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check N e w core survives it out. close faculty vote credit, half-semester, topic courses. All of the departments on campus will be slowly changing from It's finally here. After three years the three-credit class norm to four of investigation, proposals, commit- credits. This will enable the avertees, and votes, the new general edu- age student class load to be four cation core curriculum has been de- four-credit classes, adding up to 16 termined for Hope. T h e c o r e re- credits per semester. Anyone who has tried to get a mained virtually the same for over 20 years, with only minor changes. combination of three-credit classes Hope faculty agreed that it was in to achieve the 16 necessary each semester in order to graduate on time need of a make-over. "I am enthusiastic about the gen- can a p p r e c i a t e this. A l s o , f o u r eral education curriculum that we classes per semester will be more approved on April 25 and excited manageable than five or six. The Committee To Restructure about the opportunity that it will give all of us to continue the con- the Core Curriculum first met in versation about our e d u c a t i o n a l July of 1994. They studied national goals and how to achieve academic trends in curricula changes at other e x c e l l e n c e , " said Provost J a c o b colleges and attended conventions Nyenhuis in his August 22 address about general education to gain ideas on h o w to c h a n g e H o p e ' s to the faculty. "With the new general education core. They drafted a proposal in Decurriculum we are rightly shifting our focus away from simple cover- cember 1995, and, after open meetage of material to the active engage- ings with f a c u l t y and s t u d e n t s , ment of our students in their own changes were made and the proposal was submitted to the Acalearning." Anchor p h o t o by J o s h N e u c k s According to Dr. Charles Green, demic Affairs Board. SPEECHLESS: Nathan Walker, 2 1/2, stops to stare at In April, the faculty voted bechair of the Committee to Restructhe American Legion Band at Community Day last Saturday. ture the Core Curriculum, the cur- tween the Modified Proposal, subrent core has its strengths. It encom- mitted to the A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s passes a broad range of subjects and Board by the committee, and the allows students to experience every- Status Quo, which is the current thing from philosophy, to science, core. T h e Modified Proposal won to health education. So will the new by a scant 84 to 73. The d a y ' s events were highStarting in the Fall of 1997, First core. However, changes in the manGLYM WILLIAMS lighted by a proclamation of apprener that these classes will be pre- Year Seminar pilot courses will besports editor ciation read by City Councilman gin. sented have been made. Craig Rich, directed toward Presi"These seminars will be designed It couldn't have been more picTo promote connections between courses, four-credit survey courses to help freshmen make the transi- turesque if it were copied directly dent John Jacobson. "I honestly can't think of a betwill be taken to lay the foundation tion into college," said Dr. Green. from a Norman Rockwell painting. ter place to have a college than right They will be modeled after the seThere were senior citizens who of a p a r t i c u l a r discipline. T h e s e h e r e in t h e h e a r t of H o l l a n d , m o r e C O R E on I O all knew each other. There were a courses will be followed by twocouple of guys off in the corner Mich.," said Jacobson, who also tossing the old pigskin. Kids were received a t-shirt from the stand-in feeding the baked beans to the fam- mayor. M a y o r A1 McGeehen was • First Year S e m i n a r — 2 credits ily dog and begging to go visit the out of town on business. Although it may h a v e seemed • M a t h a n d N a t u r a l Sciences—10 credits total ice cream lady. like m e m b e r s of the c o m m u n i t y There were even Phelps workers N o n - m a j o r s will t a k e a f o u r - h o u r i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y dressed as clowns giving balloons outnumbered students, in actuality S c i e n c e course plus a c o m b i n a t i o n of 2 a n d 4-credit to the kids. The Holland American only about 600 students usually eat c o u r s e s in M a t h a n d / o r S c i e n c e Legion band was playing the crowd lunch at Phelps on Saturdays. • Second Language "I don't mind that there are not with tunes like "God Bless 1. If t e s t e d i n t o 2 0 1 o r 2 0 2 , e i t h e r t a k e o n e s e m e s t e r as many students here as there are America." of that l a n g u a g e o r 101 of a third l a n g u a g e . It was the 31st annual C o m m u - o l d - t i m e r s , " said Hazel L a w s o n 2 . If n o p r e v i o u s l a n g u a g e , l a k e 101 a n d 1 0 2 t4 nity Day and it took place last Sat- ('00). I mean, they are supporters 3. R e q u i r e m e n t w a i v e d if t e s t e d into fifth s e m e s t e r . of the school and some of them urday, Sept. 7 in the Pine Grove. • R e l i g i o n — 2 credit (1/2 semester) Basic Studies, "I like it better this year than in probably went here. If the students plus 4-credit course the past," said Ben Lasky ('99). "I chose to pass this up and go to the • S o c i a l S c i e n c e s — 4 c r e d i t s in o n e d i s c i p l i n e g r o u p like having it in the Pine Grove in- Bell then that is too bad for them." a n d 2 c r e d i t s in t h e o t h e r Familiar faces were spotted stead of Windmill Island. The camG r o u p 1: P s y c h o l o g y . C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , o r S o c i o l o g y w o r k i n g at t h e p i c n i c , as t h e pus is a better setting. It's real picG r o u p 2: E c o n o m i c s o r P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e turesque with the chapel and the Centurian fraternity was asked to • A r t s — 4 credits theory and 2 credits applied m o r e P I C N I C on IO seminary." NOELLE W O O D staff reporter
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Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning this semester, record n u m b e r s have flocked to Dimnent for the morning chapel service. Attendance is at an all-time high, with an estimated 1200-1300 people leaving standing room only for late-comers. T h e y are a c c o m p a n i e d by the rock beat of the Chapel Worship Team, including bongo drums, drum set, bass, electric, and acoustic guitars, synthesizer, and yes, even a saxophone. "It is the work of God's Spirit and the spiritual hunger of the students that causes these huge mass attendances at Chapel services," said Ben Patterson, Dean of the Chapel. He also cites prayer, preaching of the Gospel, and the friendly relation-
ships of the Chaplain's Office with the student body as factors in the growth of the chapel program. Hope faculty and staff give varied reasons for their attendance. "Worship is an important part of my faith, and that is why I go to c h a p e l , " said S e t h K a p e r - D a l e ('97). "I am a fairly regular C h a p e l attender," said President Jacobson in an April faculty meeting. "I enjoy being there because the atmosphere is exciting and upbeat. It is not subdued, but it is worshipful." The Chapel program began its r a p i d g r o w t h a f t e r the c u r r e n t Keppel House staff came on board in 1994 and changed the format from a more traditional style. When he was hired as the Dean of the Chapel, Patterson spoke with many students about what they would like to see in chapel. He discovered that they wanted to hear messages that related to issues that
they faced in their student lives. They also favored singing and hearing more upbeat music. But there are some students at Hope who d o not appreciate the more charismatic worship style. "I p r e f e r a m o r e i n t e l l e c t u a l method for approaching Christ," said Peter Ganeff ('97). Regardless of such criticism, the chapel program has continued to grow and e n j o y s the support of Hope's administration. "In the last two years the Chapel program has attracted a great amount of participation and interest," said Jacobson in faculty meeting last spring. "It has become visible and. indeed, it is often audible; and it has had, I believe, a very positive influence on the spiritual life of many students, faculty and staff, as well as upon people in the community and in the church who are touched by it."
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T h i s past S a t u r d a y night, a Hawaiian-theme parly put on by Fellowship of Christian students was interrupted by the Holland police. A H o p e g r a d u a t e visiting a neighboring house called the police to complain of the noise level at Visscher and Van Zyl cottages. "The police had known since we stained setting up (for the luau) that it was going to be a little noisy, but that it was a no-alcohol party, a Christian party." said James Palmer (*98). FCS President. "They had been driving by all night, and they were fine with it [the noise]." Bui the Holland Police had to step in when the complaint was m o r e FCS o n 2