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March 1997

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S t u d e n t l e a r n s t o l i ve w h e e l c h a i r -b o u n d . Spotlight, page 6.

A n n e B a k k e r -G r a s w i n s n a t i o n a l a w a r d as a c t i v i t e s l e a d e r . Campusbeat, page 2.

S t u d e n t s p r a y i n t o t h e e a r l y m o r n -ing . Religion,

page 3.

M e n ' s t e n n i s w i n s f i r s t m a t c h o f season . Sports, page 8.

W o m e n w r i t e r s t o r e a d f o r W o m e n ' s W e e k . Intermission, page 5.

Congress to hold final Ollle vote tonight S T A C Y B O G A R D & M. H E R W A L D X campusbeat edi tor & intermission edi tor

Congress will re-vote tonight about br inging Oliver North to campus. The debate over whether or not to bring North to Hope as a paid lecturer has created a hotbed of discussion.

Several issues have surfaced. One such issue questions whether due process was served in the 14-day decision made by the Student Congress executive board to bring North to campus, without a student poll or the consent of full Congress. Another key question repeatedly posed to Student Congress by con-cerned students and faculty asks whether funding North's visit will use student funds.

Internal problems within Con-gress were publicly displayed in last Wednesday 's meeting. Dana Marolt ( '99), a student representa-tive, made a motion to let the en-

W e c a n d e b a t e t h i s w h e n I a r r i v e a t H o p e

C o l l e g e , b e c a u s e I c a n a s s u r e you t h a t I

a m c o m i n g o n e way o r t h e o t h e r . — O l i v e r N o r t h o n his r a d i o s h o w T h u r s d a y

tire meeting be conducted through "Speaking Frankly," which allows those not in Student Congress the right to speak. Marolt and her sup-porters on Congress were largely outvoted and "Speaking Frankly" was re-opened in the latter half of the meet ing. Marolt chaired the committee that on Congress Presi-dent Ryan C o o k ' s ( ' 97 ) request spent two months researching a proper candidate for their speaker series.

Cook ' s decision, according to Marolt, undermined the work that the H.A.N.D. Task Force commit-tee had already done.

"A major concern of mine is that

we had done all this work to bring James Malinchak here," she said. "And then all of a sudden the in-formation was released in an emer-gency meeting that Oliver North was coming and James Malinchak was not. This was after Malinchak and I had a verbal agreement."

C o o k r e fu t ed this s t a t e m e n t . "Dana, you were for Ollie North coming , " he said. "You weren ' t happy about it, but you were for it."

As Marolt shook her head, fac-ulty advisor Sue Frost restated the prior view of the situation. "I want to make this clear, Ryan. The exec board made the decision without S tuden t C o n g r e s s to not br ing

Anchor photo by Matthew Scholtens

SAY YES: Lemorie ('98) used a marriage proposal to Lori Madaus ('98) as the finale of the first percussion recital in Hope's history. The recital on Friday, Feb. 28, fea-tured Lemorie on timpani, marimba, and other percussion instruments. Clad in a cloak, black hat, and "Phantom" mask, Lemorie concluded the concert by singing "Music of the Night" by Andrew Lloyd Webber. During a piano passage near the end of the song, Lemorie jumped off the stage to grab Madaus out of the audience and finished the song on one knee. He offered the ring at the end of the song. Madaus tearfullly accepted.

W a r m w e a t h e r spawns break- ins S T A C Y B O G A R D campusbeat ed i tor

To protect their belongings and privacy, professors and staff in three campus buildings must make sure that their doors are locked each time they leave their office area, even for five to ten minutes.

Reports of numerous petty lar-cenies and malicious destruction of p r o p e r t y in L u b b e r s Ha l l , VanZoeren Hall and the 'Nykerk Mus ic Bui ld ing wi thin the last month have brought the issue of after hours building safety to Pub-lic Safety's forefront.

"A lot of times these thefts have happened because doors have been left unlocked. Complete informa-tion was distributed through a se-cur i ty a ler t wi th e m p h a s i s on people contacting Public Safety if anything looks unusual or if people look like they don't belong," said Tom Renner, director of public re-lations.

Professors in Lubbers will met with Terpstra early today to discuss what further precautions should be taken to ensure the building safety.

The suspects, two area girls be-tween the ages of eight and thirteen have not been taken into custody since Public Safety has been unable to prove their connection to the crimes. It has been assumed that the suspects entered the buildings ei-ther on the weekends or at night after the majority of the staff had left, found keys to filing cabinets, offices and desk drawers, and took petty cash, keys and candy.

The most recent occurrence was last Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Dean of S o c i a l S c i e n c e s o f f i c e in VanZoeren between 4:30 and 6 p.m. Each of the pencil drawers in the locked o f f i c e s were r u m m a g e d through. Master key access was ob-tained from desks in the main of-fice entrance areas. The juveniles took what change and cash they

could find along with some candy that was in the office. The locks and access pads to the o f f i c e were rekeyed the next day when the break-in was discovered.

Other departments affected irv-clude the political science and Eiv glish depar tments . The English Department has been hit on three separate incidences since an unre-lated incident in December.

In two subsequent weekends, depa r tmen t o f f i ce s t a f fe r Myra Kosehl 's file cabinet was broken into and more petty cash was taken, along with money from the coffee tin. Cash was taken again the fol-lowing weekend with a set of keys found in a desk drawer.

' T h e janitor found the keys be-hind a trash bin on another floor," Kosehl said.

Public Safety encourages reports of any suspicious activity imme-dia te ly . " T h e r e are a lot more people around with the improving weather," Renner said.

J a m e s M a l i n c h a k and to br ing Ollie."

T h e s e and o the r i s sues have cropped up in several debates over the past week and a half. Aside from last week 's Student Congress meet-ing, students, alumni and faculty v o i c e d the i r o p i n i o n s d u r i n g Monday 's open forum in the Kletz, and on Oliver North 's nationally syndicated radio show last Thurs-day. North devoted a full forty-five minutes of his show to discussing H o p e ' s f a c u l t y r e s o l u t i o n , prompted by local Holland news-paper articles faxed to him by the Grand Rapids Press.

Last Wednesday 's weekly Stu-dent Congress meeting was any-thing but routine. Before all 27 members of Student Congress, phi-losophy professor Carol Simon in-vited questions concerning the fac-ulty resolut ion. This resolut ion, signed by the majority of Hope fac-ulty, voiced the opinion that bring-ing North to campus was not in the

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Ko l len Ha l l scuf f le leads t o a r res ts D A N M C C U E staff repor te r

Public Safety arrested two male non-Hope students in Kollen Hall Friday night, Feb. 28, on charges ranging from minor in possession of alcohol to assault.

The incident began when the two 20-year-olds tore down an R.A. Of-fice sign across the hall from the open apar tment door of Kollen Resident Director Ellen Awad and her husband, Habeeb.

Habeeb and Assistant Resident Director Ntsiki Sisulu ( '97) left the apartment and fol lowed the two males into the women's wing on the first floor.

"Habeeb spoke to the gentlemen asking for the sign back," Sisulu s a id . " H a b e e b then a s k e d the gen t l eman holding the sign his n a m e , whi le I a sked the o the r gentleman what his name was," she said.

Accord ing to Sisulu , the two males continued walking down the hal lway, rudely c o m m e n t i n g to Awad and Sisulu.

El len Awad used a res iden t ' s phone to contact Public Safety.

Habeeb Awad and Sisulu told the pair to remain in the building so they could give their names to Pub-lic Safely.

One of the two males charged Habeeb Awad to get out of the door, but Awad caught the male 's coat sleeve. He punched Awad in the arm in an attempt to escape.

"I bearhugged him from behind to hold him until Publ ic Safe ty came," Habeeb Awad said.

The man charged the door a sec-ond lime, hilling his face on it. but making it into the stairwell drag-ging Awad with him.

Sisulu made a phone call to 911, reporting "it had gotten physical."

The incident ended in the Hall basement with the arrival of Public Safety. The male was escorted out of the building and handcuffed.

The other male was found out-side and taken into custody.

Charges filed included providing false identification to police, mali-cious destruction of property and an assault charge against one of the males.

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campus briefs SAC advisor gamers honor Suspect wanted for

An incident last Sunday, Feb. 23, has Public Safely looking for a male

estimated to be in his mid-BO's who

allegedly exposed himself to female Hope students near the Pine Grove.

The three students were on their way to the Gathering at the Chapel

around 7:50 p.m. when witnesses

said a man with a receding hairline

was wearing a dark waist-length

jacket, jeans, and turquoise sweater

exposed himself to them. The inci-

dent occurred on the sidewalk be-

indecent exposure tween Durfee and Lubbers Halls.

The incident was not reported until Wednesday, Feb. 26, and re-

mains under investigation. Public

Safely has no suspects. "A security alert was distributed

yesterday to all faculty and students

regarding the incident. If students

would like additional information

they should contact Richard Frost

in the Dean of Students office," said

Tom Rcnner , d i rec tor of Public

Relations.

Refurbished l ibrary basement opens The ground floor of VanWylen along with American and English

literature references are now acces-

sible by students and faculty for

direct use with the floor re-opening.

The ground floor photocopier and furniture are still not yet in place,

but as progress continues, they are

expected to be installed in the near

future.

L o a d s of f r e e z e - d r i e d b o o k s should begin to arrive back on cam-

pus this week, according to David

Jensen, Director of Libraries.

Library re-opened last Saturday, March 1 after repairs to damage

caused by a ceiling pipe failure on

Jan. 11 were finished.

The entire floor has been re-car-

peted and ceiling panels were re-

placed in the southeast comer where

the d a m a g e o c u r r e d . A sma l l

amount of the 7,500 books damaged

are back on the shelf, but most are still in restoration process at the

M i d w e s t F r e e z e Dry p l a n t in

Skokie, 111. Scientific journals and references

N e w honor society inducts m e m b e r s

Another national honor society

has been established at Hope, this lime in the social work department.

Hope's Zeta Theta chapter of the

Phi Alpha national honor society

inducted its first members on Tues-

day, Feb. 25. Six seniors and seven

juniors were invited to join and pro-vide leadership among social work

students. The honorary fraternity formed

from a project within the "Student

Socia l Work O r g a n i z a t i o n " of

which any Hope social work major

can be a part. The organization par-

ticipates in community service ac-

tivities, social activities and major-

related seminars. For social work students to be

eligible they must meet the require-

ments of a 3.4 grade point average

in the major, a 3.0 overall, and jun-

ior status or higher. New members include seniors:

Leianne Biehl, Stephanie Kaper-

D a l e , Tori K o o t s t r a , R e b e k a h

Menning, Danielle Parker, Kathleen

Vos and Corine Widi; and juniors:

C o r i F r e u d e n b u r g , Va le r ie

K le inhekse l , A lex i s L i n s c h e i d , Katherine Reed, Melinda Tuinstra

and Scott VanderWal.

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S T A C Y B O G A R D c a m pus be at editor

The nation's best student activi-

ties programmer is here on campus, but not for a visit.

Anne Bakker-Gras, director of student activities and Social Activi-

ties Commit tee advisor, received

the 1997 Patsy

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grammer Award

at the National Association for

Campus Activi-t ies ( N A C A )

convention last

S u n d a y , Feb .

23, in Philadel-phia . Each of the 1,200 N A C A

member colleges and universities

were able to nominate a staff mem-ber as eligible for the award.

The recipient was anonymously

chosen by a committee for "work-ing closely in the development of

student leadership skills and cre-ativity, developing the institution's

activities programming as a viable,

co-curricular, education activity and

displaying good managerial skills."

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[ A n n e ] g o t r e c o g n i z e d

f o r all t h e w o r k t h a t

s h e d o e s . — A a r o n S m i t h ( ' 9 7 )

S A C S t u d e n t D i r e c t o r

Bakker-Gras was not aware that

she had been nominated until her

name was called to come up and receive the award.

"I was totally blown out of the

water," she said. Several colleagues in the NACA

nomina ted Bakker -Gras for the award and letters of support by oth-

ers were also

written.

" S h e is an

fantastic repre-s e n t a t i o n of

w h a t H o p e

College is and

has run an ac-t i v i t i e s p r o -

g r a m tha t is one of the best

in the nation. It 's about time that she

got recognized for all the work that

she does," said Aaron Smith ( '97) ,

SAC student director.

Bakker-Gras has been director of

social activities since 1989 and has

received two "Outstanding Service

Awards" presented to outstanding volunteers within the region. Prior

to this position she was director of

residential life for two years.

Bakker-Gras also won first and

second place awards in graphics

design work.

The Social Activites Committee also took home two awards. A first

place " theme publicity" award was received for the "Viva Las Vegas"

poster designed by Jennifer Weaver ( '96) and Bakker-Gras for SAC's

annual Cas ino Night . They also

won a third place "non-poster pub-

licity" award for the "Jest Take a

Note" memo boards sporting the

SAC jes ter symbol, designed by Greg Folker t ( ' 97 ) and Bakker-

Gras. "It 's a great honor to be recog-

nized on a national level for what we do here at Hope, and I hope that

that continues in the future," Smith

said. Conferences help SAC to look at what improvements may be nec-

essary to better the program for the

coming year. Smith, Folkert, Mary Lucas ( '98),

Joy Green ( '98) and Dave Rohner

( '99) were the SAC representatives who attended the convention.

SAC and Bakker-Gras have re-

ceived numerous awards in recent

years f rom the NACA, including

the "Excel lence in Programming

Award" in 1994.

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Anchor photo by Josh Neucks

O N C R A C K : As Women's Week activities continue through Friday, the Women's Week Art & Folk Art Show exhibit featured displays from Hope College women artists last Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 26 & 27, in the Maas. Included was this untitled piece from Janel Moore ('00).

A I M promotes Spring Break safety D A N M C C U E staff r e p o r t e r

The campus group Alcohol Is-sues Matter (AIM), is participating

in the na t ionwide "Sa fe Spring

Break" program this coming week.

Tomorrow Hope students will be

able to sign a pledge card in the

DeWitt Center lobby from 10 a.m.

until 2 p.m. and on the Maas side

of Phelps Dining Hall from 5 to 6

p.m. Accord ing to AIM Act iv i t ies

Chairperson Kim Bos ( '99), the fo-

cus of pledge cards will be "the same as always, to drink responsi-

bly. The emphasis will be to avoid

drinking and driving over Spring Break. On campus this really isn't

an issue, but people won ' t be in a closed environment like Hope over

Spring Break." The pledge card asks the pledger

to "promise to celebrate Spring

Break responsibly." specifically by avoiding drinking and driving. It

also asks the pledger to "remember

the importance of this pledge now and a lways," and has spaces for

both the pledger and an AIM mem-

ber to sign. Completed pledge cards will be

mailed out by Monday so students

receive them before they head to

their Spring Break destinations, ac-

cording to AIM President Kevin

Burgun ( '98).

Burgun explained why responsi-

bility in drinking is so important. "Being responsible is making re-

sponsible choices about drinking

for you and your friends. Making responsible choices about drinking

alcohol is the main point of the

pledges," he said. AIM has further plans to promote

a "Safe Spring Break." This Tues-

day, March 11, they will sponsor

Mocktails from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Phelps, while Wednesday, March

12, there will be hot cocoa served

in the Pine Grove from 8 a.m. to

noon.

There are also plans to place three

crosses in the Pine Grove f rom

March 10 to March 13, each sym-bolizing a person that dies on an av-

erage day during Spring Break due

to dr inking incidents like drunk driving and alcohol poisoning.

This attention to Spring Break

drinking may seem unnecessary to

some, but Burgun sees these activi-

ties as a way to educate the student

body. "Alcohol is related to letting your

hair d o w n . . . w h i c h is re la ted to

binge drinking. (Alcohol) becomes

a greater part of a student's Spring Break, especially in party destina-

tions like Florida and Mexico. It 's very much a part of the week. It 's everywhere...it 's not just a weekend

party." Burgun re-emphasized the crux

of AIM's Spring Break activities.

"We want people to realize how

alcohol could hurl them. We care, that's our overriding statement," he

said.

March 5, I 997 the Anchor R e l i g i o n

Students gather to pray through the night K I M P O W E L L religion edi tor

At midnight last Friday ten

Hope s tudents me t in D i m n e n t

Chapel to pray specifically for the

campus for an all night prayer meet-

ing. The group sat in a circle on the

stage of Dimnent singing worship

songs and praying. The idea stemmed from Sarah

Hendr ick ' s ( ' 99 ) exper iences at

Urbana where she experienced the

power of prayer. "God really laid this on my

heart." Hendrick said. "This was

totally the Lord. I didn ' t have to do anything. It was so encouraging that

God took care of everything." The mot ive behind praying

into the early hours of the morning

is like fasting only it 's deprivation of sleep, according to participant

Brien Hills ( '99). "Christians on this campus are

praying immense ly , " Hills said.

"Our responsibility is first to this

campus because this is where God

has placed us. There are a lot of bur-

dens here on campus and our bur-den is for [campus] because this is

where we are." The meeting was a time of cov-

ering the campus with prayer, in-

cluding the faculty, chaplains staff,

administration, students, and stu-

dent organizations. We prayed to break down bar-

riers between student organizations

and ethnic groups on Hope 's cam-

pus, Hendrick said. Anyone and everyone was wel-

come, but because of the last minute

/Anc/ior photo by Zach Johnson

H O U S E O F P R A Y E R : Students gathered in Dimnent Chapel Friday night for a six hour prayer meeting beginning at midnight.

decision to have the meeting, only

a few phone calls were made to stu-

dents. H e n d r i c k had no idea how

many people would show up, but

that didn ' t concern her. Instead of wor ry ing about a t t endance and

making a lot of phone calls, she

prayed. "I prayed to God, 'Just give me

ten people, ' and all night long that

is exactly how many people came,"

Hendrick said. What amazed Hendrick and

Hil ls was that the s tudents who came to pray were not the students

that they had called and invited per-

sonally or even students that they

knew. "The people that came heard

about it in a different way," Hills

said. "I feel like God hand-picked

them." Hendrick agreed.

"It really felt like that was con-

firmation," she said. Before the meeting, Hills said,

"Whatever size group, it will be per-

fect for what we are doing. God will

use this time to do amazing things." Hendrick shares the belief that

God will honor the prayers of the

students who attended.

"I am confident that God will

do great things regardless of the

numbers," Hendrick said. To commit to praying all night

long sounds overwhelming to some

people, but according to partici-

pants it was an incredible experi-

ence. ' T h e whole night was a bless-

ing," Hendrick said. "It was physi-

cally tiring, but everyone was men-

tally alert." The night began with an hour

of worship time. The group sang

their favorite Chapel songs while

Ben Lappenga ( '99) played guitar.

The rest of the night was devoted

to praying. Scattered around the chapel

students prayed privately until they

all fell ready to rejoin for commun-

ion. When they began to filter back

to the stage, Hendrick took a bottle

of Meijer grape juice and a round loaf of white bread out of a plastic

grocery bag. She broke the bread in half and

poured the juice into a communion

cup. Hills started communion by

sharing with the person next to her

and it continued around the circle.

Af te r communion the group prayed together out loud and si-

lently until about 3 a.m. "It was gett ing hard toward

three o ' c lock to stay awake and

keep your concen t ra t ion ," Hills

said. The group took a little break

before starting to pray more specifi-

cally for each other, for families and

for special prayer requests.

At about 5 a.m. the group said

the i r f ina l p r aye r t oge the r and

headed home excited about the pos-

sibility of doing it again.

"People that were there have showed interest in doing it again,"

Hills said. 4,I definitely think it is

something we should do again." The group left tired in body but

refreshed in spirit. "We did sacr i f ice sleep, but

God blessed me so much more be-

yond s l eep , " H e n d r i c k said. "I w o u l d do this eve ry night if I

could."

Annual FCS retreat North a pleaser for attenders H E I D I H U E B N E R staff repor te r

Keeping with the tradition of

past years. Fellowship of Christian

Students held their annual winter

retreat at Camp Brethren Heights

this past weekend. The two-night get -away was

a chance for students to relax and

focus on God. Around 35 students made the

one and half hour trek to the out-

skirts of Big Rapids on Friday

night. While traveling the steep icy

road that led up to the camp, one

of the vans got partially stuck in

the ditch. After a few minutes of pushing, the van was maneuvered

back on the road undamaged. Students stayed in the central

lodge at the camp, where the men

and women each had their own

room of cots. There was also a large kitchen

where the students took turns pre-

paring meals, a family room with a wood burning stove, and a large

game room with a ping pong table. Due to the surroundings, the

students had the chance to get to

know each other better. "1 enjoyed hanging out with

my f r i ends and learn ing more

about g ra t e fu lnes s , " said Tina Damhuis ( '00).

Tryg Johnson, intern for the chaplain's staff at Hope, reminded

students through a series of talks

that life is a gift to be received.

He urged them to look at all situ-

ations with gratitude.

Prayer, worship, the Word of God, service and fellowship were

the five areas Johnson addressed

that he believes can create a heart

of gratitude towards God.

T h e s e issues were imple-

mented throughout the weekend as students devoted much time to

group prayer, devotions, singing,

and helping each other with the

food preparation and cleaning. "We had a good time in wor-

ship and in fellowship with one

another and we were reminded

about God's goodness and living a life of gratitude. Tryg did a good

job speaking," Jill Bostelaar ( '99)

said. Since there was not a strict

schedule to fo l low there were many hours of games such as ul-

t imate f r i sbee , foo tba l l , p ing-pong, Euchre and spontaneous

fun with storytelling and jel lo-

slurping contests. 1

The beautiful natural envi-

ronment of the c a m p inspired many outdoor activities like sled-

ding and long walks. The weekend promoted a real

sense of community and a sense

of what to do to live life the way

it is meant to be lived. "It was an awesome reminder

of who I was compared to God—

A good break, and great renewal, said Amy Champaigne ( '00).

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voice. Students should gather in protest

North issue symptomatic of ongoing poor ethical calls

D e a r Ed i to r ,

After attending the Student Congress Forum on whether or not Ol iver North should come to Hope College, I have developed some adamant views. Before I could really care less if he was com-ing or not and I still feel that way. I do feel though, if the student populat ion doesn ' t feel they are being heard when it comes to their opinions. I ' d like to encourage them to protest . When I say protest I 'd like to make clear that I mean

in a civil way. but it is a right I believe we as s tudents have. I was a l so sur-prised to hear that the faculty was con-s i d e r i n g p r o t e s t i n g if t h e i r v i e w s weren ' t heard, though they too have the right. So tonight I 'd like to encourage both sides to come out, civilly of course, and protest. M a k e sure your v iews are being heard if you feel so adamant about Ol iver Nor th ' s visit to Hope College.

D a v i d P. R o h n e r ( '99)

Exposure to non-Christian faiths a must D e a r Edi tor ,

The purpose of this letter is twofold. First, I wish to c o m m e n d Kim Powell on her Jan. 29th edi t ion of "Stra ight Talk." It is refreshing to see Chris t ians w h o do not complete ly shut out o ther faiths. I believe the adminis t rat ion is crazy to disallow non-Christ ian religion courses to count towards core. T h e ad-ministration should not only allow, but

require students to take a non-Christ ian religion course. W h e n I expressed this sentiment to a fe l low student , he re-sponded by asking: " W h y should I? There ' s no truth in them anyway." This attitude is not only immoral socially and politically, but is downright un-Chris-tian (read Acts 10:34-35 and I John 4:16 if you disagree.) We need to know what others believe in order to put some type of perspective on what we believe.

I feel obligated, however , to respond to a somewhat o f fhand commen t made by Ms. Powell in the same article. T h e statement reads: "I know the campus d i s a g r e e s o n w h e t h e r or not H o p e should become more diverse both reli-giously and ethnically. The fact how-ever remains that H o p e is already di-verse to some degree ." For those of you who may agree with this " fac t , " i.e. that Hope College has a diverse a tmosphere, allow me to submit the fo l lowing (sup-plied through the graciousness of the Registrar and Mult icul tural Life) :

Out of H o p e ' s 2 ,919 students . 2 ,295 hail f rom Michigan, and 346 more live in the neighboring states (i.e. Wiscon-sin. Illinois. Indiana, and Ohio.)

A p p r o x i m a t e l y 95 p e r c e n t of the

campus is white. Of the 2.350 students w h o responded

to the religion suiA'ey. only 40 stated that they had no religious background, and a whopping 13 checked the box marked

"non-Chr is t ian ." Like it or not. H o p e College is com-

prised mos t ly of whi te , m i d w e s t e r n Christians. There is little if any cultural, ethnic, or rel igious diversity happening here. Now. lack of diversity is not en-tirely a negative thing, and I applaud H o p e for not j u m p i n g on the Aff i rma-tive Action bandwagon. For with diver-sity comes adversity, and there is some-thing to be said for spending four years in a comfor table envi ronment around people of similar backgrounds. Students r e c e i v e the o p p o r t u n i t y to s o l i d i f y t h e m s e l v e s as p e o p l e b e f o r e b e i n g tested by the rest of the world. But liv-ing for four years without ever having your values seriously cross-examined may not be healthy. W h e n they are fi-nally put on the stand, they may break d o w n in to a t e a r y - e y e d c o n f u s i o n , throwing the person into moral l imbo. I have found that af ter a person 's val-

ues have been quest ioned, he ei ther be-l ieves in them more firmly or not at all, in which case he replaces them with something he can bel ieve in more sol-idly. In ei ther case , the person ga ins strength. Diversi ty is an aspect of the liberal arts education which is currently lacking at H o p e College, and w e need to decide if we wish to g row in this di-

rection.

Ryan Janus ('98)

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D e a r Ed i to r ,

T h e recen t d e b a t e o v e r b r i n g i n g Oliver North to campus to address the student body brings up many issues. Quest ions of free speech and political party lines have been the focus, but I see it a bit differently. In all honesty, no, I don ' t want Mr. North to c o m e to Hope. Political views aside. I do not believe that what he would h a v e j o say to college stude'nts at Hope would be worth even close to S10.000. If he wants to come to speak for free or at a cost comparab le to previous speakers , let

him come. If the students want to hear a conservative speaker, fine. The debate that could ensue is what co l lege and critical thinking could be.

The issue f o r m e , however, is the fact that s ignif icant col lege resources are being used to bring in this man. Funds are being utilized that could be divided and used to support other, more worthy causes to advance the deve lopment of the student body. But instead, in the in-terest of preserving the good old boys ' club. President Jacobson and Provost Nienhuis have deemed it worthy to host a proven criminal by providing finan-

cial backing. Even more fr ightening is how often

incidents like this occur with very little informat ion given to students. As a stu-dent body with the right to speak your minds and m a k e intelligent decisions, find out what is go ing on with your money. Even if you do not think the is-sues at hand will effect you during your t ime at Hope or are that big of a deal, chances are bigger and more unethical issues are underlying them.

J e n n i f e r H u i s k e n ( '96)

North charges dropped, but not due to innocence, prof says D e a r E d i t o r :

T h e A n c h o r ' s f r o n t - p a g e s t o r y "Oliver Twist ," about the current con-troversy over the Student Congress ' s decision to invite Oliver North to speak at Hope College, contained a summary of the Iran-Contra prosecutions which is not entirely accurate. It stated, "North is wel l -known for his part in the Iran Contra scandal in the late 1980s. He was found guilty of providing illegal arms to Iran, illegal transfer of funds to Nica-raguan contra guerr i l las and lying to Congess , but he was later cleared of all charges due to a technicality."

As an attorney and as a historian, I am firmly convinced that it is impor-tant to be precise about court decis ions and about the way in which we charac-terize events. While it is true that Oliver N o r t h ' s c r imina l conv ic t ion was re-versed on appeal , it is not true that Mr. Nor th was "cleared of all charges ." In Iran-Contra: The Final Report,

Lawrence E. Walsh, w h o served as the Independent Counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation, explained the disposition of the case against Ol iver North. H e wrote that " T w o of the convict ions | in the Iran-Contra matter] were reversed

on appeal on constitutional grounds that in nQ way cast doubt on the factual guiH

pf thg men c o n v i c t g d . " ( E m p h a s i s added.] One of the defendants whose convict ion was reversed was North.

Mr. Walsh explained that "North was tried and convicted by a j u ry in M a y 1989 of altering and destroying docu-ments. accepting an illegal gratuity and aiding and abetting in the obstruct ion of Congress . His convic t ion was re-v e r s e d o n a p p e a l in Ju ly 1990 and c h a r g e s aga ins t N o r t h w e r e s u b s e -quent ly dismissed in September 1991 on the grounds that trial witnesses were tainted by Nor th ' s nationally televised, i m m u n i z e d t e s t i m o n y b e f o r e C o n -gress ." Immunized tes t imony is given under a guarantee that it will not be used

in a subsequent prosecution. Guarantees of immuni ty are o f fe red to suspects in cr iminal investigations to induce them to assist investigators without fear that what they say will be used against them in a criminal trial.

These details help to explain why it is not true to say that the reversal of Ol iver Nor th ' s convict ion established that he was "cleared of all charges." The reversal of Ol iver Nor th ' s conviction came about because of his immunized testimony. Oliver North testified about his illegal activities before Congress . Because the appellate court found that his subsequent criminal conviction was tainted by his immunized testimony, his convict ion was reversed.

The United States Consti tut ion guar-a n t e e d O l i v e r N o r t h ' s r i gh t s much greater respect than Mr. Nor th granted the Const i tut ion.

J a n i s M . G i b b s A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s o r of H i s t o r y

North controversy comes down to money, not free speech D e a r E d i t o r ,

I ' v e been deeply troubled over the

whole "Oliver Nor th i ssue" and would like to share a few of my thoughts on it.

Wha t I don ' t think this is about: I ) Freedom of Speech. 2) Facul ty vs. Stu-dents. 3) Liberals vs. Conserva t ives .

There is an important need to express and to th ink cr i t ica l ly about a wide r ange of ideas on c a m p u s and that I could find it useful to open m y ears to what the far right has to say, even if I don ' t personally agree. So I ' m not op-posed to Mr. North being on campus. He is more than welcome to c o m e stand on the street c o m e r and to speak with-

out Publ ic Safety arresting h im — if they did. that would be an infr ingement on his right to f ree speech. N o one is trying to s top h im f rom express ing his views.

And no one should be trying to s top the facu l ty f r o m sharing their rather tame comments . They aren ' t telling us, the student body, what to do, and to sim-ply turn th i s in to a f a c u l t y - s t u d e n t power issue is r idiculous. I would add that when the whole Iran-Contra issue

was going on, I was twelve years old like many of you. Not for a minute do I c la im to r emember the detai ls of the c o n t r o v e r s y w h i c h s u r r o u n d e d Mr . North. It is reasonable to trust the judg-ment of some hundred faculty (liberal and conservat ive alike) w h o remember the s e r i o u s n e s s of tha t s i tua t ion . A rather intelligent group of people teach our c l a s se s ; I w o u l d n ' t d i smi s s too

quickly what they have to say.

Though I would just as soon not have our student body bring Mr. Nor th here, 1 don ' t expect to get a leftist l ike Louis Farrakhan instead. I ' m not bitter about h e a r i n g ( a n o t h e r ) c o n s e r v a t i v e o ld whi te male vo ice — let 's j u s t b r ing

some more upstanding right-winger like Bill Bennett or Cal T h o m a s w h o might have something thought fu l to say with-out us helping h im to profi t f rom ille-gal actions. T h e conservat ive voice is the dominant one on campus . I t ' s valu-able to not spend money on people w h o wil l j u s t r e i n f o r c e wha t w e a l r e a d y think; I w o n ' t gain much f r o m hear ing someone lake a stand fo r all the issues I already stood for. Tha t doesn ' t chal-lenge me.

I do think that this is an issue of fis-cal irresponsibility. I am opposed to any speaker gett ing $10,000. even if it is a "bargain price." We can think for less. It is the rare except ion for any H o p e speaker to get even half that amount . If there is so much money floating around the Pres ident ' s of f ice , I ' m sorry, but I don ' t understand why our tuition keeps rising. If fo r no o the r reason, lake a stand that this huge amount of money be spent more wisely. Just as Mr. Nor th has the f reedom to speak his mind, w e

have the f reedom to decide how to use and who to honor with our resources.

We most definitely honor him with

the invitation and with the fat check. Wha t does it say about the academic integrity of this institution to have h im here? Th i s is an educational issue, too. What is Mr. Nor th going to of fer us?

I 've listened to his radio show, and I

seriously doubt that he 's going to be a thoughtful presence — but I genuinely hope he ' l l surprise me . I keep asking, "wha l is he going to talk abou t?" and I ' m not hearing any answers. Why, then, is he coming? Is it only because he has such a big name and we want some at-tent ion? I hope we ' l l get our money ' s worth, and that we ' l l hear something more than the hot air that comes across the A M waves . And that our guest will respect the col lege and not continue to make remarks like "I don ' t give a hoot what the professors think . .

And this may be an ethical issue for you, too. D o we want to reward some-one whose claim to fame s tems f rom subversive illegal activity? Do w e want to hold s o m e o n e ' s criminal past against them? Maybe , m a y b e not. 1 am think-ing of the t housands of Nica raguans w h o w e r e negat ively a f fec ted by the

a rms deal Nor th was a part of. The art of forg iveness is a tricky one. If y o u ' r e Chris t ian, you can a lways pull out the o le "what would Jesus d o " line. Would he forgive Nor th? Sure. Would that for-giveness take the form of $10,000 while others go without clean water? I doubt it.

R e g a r d l e s s of that . I do see great value in the controversy and the con-versat ions that are already happening because of his visit (without having paid h im a dime.) Think about what his visit represents and talk to your student con-gress representat ives.

Laura Myer s ( '98)

Cospelfest attendance not criteria for judging others D e a r Ed i to r ,

I am writing in response to Andy Van Eden ' s letter in the February 27th edition of The Anchor. I understand that Mr. Van Eden seems to interpret diver-sity to mean minor i ty ; however , the conclus ions he drew about the students at Hope College are demeaning.

Originally I f igured the commen-tary on his attendance at Gospelfest was only an aside, but the implicat ions of his statement suggest he bel ieves the Christianity of the s tudents at Hope to s o m e h o w be insincere. Regardless of why the G o s p e l f e s t was p o o r l y at-tended. is it our place to judge the faith and commitment of our peers based on at tendance at a choir concert or chapel se rv ice? H o p e f u l l y the a t t endees at Gospe - l f e s t w e r e t h e r e f o r w e l l i n t e n t i o n e d r e a s o n s . I h o p e chapel-goers attend weekday chapel for the same wholesome reasons. 10:30 to

11 a.m. may well be a convenient t ime for s tudents — but so what? Is worship

meant to be inconvenient? At tendance records are important to statisticians, but they say nothing about the Chris-tianity of the H o p e communi ty . Surely Mr. Van Eden doesn ' t mean that atten-dance figures at Gospel fes t are indica-tive of the Christ ian character of the at-tendees whi le a t tendence at weekday chapel have no s ign i f icance . T h a n k -fully. God is the j u d g e of our hearts.

Of the many scenarios Mr. Van Eden sugges ted fo r why G o s p e l f e s t lacked large a t tendance numbers , the most d i s tu rb ing sugges t ion was that lack of at tendance was somehow a ra-cial issue. This is a troubling and un-substantiated assumption.

!n a truly color-blind society, we will not have to busy ourselves playing attendance police, enforcing quotas and analyzing the hearts and minds of our neighbors. If we desire to embrace di-

versity in its truest, most encompass-ing form, then we will make a commit -ment to suspend j u d g m e n t on fe l low Christians. We should all also remem-ber that past mis takes never invalidate the potential for goodness one has in the future (just ask Chuck Golson). Ev-eryone has something important to con-tribute. I encourage all who feel Oliver North has "very little to o f fe r" to take Mr. Van E d e n ' s own advice in his Feb-ruary 19th letter and r emember that it is important to "treat people equally and apprec i a t e what all G o d ' s c r ea tu re s have to of fer society." Maybe Mr. Van Eden and those w h o so v igourous ly oppose Ol iver Nor th ' s visit should lis-ten to what Mr. North has to say — they might learn some th ing . . . or is that what

they are afraid o f?

Betsey Van F a a s e n (*97)

M a r c h 5, 1997

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Toi D e r r i c o t t e , Vis i t ing

W r i t e r s , Thursday March

6, 8 p.m.. Phelps dining

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Tuesday, March 11 at 8 p.m.,

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English prof helps to preserve legacy M I R I A M BEYER staff repor te r

Engl ish p ro fes so r Kathleen Verduin stared at her gray Kletz tray and smiled. She had just been asked

to recall her favorite memory of R.

Dirk Jellema. Jellema, a former faculty mem-

ber of the Engl ish Depar tment ,

passed away approximately three

years ago of cancer. Verduin has recently compiled

a book of Jellema's writings titled.

True Things.

This book is just one way for

Verduin to remember the important part Je l lema played in not only

bringing her to Hope as a profes-

sor, but also in fier life. "It would have been a Friday

night several years ago when I went

to his house for pea soup , " she

mused. Pea soup with ham, a well as

pig-in-the-blankets, are notoriously

Dutch cuisine. According to Verduin, Jellema,

a true-blooded Dutchman, was able

to both appreciate and gently mock his often made fun of heritage.

This love of Dutch culture is

jus t one of the themes that runs

through "True Things," published

by Verduin and other members of

the English Department.

A love of nature, reading and writing, the expansive range of hu-

manity, and jus t of life, are other themes pervading the book. Also

A "TOAST' TO DEPARTED FRIENDS: English professor Kathleen Verduin, center, poses for the camera on her wedding day with former English faculty member R. Dirk Jellema, left, and his wife Mary Jellema, right, before his death from cancer three years ago. Verduin has recently compiled ''True Things," a book of Jellema ys writings.

present is J e l l ema ' s con t inuous

struggle to love God.

Presented in Je l lema 's of ten blunt and always witty tone, the

words and stories of the book are

extremely entertaining to read. A l though his wri t ing o f t en

evokes laughter, feelings of expect-

ant death are present as well.

Toward the end of the book

some of the letters he wrote while

living out the last months of his can-

cer are printed. There is also a large section de-

Dance 23 to set the Knick in mot ion One of the most heralded dance

events of the Hope College Dance

Department 's season is Dance 23.

This dance concert, to be pre-

sen ted on M a r c h 6 to 8 in the Knickerbocker Theatre, will feature

a smorgasboard of genres, includ-

ing tap, j azz , m o d e m and ballet works by students, faculty and guest

artists. Seven pieces will feature stu-

dents, and two piececs will be per-

formed by guest artist Benny Bell.

S teven l annacone , assis tant

professor of Dance, choreographed

the s tudent d a n c e t i t led , "E ine Kleinescher Tanz thea te r (Es 1st

Shade)" which is his homage and

spoof of European Dance Theater

and its lies to German Expression-istic Dance.

"In the Still of the Night the

Plungers D a n c e " is dance chair Maxine DeBruyn's contribution to

the annua l d a n c e conce r t . F ive plungers journey through the dance

in this piece. Gangs te r s don tap shoes in

"Meet Me at Midnight," a choreo-graphed piece by Hope alumni Terri

Filips. Vis i t ing ass is tant p ro fes so r

Julio E. Rivera has contributed "In-

candescent Moon." Performed by a male trio, it

explores themes of grace and lyri-

cism. Strange pointe rhythms are in-

volved in "Six Pointe Fox Trot," a

piece choreograpfied by Linda Gra-

ham, associate professor of dance.

D a w n M c l l h a r g e y , a d j u n c t

professor of dance brings her jazz

piece, "I Love You" together with the music of Peggy Lee, Nancy

Sinatra, and Natalie Cole. "Ninfas Del Yuke" is a mod-

em piece created by guest choreog-

rapher Jesus Miranda who is also a member of the Contemporary Mo-

tions Dance Company.

The piece revolves around leg-

e n d s of t he Yuke ra in f o r e s t nymphs.

Guest artist Benny Bell will

p e r f o r m t w o j a z z p i eces , " T h e

Witch Doctor" and ' T h e Minotaur."

Bel l has m a d e an in te rna t iona l

name for himself as a jazz chore-ographer, performer and instructor.

"The Witch Doctor" concerns a

witch doctor who seeks Petro, a god

of thunder, and finds Erzuli, a god-

dess of love.

"The Minotaur" explores the

creature of the minotaur.

Tickets are available f rom the

theatre ticket office, and cost $5 for regular adult admission, $4 for se-

nior citizens and Hope faculty and staff, and $3 for students.

-Hope College News Service

Two w o m e n t o read and share wor ld bits Two distinct women writers,

Toi Derr icot te and Judi th Ort iz

Cofer, will arrive at Hope College

to read in the Phelps Hall dining room on Thursday, March 6.

S p o n s o r e d by the Vis i t ing

Writer's series and the college's Eva Leenhouts Pelgrim Meyer Lecture,

the r e a d i n g is par t of H o p e ' s Women's Week activities.

The Eva Leenhouts Pelgrim Meyer Lecture is an endowed col-

lege lectureship used annually to

bring distinguished women in the arts and humanities to campus for

Hope's Women's Week. Cofer is the author of a novel,

' T h e Line of the Sun," a collection of essays and poetry, "Silent Danc-

ing," two books of poetry, "Terms

of Survival" and "Reaching for the Mainland," and "The Latin Deli:

Prose and Poetry."

Her most recent book is a col-

lection of short stories, "An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio."

The American Library Asso-

ciation named "An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio" a "Best Book

of the Year, 1995-96." She is associate professor of

English and creative writing at the University of Georgia.

Derricotte has published three

co l l ec t ions of poetry: "Na tu ra l Birth," "The Empress of the Death

House" and "Tender" will be pub-lished this year.

Among her honors and awards include two fellowships f rom the

National Endowment for the Arts,

a Pushcart Prize, and the Folger

Shakespeare Library Poetry Book

Award.

Derricotte is an associate pro-fessor in the English Department at

the University of Pittsburgh, and she has also taught in the graduate

creative writing programs at New York University, George Mason

University and Old Dominion Uni-

versity. In 1996 she co-founded, with

Comelius Eady, "Cave Canem," a w o r k s h o p re t rea t f o r A f r i c a n -

American poets. -Hope News Service

voted to memoirs of the well-loved

man. In later sections Jellema's un-flinching attitude towards the con-

ditions of his disease, and his abil-ity to kid about it are apparent.

If she were able say one last

thing to Jellema, Verduin said, she

would tell him, "I never admired

you as much as I did in the months

before you died. I will think of you

when my time comes."

Verduin is pleased with the

book. Odds are that Jellema would

be as well.

In an art icle writ ten for the

Reformed Journal printed in True

Things, Jellema states, tongue-in-cheek, "I want to utter public thanks

to my friends and neighbors who

seem finally to have gotten around to doing what they should have

done long ago — namely letting the

world at large know what a good

guy I am."

"True T h i n g s " does exactly

that. 'T rue Things" is available in

the Hope Geneva Bookstore.

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Spotlight the Anchor March 5, I 997

Student meets new challenges following snowmobile A. SXR ASS BURGER spotlight edi tor

Megan T h o m p s o n ( ' 9 7 ) is con -

sumed with the usual s econd - se -

mesler senior activii ies. T h e busi-

ness ma jo r has a l ready had a f e w

j o b interviews. She ' s a lso busy with

16 credit hours and S i g m a S igma

N e w M e m b e r E d u c a t i o n . S h e ' s

looking fo rward to part icipat ing in

Vienna S u m m e r School in May.

But when T h o m p s o n goes to the

library to f ind a book for a paper,

this ten-minute chore takes her over

an hour and a half to execute . W h e n

she ' s ready to go

to c l a s s , s h e

needs s o m e o n e

to help her m a -

n e u v e r t h r o u g h

the heavy doors

of Scott Hall .

A f t e r b r e a k -

ing her f emur in

her right thigh in

a serious snow-

mobi le accident

o v e r W i n t e r

Break, T h o m p s o n has re turned to

H o p e v i e w i n g the c a m p u s in a

w h o l e n e w l ight — as a h a n d i -

capped s tudent .

T h o m p s o n broke her f emur , one

of the hardes t bones in the body to

break because of its s trength. Fol-

lowing the acc ident she endured a

painful r ide back to the main road

with her snowmob i l e par tner dr iv-

ing the snowmobi le .

" M y broken bone kept c lang ing

t o g e t h e r w i t h e v e r y b u m p . 1

s c r e a m e d the w h o l e w a y b a c k , "

T h o m p s o n said.

A w e e k - l o n g hospi ta l s tay fo l -

l o w e d , d u r i n g w h i c h T h o m p s o n

d iscovered exact ly h o w this acci-

dent would af fec t her life.

T h e e n s u i n g s u r g e r y i n v o l v e d

two long cuts on her r ight leg, and

the insertion of a metal rod and two

sc rews to hold her bone in place. In

t w o years , w h e n the b o n e g r o w s

together, the rod will be r emoved .

Complicat ions with her lungs and

a chipped hip bone kept T h o m p s o n

in the hospital four days longer than

had been predicted. She then spent

a week at h o m e , teaching herself

h o w to shower and get dressed.

"Just this week I ' ve been able to

put m y shoes on myse l f , " she said.

Back at Hope s ince Feb. 22, T h -

o m p s o n is c u r r e n t l y u s i n g b o t h

crutches and a wheelchair . Her doc-

tors have told her to stay complete ly

of f her r ight leg fo r six to e igh t

weeks , and then

use it only mini-

m a l l y f o r a n -

o t h e r t w o

m o n t h s . She is

expect ing to be

o u t o f t h e

w h e e l c h a i r by

Spr ing Break.

T h o m p s o n ' s

o f f - c a m p u s

h o u s e is n o t

h a n d i c a p p e d -

accessible , and so she ' s been set up

in a guest r o o m on the first f loor of

Scott Hall . Her sorority sisters have

provided a suppor t ne twork , f r o m

the new members , w h o have m a d e

c h e e r f u l p o s t e r s to d e c o r a t e he r

walls , to the act ives, w h o run er-

rands for her and help maneuver the

wheelchai r .

"I need s o m e o n e to pick m e up

here and af te r c lasses ," T h o m p s o n

said. "The doors in the d o r m are so

h e a v y ! If I on ly had a f ew c lose

f r i ends on campus , 1 d o n ' t think I

cou ld m a k e it."

Louise Shumaker , the Director of

Disabled Student Services , has also

been a s trong source of suppor t for

T h o m p s o n .

" S h e ' s been super he lp fu l , " T h -

o m p s o n said. "She ' s the one w h o

got m e this apa r tmen t . "

It 's s c a r y n o t b e i n g in

c o n t r o l . I 've n e v e r

l iked r e ly ing o n

p e o p l e , b u t n o w I

h a v e n o c h o i c e . — M e g a n T h o m p s o n ( ' 9 7 )

I n j u r e d S t u d e n t

A New Student Paper Contest R A C E ISSUES

Any Hope Student may submit a paper adressing the issue of race. Apaper may be

research or a scholarly essay. Papers submitted for course work are allowed.

Applications are available in the Student Development Office.

$50 Prize for Top Paper Paper Dealine: 3 / 1 2 / 9 7

Contact Derek Emerson in the Student Development Office for fur ther information.

But T h o m p s o n is beg inn ing to

realize that she needs help in almost

every th ing she does . For someone

who ' s a lways been ext remely inde-

pendent , this is difficult to adjust to.

" I t ' s scary not being in cont ro l , "

she said. " I ' v e never liked relying

on p e o p l e , bu t n o w I h a v e n o

choice ."

Her temporary helplessness was

re inforced this past week w h e n she

flipped out of her wheelchai r on the

Lubbers ramp. "It made m e realize

I c a n ' t do every th ing on m y o w n

anymore , " T h o m p s o n said.

She now has m o r e sympa thy and

unders tanding for the handicapped

students she ' s seen in her four years

at Hope.

" A lot of people o f fe r m e their

help, but it 's shocking how m a n y

d o n ' t . I ge t w e i r d l o o k s f r o m

people. Cars don ' t stop for m e when

I need to cross the street ," T h o m p -

son said.

E v e n the s i m p l e s t t a s k s t a k e

much longer than they did before .

T h o m p s o n gets f rus t ra ted with the

e laborate a r rangements necessary

f o r o r d i n a r y , d a i l y t h i n g s , l i k e

shower ing and get t ing to her class

on Eighth Street.

But T h o m p s o n is t ry ing to get

"back into the swing of th ings" by

more ACCIDENT on 8

s

>Anc/7or photo by Zach Johnson

W H A T W E T A K E F O R G R A N T E D : Megan Thompson ('97) struggles with one of the heavy doors in Scott Hall, her new home after a snowmobiling accident left her in a wheelchair.

Cuban storytellerto give legends life A. S X R A S S B U R G E R spotlight edi tor

Bringing a we l l -known speaker

to H o p e ' s campus is a big job , even

for an organizat ion the size of Stu-

dent Congress .

But what if the organizat ion only

has fou r m e m b e r s ?

Hope ' s Hispanic Student Organi-

zat ion ( H S O ) is busy adding the f i -

nal preparatory touches to tonight ' s

visit ing bi l ingual speaker, Antonio

Sacre , w h o arrives at H o p e ' s cam-

p u s w i t h a m a g i c a l g i f t f o r

s torytel l ing that f ew possess .

C o m b i n e d with a s trong pride in

his heritage that 's contagious, Sacre

emerges as one charismatic speaker.

T h e o rgan i za t i on is thr i l led to

have Sacre visit .

"He ' l l bring cultural awareness to

those that hear him, but he ' l l be

e n t e r t a i n i n g t o o , " s a i d B e c k y

P o b u d a ( ' 9 8 ) . " H e ' l l p r o v i d e an

easy way to learn about the His-

panic cul ture . Everyone should be

able to learn this way."

Sacre, whose fa ther w a s Cuban ,

spent mos t of his chi ldhood years

hiding his ethnicity, t rying to avoid

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R a i s e d in a b i l i n g u a l h o m e , he

s t o p p e d s p e a k i n g S p a n i s h a n d

changed his n a m e to Tony, the most

Eng l i sh - sound ing n a m e he cou ld

think of .

But still, Sacre fel t C u b a n in a

whi te wor ld and whi te in a C u b a n

world.

It t o o k a h igh s c h o o l s u m m e r

with his g r a n d m o t h e r in M i a m i ' s

Little H a v a n a to m a k e him realize

what a gift his heri tage was . T h a n k s

t o h i s g r a n d m o t h e r ' s l o v e f o r

storytel l ing and legends, Sacre w a s

exposed to m a n y of the stories he

relates today.

Sacre went on to earn his mas ter ' s

in T h e a t e r Ar t s at N o r t h w e s t e r n ,

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

play writ ing and directing chi ldren 's

theater, conduct ing workshops , and

ful f i l l ing res idencies .

Sacre also is en joy ing a success-

fu l a c t i n g c a r e e r w h i c h e n c o m -

passes theater product ions , movies ,

and television.

H e current ly o f fe r s af ter -school

d rama c lasses to youth-at- r isk in a

gang-r idden ne ighborhood in Chi-

cago.

Sacre feels he has a special bond

wi th chi ldren, which wil l be ev i -

denced during his visit this a f ter -

noon with Lincoln Elementary stu-

dents . S tudents w h o don ' t speak Span-

ish s h o u l d n ' t let the t e rm "b i l in -

g u a l " i n t i m i d a t e t h e m , p l a n n e r s

said. "Sac re will speak both Engl i sh

and Span i sh , " P o b u d a said. " B u t

even if you d o n ' t speak Spanish ,

you ' l l still be able to unders tand his

s tories ."

Hav ing Sacre speak at Hope is a

ma jo r event for H S O . Current ly the

o rgan iza t ion ' s f ou r m e m b e r s share

o f f i ce r dut ies and responsibi l i t ies

a m o n g themselves .

" I t ' s hard to get th ings done with

only fou r of us ," P o b u d a said.

T h e g r o u p h a s n ' t sponsored an

even t of this magn i tude in a long

t ime. " W e saw Sacre on C N N last

year, and s o m e h o w w e contacted

h im . H e lives in Ch icago . Every-

th ing j u s t sor t of f o l l o w e d f r o m

there ," P o b u d a said.

S h e h o p e s that n e x t y e a r wil l

p rove more frui tful for HSO, as they

work to recruit n e w m e m b e r s of all

races. " W e ' d l ike also to br ing more

of t h e c o m m u n i t y to H o p e s tu -

dents ," she said. "The Hol land com-

muni ty is a great resource for us,

but o u r ma in focus is still on this

c a m p u s . "

T h e miss ion s ta tement of H S O

talks about the benef i t s the g roup

can br ing to Hope .

Its m e m b e r s want to promote a

be t t e r u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the Hi s -

panic cul ture a m o n g s tudents , and

in t roduce that cul tural r ichness to

them. Also, H S O tries to encourage stu-

dents to look at issues beyond cul-

tural d i f f e rences , focus ing on the

unique qualit ies that make Hispanic

a n d n o n - H i s p a n i c s tuden t s w o r k

toge ther fo r a c a d e m i c and social

unity. Antonio Sacre will provide a per-

fect opportuni ty to do jus t that. His

stories, entitled "Al l of my Wander-

ings," will include folklore and leg-

ends f r o m his travels in Central and

South Amer ica . T h e one -hour pro-

gram will conclude with a question-

and-answer section.

Sacre will be per forming tonight,

W e d n e s d a y , at 7 : 3 0 p . m . in the

lower level of Phelps. Admiss ion is

f r ee to all, and re f reshments will be

provided.

March 6. I 997 the Anchor

classified. strictly] A t t e n t i o n : W e h a v e c u r r e n t i n f o r -

m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g a b o r t i o n , a s s i s t e d

s u i c i d e , a d o p t i o n , a n d C r i s i s

p r e g n i n c y c e n t e r s . C o n t a c t : R i g h t

to L i f e o f H o l l a n d . 1 0 0 S . w a v e r l y

R d . 4 9 4 2 3 P h o n e - 3 9 6 - 1 0 3 7 . w e b

s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . r t l . o r g o r E - m a i l :

i n f o @ r t l . o r g

H o u s e f o r R e n t : E a s t L a n s i n g .

O n e b l o c k f r o m M S U . 6 b e d r o o m s ,

h o m e y , c l e a n , c o m f o r t a b l e s p a c e .

T w o b e d s , l a u n d r y . C a l l S u s a n

H a r r i s o n ( 5 1 7 ) 3 3 2 - 3 3 9 8 .

A t t n . H o p e E n t r e p e n e u r s : A r e

y o u s e r i o u s a b o u t m a k i n g m o n e y ?

N o b u y i n g o r s e l l i n g p r o d u c t s , n o

c o m p e t i t i o n . B e t h e f i r s t o n e in a t

H o p e a n d t h e n p h o n e : ( 4 1 5 ) 2 7 3 -

3 9 8 9 f o r m o r e i n f o , c a l l T o m a t

( 6 1 6 ) 3 9 9 - 3 1 3 6 .

T o t h e m o s t w o n d e r f u l

s t a f f : T h a n k s f o r all t h e h a r d w o r k

a n d t h e h o u r s y o u ' v e p u l l e d t h i s

w e e k ! You g u y s a r e t h e b e s t ! If

w e s u r v i v e d t h e d i t c h , w e c a n sur -

v i v e a n y t h i n g , e s p e c i a l l y a d e a d -

l i n e . — t h e y e a r b o o k b a b e

C h a c h i : K e v i n a t e t h e b r o w n i e s ! If

h e g e t s s i c k i t ' s y o u r f au l t .

H o f f m a n B o y s : H a v e y o u c l e a n e d

t h e h o u s e y e t ?

C o k e : I t ' s a l m o s t h e r e . I ' m w a y t o o

p r o u d . . i l o v e y o u . . . y o u m o m

C h i c a g o B u n c h : W e n e e d to m e e t

a b o u t t r ip a n d t a l k t h i n g s ou t . C o n -

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J i m m y t h e C l o w n : H e y , T h a n k s

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O L L I E f r o m I best interest of Hope Col lege. The idea of .us ing co l l ege r e s o u r c e s to b r i ng someone to campus with Nor th ' s his-tory of illegal a rms deals. S imon said, was disturbing.

"We are aware that this resolution has no bind on Congress , " she said. " W e simply wanted to voice our opinion fo r the record . We wanted you to know what the faculty thinks."

Newly-appointed Student Congress member Eric Friedman (*97) seemed to perceive the resolution as an attempt at intimidation and an abridgement of free speech.

"What w e are at tempting to do is to p r o v i d e a f o r u m f o r M r . N o r t h . " Fre idman said. " A n d what you are at-tempt ing to do sounds like the biggest suppression of f ree speech."

Simon disagreed. "This is nothing more than a statement of the facu l ty ' s opinion." she said. " I ' m confused now as to what my role is here. I ' m not here to debate. 1 don ' t have any interest in convert ing you to my side."

Oliver North carried this issue over on his weekday radio talk show last T h u r s d a y . Feb . 27 , r ep ly ing to the faculty 's resolution against his proposed visit and the references in the resolu-tion to his shady past.

"We can debate this when I arrive at Hope College, because I can assure you that I am coming one way or the other,"

North said on his show. Cook was invited a long with Timo-

thy Pennings , associa te p r o f e s s o r of mathematics , to part icipate in Nor th ' s show. North d iscussed his v iews on f reedom of speech and how this con-troversy is not a rare occurrence for him. Most faculty at the institutions he has spoken at are against his visit, whi le most students are not. he said. But this is not the issue with Hope, as both stu-dents and faculty feel strongly one way or the other about Nor th ' s pending visit. Pennings told North .

Andrew VanEden ( '97) . last year ' s Congress vice president, expressed con-cern about the process by which Cook and his execut ive board chose North.

" R y a n C o o k wen t s t ra igh t to the President ( Jacobson) without pol l ing the s tuden t s or consu l t i ng fu l l Con-g r e s s , " V a n E d e n said . " A n d O l i v e r North was chosen simply because Ryan Cook wanted h im to come . "

Whi le C o o k denied wrong motives , more than twelve s tudents and several faculty voiced s imilar concerns at last week ' s Congress meeting.

Pr ior to the f o r u m on Monday , he answered VanEden 's accusations.

"1 d i d n ' t g o in t h e r e [ t o t h e president 's off ice] telling him that Stu-dent Congress had voted on bringing in Oll ie North." Cook said. "I s imply asked h im what he thought of the idea.

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I believed that Congress would back it." When asked why he did not poll stu-

dents. Cook cited no t ime as the rea-son.

" A decision had to be made on the spot . " he said. "If we wanted North to c o m e we had to put in reservat ions im-mediately. Technical ly I don ' t have to poll the students or consult Congress if I don ' t want to. Tha t ' s why 1 have been elected to this power posit ion, to make decis ions on the spot if I have to."

T h e confl ict carried over into Mon-day n ight ' s fo rum where students were given an opportuni ty via open micro-phone to ask quest ions of Cook. Marolt. and s tuden t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s Je s s i ca Nelson ( ' 99) . Katie Cindric ( ' 9 8 ) and Malt Fretz ( ' 99) .

The pu rpose of the forum was for Congress to hear the s tudents ' voices, not to debate the issue. Th i s was not a lways successful with questions focus-ing on how Congress went about ob-taining North.

S tudents and facul ty con t inued to question and debate where funds were coming f rom.

The appearance is expected to cost no more than $ 10.000, with $5,000 con-tributed f rom President John Jacobson's discretionary fund and $500 f rom Pro-vost Jacob Nyenhuis ' o f f ice . The stu-dent activity fee is no longer factored in. but 64 percent of Jacobson ' s discre-t ionary fund comes f r o m tuit ion, ac-cord ing to Cook .

T h e commit tee that has been plan-ning Nor th ' s visit is now looking for outside funding and donations with pos-s ible connect ions in the Grand Rapids area.

Congress also released the results of a phone poll conducted fol lowing pub-lic outcry. 462 students were polled with 82 percent of the student body in favor of Nor th ' s visit. C o o k said. The survey was conducted by 16 people, each cov-ering three pages of the phone book of which 45 students were randomly cho-sen and called. Only yes or no answers were recorded.

A vote at tonight ' s Student Congress m e e t i n g will help to f ina l ize or end plans surrounding the issue. Congress will take a vote at 8 p.m. tonight in the Herr ick Room. If s tudents wish to ex-press their opinion, they are encouraged to call their s tudent representat ives be-

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Hope wins M I A A ; Denison is next G L Y N W I L L I A M S sports ed i to r

Afler last Sa tu rday ' s thr i l l ing

MIAA tournament championship win over Calvin, the Flying Dutch-

men m e n ' s b a s k e t b a l l t e a m is

forced to start over from day one. On Thursday night Hope ven-

tures into the NCAA Division III

national tournament when they will

host Denison University of Ohio,

who finished the season with a 19-

6 record. Tipoff

t i m e is se t f o r 7:30 p.m. at the

Dow Center. T h e D e n i s o n

Big R e d , w h o

will compe te in

their first ever na-

tional tournament

game, have the

m a k e u p of

B a 1 d ' w i n -

Wallace, the team

that e n d e d

Hope ' s 26-game winning streak in 1995, assistant

coach Tom Davelaar said Sunday

night. T h e Big Red . l ike B a l d w i n -

Wallace's 1995 team, have a 6 ' 8 "

forward that can control a game and

a few guards that shoot the ball very well. The Flying Dutchmen can

surely use the emotion generated in

last w e e k e n d ' s 63-62 win over

Calvin to prevent being upset in the

first round again. The tournament championship

game could not have c o m e any

closer than last weekend's nail-biter

as the Knights were up by four, 62-

58, with a minute remaining and

were unable to convert on two last

second shots. Joel Hols tege ( ' 9 8 ) drained a

three-pointer from the left side with

45 seconds left to bring his team to within a point. He then stole the ball

from a Calvin guard at about half

court, and coasted down the court

before being fouled while shooting. He made both of his free throws

despite the Calvin fans chanting his name. His shots gave Hope the lead

with 22 seconds left and, more im-

portantly, gave Calvin the opportu-

nity for one last shot to win it all. "After I made those free throws

t ime d i d n ' t go f a s t e n o u g h , " — Holstege said. "1

A f t e r I m a d e those

free throws t i m e

didn't go fast

enough. I kept

glancing up at the

clock to check the

t i m e and it just

seemed like forever. — J o e l H o l s t e g e ( "98)

kept glancing up

at the c l o c k to

c h e c k the t ime

and it j u s t

seemed like for-

ever."

T h e K n i g h t s '

center hit the rim

on his lay-up, and

then a bushel of

H o p e p l a y e r s

knocked the ball

back out into the

hands of a young

Calvin small forward. He tossed up a three-pointer at

the buzzer, but the ball rolled out

of the cylinder. At that very instant

the floor of the Civic Center was

filled with a sea of orange and blue. " T h a t ' s j u s t the w a y the ball

bounces," Holstege sa id . " It wasn' t

so much a matter of having more

talent, because I think (Calvin) is

just as talented a team as we are."

Holstege led all scorers with 24

points, seven rebounds, three as-

sists, three blocks, four steals, and

o n l y t w o t u r n o v e r s . D a n

VanHekken ( ' 98 ) plugged in 13

points off of 5/6 field goal shoot-

ing and two assists off the bench.

Kris Merritt ( '98) tossed in 12

p o i n t s , s e v e n r e b o u n d s , t h r ee

blocks, and three assists.

REACH noon in the DeWitt match in straight sets 6-2, 6-2.

Anchor photo by Josh Neucks

his t: The Flying Dutchmen tennis team beat Wabash College 9-0 last Saturday after-e Witt Tennis Center. The team was paced in part by Saum Rahimi ('97), who won hi ght sets 6-2, (5-2.

Men's tennis shuts out Wabash M I K E Z U I D E M A staff r e p o r t e r

The cries of "n ice serve" and

"nice shot" were heard throughout

the DeWitt Tennis Center as the men's tennis team defeated Wabash

College 9-0, Saturday, March I.

After season opening losses to

Western Michigan University and Ripon University, the Flying Dutch-

m e n w e r e v i c t o r i o u s a g a i n s t

W a b a s h in e v e r y s i n g l e s and

doubles match. "(Wabash is) a good team," said

head coach Steve Gorno . "They

a r e n ' t the ca l iber of Ripon bu t

they're a good solid team in the re-

gion." Hope won every match convinc-

ingly, despite playing without top

seed Jeff MacDoniels ( '98) , who

missed the match with an injury.

Moving up a notch in the line-up

was captain Saum Rahimi ( '97) ,

who defeated his opponent 6-2, 6-

2.

"It definitely feels good to get a win," Rahimi said. "I wasn ' t that

worried about Western especially

since against Ripon I lost the last set 7-5. If I hadn ' t lost that set, we

would have won the match."

Gorno was also pleased with the

victory by his team. "We played a lot better today,"

Gorno said. "We let the lead out

when we stepped out on the court."

Gorno was also pleased with the

performance of fifth and sixth seed

singles p layers Jens Mi lobinski

( ' 97 ) and Evan Llewellyn ( '97) .

Each w o n the i r m a t c h e s , w i t h

scores of 6-1 and 6-0. With Hope winning every set in

each match and giving up a maxi-

mum of five games in one set, the

Wabash players were visibly frus-

trated. "We 've focused strongly on be-

ing controlled on the court in terms

of emotions and trying to channel

that, whether it be positive or nega-

tive," Gorno said. "We're very con-

trolled and disciplined." Next up for will be the Univer-

sity of Chicago on Saturday, March 8, which wil l be the last home

match before Spring Break.

"We played them in a tournament las t y e a r and had s o m e c l o s e

matches," Gorno said. ' T h e y are an

improved team from last year and

they didn't graduate anyone from

last year." The teamstill has some challenge

matches to play to determine the

lineup and deal with injuries.

"The l ineup is set in terms of

where they're playing, but we still

have some cha l lenge matches , "

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Flying D u t c h lose M I A A f inal, gain respect a long way M I K E Z U I D E M A staff r e p o r t e r

Head coach Brian Morehouse 's Flying Dutch women ' s basketball

team ended their joy ride of a sea-

son with a loss to Alma, 65-56 in

the MIAA championship last week-

end. The Dutch finished with a 15-

11 overall record, 7-6 in the league.

Hope spent the

whole season on a

roller coaster, as

they lost their first

t w o g a m e s to

tough Division II teams Grand Val-

ley and Ferris, but

then w o n f o u r

straight to get the

ball rolling on the season. In their

first two games ,

the Flying Dutch

ave raged be low 20 percent shooting from the field and more than 20 turnovers per

game. In the championship game Hope shot better than 38 percent

and gave up only 16 turnovers .

Thai 's quite an improvement. "We cut down on turnovers down

the stretch, improved our shooting,

and just got better ," Morehouse said. "I am very proud of my kids

and they have had a great year. They

just care so much." Morehouse ' s performance as a

first year coach has garnered many

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

MIAA. "If there were a Coach of the Year

a w a r d in t h i s l e a g u e , Br i an

M o r e h o u s e shou ld get i t , " said

Alma head coach Charles Goffnet .

"He-has done some phenomenal things with his

If t h e r e w e r e a

coach of the year award in this

league, Brian

Morehouse should

get it. — C h a r l e s G o f f n e t

A l m a h e a d c o a c h

team and they

have improved

so much since the beginning

of t he year .

They are going to be a very

good team next

year for sure."

Hope forced

Alma to f ight

early on, as a Lisa T i m m e r

( ' 9 7 ) l a y - u p

from Tara Hosford's ( '98) pass gave

the Dutch a 14-13 lead, but that

would prove to be the last time they

would have control. The Scots went on a 11 -3 run over

the next few minutes and never looked back. Alma had the lead at

halftime, 33-20. "We got really frustrated in the

first half ," Morehouse said. "We could have easily just rolled over

and quit. But we just have so much

character that we refused to give

up." The Flying Dutch got into foul

trouble early in the second half, as

Hosford picked up her fourth foul

with 17:32 left to play, and 6 ' 0 " Danielle Hop (*97) was called for

her fourth foul just over a minute

later. So, with the score already 40-

27 Morehouse was forced to go to

his well stocked bench. Johanna LaGore ( '97) and Lisa

Hoekstra ( '00) came in. but they

proved to not be enough, as Alma's

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lead did not diminish much at all. LaGore's three-pointer with 7:40

left brought the score to 48-42 ,

A l p a ' s lead and her four-point play with 1:46 to play clipped the Scots '

lead to just four. "In the second half we played

with more poise, purpose, and pas-

sion and we did not quit at all, ever,"

Morehouse said. "But, it doesn ' t

matter how many points you lose

by, just simply that you lost." However, Alma's 72 percent free

throw shooting proved too much for

Hope to handle and they slipped

away into night. "They made their free throws and

that is what championship teams

do," Morehouse said. "They make their free throws when it counts.

(Alma) has the makeup to go a long

way. They have a lot of components

that should take them far in the na-

tional tournament." Timmer and LaGore both scored

13 points and grabbed six rebounds.

LaGore added four assists off the

bench and Kristen Hosford ( '98)

scored 10 points for the Flying

Dutch.

catching up with missed classes,

participating in New Member Edu-

cat ion, and searching for a job . She ' s already had two job inter-

views since she's been back.

Although her life has changed,

Thompson is still determined to graduate on time and participate in

Vienna Summer School, although

she ' s a bit worr ied about being handicapped in a European coun-

try. But she isn't looking for people's

sympathy. "I would rather have questions on

how I 'm doing, or even an offer of

help, but I don ' t want everyone's

pity," she said. T h o m p s o n ' s doc to r s say that

she'll be able to run normally in a

year from now, although she may

be hesitant to play the contact sports

she loves for awhile after that. Yet Thompson does have con-

crete plans for herself , the most

important scheduled for May. "My biggest goal is to make it

across the stage at graduation with-out any aiding walking devices,"

she said.

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