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3 a.m. pipe burst leads to Voorhees evac H a n n a h PIkaart C o -Ed u o r -in-Chief
Fire alarms went off between 2:30 and 3 in the morning on Sunday, giving the 103 residents of Voorhees Hall a rude awakening. Water, pouring from the attic made itsway allthe way down to the hall’s basement. Quickly, the residential life staff of Voorhees acted to evacuate the residents, ushering them into the dry walls of Winants Auditorium. “W e stayed in Graves watching The Office on Netflix," said Nicole Radgens, R A of Voorhees Hall. As residents got comfortable in Winants, they wondered what was going on. Was there a fire? Eventually they learned the truth: a fire suppression pipe in the attic ruptured, which caused water to downpour through the center of the 110-year old building. An emergency crew was able to come and take care of the pipe, stopping the flow.
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STUDENTS LOSE EVERYTHING — A couple rooms have been completely destroyed by the floods. Although no specifics about what will happen to the students belonging has been released, the students have been relocated as the damage to their rooms are further analyzed. allowing the co-ed residents to return to their rooms at 5:30
a.m. At this moment it is unsure
w hat caused the pipe to break, but one R A of Voorhees Hall
speculates the pipe may have frozen over in the intense and sudden cold from the days prior. Two rooms were directly impacted by the water, further inconveniencing two students. Radgens explained that members of the Physical Plant came Sunday night to assist the students with clearing out what was damaged by the water. As of now, the affected students have been moved to other rooms on campus for the time being. While Hope has gone through recent cosmetic renovations, such as fresh coats ofpaint in Dykstra, Gilmore and Van Vleck, some students are left wondering ifthe residential halls, especially the older ones like Voorhees and Van Vleck, need more extensive mechanical overhauls to get them into tip-top shape. Yet, as some wonder about this, Voorhees professional staffand itsstudent occupants are just thankful that the damage was concentrated to a single area and is being taken care ofwith the utmost urgency.
Political science department hires alumna Sophia Vander Kooy
particular emphasis on the decision-making of the US. The political science Supreme Court. Her research department has been actively has been published in “Political searching for a new member of Research,” “Quarterly” and their team for over a year now. “Party Politics.” With these After a long series of interviews interests leading the way, she and guest lectures, Dr. David regularly teaches classes on Ryden, the Political Science American politics, judicial Department Chair, announced process and Constitutional on Jan. 4 that alumna Dr. Rachel and Civil Rights Law at MSU. Schotte (’06) will be joining the Although her class schedule at department as a full-time faculty Hope has yet to be released, her member in the fall of 2018. teaching philosophy includes In a recent interview, Dr. a combination of emphasizing Schutte noted that although historical development of the Hope is a change from her political system and the tools current post as a fixed-term of social science that allow assistant professor at Michigan students to reach a better State University (MSU), she understanding of what shapes is excited to come back to the American society. liberal arts energy she fell for Dr. Schutte grew up in small in her undergraduate studies. town northern Michigan where She went on to note that Hope, the diversity of career paths H ope College particularly, “engenders a was quite muted. However, she DR. SHUTTE IS EXCITED TO ENABLE STUDENT RE knew from early on that law was stronger sense of community.” S E A R C H E R — With a specific passion for developing Inde of interest to her. In her words; Prior to MSU, Dr. Schutte was pendent student thinkers, Dr. Schutte plans on encouraging “The idea of becoming a lawyer an assistant professor at Hunter student-driven research and mentoring their passions. was the biggest dream I could College at the City University give voice to." As she began her of N e w York (CUNY) and “particular kind of collaborative rewarding. Dr. Schutte’s academic focus studies in the field of political relationship,” grew fond of the liberal arts student-faculty college environment. Due to that can be found in liberal lies in American politics and science at Hope, she began to this experience, she praises the arts institutions, finding them political institutions, with a realize that it was the study of C a m p u s C o -Edtior
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politics and law that allowed her truepassion to be uncovered and her dreams to, in turn, evolve. She continued to explain that once this became clear, it was evident that she was “born to be a teacher.” She explained that she has “always relished the opportunity to be a part of the learning environment.” She further noted that “it’s a challenge to engage and inspire students, to eradicate apathy, and to foster an inclusive and vibrant intellectual community within the classroom, but it’s one that I like to meet head on every semester.” Via the Rate M y Professor website, students are able to write their critiques, compliments and overall rating of professors at colleges and universities all across the country. The majority of Dr. Schutte’s past students send her to Hope with compliments that acknowledge the passion and energy she brings to the classroom environment, with an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, which is a rather high rating for the site.
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