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A s t u d e n t - r u n n o n p r o f i t p u b l i c a t i o n • S e r v i n g the Hope C o l l e g e C o m m u n i t y for 114 years

Ben Patterson Leaving

Housing Crunch Hope students deal with limited space

Search for a replacement to begin soon

J a n e Bast

Matt C o o k

on s p e n d i n g his j u n i o r year in an

INFOCUS EDITOR

Jason M e l l e m a ( ' 0 2 ) had planned a p a r t m e n t until R e s i d e n t i a l L i f e

CAMPUS B E A I EDITOR

Ben Palierson has a n n o u n c e d thai

o f f e r e d him another option. " W e w e r e s u p p o s e d t o live in

he will he leav ing H o p e al the end

C o l l e g e E a s t , " said M e l l e m a . "But

of the I n si semester. In a letter a d d r e s s e d to all stu-

they called us over the s u m m e r and said we c o u l d h a v e a n e w cottage.

Hope ( ollege Dean of the Chapel

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d e n t s P a t t e r s o n said that he w a s

W h e n 1 saw the c o t t a g e last Sun-

leaving H o p e tor a s i m i l a r post at W e s t m o n t C o l l e g e in S a n t a Bar-

day, it w a s n ' t ready yet. T h e y really got on it t h r o u g h o u t the w e e k

bara. C a l i f o r n i a . "The O n e who brought me here

and r e - c a r p e t e d it and repainted the walls. T h e kitchen a n d b a t h r o o m

is s e n d i n g m e s o m e w h e r e e l s e , " Said Patterson in his letter. " H e has m a d e it c l e a r . t h a t m y w o r k at H o p e is done, and that he w a n t s m e to g o to W e s t m o n t . "

ANCHOR

PHOTO BY C H A D

SAMPSON

LEAVING THEIR MARK: Freshmen place their handprints on a banner during orientation. It was eventually filled with the hands of the entire class.

T h e s e a r c h for a n e w D e a n o f Chapel has not yet b e g u n , a c c o r d -

Orientation begins new year

ing to P r e s i d e n t J a m e s B u l t m a n .

Julie G r e e n

D i a n a Breclaw. Director of Student

ibly f u n : that w a s P l a y f a i r , " said

SPOTLIGHT EDITOR

Activities. "It w a s a d r e a m w e e k -

firstyear student, L a y n e H i l l m a n ('04).

Bultman said that it will begin midw a y t h r o u g h the first semester.

still need s o m e w o r k , but the rest of the h o u s e is very decent. Still, I ' m c o m i n g h e r e for an education. W h y d o I h a v e to worry about w h e r e I s l e e p at n i g h t ? " M e l l e m a w a s n ' t the only student facing housing challenges. With a record f r e s h m a n class and m o r e seniors c h o o s i n g to live o n c a m p u s ,

T h e n e w Dean of the C h a p e l will

A line of f l a m i n g tiki t o r c h e s h e m m e d the porch outside Dewitt

end." According to Laura Evans ('01),

not c o m e to H o p e until the 2 0 0 1 -

Saturday night as the class of 2 0 0 4

entation w e e k e n d w a s a brief pe-

2002 school year. S e c o n d s e m e s t e r

piled into the Kletz for a luau. Ori-

w h o c o - d i r e c t e d O r i e n t a t i o n with M e l i s s a H o w e ( ' 0 1 ) , o n e of t h e

riod of rain at the S a t u r d a y night

A c c o r d i n g to statistics f r o m the Student D e v e l o p m e n t office, H o p e

this year, the D e a n ' s responsibilities will he g i v e n out in an interim

entation style.

most p o p u l a r events w a s Playfair. " I t ' s o n e of those events you c a n ' t

picnic. A b a n d that w a s s c h e d u l e d

C o l l e g e h o u s e d 52 m o r e s t u d e n t s

N e a r l y 170 s t u d e n t s c a m e t o

to play had to cancel b e c a u s e of

a r r a n g e m e n t with the r e m a i n i n g

H o p e early to lead the 8 5 6 incom-

not h a v e a g o o d t i m e at," E v a n s

this fall than it did the previous year. N e w students arriving o n c a m p u s

m e m b e r s of the C h a p l a i n ' s staff.

ing f r e s h m e n and transfer students in " A T i m e for H o p e . " the t h e m e

said.

the d a m a g e the rain c o u l d d o to their e q u i p m e n t .

" I think the fact that it is a very strong [ p r o g r a m ] m a k e s it able to

of this y e a r ' s Orientation.

f u n c t i o n o n an i n t e r i m m o d e , " Bultman said.

T h e Orientation Assistants met with the f r e s h m e n in small g r o u p s , m o v e d t h e m into their residence

Currently, there are no candidates for the position. T h e s e a r c h will take the s a m e f o r m as it does for a n y senior staff

halls o n Friday, a n d helped them find their w a y around c a m p u s . " E v e r y o n e pulled together," said

E v a n s w a s s o c o n f i d e n t that any student w o u l d like it, she and an Assistant Director o f f e r e d o n e student w h o d i d n ' t w a n t to participate five dollars if he w e n t in and still didn't like it. S h e didn't lose her five dollars. "Interesting, unusual, and incred-

T h e only p r o b l e m during Ori-

For the O r i e n t a t i o n s t a f f , that

s o m e H o p e students are feeling a housing crunch.

h e a r d v a r i o u s r u m o r s as to the state of c a m p u s h o u s i n g .

w a s the only r o u g h spot. " E v e r y thing w e n t so smoothly. I c o u l d

"I heard that in Kollen Hall there w e r e e i g h t p e o p l e l i v i n g in o n e

not be m o r e p l e a s e d , " B r e c l a w said.

r o o m , " said t r a n s f e r student Cally S k o r u p a ( 4 0 3 ) . 4iI a l s o h e a r d we w e r e 80 beds short a n d they were

As Orientation c a m e to a n e n d and classes b e g u n . " A T i m e f o r

h a v i n g p e o p l e s l e e p in hotels."

more FRESHMEN on 4

more HOUSING o n 3

m o r e PATTERSON o n 8

School of Americas protester to present lecture Matt C o o k

countries.

C A M P U S BCAT EDITOR

B o u r g e o i s , a m e m b e r of the M a r y k n o l l Missionary Order, has done missionary work

Last year, nine Hope College students went to G e o r g i a to participate in a protest against

November.

also responsible for b r i n g i n g him to Holland.

T h e s e students interest in the S c h o o l of

"You have this c o m i n g together of p e o p l e to m a k e this w i s h p o s s i b l e , " D i c k i e said. Recently, in response to protests. C o n g r e s s v o t e d to c h a n g e the n a m e of the S c h o o l of A m e r i c a s to the D e f e n s e Institute for H e m i -

in Bolivia and El Salvador, where he saw such

A m e r i c a s w a s sparked by a M a y t er m trip to M e x i c o led by Dickie. A c c o r d i n g to D i c k i e

the School of A m e r i c a s , n o w the leader of that protest is c o m i n g to H o p e .

atrocities c o m m i t t e d by S c h o o l of A m e r i c a s graduates as n u n s being raped and killed, and

the g r o u p w a s m o v e d by the p e o p l e they m e t and the atrocities they w i t n e s s e d .

T h e 16th annual A.J. M u s t e lecture will b e delivered by Father R a y Bourgeois on T h u r s -

the assassination of Father O s c a r R o m e r o , an A r c h b i s h o p w h o s p o k e a g a i n s t the brutal Salvadorian regime.

Phil Beale, f o r m e r d e a n of students, and

spheric Cooperation. Nothing else was

the P e a c e m a k e r s of H o l l a n d s u g g e s t e d to Dickie that Bourgeois s h o u l d speak at H o p e .

changed. A c c o r d i n g to Dickie, local representative

B o u r g e o i s f o u n d e d the School of Americ a s Watch in 1990. Since then, the n u m b e r of protestors has g r o w n f r o m 10 to 12,000.

"I said he w o u l d fit p e r f e c t l y with the A.J. M u s t e lecture," Dickie said. A.J. M u s t e (*05) w a s a n influential Chris-

Peter H o e k s t r a voted for the bill, and then r e p o r t e d to p r o t e s t o r s that the s c h o o l w a s

day S e p t e m b e r 7 al 11:00 a.m. in M a a s A u ditorium. B o u r g e o i s is the f o u n d e r o f S c h o o l of A m e r i c a s Watch, a protest g r o u p created to close the U.S. A r m y S c h o o l of A m e r i c a s , a t a x - f u n d e d school in Fort B e n n i n g . G e o r g i a , that trains Latin A m e r i c a n soldiers. O p p o s e r s of the school call it the " S c h o o l of A s s a s s i n s . " and c l a i m that its g r a d u a t e s are responsible not for p r o m o t i n g democracy, but for \ iscously silencing t h o s e that stand up for the oppressed poor in Latin A m e r i c a n

His nonviolent protest work has e n d e d him up in prison seven limes. " H e has c o m m i t t e d himself to closing the school and seeking justice for the Latin A m e r i c a n people, especially the poor," said J a n e Dickie, p r o f e s s o r of psychology, w h o helped bring Bourgeois to c a m p u s , and acc o m p a n i e d the s t u d e n t s to the protest last

tian pacifist and activist w h o protested every

closed. B o u r g e o i s will also be s p e a k i n g in some

A m e r i c a n w a r up until his death in 1967. T h e lecture series, started on the 100th anniver-

classes. " F a t h e r R o y c o m i n g h e r e really sends a

s a r y of M u s t e ' s birth, b r i n g s in l e c t u r e r s w h o s e w o r k is in the spirit of M u s t e ' s .

m e s s a g e , " said A n d y M e z e s k e ( ' 0 2 ) , a stu-

T h e Holland Peacemakers, the local Catholic C h u r c h dioceses, and A q u i n a s Collegew h e r e Bourgeois will also be s p e a k i n g - w e r e

dent w h o a t t e n d e d last N o v e m b e r ' s protest. "I think it will result in an increase in a desire f o r i n f o r m a t i o n . T h a t ' s a w o n d e r f u l thing."

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