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JANUARY 24. 2007 • SINCE 1887 SPERA IN DEO" HOPE COLLEGE • HOLLAND, MICHIGAN

W H A T ' S I N S I D E

Presidential Address 2 Hope reacts to the State of the

Union

Blurring Boundaries 3 Michael Martone visits Hope

Hope Goes to Washington 4 Students share their experi-ences working in D.C.

On Their Own 5 Homeless in Holland speak

out

Great Indoors 8 Students train where the sun

doesn't shine

I N B R I E F

KOLLEN VANDALISM

On Sunday morning. Jan. 21,

the first floor men's bathroom

in Kollen Hall was vandalized

with shampoo, shaving cream aad other toiletries, emptying

students' personal supplies. Two dorm room keypad locks were

also damaged. Approximately

$1,600 worth of damage was

done.

SIBLINGS WEEKEND

Student Activities Committee

is hosting a siblings weekend Jan. 26 and 27. The theme for

this year 's weekend is "Search

for the Golden Ticket." Activities

include a show by juggler John Casey, movie showings, Saturday

morning cartoons, ice skating,

a scavenger hunt, sledding and a candy carnival. For more

information visit the Siblings

Weekend website via the link on

KnowHope.

WINTER HAPPENING

On Jan. 27, Hope College

is holding the annual Winter

Happening. The morning events will start at 9:30 a.m with

presentations by Hope faculty. A

second set of seminars will begin at 11 a.m. The male a cappella

group 12th Street Harmony will

provide the entertainment for a luncheon at 12:30 p.m. For more

information visit the Winter Happening website via the link

on KnowHope.

AWARD NOMINATION

Hope College was recently

nominated for a 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For

award. The college also received

the award in 2006. This award is co-sponsored

by Michigan Business and Professional Association and National Association for Business resources. The award was established to recognize the employers who view their employess as their biggest asset.

WTHS OPENS STATE-0F-ARTSTUDI0 Shannon Craig C A M P U S E D I T O R

WTHS officially opened its new studio today in the Martha

Miller Center for Global Com-

munication. Tagged as "the Voice of Hope

College," the student-run FM

radio station marked its open-

ing with a dedication and ribbon

cutting ceremony followed by an

open house. Richard Frost, dean of stu-

dents, served as the master of ceremonies for the dedication

and ribbon-cutting. Both Presi-

dent James Bultman and General

Manager Jason Cash ( '07) spoke during the ceremony Wednesday

afternoon. Cash cut the ribbon alongside

Bultman and members of the sta-

tion's executive board.

The WTHS studio contains all

new state-of-the-art digital audio

delivery software from ENCO of Southfield. ENCO is a leader in

television and radio software and

works with clients such as ESPN. This new software, according to

Cash, provides the station with an

increased flexibility as it allows WTHS to schedule programs via

computer.

PHOTO EDITOR JAREO WILKENING

THE VOICE OF HOPE — General Manager Jason Cash (407), who has guided WTHS through Its move to Mar tha Mi l ler and major p rogramming changes, speaks to Hope over the air.

Cash also pointed out that

the high-quality, state-of-the-art

equipment will provide students looking to enter the field of radio

broadcasting experience for their

future careers.

"Our staff members who work

at WTHS will be able to go out

into the real world and get jobs

just because they can say ' I ' v e worked with ENCO, ' which will

make them very qualified to work

at any commercial radio station,"

Cash said. The station will continue to fo-

cus on the alternative-rock formal

that has been its niche; however it S E E WTHS, P A G E 6

HOPE'S BIGGEST STORIES OF 2006 Shannon Craig C A M P U S E D I T O R

With 2007 underway, the An-

chor staff reflected upon the news

that shaped Hope College in

2006. Re-examining stories from 2006, members of the Anchor

staff chose five stories they felt

were the top news to hit Hope. The biggest of these stories,

however, is yet to be determined.

Rather than deciding themselves, the Anchor staff chose to leave it

up to the student body. Votes for

the biggest story of 2006 will be

accepted through Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. To vote send an email

to anchor@hope.edu with "big-gest story" in the subject line and

the name of the story in the body

of the email. The top five stories, in chrono-

logical order, include the re-open-

ing of the Janet Chandler murder case, the NCAA Division III

championship women's basket-

ball team, the deaths of students

and faculty that affected Hope over the summer, the visits of.

both gubernatorial candidates,

and the announcement of a new

mascot. Janet Chandler, a Hope student

at the time of her death, was mur-

dered in 1979. The investigation

became cold and the case was closed that same year. Due to the

investigative and documentary ef-

forts of Professor David Schock, a former member of the Hope

communication department, and

his Media II students, the case was re-opened in 2004, leading to

six arrests in 2006. This week, the first of those

suspects, Robert Lynch, was sen-tenced to 25 to 40 years in prison

for second degree murder. Stories

about the. Janet Chandler case can be found in both the Jan. 22, 2006

and the Oct. 4, 2006 issues of the

Anchor. The April 26, 2006 issue of the

Anchor announced the NCAA Di-vision III championship victory of

the Hope College women ' s bas-

ketball team. The Flying Dutch defeated Southern Maine 69-59

to win the championship game.

They finished the season tied with Capital University (1995) for the

most wins by an NCAA Division

III women's basketball team, with

a season record of 33-1. The Hope community and the

Anchor remembered the lives of Darcy Quick, Paul Baeverstad

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PROPOSAL 2: WHERE IS IT NOW? Erin Lattin S T A F F W R I T E R

Controversy has trailed after

Proposal 2 since it passed in the

November election. Proposal 2, or the Michigan

Civil Rights Initiative, bans some

forms of affirmative action. Un-

der this proposal, the use of race and gender preferences in public

universities and government hir-ing is prohibited. The measure

went into effect on Dec. 23. Since the proposal appeared on

the ballot, groups have contested

it and state universities have tak-

en it to court.

On Jan. 19, the U.S. Supreme

Court rejected a bid to allow three state universities more time

to comply with the new law. A pro-affirmative action group. By

Any Means Necessary, filed the

motion for the extension with the U.S. Supreme Court, given

the admissions and financial aid timeline for the 2007-2008 aca-

demic year. It moved to allow the universities until July 1 to change

their admission policies. After the court 's rejection of

this extention, the University of Michigan, Wayne State Universi-

ty and Michigan State University

must comply with the new law

immediately. This could signifi-cantly influence the enrollment

and class composition in the fall

of 2007. The University of Michigan

had suspended its admissions

process pending the decision. "We cannot sustain any further

delay in our admissions process without harming our ability to

enroll a class of students for the 2007-08 academic year," said Te-

resa A. Sullivan, executive vice president of academic affairs, in

a news release. The university will seek to find new, compliant

ways of pursuing diversity, Sul-

livan said.

BAMN continues its attempts

to overturn Proposal 2. In addi-

tion to filing the motion for the

slate universities, it sponsored a rally on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the University of Michi-

gan campus in Ann Arbor. Those

present at the rally demanded thai there be no decrease in minor-

ity enrollment at the school. The

group is also circulating a No

Drop in Underrepresented Minor-

ity Enrollment petition.

S E E P R O P O S A L . P A G E 6

T H E A N C H O R NEWS J A N U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 0 7

FIRST 100 HOURS OF NEW CONGRESS Pelosi and House Democrats mark first days with six bills including the College Student Relief Act Danielle Revers SENIOR W R I T E R

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the

Democrats promised that in the first 100

hours of the 110th Congress, they would pass many bills which were short-listed

while Republicans were in control. Since Jan. 9, six bills have been passed.

The first, which was passed on Jan. 9,

is a bill enacting the recommendations of

the September 11 Commission. A part of the bill will require all cargo entering the

U.S. via air and sea to be screened, which

Republicans oppose.

The second bill passed, approved by the Senate and signed into law by the

President, will raise minimum wage from

$5.15 to S7.25 per hour by 2010. The New York Times reports that this bill is likely

to be approved by Bush only if tax breaks are included to relieve businesses with any

difficulties presented by raising costs.

Stem cell research was third on the agenda and could potentially remove

restrictions on federally funded embryonic

research, placed by President Bush.

Currently, the government Is only able to fund research on unused stem cells from in

vitro fertility clinics created before Aug. 9,

2001. According to the New York Times, the

fourth bill passed by the new Congress will "require the secretary of health and

human services to negotiate with drug

manufacturers on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries." This will take the control of

medication out of the hands of insurance companies in order to lower cost.

Of special interest to students is the

College Student Relief Act of 2007. This bill will amend the Higher Education Act

of 1965, thus cutting interest on student

loans by 50 percent during the next five

years. The lowered interest rates will begin with loans which have been disbursed after

July 1, 2006, with the rate for new loans

decreasing each year. The last bill to be passed by the new

House is the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 or the Ending Subsidies for Big Oil Act

of 2007. This bill will, according to the

House of Representatives website, "reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil

by investing in clean, renewable and

alternative energy resources, promoting S E E CONGRESS, PAGE 6

STATE OF THE UNION

PHOTO BY DAVID MOORE

POLITICAL PARTIES LEND AN EAR - Tuesday evening Hope Dem-ocrats and Republ icans gathered In the Fried-Hemenway aud i tor ium to

v iew the president 's address.

"OJcourse he couched the positives...hut

there are still areas that he only touched

upon or glossed over."

— Dr. Fred Johnson ,

p rofessor of his tory

"One thing I liked was the reinforcement of

the AIDS issue. Often times it's overlooked."

— C u r t Aardema ( 0 7 )

*7 was definitely looking forward

to it because the Democrats have

control oJ the House."

— Lauren Peters ( ' 0 7 )

"I think he's trying to form a cross-party alliance, hut I'm

not optimistic"

AL-QAEDA STIRS POLITICAL UNSTABILITY IN SOMALIA Brian McLellan SENIOR W R I T E R

The political situation in Somalia

remains unstable after a series of events

that have occurred within the past month.

These include United States air strikes on suspected al-Qaeda targets in southern

Somalia, the Ethiopian army's ousting of a

militant Islamist government that had held

power in Somalia since June, continued

presence of Ethiopian troops and influence,

and Somali warlords pledging their support

to the new, shaky Somali government. According to Pentagon officials, on

Jan. 9 an American warplane was ordered

to strike suspected al-Qaeda targets in

southern Somalia, a nation on the eastern

coast of Africa bordering Ethiopia and Kenya. Targets included several senior

al-Qaeda members, including Ayman al-

Zawahri and Fazul Abdullah Mohammed.

Al-Zawahri is the founder of the Egyptian

Islamic Jihad, a group he later merged with al-Qaeda. Three of the other men targeted

in the air strike are suspected to have been

involved in the 1998 bombings of the U.S.

Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Fazul

Abdullah Mohammed is suspected to be the

one who planned these embassy attacks. These al-Qaeda members, along with

others of the group, are suspected of

providing money and weapons to the

Islamist militia that had held power in

Somalia since June. According to U.S.

intelligence, since the militia seized power in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, al-

Qaeda had increased its operations in

Somalia, including creating training camps

where young men were taught radical Islam

and trained to be fighters for al-Qaeda. Ethiopia, concerned about having a

radical Islamist state as a neighboring

nation, sent an invasion force to Somalia to

oust the Islamist militia. When this attack succeeded, al-Qaeda operatives fled south

from Mogadishu to the southern region of

Somalia, where the U.S. executed an air

strike on Jan. 9. This air strike has been followed by

several others, all targeting al-Qaeda

fighters in southern Somalia. The Ethiopian

government supplied the targeting

information, and American helicopters and

AC-130 gunships carried out the strikes. As American and other forces hunted

down al-Qaeda operatives, a political battle

was taking place in Mogadishu. Somali

warlords had to decide whether or not they would lay down their arms and pledge

loyalty to the new Somali government. In

the end, all of them decided to support the

new leadership in the nation. Mohamed Qanyare Afrah, one of the more powerful

Somali clan warlords, said that the clans

were ready to cooperate, to support the

new president, Abdullahi Yusuf, and his government. However, this support came

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SCREENING OF SENIOR DOCUMENTARY

On Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. Chad Coe

( '07) will screen and discuss a documentary that he produced

at Hope College. "If We Only

Knew: Israel, Palestine, and Us " explores important issues in the

Middle East and misconceptions

of them. It specifically looks at the war between Israel and Palestine

and how it affects Americans.

AHN TRIO REVISITS HOPE

The Hope College Great Per-

formance Series welcomes back

the Ahn Trio, on Friday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Chapel. Their performance will feature

works either written or tran-

scribed specifically for the trio.

In addition to the Hope perfor-mance, the trio will also appear

before fourth and fifth graders at

Jefferson School in Holland.Tick-ets are $ 16 for regular admission,

$12 for seniors and $5 for chil-

dren 18 and under.

Blurring boundaries with Michael Martone Courtenay Roberts A R T S EDITOR

When Michael Martone

walked into the Kletz, my

first thought was that he looks nothing like his pic-

ture. Sitting before me on

the table is His most cur-

rent book of fiction, Mi-

chael Martone, which "smudges the edges of re-

ality through a collection

of made up contributor's

notes. On the back of it is a

photo of a man with salt and pepper hair croppcd

short, framing a face that is

reminiscent of a look that

your parents give when you have been caught in

a fib. But the man who fol-

lowed Professor Carla Vissers across the familiar

snack bar floor has hair

that grows snowy white at

the hair line and fades to dark gray as it rests along

his shoulders and curls at

the tips around the folds of his shirt collar. Classic

academic hippie.

Anchor: We've been talking about your book, "Michael Marfone," in my fiction class. Where did the idea for contr ib-utor's notes come from?

Martone: I don't know

if you talked about the

book previous to (Michael Martone) it 's a state travel

guide. It's called the Blue

Guide to Indiana.

Anchor: No, no we didn't.

Martone :So you know as

a creative writer, you have

to develop characters, and develop stories? I can't

do either. So I try to find

these forms where there are no characters and no

plot and that's what a trav-

el guide is. But at the end,

they wanted a contribu-

tor 's note. And I guess I just thought that it's such

a weird assignment, so I

just made something up. It's in the book. It's the

one where Michael Mar-

tone's mother dies of can-

cer and the doctor is Frank

Bums from M.A.S.H. So

wrote that and 1 thought,

"That was pretty fun," and again I can't do characters

so I already have a char-

acter, Michael Martone.

So that 's how it sort of got started. It's just basically

going with the stuff that

you can do. So I don't do

characters and I don ' t do

plot.

Anchor:That ' s funny

because that's the stuff that most writers get caught up on.

Martone: Exactly. Why

bother yourself?

Anchor: Do you teach your classes in the same way; with the same idea, sort of non-tradit ional?

Martone: My main job,

as a teacher, I think is to

get people to write. So I

H0T0 tOITOR JAREO WlLKENING don't care if it's good or

bad, that isn't what inter-

ests me as a teacher. All I

care about is that you get into the habit of writing.

And what 's great about

creative writing is there's no textbook. You're the

textbook. So what 1 have

to do in my classes is wake you up to the things

you already know. When S E E V W S , P A G E 7

Pulling out all the stops: Refurbished Skinner returns to Dimnent Katie Bennett S E N I O R W R I T E R

A rededication of the Skinner organ will be held on Tuesday

Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Huw

Lewis, acclaimed organist and or-gan professor at Hope, will play a

recital on the Skinner which has

spent the last two years overseas

being cleaned and refurbished. The organ was originally built

by Ernest M. Skinner for Dimnent

Chapel in 1929.

"If you wanted to buy the best

that money could buy in 1929, you would buy a Skinner," Lewis

said. Skinner, a prolific American

organ builder of the 20th century,

also built organs for Carnegie Hall and St. Thomas Episcopal

Church in New York. The majority of Hope's Skinner

organ is not within view. The pipes are contained in five chambers be-

hind the walls of the chapel.

Three of the chambers lie in

the front of the Chapel behind grates on either side of the arch, one chamber is housed above the

arch and a fifth chamber lies in

the back of the Chapel under the

bell tower. "Originally the chamber in the

back of the chapel was designed to help with congregational sing-

ing," Lewis said. "It adds a sort of

surround sound effect ."

The recital will include a wide

range of repertoire to showcase

the organ's abilities. Pieces by Bach and Mozart

will be joined by the work of the romantic composers Widor, Gig-

out and Reubke. "The Reubke is an interesting

piece based on the text of the 94th Psalm," Lewis said. "He was a

favorite student of pianist Franz

Liszt, and the sonata is very pia-nistic and virtuosic in a different

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"Dr. Lewis played with great authority, but also with elegance

and sensitivity to style, room, and instrument."

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W A S H I N G T O N I N T E R N S Larissa Mariano S E N I O R W R I T E R

Twenty Hope College students

are living in the nation's capitol this semester. They moved into

apartments in Arlington, Va. dur-

ing Christmas break and began

internships at various offices on Capitol Hill and around the metro

area of Washington, D.C. as the

rest of Hope returned to campus

for the start of classes.

These students are part of the

political science department 's Washington Honors Semester. In

addition to their internships, stu-

dents also take courses in the eve-

ning with professor Jack Holmes,

who is also living in D.C. as he leads the program this spring.

Megan Patterson ( '08) is in-

terning for Senator Barack Obama

(D-Ill.) in the scheduling office.

"Before I leave, 1 hope to

be a part of a great pro-

test, get to as many

of the museums as possible and to eat

as many different

types of ethnic food

possible," Patterson

said. The students get

around by riding

the Metro, which

services D.C. and surrounding sub-

urbs in Virginia

and Maryland. The Metro is exceptionally clean for a public

transportation system and signs on every platform indicate how

long until the next train.

Renee Mantua( '07) , an intern for Congressman Pete Hoeks-

tra (R-Mich.), said, "I love not

having to pay attention to street

signs or worry about parking my car. Reading the newspaper on

the Metro every morning is al-

ways a plus too." The commute to their respec-

tive offices normally takes the interns an average 30 to 45 min-

utes. According to Josephine

Muthengi ( '07), the best thing

about the Metro is the men.

"I get to see such good-look-ing professionals on my com-

mute in the morning," Muthegni

said. "I t ' s the favorite part of

my day."

seems some of these "good-look-

ing professionals" are not sure

what to think about the Hope in-terns while they are on the Metro

trains. "(I love) watching the looks

we receive when all of us Hope

students ride together and actu-ally speak to each other and other

people. Apparently no one here

speaks to anyone when they ride

the metro. We are working on changing that, and for now we get

a lot of strange looks " Samantha

Miller ( '08) said.

Washington, D.C. is full of big-name politicians, and they

haven't been in hiding over the

past month. Hope students have

spotted, among others. President

George W. Bush, Senator Hilary Clinton (D-NY), Speaker of the

House Nancy Pelosi(D-Calif.)and

Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.)

ward Kennedy (D-Mass.).

Kimberly Van Sickle ( '07) said the group saw Pelosi "through the

window of the Speakers ' Balcony

during our tour (of the Capitol Building) with Congressman

Hoekstra, but I think that was a

little creepy." Van Sickle added, "We are

scheduled to interview Howard

Dean soon and that should be ex-

citing." In terms of daily living, stu-

dents are adjusting to the city and the special challenge of getting

groceries on foot. "Carrying anything home from

Costco is a pain," John Dulmes

( '08) said. Mallory Golas ( '08), an intern

at the Office of the Attorney Gen-

eral, says that laundry detergent is

b y far the hardest thing

GRAPHIC BY DYLAN A PINTER

Continued f rom page 1 2006 and Dr. Paul Fried ( '46) as a

special "In Memory" page on Sept. 13, 2006. Quick's body

was found June 16 after a three-

day search in Mount Rainier Na-

tional Park, where she had been

hiking. On July 20. Baeverstad

died after falling off scaffolding

to carry home from the grocery

store. Van Sickle has an addi-tional complaint about laundry.

She is investing in a drying rack because she "refuses to pay SI .75

to dry a load of laundry."

Laundry is not the only ex-pensive thing in D.C., where the

cost of living is almost 40 percent

higher than in West Michigan, ac-

cording to data from the American Chamber of Commerce Research

Association.

On a quest for great, cheap res-taurants, Tiffany West ( '07) has

found one to her liking.

"Five Guys is a great little

burger place and you can find them in a lot of places," West

said. Muthengi 's focus was on qual-

ity rather than price. "The strip on Adams Morgan

has some great culturally diverse

restaurants and bars," Muthengi

said. Asked what they wanted

to do before leaving D.C.

T in April, most gave typi-

cal answers; visit all the

monuments and go to the Smithsonian museums.

Van Sickle, however, had

a different take.

"Well, thirteen of us

have already been stuck in an elevator, so I guess I can cross that off my list,"

Van Sickle said.

in downtown Holland, Mich. Fried,

professor emeritus of history, died

July 24 at Resthaven Care Center

in Holland at the age of 87. Hope hosted the Michigan gu-

bernatorial candidates during the

close election this fall. Governor

Jennifer Granholm spoke about

faith and politics on Oct. 27 in

Dimnent Chapel, and Dick DeVos

gave a speech on values and lead-

ership Oct. 30 in the DeWitt The-

atre. Coverage of the campaigns

and the candidates' visits can be found in both the Oct. 18 and the

Nov. 8 issues of the Anchor.

The Nov. 15 issue of the An-chor revealed the approval of

the $7,500 mascot costume, an

init iat ive originally sponsored

by Student Congress President

Brad Matson ( '07). On Nov. 7 members of Student Congress

voted 16-6 to fund the purchase

of the mascot through the Student

Activities Fund. While there was positive reaction to the mascot,

some students reacted negatively.

One student submitted a letter to

the editor on Dec. 6 asking stu-

dents to take a stand on the mas-

cot issue.

C O N T I N U E T H E V E R I T A S D I S C U S S I O N . . . 'NEW YEAR, NEW YOU'

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IDOLIZING C A R E E R S : Deconstructing The Devil Wears Prada

Watch and discuss the movie with panelists Kristen Johnson, Todd Steen,

Heidi Snyder and Josh Payne

Thursday, January 25 at 7:00 PM

Fried-Hemenway Auditorium, Martha Miller Center

Kaitlin Kessie S T A F F W R I T E R

Many people made New Year's

resolutions, however, one Hope College student made a resolution

that not only got her an all-expense-

paid trip to Los Angeles, but also

an appearance on the "Tyra Banks Show" where she met celebrity

Tyra Banks and the comedian Ant,

who is the host of "Celebrity Fit

Club." Tifiani Delaney ( '08) vowed to

be more outgoing with guys this

year and emailed the "Tyra Banks Show" about her resolution to date

more. To Delaney's surprise, she

received a call from the show a week later asking her to come out

to Los Angeles. Delaney and her friend were

treated to a to Los Angeles

including a room at the Hyatt Hotel, a personal chauffer who had driven

Michael Jordan, and to top it off,

an appearance on the 'Tyra Banks

Show." Delaney's friend, Nate Van Horn

( '08), was invited on the show as well so that Delaney could begin

her resolution by asking him out

on the show. Van Hom knew only that he was part of someone's New

Year Resolution as he sat on stage

waiting to hear the real reason he

was on the show. Ant, who also appeared in

the reality show "Last Comic

Standing," then read a letter written

by Delaney asking Van Hom on a date. Van Hom did not know who

had written the letter but was happy

to see Delaney stand up from her

spot in the crowd. He happily agreed to go out on a date with her.

Most people would have been

nervous asking someone out on television, but Tiffani was not.

"I wasn't nervous," Delaney said. "Nate's really nice, and I

knew he would be cool about the

whole thing." Delaney, Van Hom and their

friends enjoyed the rest of their trip in Los Angeles and have continued

to hang out more since returning to

campus. Both are glad to have had this once-in a-lifetime experience

and are enjoying their strengthened

friendship.

FEATURES J A N U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 0 7 T H E A N C H O R 5

F O O D F O R T H E H U N G R Y Western Theological Seminary feeds Ottawa County's homeless Lindsey M a n t h e l F E A T U R E S E D I T O R

On the south s ide of c a m p u s

w h e r e f ew Hope Col lege s tudents

venture , lies Western Theological

Seminary w h e r e every day, people

in need gather fo r hot food and

companionsh ip .

The C o m m u n i t y Ki tchen

started about 15 years ago when

Wes temTheolog ica l Seminary and

C o m m u n i t y Act ion House jo in t ly

realized the need for hot mea ls for

those w h o could not a f ford food.

Approx imate ly 1,300 people are

wi thout a h o m e in Ot tawa C o u n t y

each year Accord ing to Ot tawa

C o u n t y ' s 10-Year Plan to End

Homelessness .

The ki tchen facil i ty at the

seminary used to be a cafe ter ia

for the seminary students, but w a s

no longer be ing used. C o m m u n i t y

A c t i o n H o u s e recruited volunteers ,

s ta f f and food , whi le the seminary

provided infras t ructure .

Accord ing to fu l l - t ime cook

Jim Piersma, about 75 percent of

people w h o attend the C o m m u n i t y

Ki tchen are ei ther homeless ,

l iving in rental space f rom week

to week or f inding placcs to stay

with f r iends or family.

T h e people c o m e f r o m all

d i f ferent backgrounds and races,

some or iginal ly f r o m the Hol land

area and s o m e f rom across the

country. T h e remain ing 25 = = = = =

percent of the

d in ing hall

fills up with

i n t e r n a t i o n a l

s tudents from

the seminary

and s tudents

f r o m Hope and W T S w h o en joy

spending t ime with those in need.

Lay people c o m e in to lend

a hand, Piersma said, and of ten

recovery g roups will send

counse lors in "unde r cove r " to

interact in the dining hall and

make themse lves avai lable to

those seeking help for d rug and

alcohol addict ions .

"If I can help out just one person

in my life, that s something."

— J i m P i e r s m a , C o o k

PHOTO BY W A L K E R V A N WAGONER

HUNGRY NO MORE — A c o m m u n i t y K i t c h e n vo lun tee r

serves pizza t o a Ho l land man . Lunch is se rved da i ly a t t h e

W e s t e r n Theo log i ca l S e m i n a r y t o t h o s e w h o need a f ree, ho t

mea l .

In the beginning , volunteers

serving food were most ly of

the Refo rmed denomina t ion ;

however , word has spread over

the years and n o w volunteers

f r o m 20 different churches and

12 denomina t ions help out on

a regular basis. T h e p rogram

serves 100 to 130 people every

day, with f ive

= to six people

v o l u n t e e r i n g

each day. Most

v o l u n t e e r s

serve on ly

once every one

to t w o weeks ,

but some serve

every day.

Marcy R a y m o n d has been

volunteer ing at the C o m m u n i t y

Ki tchen for 13 years . Marcy

said that mos t churches send

volunteers once a month , but

there are a dedicated f ew w h o

serve every day. Most of the

volunteers are "old t imers ,"

Marcy admit ted.

T h e dishwasher , w h o helps

out every day, is 85 years old.

T h e w o m a n w h o helps with

pizza on M o n d a y s is 95 years

old, R a y m o n d said with a

smile. Several Hope professors

volunteered over the Chr i s tmas

holiday.

R a y m o n d expla ined that the

food served is most ly donated

f r o m area grocery stores,

churches and Hope ' s dining

halls.

Recently, the C o m m u n i t y

Ki tchen, C o m m u n i t y Act ion

House and the City of

Hol land have col laborated

to create Super Tuesdays , a

p rogram focus ing on life skills

deve lopment . Every second and

fourth Tuesday of the month, a

f ree dinner is served, fo l lowed

by informat ional sess ions on

topics such as budget ing , savings,

parent ing, energy saving and

balancing a checkbook .

T h e goal of Super Tuesdays is

to "equip people with the skills

they need to get out of the rut

t hey ' r e in," Piersma said.

Piersma, w h o took over the

posit ion of fu l l - t ime cook about

14 mon ths ago, m a k e s an ef for t

to reach out to people. And it is

obv ious that his ef for ts a re well

received.

W h e n e v e r Piersma emerges

f r o m the ki tchen into the dining

hall to ask people h o w their food

is, a chorus of " H e y buddy!" and

" W h a t ' s happen in ' J i m ? " and

back slaps fill the room.

"For m a n y of these people ,"

P ie rsma said, " this is the highl ight

of their day because w e insist on

f r iendl iness here. M a n y have

been told t hey ' r e not wor th much

and they bel ieve it. We try to

communica te someth ing di f ferent

here . "

T h o u g h C o m m u n i t y Ki tchen

is a minis t ry of sorts, there are

no se rmons , no requirement of

church a t tendance and no tracts

on the tables, because the program

is federal ly funded through the

C o m m u n i t y Action House .

Piersma and m a n y of the

volunteers are Christ ians, though,

and do not shy a w a y f r o m sharing

their faith relationally.

Piersma said he has invited

several guys to c o m e to church

o r go to recovery g roups and they

have stuck with it.

" I t ' s a handfu l , " Piersma said,

"but it 's some. If I can help out

jus t one person in m y life, tha t ' s

some th ing . "

T h e C o m m u n i t y Ki tchen has

also started a pr iva te ly- funded

Sunday Breakfas t from 9 to 10:30

PHOTO BY W A L K E R VAN WAGONER

DEDICATED — C o m m u n i t y

K i t c h e n v o l u n t e e r s c o m e f r o m

area churches . Some Hope

pro fessors vo lun teer .

a.m., which attracts much of the

s a m e crowd as the lunch program,

but encourages them to stay for

worsh ip mus ic and some t imes

a speaker . Hope students are

we l come to attend the service.

" I t ' s a low-key service that

gets a lot of people that wou ldn ' t

normal ly go to church ," Piersma

said.

Though Hope s tudents are not

encouraged to attend C o m m u n i t y

Kitchen for the f ree food, they are

we l come to attend to converse or

volunteer. Contac t W T S at 392-

8555 for more informat ion.

Homeless in Holland: A day in the life of Lenny Lindsey M a n t h e i F E A T U R E S E D I T O R

&

W a l k e r Van Wagoner P H O T O G R A P H E R

Tucked a w a y in a wood lo t on the oustskir ts

of Hol land in an old, r ipping tent l ives a midd le -

aged m a n named Lenny. Bearded and gaunt ,

Lenny is homeless and has been for an

unspecif ied a m o u n t of t ime. Original ly

f rom Detroit , Lenny has been in

the Hol land area for about four

years .

L e n n y lived in a tent

with a f r iend near

Hol land ' s Wal-Mart

during the s u m m e r

mon ths and has been in

his present location for three

to four months .

Lenny has worked on and off in var ious

factor ies in the a rea and left h i s most recent j o b

t w o weeks ago.

Lenny said his bright green tent w a s given to him

by an unidentif ied H o p e p ro fessor volunteer ing at

the C o m m u n i t y Ki tchen one day last summer .

Hope students compla in about wa lk ing to class

in the recent frigid weather , but Lenny had no such

complaints .

" I ' m toasty warm. I a in ' t f reez ing " he said.

Lenny has several quil ts , a d o w n comforter , t w o

s leeping bags and layer upon layer of sweaters and

coats to help keep him w a r m .

On a typical day, Lenny is woken up around

8:30 a.m. w h e n the A m t r a k passenger train rolls

th rough town. H e turns on his bat tery-operated

radio and listens to some tunes and

the weather report. Then , Lenny

gets out of his tent, hops on

his prized, rusty bicycle and

rides into town.

At lunch t ime,

Lenny either heads to

Wes temTheo log ica l

Seminary or the

Hol land Rescue

Miss ion to warm up and

get s o m e food.

" T h e y all k n o w m e by

name , " Lenny said.

L e n n y said Hol land is a "p la in

o F , plain o l ' p lace , " without a lot of cr ime. He ' s

comfor t ab le here because he doesn ' t have to wor ry

about wa lk ing d o w n the wrong al leys and being

beaten like he did w h e n he lived in Detroit o r

Saginaw.

Late in the evening , Lenny returns to his tent,

dr inks his favori te beverage to w a r m up a bit and

coz ies up in his tent.

HOMELESSNESS: THE FACTS

• On any given day, 400 people in Ottawa County are homeless.

• Forty percent of those who are homeless are under the age of 18.

• Eighty percent of single adults who enter the homeless system enter one time, exit within 30 days and never return.

• In Ottawa County, approximately 1 ,300 peo-ple experience homelessness each year.

• The Community Kitchen serves an average of 115 meals each day.

• An estimated 3.5 million people in the U.S. are likely to experience homelessness in a given year.

• Children account for 1.35 million of people experiencing homelessness.

• Single men make up 4 3 percent of the home-less population.

Information provided by the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness Advisory Board and The National Coalition for the Homeless

VOICES T H E A N C H O R J A N U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 0 7

Down Deep Everyone needs a thneed

Jenny Cencer

As a self-proclaimed tree hugger I some-

limes feel like I need to smack myself in the

face.

I am torn between a love of journalism

and thoughts that even the Anchor could be

enlarging the clear cuts seen from beyond our

own atmosphere.

What if everything I do today could even-

tually halt natural resources and clog the

skies with acid rain? That boundless, obnox-

ious curiosity constantly j abs me in the back

to do m y part and break our own story.

A s the paper goes ' to bed ' (sent to print)

each Tuesday, our staff potentially destroys

old growth forests as we send our beloved

paper straight into the Hope communi ty ' s

anxious hands. I find that even though our

staff always does our absolute best to write

unbiased journalism, I 'm ashamed of my

own partiality and ignorance.

I 've never asked the Zeeland printing

company where their paper supply comes

from, I don ' t even know their phone number.

I feel as if I should muster our staff to plant

a new tree for every issue w e ' v e printed, but

I now know there are alternative methods to

preserving resources and saving the delicate

ecosystem I am in awe of.

Rather than completely stopping the press-

es, I ' m going to encourage students to par-

ticipate in events in our area. John Muir said,

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature,

he finds it attached to the rest of the world."

United, let's care about the only world we

have and pull towards sustainability.

A s for me, I'll see you at the next beach

sweep and I happen to have a phone number

to look up.

"Now all that was left neath the had-

smelling sky was my big empty factory... the

Lor ax... audi.

The Lorax said nothing. Just gave me a

glance...just gave me a very sad. sad back-

ward glance...as he lifted himself by the seat

of his pants.

And I'll never forget the grim look on his

face when he he is ted himself and took leave

of this place, through a hole in the smog,

without leaving a trace.

And all that the Lorax left here in this mess

was a small pile of rocks, with one word...

UNLESS. " - The Lorax. Dr. Seuss

Jenny aspires to be an environmental

journalist by day and major-league baseball

reporter by night. She likes sand, birds and

curiosity.

Proposal In addit ion to the court cases

filed by B A M N , another fed-

eral case w a s filed in D e c e m b e r

by several civil r ights g roups

regard ing the const i tut ional i ty of

Proposal 2. Whi le that case is

pending, another related lawsuit

in Wash tenaw County Circuit

Cour t is set for Jan. 31.

In addi t ion to Proposal 2 ' s

inf luence on co l lege admiss ions ,

it a lso a f fec t s several ethnicity

and gender based scholarships .

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Organ way. It 's like having a d iamond

necklace af ter it 's been out in the

dirt for a long t ime," Lewis said.

Whi le these scholarships are still

avai lable to students, they must

be open to all groups .

Grand Valley State Univer-

sity had to change its Bert Price

Diversi ty Scholarship to comply

with Proposal 2. T h e scholar-

ship must be al tered because it is

f u n d e d by the public ,universi ty.

Instead, they must give the schol-

arship based on financial need .

Only in e f fec t fo r one month ,

the cont roversy over Proposal 2

is still heated and the implica-

t ions are unclear .

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WTHS will expand its p r o g r a m m i n g to

b e c o m e m o r e involved in Hope

Col lege life, b roadcas t ing such

th ings as Chr i s tmas Vespers and

athletic events .

" W e ' r e looking to expand our

p r o g r a m m i n g with an extens ive

news and sports p rogram, which

really has been absent for qui te

awhi le and adding day t ime pro-

g r a m m i n g to really live up to be-

ing the voice o f H o p e Col lege ,

which has been our s logan fo r a

long t ime ," Cash said.

Day t ime p r o g r a m m i n g will in-

c lude athletic updates , messages

f r o m the president and provos t as

well as broadcasts of chapel and

Congress energy technologies , deve lop ing

greater ef f ic iency and creat ing a

Strategic Energy Eff ic iency and

Renewab les Rese rve to invest in

a l ternat ive energy and for other

purposes . "

T h e bills passed by the House

wi th in the first 100 hours must

the gather ing.

T h e stat ion is run by a 10-

m e m b e r execut ive board includ-

ing: Cash ( ' 0 7 ) , Gerry Ruff ino

( ' 08) , M e g a n Patterson ( ' 08) ,

Erika Engl ish ( ' 0 9 ) , Ben Bach

( ' 0 9 ) , Monica Ca lhoon , Megan

Purtee ( ' 07) , Michael K a f f k a

( ' 08) , Sus ie Jol ink and A n d r e w

Hancock ( ' 07 ) . W T H S also has

15 d isc- jockeys w h o part ic ipated

in a special t ra ining p rogram run

by the station. Cash hopes to add

another five disc- jockeys .

W T H S w a s previously housed

on the main floor of the DeWit t

Center . T h e n e w studio in the

Mar tha Mil ler Cen te r took about

a year a f te r the open ing of the

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center in 2005 to ensure the re-

quired wir ing for the station was

complete .

In a recent press release. Cash

expla ined his exci tement over the

oppor tuni t ies the n e w location of -

fered because of the s tate-of- the-

art equ ipment and the s tudio ' s

p rox imi ty to the o ther p rog rams

in the bui lding.

"Th i s space holds so m u c h po-

tential for (partnerships) because

w e are so c lose to the c o m m u n i -

cation depar tment , the ' A n c h o r , '

m o d e m and classical languages ,

international educat ion and mul-

ticultural l i fe ," Cash said in the

press re lease.

still be passed through the Sena te

and the President . With a Sena te

m a k e u p of 4 9 Democra t s , 4 9

Republ icans and 2 Independents

(both of w h o m caucus with the

Democra ts ) , Democra t i c senators

will face a larger chal lenge to pass

the bills than their counterpar ts in

the House did.

T h e test of the Democra t ' s

abil i ty to reach across par ty lines

and approve the bills passed by

the House began on M o n d a y Jan.

22: first on their agenda w a s the

M i n i m u m Wage Bill (H.R.2)

which w a s passed in the House

on Jan. 10.

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with a warning .

" I f the gove rnmen t is ready

to reconci le its people and

chooses the r ight leadership, I

hope there is no need to revolt

against ' i t ," Somal i warlord Muse

Sudi Yalahow said, according to

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the conf idence of the people , I

think they wou ld be cal led n e w

war lords . "

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J A N U A R Y 2 4 . 2 0 0 7 VOICES T H E A N C H O R 7

Sanctus Sanctus — Is 'Veritas' inspiring enough?

Joe Vasko

If Hope College was to have translated

the name "Veritas Forum" from Latin, it

would have been faced with criticism. This

wouldn ' t be surprising considering that

we live in a relativist society, where there

is no single Truth, and where drawing a

conclusion or even participating in a serious

discussion labeled " T R U T H fo rum" seems

politically incorrect. So, understandably 1

was surprised the event a imed to "explore

the possibility of Truth," and I hoped it

could inspire more college students to take

a new look at Truth, especially Christians,

through the lens of reason.

Why, in institutions of higher learning,

has the human desire to understand our

existence been replaced by apathy? What

element o f being religious have we lost that

makes us so indifferent? As benefactors

of knowledge, students must work to re-

aff i rm the compatibility of reason with the

Christian faith. Christianity is reasonable. Belief in

Jesus Christ, for me, is no different than a

scientist believing the universe is always

expanding. There are very good reasons for

both beliefs and both ultimately need to be

accepted on faith. Faith, reason and Truth

are all part of the same equation and the

Veritas Forum led me to think about this

relationship and the consequences that will

exist if this connection cannot be made.

The preaching of the apostles is one

example of reason being used to support

faith. They would cite Old Testament

prophesies to allow the Jews to first

rationally conclude things about their

message before they expected them to

believe. In this m o d e m age, the challenge is

surviving intense secular scrutiny of things

such as denominational inconsistencies,

the enormous variety of religious opinion,

blind faith and Christianity 's relationship

with science.

When faced with scrutiny, a Christian

must be able to support faith reasonably.

Biology, astrology, sociology, psychology,

physics and history, among other discipl ines

,should all be used to support Truth.

For example, if asked about the

creation of the world, a student might refer

to the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas,

in which the saint confidently aff irms the

story of creation in very scientific and

philosophical terms. His "five proofs of

God ," along with the rest of his work, have

long been accepted by many Christians and

studied academically since he wrote them

around I260AD.

A Truth claim is only possible when it

is reasonable. If we believe that God is the

arbiter of our reality then students of higher

education shouldn' t be afraid to learn about

their faith academically, and, confidently

re-examine what is unreasonable. In the

end, it's the belief that is reasonable that

survives.

Joe Vasko is a senior communication

major and the former Union oj Catholic

Students Apologist.

VWS Continued from page 3

it comes to telling stories about each other,

love, death, you 've got opinions about that

and your opinions are just as good as any

other. So that 's how I teach my classes, to

get people in the habit of writing, and to

make writ ing an activity almost like brush-

ing one ' s teeth or exercising. It 's a natural

thing that one should do.

A: You wrote this review of your book

that says i t "squares the facts about his life wi th the stories about his l i fe."

What 's the difference in your mind?

M a r t o n e ; Between the facts of life and the

stories of life?

A : Yes.

Martone: Do you take a foreign lan-

guage?

A : 1 did. I took French.

Martone: Ok, do you remember the word

that translates, "to do, or to make?"

A : Yeah, faire.

Martone: Right. It comes f rom the Latin,

facere. And so our word fact and our word

fiction both come from that same root. A

fact is a thing done. Once we get done with

this interview it 's over. It's gone. It's done.

All we have are these interesting little resi-

dues of it. But a fiction, which we associ-

ate with lies and made up things, is a thing

made. I can hold it in my hand. 1 can sniff

it. I can put it in my pocket. Once it's made

it has a reality that a fact doesn ' t . And this

is something that we have to negotiate all

the time. As I pondered our last words face to

face, we made our way to Martone 's next

appointment, a quest ion-and-answer ses-

sion in the Herrick room. Even though

there were 25 or so other people in the

room, the tone of the conversation did not

change. Martone continued to postulate on

what is and is not while finishing his veg-

gie burger and imparling writing wisdom

embedded among witticisms about living

in Indiana. The crowd laughed, challenged

and thought along with him.

"I appreciate getting a perspective f rom

someone who sees art making in the con-

text of a destabilized world," Nicole Brace

( '07) said.

Currently Martone is working on a new

book of fiction titled, "Four for a Quarter."

' the new classical revolutionaries" New York Newsday

j f

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EXERCISING IN THE GREAT INDOORS Three students work to stay in shape James Ralston S P O R T S EDITOR

In the long, cold winter months it is often

hard to get motivated to exercise. The Anchor

hunted down some students who have found

ways to stay motivated and work out despite

Michigan's frigid temperatures.

PHOTO BY JAMES RALSTON

FITNESS MASTERS - Above, Jake Benedict ("08) uses a s ta t ionary b ike in the Dow Center as one of his forms of ex-ercise. Below, Sarah Vander Meer ( '10) runs her workout c i rcu i t on the sta i rs of Gllmore Hall.

Anchor : W h y do you exercise? J a k e Benedict ( '08) : I exercise because it is

a good way for me to release stress after a long

day in the classroom or after a rough exam.

Exercising at the Dow or DeVos also allows me to meet new people and socialize.

Vincent G a n a p i n i ('OS): I work out. of

course, to stay on the healthier and fitter side. Furthermore. 1 believe that God blessed me

with a body to live in and 1 wouldn' t want to let

it go to waste or be mistreated. S a r a h Vander Meer (MO): I exercise

because it makes me feel a lot better aboiU my

body and about my health.

A n c h o r : W h e r e do you exercise and how

of ten? J a k e : 1 usually exercise at the Dow, and I try

to workout at least a few times week.

Vinccnt: 1 really try to exercise three times

a week. I will usually exercise in the Dow, but if 1 am really short on time, i can do it in my

apartment. S a r a h : I exercise in different places every

day, otherwise 1 get sick of doing the same

thing. A n c h o r : W h a t type of exercise activities do

you do? J a k e : My favorite activity is probably

gathering a group of friends and playing pickup basketball games at

the Dow. When no

one is around to play

basketball, 1 usually

lift weights or ride the

stationary bike. Vincent: I utilizeonly

Russian Kettlebells in

my workout. Akettlebell is basically a cannon

ball with a handle on it.

The exercises I do never

target only one muscle,

it is always working

on several muscles in a

single repetition.

PHOTO BY JAMES RALSTON S a r a h : I ve gone to

the Dow and ran around the inside track, I 've

gone to our basement here in Gilmore, and I 've

also run a circuit-type workout here in Gilmore:

1 would run across the third floor to the stairs, go

down the stairs to the basement, then run across the basement to the other stairs and run up to the

third floor again. A n c h o r : W h a t advice can you give to o the r Hope s tudents who want to exercise more?

J a k e : 1 would suggest Hope students should

go to the Dow and exercise because it is a good way to release stress. If you are stressed out

before an exam, taking 20 minutes to exercise

will make you feel a lot better. Plus, going to the

Dow and getting some exercise is a good way to socialize and meet new people. I have met a

lot of friends while exercising at the Dow and

DeVos. Michigan winters limit some of the

activities one can do; however, there are still a lot of different sports and activities you can do

inside. My personal favorites are basketball

and indoor soccer. Vincent: I suggest that students try to

somehow get into kettlebells. They are the

best workout around, whether you just want

to stay in shape or are an athlete in any kind

of sport. It's a workout unique among all.

People should work out because you only have one life to live, and you live it

with the same body might as well try to

keep that body in good condition.

S a r a h : Try to have a workout scheduled

into your day. I have a set lime when I work out each day. Also, be creative with

your workouts; don't just do the same

workout every day, mix it up so that

you ' re not always using the same muscles, and so that you don't get sick of it. Some

suggestions of fun things...go swimming at

the Dow with some friends. Not laps, just

go and swim around and have fun going off the diving board and stuff. Also, if

you have access to the game Dance Dance

Revolution, play that for a while, it actually

gets really tiring.

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PHOTO BY JAMES RALSTON

GET-UP — Vincent Ganapini ( '08) per forms the Turkish Get-Up, a ke t t lebe l l l i f t .

WINTER TRAINING: COACHES KEEP ATHLETES IN TOP FORM Nick Hinkle C O P Y EDITOR

Snow, ice, chilling winds and

freezing temperatures can make exercising outdoors difficult

for students at Hope College.

Fortunately, students have many

options to work out indoors at

facilities on campus. Hope's main athletic

CISC facilities include the Dow

Center, DeVos Fieldhouse and DeWitt Tennis Center.

All students have access to these

buildings and can find various

activities to stay in shape over the winter months. These activities

include: running, swimming,

weightlifting, playing tennis,

racquetball and basketball.

T H E W E E K IN SPORTS

Many Hope athletes use these

activities and facilities in their

offseasons for conditioning and preparing for upcoming seasons.

Hope's distance team weight lifts

and uses cardio equipment to stay

in shape during the winter.

ou arc trainingJor jitncss, the best cxcr-

is the one that you will actually do."

Kevin Cole , t r ack and field coach

"Ourdistance runners primarily

focus on upper body and core

strengthening," track distance coach Mark Northuis said. "We

incorporate some plyometrics and

hills for the lower body." Other members of Hope 's track

and field team also participate in

weight lifting in the offseason.

"Our weight training programs

are specific for the events the

athletes will be participating in," track and field coach Kevin Cole

said. "For example, throwers

typically use heavier weights

and perform lifts that are

specific to their throwing

motions." Although athletes may

primarily use the various exercise equipment for training,

all students are encouraged to

use the facilities. Northuis offers

some advice for students wanting

to begin working out on a regular

basis. "(Students should) enjoy

themselves and work out with

a partner. The social aspect of working out is very positive to

helping you stick with the program

and having fun," Northuis said.

However, some students may want to accomplish certain goals

and improve in certain areas

such as lifting or running even

though they are not an athlete.

Cole provides some advice for these students in order to make

improvements. "If you are training for fitness,

the best exercise is the one that you

will actually do. Pick something

you enjoy," Cole said. "If you

are training for a specific activity,

the best exercise is one that most closely mimics the activity you

will be competing in." Also, students should ask

athletes, coaches or friends about

certain activities and how to perform them properly.

"Talk with people who have

experience in what you want to

accomplish so you can learn from

them," Northuis said. Along with listening to others.

Cole recommends that beginners

should know their limits and how much they can handle safely.

"The best advice for a beginner

to keep from hurting themselves is to start slowly and listen to their

body," Cole said. "Start with a

plan and increase the amount you

are doing slowly over the course

of a few weeks."

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The women ' s basketball team

went I -1 this week with a win over

Alma 69-46 Jan. 17 and a loss to Albion 82-75.Jan. 20. The results

put them at a 15-2 overall record

and dropped them to second place in the MIAA, two games behind

leader Calvin.

W e d n e s d a y Jan. 24 vs. Trl-State 6 p.m. DeVos Fieldhouse

Saturday Jan . 27 vs. Kalamazoo 3 p.m. DeVos Fieldhouse

MEN'S BASKETBALL

The men's basketball team extended their lead in the MIAA

with two conference victories. They defeated Adrian 81-42 Jan.

17 and Alma 86-53 Jan. 20. With

these victories the Dutchmen now hold a 14-2 record and lead the

MIAA.

W e d n e s d a y Jan. 24 vs. Trl-State 8 p.m. DeVos Fieldhouse

Saturday Jan . 27 vs. Kalamazoo 7:30 p.m. DeVos Fieldhouse

HOCKEY

The hockey team won 3-2 on Jan.

20, holding off a charging Calvin squad. The Knights struck first,

but the Dutchmen responded with a goal from Ryan Kelly ( '09)

followed by two from Jeff Guy

( '07). The Dutchmen are now 19-1-0 and are ranked first in the

North Region of the American

Collegiate Hockey Association.

Thursday Jan. 2 5 vs. Ferris State 8:30 p.m. The Edge Ice Arena

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