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October I 999 Talk it Over ••••••
Serving the H o p e College C o m m u n i t y for I I 3 years
Pulling through
Facing diversity
•firac/ Jerdon ('02) ends his Pull career, begins as a coach
^ New faculty shows increased global emphasis of college
D A N A LAMERS infocus editor
A N D R E W
Editor !v Note: This is the last article in a series focusing
on the
experiences
on one
of one puller,
K L E C Z E K
sports editor
T h e f a c e o f H o p e C o l l e g e is c h a n g i n g o n e p r o f e s s o r at a l i m e .
side of the Black River
In r e c e n t y e a r s , the c o l l e g e h a s
T h e Pull is o f t e n t h o u g h t o f
been adding more minority profes-
t h r e e o f (he l o n g e s t , m o s t g r u e l -
s o r s in an a t t e m p t t o i n c r e a s e s t u -
ing, a n d d r a i n i n g h o u r s a p e r s o n
d e n t b o d y d i v e r s i t y in r e s p o n s e to
m a y e x p e r i e n c e in l i f e .
the Board of T r u s t e e s 1997 e x p a n -
Bui f o r E v e n Y e a r P u l l e r B r a d
s i o n of t h e m i s s i o n s t a t e m e n t ,
J e r d o n ( ' 0 2 ) t h e t i m e f l e w by.
which includes:
" A n h o u r a n a h a l f i n t o it, i h e y
" T h e H o p e e x p e r i e n c e will in-
lold u s w e w e r e half d o n e , b u t I
clude encounter with cultural di-
fell like f i v e m i n u t e s h a d g o n e
v e r s i t y that is c h a r a c t e r i s t i c o f o u r
by," Jerdon said.
n a t i o n a n d w o r l d . H o p e will in-
Jerdon's '02 team experienced
c r e a s i n g l y r e f l e c t the p r e s e n c e a n d
the ihrill o f v i c t o r y o n S a l u r d a y ,
influence of students, faculty, and
p u l l i n g in 6 - f e e t - 1 m o r e r o p e t h a n
staff f r o m diverse racial and cul-
iheir odd y e a r co u n ier p a r l s . Ii w a s J e r d o n ' s a n d i h e E v e n Y e a r ' s first P u l l v i c t o r y , a n d a s they celebrated their victory, ihey
s+nurivrpnoio oy uonnatnan Muenk
tural b a c k g r o u n d s . " A c c o r d i n g to P r o v o s t J a c o b
PUTTING IN THE MUSCl-B: Even Year Moraler Sam Sandro ('02) screams encouragement to Puller Mark Foreman (*02) as he fights for rope from his pit. The Even Year Pull team won the 102nd Pull by 6-foot'I on Saturday, Oct. 2nd.
N y e n h u i s , the c h a n g e s will benefit s t u d e n t s in m a n y w a y s , i n c l u d i n g
a l s o r e m e m b e r e d s o m e of i h e
helping to break d o w n negative
e m o t i o n s b e i n g fell o n i h e o t h e r
c o n t e s t is o r w h a t is h a p p e n i n g
the s i d e l i n e s , y e t . O n S a t u r -
racial s t e r e o t y p e s a n d teach stu-
s i d e o f ihe river.
o n the cltHet s i d e o f (he river.
day evening he was chosen
d e n t s t o w o r k in a m o r e c u l t u r a l l y
a s a c o a c h f o r t h e ' 0 4 Pull
diverse world.
" I ' m s u r e ihe O d d Y e a r t e a m
"I d e f i n i t e l y c o u l d tell w h e n were
getting
Team.
c a n ' t w a i t f o r n e x t y e a r , " he s a i d . "
we
some
T h e y ' r e p r o b a b l y a lillle d o w n
r o p e , " Jerdon said. "I c o u l d feel
" I ' m e x c i t e d . I w a n t it t o
a n d a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a n t s in a c u l t u r -
" S t u d e n t s n e e d to be p r e p a r e d
r i g h t n o w , ii w a s p r o b a b l y i h e
w h e n w e lost s o m e l o o . b u t I fell
be next year already. I h o p e
ally diverse w o r l d , " N y e n h u i s said.
hardest three w e e k s o f their lives.
like w e were getting m o r e than
I can d o as g o o d of a j o b as
H e also p o i n t e d to H o p e ' s strong
T h e y ' r e going to c o m e back and
w e w e r e l o s i n g . W e k n e w it w a s
our coaches have done-for
ties t o C h r i s t i a n i t y a s a r e a s o n t o
close, but we didn't
us. I t ' s s o a w e s o m e t o b e c a r -
d i v e r s i f y the f a c u l t y a n d the s t u -
k n o w h o w c l o s e . It
r y i n g on a tradition t h a t ' s
dent body.
m a k e s y o u w a n t to
b e e n a r o u n d f o r 102 y e a r s ,
" I f w e are g o i n g t o l i v e o u t the
pull e v e n h a r d e r . "
a n d not o n l y t o b e a p a r t o f
t e a c h i n g s o f C h r i s t a n d f o l l o w the
it, b u t t o p a s s it o n . "
e x a m p l e of C h r i s t w e need to have
w a n t it n e x t y e a r l i k e we did. No one w a n t s to w a l k a w a y w i t h o u t winning." But for the E v e n Y e a r t e a m , t h e i r last year
ended
with
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sweet memories. "When
I started I just kept
The Even
Year
pullers strained and
Jerdon e m p h a s i z e s the en-
p e o p l e on our c a m p u s w h o reflect
p u l l e d w i t h the r e a l -
lire t e a m ' s m o t i v a t i o n a n d
t h e r i c h d i v e r s i t y of G o d ' s p e o p l e , "
i z a t i o n that t h i s w o u l d
e f f o r t in t h i s y e a r ' s c o n t e s t .
N y e n h u i s said.
" W e would never be able
b e t h e i r last t i m e o n the r o p e .
H e a l s o s t a l e s that h i s l i f e h a s
t h i n k i n g "this is m y last y e a r . I
" I n o t h e r s p o r t s y o u m i g h t get
to w i n Pull w i t h o u t e v e r y
been enriched by k n o w i n g people
h a v e t o l e a v e it all h e r e . 1 c a n ' t
10 g a m e s in a s e a s o n , " h e s a i d .
s i n g l e p e r s o n o u t there — the
of diverse b a c k g r o u n d s .
h a v e a n y r e g r e t s , ' he s a i d .
T h i s you only get twice."
coaches,
For t h o s e t h r e e h o u r s , the t e a m s
B u t for J e r d o n , his Pull in-
h a v e l u t l e i d e a o f h o w c l o s e the
v o l v e m e n t will n o t b e f o r c e d t o
pullers,
and
moralers. It's not about me,
Anchor p\-\oXo by Mike Zuidema
QUITTING XIME:BraJ
Jerdon ('02) celebrates the Pull victory
it's a b o u t t h e t e a m . "
Pulling off new legacy in an old tradition sidelines. M e n w e r e pullers, w o m e n JANE BAST staff r e p o r t e r
m o r a l e r s . B u t t i m e s are c h a n g i n g . "The change came about
For d e c a d e s the o l d e s t t r a d i t i o n
director of Public Rela-
ated with men.
lions. "I t h o u g h t there
It w a s m e n w h o d e v e l o p e d the
w o u l d be m o r e debate, but
famous techniques, men under-
p e o p l e d o n ' t s e e m t o g i v e it a
w e n t the w e e k s o f t r a i n i n g a n d
second thought."
when
Pull day
arrived, men
g r u n t e d it o u t in the p i t s w h i l e w o m e n s t o o d c h e e r i n g on the
" I t h i n k it's a b s o l u t e l y g r e a t that
pullers,
feat that t h e first f e m a l e
puller. Keri L a w ( ' 9 9 ) , called phe-
N y e n h u i s said. A s p a r t o f the p r o g r a m t o d i v e r s i f y , the c o l l e g e is w o r k i n g w i t h H o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y t o r e c r u i t at least t w o d o c t o r a l c a n d i d a t e s a y e a r
positive.
m o r e w o m e n are trying out
" A lot o f p e o p l e c a n ' t b e l i e v e
for the puller position,"
w o m e n are d o i n g it. I d o n ' t s e e
s t u d e n t s w h o c h o o s e t o w o r k at
L a w s a i d . "I d o n ' t t h i n k
m u c h of a difference between
Hope this year are
phenomenal
men
2K
T h i s year, both t e a m s had f e m a l e
t o h a v e that t y p e o f e x p e r i e n c e , "
to c o m e to H o p e . T h e t w o doctoral
fluidly," said T o m Renner,
at H o p e C o l l e g e h a s b e e n a s s o c i -
( ' 0 2 ) a l s o b e l i e v e s the c h a n g e is
nomenal.
"I w o u l d h o p e t h a i e v e r y s t u d e n t and faculty m e m b e r would be able
Kimberly
pullers,"
M o f f i t t , P F F T e a c h i n g F e l l o w in
they are b r e a k i n g the
H u t c h i n s s a i d . "I t h i n k i t ' s m o r e
the D e p a r t m e n t of C o m m u n i c a -
n o l d or standing up for
about mental strength than physi-
t i o n s , a n d T e r e s a G i l l i a m s in t h e
cal s t r e n g t h . "
D e p a r t m e n t o f E n g l i s h a s a visit-
because
w o m e n ' s rights, but r a t h e r
t h e y are d o i n g it b e c a u s e they e n -
and
Odd
women
year
puller
Anna
K r u m s i e g ( 4 0 3 ) e c h o e d that
j o y it." Even year puller Emily Hutchins
m o r e W O M E N on 2
ing assistant professor. In t h e E n g l i s h d e p a r t m e n t , the m o r e F A C U L T Y on I O
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Spotlight, page 3.
Fall play
preview
Football
team
looks
Women's
soccer to Calvin
of Electro
to win first game
falls 3-0
Intermission, page 9.
Sports, page I I .
Sports, page 12.