a faculty-

only spot!

C r a i g Kopas ( '99)

Buckhout family expresses their appreciation D e a r F r i ends ,

We are so grateful for the out-

pouring of love and support that you

have expressed lo our family in the af termath of Ben ' s tragic death.

Your prayers, cards, gifts and notes

have been a great encouragement

to us. Our sorrow, while deep and pain-

ful , has somehow seemed more

bearable knowing that yoti share il

with us.

After Orientat ion Weekend in

August we were excited that Ben would be part of a college commu-

nity where God was so obviously

al work. If God can use Ben ' s death to

advance that work, it provides us

with some measure of consolation.

Based on the reports many of you have shared with us in your notes

and cards, that may already be hap-

pening. May God alone be glori-

fied. You have become a very special

part of the life of our family and our

desire is lo maintain and deepen our relat ionship with Hope. You are

regularly in our prayers. God bless

you all.

Don, Caro l , Joel , Kr i s ta and Be thany Buckhout

L e t t e r o f f base in its utterly absurd accusations

V o l . i l l . I s s u e 6

the Anchor

Dear Editor ,

My letter is being written in re-

sponse to the letter sent to the Edi-

tor by Tony Bull. This letter ad-

dressed the article written by Mike Zolnierowicz. Mike was respon-

sible for the difficult task of inform-

ing Hope College of the death of

Peter Warburton. Unfortunately, the only thing that Mr. Bull's letter pro-

vided was evidence that he is in

Budapest, Hungary and obviously

knows nothing of Peter Warburton, nor the people who loved him. Mr.

Bull stated lhat he was "utterly ap-

palled by the callous manner in

which the article was written" and lhat the "very flippant and verbose

style of Mike's writing undermined

the poignancy of Peter 's suicide."

Bull must be ignorant of the fact that Peter was a fraternity brother

of Mike's, and of all the time and

love which Mike look to compose

the article in question. I do not believe there are means

in existence to compose an article

wh ich wou ld e x p r e s s the love

which the Cosmopolitan fraternity,

and many other people, had for Mr. Peter Warburton. Such a piece could

neither contain all of the memories

of Peter, nor fully express to the stu-dents of Hope College what a loss

Peter 's death was lo the world. The

bottom line is lhat there is no pos-

sible way to put Peter on paper, and

everyone who loved him knows

that. Mike Zolnierowicz performed an

unimaginably difficult task when he

look il upon himself lo write that article. He gave Peter respect and

dignity through his writing. An ar-

ticle perceived to be "devoid of feel-

ings an emotion" was, in actuality, written with more care and devo-

tion for Peter than ignorant eyes

were able lo see. So many of us loved Peter, and I would like lo

thank Mike Zolnierowicz for ex-

pressing those feelings with such

eloquence.

Anonymous

are you bored? are you ready for some fun? can you write like the wind?

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Or you jus t migh t e n d u p m e e t i n g t he e d i t o r s .

I 00 th Pull t h e ^ f

Battle at the B Sophomores defend Pull title, walk

L. M IMAILOFF & M. Z U I D E M A c a m pus b e a t e d i t o r &

spor ts e d i t o r

T h e adrena l ine started p u m p i n g th ree weeks ago at

the rallies in Wynants Audi tor ium. T h o u s a n d s of squat-

thrusts , pushups , and s i tups later, the 2 0 0 0 and 2001

Pull t e ams ma tched up fo r a test of s t rength and en-

du rance ac ross the Black River on Saturday, Sept . 27.

T h e 100th Pull ended with the vic tor ious s o p h o m o r e

t eam in the river, hav ing reeled in 4 9 feet , 4 inches of

the brand new 1997 Pull rope.

In the end , the 2 0 0 0 Pull team popped two pits in the three hours

of regula t ion whi le the 2001 team lost a lmos t 23 feet . Th i s m e a n s

the rope s t re tched ove r 20 feet in three hours .

On m o r e than o n e occas ion . Even Year Coach Dan Shel ley ( ' 9 8 )

cou ld be heard yeHing, " W e d o n ' t win the Pull by ho ld ing rope, w e

win by taking rope . "

" A s a c r o w d , I th ink w e all k n e w w e w e r e go ing to w i n " because

s o m e peop le w e r e going back and for th be tween both sides, said

spec ta tor Andrea Speer s ( ' 00 ) . " B u t f r o m the looks on their faces ,

I d o n ' t think the (even year) pul le rs even knew w e w e r e w i n n i n g -

or at least they d idn ' t let on if they d id . "

Desp i t e the in jur ies and a smal le r t eam roster of the 2001 Pull

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W A T E R FOUMXAIM: Chris Cappa C00) briefly refreshes himself during the Pull.

t eam, Odd Year f in i shed out the fu l l thre

hours even af ter losing Anchor Shawn 4Te

qui la" Wolff ( ' 0 1 ) af ter 15 minutes of con-

pet i t ion.

Wol f f w a s rushed to Hol land C o m m u

nity Hospi ta l with a pulled groin and a sus

pected hernia . Medica l examina t ions rule

ou t a hern ia and he was re leased s e v e n

hour s later.

W h e n Wol f f left . Brian " C r i m e " M u r p h

CO I ) w a s literally yanked out of Pit #1

and raced to the A n c h o r pit. A large amour

of wa t e r had accumula t ed in that pi t overn igh t , w h i c h m a d e it hard for M u r p h y t

keep his fee t g rounded on the p l a t fo rm.

Acco rd ing to one m o r a l e r ' s mother , it w a s a mi rac le that they held ou t as long a

they did when Pit #17 w a s ac t ing as the A n c h o r fo r abou t half an hour total.

"I w a s fee l ing a lot of emot ion go ing in. I j u s t c o u l d n ' t sit s t i l l ," said Charl i

" A g e n t " W y n g a r d e n COO). " O u r coaches p o u n d e d the idea that what wins the Pull i

fear ."

Hundreds of Pull a lumni a t tended the A l u m n i Pull Banque t on Friday night, whe

Odd and Even Year a lumni shared s tor ies and laughs . T h e next day, a lumni and fan

lined the r iver banks to ce lebra te the 100th year s ince the first Pull in 1898.

" I t ' s like an infec t ious d isease - w e all have it, and it doesn ' t go away ," said Jel

" S e r r a n o " Bos ( ' 9 5 ) .

REEL ME IM: (left) Taking rope through Pit #7 during the all-important opening reel-in, Jeff "Rattle" Wilcox C01) is urged on by his moralerAbbie "Hum" Tanis COI).

SHI MY, H A P P Y PEOPLE: (left) A sea of red smiles flooded the banks of the Black River late in the Pull, as the marker creeped up the line and Even year inched closer to victory.

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H O L D X H AX ROPE: Pete "Hogg"Myers C00)y Pit #17, lifts the rope to allow Anchor Luke "The Force" Smith C00) to re-tie the bundle of rope around his waist. This process is referred to as a "17-up," which is a tactic used to tighten or loosen the rope depending on which way it has moved.

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anks away winners

FI S T O F F U RY: Odd Year Coach Tony LaSorsa ('99) tries his best to fire up the troops during the last fifteen minutes.

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tows his whites m pause n calls.

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G I V E IX A L L Y O U G O T : Jon "Brave" Kopchick ('00) throws a heave in Pit #2 as moraler Shonda "Heart" Perdue ('00) waits for the call.

H A N D O F HELP: (right) Odd Year Puller Dave "Marsellus" Kuhrt('01),Pit#4, takes the hands of fellow puller Tom "Jones" Leed ('01), while moraler Kelly "Mia" Chamberlain ('01) looks on.

THANKS, C O A C H : (left) Odd year replacement Anchor Brian "Crime" Murphy ('01) gets a cool spray of water from Anchor Coach Brian Grzan ('99) while moraler Jen "Punishment" Polsgrove ('01) intensely watches the caller.

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In termiss ion ^Anchor O c t o b e r I , I 997

Two Men and Their Babies Students tackle independent projects

a l c r . MIRIAM BEYER n t e r m i s s i o n e d i t o r

T \ V O M E N - S A M E VISION. B O T H C O N -

DUCTING PROJECTS ON THEIR O W N - B O T H

TRYING T O REACH PEOPLE. B O T H TRYING

T O COMMUNICATE THE VALUE O F K N O W -

ING O N E S E L F - B O T H DOING SO T H R O U G H

PERFORMANCE. B O T H H O P E S T U D E N T S -

WHAT M O R E IS T H E R E T O S A Y ?

A C T U A L L Y , T H E R E ' S A W H O L E L O T

M O R E T O S A Y . U P O N I N T E R V I E W I N G

C L A Y T O N D A N I E L G I B S O N AND D A N

H O A G , T W O STUDENTS DIRECTING INDE-

PENDENT PROJECTS T O BE PRESENTED THIS

WEEKEND, IT TURNS OUT THAT EACH IS

INVOLVED IN SOMETHING T O WHICH HE

HAS COMPLETELY GIVEN OVER HIS SOUL.

A S A RESULT O F THIS , EACH P R O J E C T IS

EXTREMELY R I C H , AND EACH DESERVES A

THOROUGH EXCAVATION.

In t h e b e g i n n i n g . . . Claylon Gibson ( '96) , currently back at

Hope for his business minor, founded the Em-bryonic Angel Dance Theatre Company in

the early spring of 1996.

Originally, Gibson started the com-

pany to provide a venue for students

who wanted to produce mid-se- • ^

mester dance concerts, since the

Dance Department only spon-

sored one student dance con-

cert at the end of each semes-

ter. One student signed up for

the company, and she and G i b s o n t o g e t h e r p r o d u c e d

"Bethrai" last semester. She has

s ince m o v e d on to g r a d u a t e school, and Gibson has taken

the company under his own

wing, developing it into an • •

en terpr ise devoted exc lu- H

sively to liturgical dance the-

ina it n/> •,">1

l-^lCLU it

Worai it

1997 IlyLerL

Peniely the show Gibson and company

will present this Friday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theater, is exactly that: a unique combinat ion of religion,

movement, acting, and philosophy.

T h e t h i n g in i tself Peniel is the name given to the spot

where Jacob wrestled with the Angel of God in Genesis 32. It translates as "the face

of God." Jacob's struggle at Peniel serves

in Gibson's piece as a metaphor for all con-

flict. "We all perceive ourselves as in con-

flict—with ourselves, with others, and with

God. Thus we all view ourselves as sepa-rate entities," Gibson explained. "My piece

attempts to show that because we all are

in conflict, we ' re all united."

This philosophy ties in elements of Zen Buddhism. Hinduism. Taoism, and Chris-

tianity. His main goal in presenting this

philosophy is to teach the perception of all

things as one. "I want to teach people to see them-

selves and others as they re-ally are," Gibspn said.

Gibson cites the Hebrew

name for God, Yahweh, which

loosely translates as "I am, I am."

This simplicity of existence serves as

a model for Gibson's piece.

Gibson has been working on the text

for his show for approximately fifteen

months. None of it is original writing—

instead, Gibson compiled passages

f rom various sources, including the Bible and The Gnostic Gospels, to cre-

ate the text. Gibson stresses, however,

that the words of his piece are not the most important element.

44The text is m o r e of a

sound t rack to the p i ece , " Gibson said. "The words are

not there so you

will necessarily

under s t and or

make sense of

their content." F r i e d r i c h

N i e t z s c h e , a

G e r m a n ph i -

losopher , sa id ,

"The more ab-

stract the truth

you w a n t to

teach, the more

you must seduce

the senses to it."

Gibson relies on

this statement in

his p roduc t ion of Peniel.

In t h e b e g i n n i n g . . . Dan Hoag ( ' 9 8 ) has been s tudying

American Buffalo, by David Mamet. for

two years. And this semester, as an inde-pendent senior project, Hoag is both di-

recting and producing the show on cam-

pus. The show opens tomorrow night in

the studio theater of DeWiit. Rich in char-

acterization and dialogue. American Buf-

falo attests to the fact that many people

out there are ignorant as to who they re-

ally are and what they need to do to be

better people.

T h e t h i n g in i tself American Buffalo is about three men

who basically live in a junk shop. Donny

owns the joint, Bobby works for Donny, and Teach is Donny's pal.

"The guys spend all their t ime sur-

rounded by junk," Hoag said. "And when you're surrounded by junk, junk is what

you and your views of others become—

meaningless and wasted."

Appropr ia te ly , the cha rac t e r s " talk trash," mostly about other characters who

never appear in the play, but also about

themselves. According to Hoag. none of the men are really in touch with who they

are. "The characters can be rated as to how

detached from themselves and the world

they are," Hoag said. The three men embark on an adventure

in American Buffalo that highlights the in-

adequacies in their natures. That's all Hoag,

understandably, would divulge about the

plot. "I want people to be curious and come,"

Hoag said.

T h e reason behind the m a d n e s s

Hoag was attracted to Buffalo for sev-

eral reasons. "First of all, it 's a wonderful piece of

literary work," Hoag said. "It 's well-writ-

ten, and M a m e t is

one of A m e r i c a ' s

most important cur-rent playwrights."

Hoag is also very

i n t e r e s t e d in the

play's message.

"Life is a quest to

discover more about

yourself, and Buffalo

shows that ," Hoag

said. American Buffalo

was made into a mo-

tion p i c t u r e t w o y e a r s a g o , wi th

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W O R K I M ' X H E S C E N E : Director Dan

D u s t i n H o f f m a n H o a g ( ' 9 8 ) 0 f f e r s

playing Teach and during a rehearsal. Dennis Franz play-

Anchor p\~\oXo by Josh Neucks P O K E R F/VCE: (I to r) David Theune ('99), David Lunn ('99), and Michael Clark ('00) rehearse a scene for American Buffalo, a student-directed play opening Oct. 4.

ing Donny. It was a small, independently-pro-

duced film that did poorly in theaters. Hoag

hated the film. "The movie sucks," Hoag said. "The ac-

tors didn ' t capture the rhythm essential to M a m e t p lays , and the d i rec tor (Michael

Corrente) didn ' t emphasize certain moments

that I find very essential to the story." Hoag is taking his criticisms of the movie

into account for his directing of the show at Hope. The movie, for him, was easily for-

gettable, and he does not want that label at-

tached to his production here on campus. Michael Clark ( '00) and David Lunn ('99),

two actors in Hoag's show, agree

that this is the hardest script on

which they've ever worked. "I t ' s a big challenge," Clark

said. "Mamet 's language is tough.

It 's so conversational , and one

sentence often has about three or

four thoughts in it." They ' r e learning a lot about

jhemselves as actors and people,

however—which is, coinciden-

tally, the theme of the play.

Ironically, learning the reality

of o n e ' s self is the theme of Gibson's piece as well. Gibson feels that communica t ing this

concept is his mission. "I feel like this project has

been guided by God," Gibson

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said. "It was serendipitous - 1 received

a grant for the project, dancers audi-tioned for the show, and I found a

space in which to perform the event."

He hopes to reach as many people

as possible with Peniel.

He aspires to someday produce this

kind of work for television, particu-

larly for MTV. "The music video format is really

the best for this type of performance,"

Gibson said. "It will reach the most

people." That 's exactly the goal both Hoag

and Gibson are attempting to achieve this weekend. It's true double vision.

Peniel; Fri.t Oct. 3. £ p.m. at the

Knickerbocker Theater: admission is

free: doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Amer i can Buf fa lo ; Thurs., Oct. 2:

Fri, Oct. 3: and Sat.. Oct. 4 at 8 p.m.

in the studio theater in the basement

of DeWitt: call x7890for tickets

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"It f r eaked me out because he

could have had a gun or a knife in

his pocket and we wou ldn ' t even

k n o w i t , " Pascente said.

Landes , bravely l ingered outs ide

to probe the stranger with questions.

T h e m a n that emerged has not been

identif ied yet but was descr ibed as

being in his ear ly 20s, with sandy

brown hair and no facial hair.

"He had the g runge look. He had

a w a l k - m a n . . . a n d appea red to be

intoxicated," Pascente said. " W h e n

the man c l imbed out of the garbage

can he w a s w r a p p e d in g a r b a g e

b a g s , a p p a r e n t l y t r y i n g to s tay

w a r m . "

"He might have been a run-away

because when he stepped out of the

can and out of the garbage bag, he

was wear ing a sweatshir t and jeans ,

so he probably w a s n ' t your typical

h o m e l e s s p e r s o n , " L a n d e s sa id .

When the girls were in the house ,

he asked me if they were calling the

cops. I told him I d idn ' t know but

that they probably were; then he just

wa lked away, s lowly and methodi-

cally."

A p p a r e n t l y , the s t r a n g e r h a d

fa l len as l eep . It is unc l ea r if he

c l i m b e d in v o l u n t a r i l y o r w a s

placed there, but had they not found

him, waste m a n a g e m e n t collectors

might have had a weighty load the

next morning .

Accord ing to Cot tage Resident

D i r e c t o r M a r y A n n P e r m e s a n g ,

something similar happened several

years ago w h e n a m a n w h o had

fa l len a s l e e p in a d u m p s t e r w a s

killed in the garbage compac to r of

a was te management truck.

The women of Verbeck cot tage

called Public Safety for ass is tance

but were not taken seriously the first

t ime, because they were laughing.

They called back a second t ime and

two off icers arrived at the scene, but

the dumps te r dweller had already

disappeared into the night.

According to Director of Public

Safety Duane Terpstra, off icers f ind

p e o p l e r u m m a g i n g t h r o u g h

dumpste rs on a regular basis.

"People look for ' treasures and we

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F R O M THE H I P

Amy-Lynn Halverson

YouVe come a long way baby...

T h e Pull is a comple ie ly

sexist spor t ing event . At least

that 's wha t I ' v e been told. T h e

fall of my f r e s h m a n year .

W o m e n ' s Issues Organiza t ion

sent out a c a m p u s - w i d e letter

a t tacking the Hope tradit ion and

accusing it of en fo rc ing gender

s tereotypes. In the Sep t em be r

21, 1994 issue of the Anchor.

W I O wrote, "The most o b v i o u s

problem is the gender segrega-

tion of the p u l l — m a l e s do the

pulling and f ema le s sit by and

o f fe r support . . .But for s o m e

reason, no one s e e m s to care if

w o m e n are not a l lowed to be

pullers or men to be moral

uys . "

W I O w a s not the first to voice

this opinion. Many others

fo l low this ideology, and

a l though it 's not loudly ex -

pressed. it still can be heard

f rom the s idel ines.

From an u n i n f o r m e d point of

view the Pull could be seen as

enforc ing s tereotypes , and by

s topping by the Black River

could c la im that this tug of w a r

is gender exclus ive .

My first thought , f ou r years

ago, was to j u m p on the band

wagon , and root fo r equal

representat ion of m e n and

women as pullers.

But, w h e n the history books

are opened , it becomes obv ious

that the role of w o m e n in the

Pull has progressed , a l though

subtly at t imes.

Gende r segregat ion does not

play a part in this 100 year

tradition.

From the 1940s and ' 5 0 s

when w o m e n were not k n o w n

as moralers , but as the " Inspi ra-

tion T e a m , " and did play an

ext remely passive role to the

'GOs when the Pul le r /Mora le r

pair was es tabl ished; th roughout

the ' 7 0 s w h e n the mora lers

became the eyes for the Pul lers

re laying calls f r o m the coach;

to the ' 8 0 s w h e n f ema le

coaches w h e r e not just novel-

ties but essent ial ; to the ' 9 0 s

when the first w o m e n at-

tempted to rip rope and held on

the full three hours ; to f inally

the 21 st century where w o m e n

trying out as pul lers is not

u n c o m m o n and coach ing s ta f fs

are expand ing to a c c o m m o d a t e

the rise in impor tance of the

moralers , w o m e n have been

with this tradit ion every inch of

the way. They have helped it

g row and they have made it

evolve , and fo r the brave

w o m e n w h o stuck it out , m a d e

it gender inclusive.

If w o m e n are wai t ing to be

asked to fill in the pits as

pul lers and put an end to

i l lusions that w o m e n play a

pass ive role, they can jus t keep

on wai t ing. Th i s tug of war is

not about gender balance . I t ' s

about physical s tamina .

In a lmost all a reas of life, the

act ive part icipat ion of w o m e n

in the bat t lef ie ld , board room or

athlet ic court has a lways been

restricted. But as the w o m e n

w h o part icipated in this 100-

year tradit ion have m a d e it

clear, a mora ler is as vital to the

win as a puller.

T h e idea of submiss ion for

w o m e n is not re inforced by

their knee l ing posi t ion. T h e

involvement of f emales in Pull

is not only mov ing forward but

a lso increasing in numbers .

Misconcep t ions about the Pull

t rying to exc lude w o m e n f r o m

j u m p i n g on the rope should be

bur ied at the banks of the Black

Rivef and left there.

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SHOX FROM T H E C R O W D : Heather Veiling ('99) sends a shot to Calvin as the crowd looks on in awe. The Flying Dutch topped the Knights in a marathon match Saturday.

Hope out lasts Calvin in th r i l l e r MIKE Z U I D E M A sports editor

T h e H o p e C o l l e g e v o l l e y b a l l

team had a lot to lay on the line

Saturday when they defea ted rival

Calv in Col lege in the D o w Center.

T h e Fly ing Dutch c a m e into the

showdown holding a 16-match win-

n ing s t reak , an u n d e f e a t e d 14-0

record, and an eighth place national

ranking.

T h e team also had not lost a game

s ince the Mt. Union Tournament ,

Sept . 6. They had a l ready beaten

K a l a m a z o o earl ier in the week and

were looking to raise their confer -

ence record to 4-0 .

Hope seemed on track to add to

its dominan t start as it j u m p e d to a

3-0 start in the first game .

Calv in then went on a 10-3 'run,

before Hope could c lose out with

e ight straight poin ts to c l a im the

first g a m e . 15-12.

D u r i n g t h e n e x t t w o g a m e s

Calv in m a d e the Flying Dutch look

nothing like an undefea ted , nat ion-

ally ranked team.

"We wanted to c h a n g e our focus

to de fense because Calvin is obvi -

ously a s trong of fens ive team," said

head coach Maureen Odland .

T h e Knights showed their o f f en -

sive skill by comple te ly domina t -

ing taking the second g a m e 15-7.

T h e third g a m e turned into a see-

saw ba t t l e as e a c h t e a m t r a d e d

points here and there. Calv in even-

tually w o n the g a m e 16-14 to p lace

all the pressure on Hope .

T h e K n i g h t s b e g a n the f o u r t h

g a m e by j u m p i n g to a 9 - 2 lead.

Hope c lawed its way back before

Calv in had the oppor tuni ty to c lose

out the match at 14-13. But a f te r a

tip by B e c k y Schmid t ( ' 98 ) gave

H o p e a s ide -ou t and t w o serves ,

H o p e had forced a fifth game, win-

ning 16-14.

Hope then c a m e to life in the fifth

game, by winn ing a chaot ic rally-

scor ing game , 15-5.

" T h e f i f t h g a m e w a s the on ly

g a m e that w e played our style for

the w h o l e g a m e , " O d l a n d s a i d .

"Th i s was def ini t ley a big win and

our mos t impor tant by far ."

For the game , Schmid t led the

way with 16 kills. Emi ly Bakke r

( ' 98 ) and Chris t ie Eding ( ' 98 ) each

had three aces , whi le Eding also

dished out 45 assists.

T h e Flying Dutch will next take

their 4 - 0 Michigan Intercollegiate

Athlet ic Associat ion and 16-0 over-

all record to the Wit tenberg, O h i o

Tournament , Friday and Saturday,

Oct . 3 -4 .

Import team to face Flying Dutch MIKE Z U I D E M A spor ts e d i t o r

T h e first basketbal l g a m e of the

year will be Dutch versus Dutch.

Saturday, Oct . 4, Hope will play

a preseason exhibition game against

D r e n t h e A s s e n , a m a j o r p r o f e s -

sional league team f r o m the Neth-

er lands.

T h e game between the two Dutch

teams will take place at the Civic

Center , at 7 :30 p.m.

" I ' m really exc i t ed , " said head

c o a c h G l e n n Van W i e r e n . " T h e

guys are really exci ted to be play-

ing in this game . "

T h e F l y i n g D u t c h m e n b e g a n

prac t ice today fo r the w e e k e n d ' s

game . T h e team has received per-

miss ion f r o m the N C A A to hold

three days of practice pr ior to the

g a m e .

T h e s e t h r e e p r a c t i c e s wi l l be

t r immed f r o m the t e a m ' s normal

preseason pract ices.

D r e n t h e ( p r o n o u n c e d D R E N -

thuh) arrived in Ch icago on Mon-

day and will stay in local Hol land

residents* homes dur ing their t ime

in Hol land.

A s part of the Sesquicentennia l

celebrat ion and the visit of the royal

fami ly and Princess Margr ie t , the

team will have an oppor tun i ty to

pract ice at the Ch icago Bulls prac-

t i c e f ac i l i t y a n d sit in on s o m e

classes at Hope .

" I t ' s a great thing for our program

to be involved wi th , " Van Wieren

said. " I t ' s been a sort of d r eam of

mine for a whi le to do someth ing

with the Nether lands ."

Whi le Hope will hold a sort of

tryout in which 10 players will play

in the game , Drenthe is a profes-

sional team that has numerous play-

ers b e t w e e n 6 ' 7 " and 7 ' 1 " , a n d

players ranging in age f rom 18 to

34 years old.

Th i s will be the fourth t ime that

Hope will f ace a team f rom outside

the country. T h e team has traveled

to Mex ico twice and Sweden once.

"Relus ter Beek (commiss ioner

of the Queen in Drenthe) has invited

us to the Nether lands next year at

the end of August , and we will go ,"

Van Wieren said.

T H E D A Y TRIPPERS M e n ' s C r o s s C o u n t r y : T h e Flying Dutchmen finished third in the

M I A A Jamboree , Saturday. Joe Veldman ( ' 01 ) finished in 13th place.

W o m e n ' s C r o s s C o u n t r y : Hope finished second at the Jamboree .

Ellen Schul tz ( ' 9 8 ) and Becky T i m m e r ( ' 99 ) placed second and third.

F o o t b a l l : The team rallied to defea t Wabash. 14-13 Saturday. Brad

Bolton ( ' 9 8 ) and Brandon Graham ( ' 98 ) scored for the Flying Dutch.

M e n ' s Go l f : Mike Feyen ( ' 01 ) and Andy Nietr ing ( ' 0 1 ) shared

medal is t honors as the team won the M I A A golf tournament .

W o m e n ' s Go l f : T h e team finished tied for first with A l m a in the

M I A A tournament , before defeat ing Aqu inas in a dual meet . 364-382.

M e n ' s S o c c e r : After tying top-ranked Whea ton 0 -0 , the team topped

Adrian 3-0 to run their record to 7-1-1 overall , and 3-0 in league.

W o m e n ' s S o c c e r : M e l o d y Morscheck ( ' 99 ) cont inued her assault on

scoring records as she had a goal and three assists in a 7-1 Adrian win.