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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 . "
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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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