The Anchor, Volume 128.11: November 19, 2014

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“An estimated one in five women has been sexually assaulted during her college years” said President Obama in a White House press release.

“Of those assaults, only 12 percent are reported, and of those reported assaults, only a fraction of the offenders are punished,” said Obama.

Although a small, Christian college in the Midwest, Hope College is not immune to sexual assault; statistics provided

by Students Teaching and Empowering Peers (S.T.E.P.) show that Hope is on par with these national averages, which supports the claim that one in five women have been sexually assaulted while at Hope.

Hope has joined the cause in fighting sexual harassment on campus. Andrew Harrison (T6) is heading the campaign with the help of student congress.

“The campaign was advertised to student leaders from the White House. The initial email was forwarded to me from student development," he said. Harrison and a team of Hope students have dedicated themselves to promoting the campaign and raising awareness this week.

They have all taken the pledge to end the problem of sexual assault and become part of the solution.

The It’sOn Us campaign urges all people to take the pledge “to recognize that non-consensual sex is sexual assault; to identify situations in which sexual assault may occur; to intervene in situations where consent has not or cannot be given; and to create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and survivors are supported.”

Many college campuses create a culture that accepts the rape myth. The “It’s O n Us” campaign seeks to combat this acceptance and increase the number of students who will intervene on behalf of victims.

Chaplain Paul Boersma re­ flects on 2 0 years at Hope working with college students and has stuck with itever since.

G u e s t W riter One could say Hope runs in Boersma blood - a family His greeting is complete with tradition. Graduating from a wave, a dimpled smile and Hope with a bacherlor’s degree his famous “good to see you” in education, Boersma applied to when he bikes past new and old Western Theological Seminary a students alike. The man is Paul year later. Seminary presented Boersma, and this year marks him with the opportunity to do his 20th year at Hope College. youth ministry in a local Holland church. The involvement with the students piqued his interest in working with young people, helping them see the love ofGod. When a job opening at Campus Ministries became public, with the encouragement of close friends Boersma submitted his ■■ application for chaplaincy.

Twenty years later, Boersma continues to bless the campus with his spirit and his desire to serve the Lord. . p j p f lp “Paul has a number of personality traits that make him a great campus minister, but P hoto C ourtesy of H ope P R I think above all, his genuine love and expression of that love PAUL B O E R S M A for students make interactions Boersma, commonly known with him so meaningful. It’s as “Boers,” has been a chaplain easy to talk to Paul, he gives very with Hope College Campus see B oersma,page 2 Ministries since 1994. He began

Myths about rape encourage attitudes that do not support survivors. Rape myths are pervasive and include, but are not limited to: blaming the victim, justifying rape based on the way a victim was dressed and that the victim was not raped because he or she did not verbally say no. Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois reported that the prevalence of the rape myth may prevent victims from reporting the crime. Those that knew the perpetrator personally were also 3.7 times less likelyto report the incident to authorities.

In lieu of these statistics, the Obama administration has provided guidance for colleges that have the legal obligation to prevent and report sexual assault. The government has also created the White House Task Force, which travels to colleges and educates students about prevention and response to sexual assault.

Finally, the government is

S T O P S E X U A L ASS A U L T — Hope College has enterec the quest to prevent and react to sexual assault. also reviewing laws that have already been made, to ensure that victims of sexual assault are highly protected in the court of law.

Today isthe final day to make the pledge for the campaign that will be offered at Hope, “The pledge drive will be during see ‘ It’s O n U s’,p a g e 2

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Mockingbird invasion

Old m a n winter rises again

Volleyball stuns Wittenberg

To Kill a Mockingbird remains as popular as ever.

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Winter is no longer coming, it’s here.

O n Saturday, the Volleyball t e a m rallied late to cap­ ture the N C A A regional championship.

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T his W e e k a t H o p e Wednesday Blood Drive

Nov. 19

A blood drive will take place at the M a a s Auditorium starting at 1 2 p.m.

The event is sponsored by Hop e Col­ lege's Alpha Phi O m ega.

Friday ‘80s Roller-skating

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There is a ‘80s-themed roller skating party at H.O.M.E. Roller Rink. The event begins at 9 p.m.

All W e e k Nov. 18-26 Mortar Board Awareness Week There will be various activities to spread awareness for the Mortar Board Chapter. Begins at 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 8 and ends at 8 a.m. on Nov. 26.

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CHRISTMAS TREE Join President and Mrs. Knapp this Friday for the 2nd annual' Christmas Tree lighting.

The event will take place at the President’s home .at 6:30 p.m. There will be hot boiled peanuts and hot chocolate as refreshments for a shivery winter evening.

ORDINANCE RESTRICTS OFF CAMPUS HOUSING During an October session the City of Holland officially finalized new occupancy rules limiting houses in Holland to four non-related persons. The controversial proposal which The Anchor first reported on in the Sept. 27 issue passed city council on Oct. 1. The version that was passed included an amendment grand-fathering in existing properties that currently house between four and six individuals. This means that existing rentals houses will still be allowed to house up to six people. Any new house that does not currently house more then four people will not be able to in the future. These limits do not apply to Hope owned cottages.

RECITALS There is a plethora of music students ready to perform this week at various locations.

Three senior music students Allie Kessel (‘15) on trumpet, Eve Panning (‘15) on violin and Katrina Baker (15), a soprano, will be performing this week.

Kessel will be performing at Dimnent chapel on Saturday at 2 p.m. Panning and Baker will be performing at Wichers Auditorium. Panning will be performing on Friday at 6 p.m. while Baker will perform at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Finally, a junior, Rosemary Walsh (16) will perform as a soprano at 6 p.m. at Wichers Auditorium.

Hope joins national campaign to prevent sexual assault ♦ it’s On Us’,from page 1 lunch and dinner. It’sno different than what’s on the website, but this will be good so questions can be directly answered, and willhelp in making the campaign much more relational,” Harrison said.

Students, staff and faculty will have the opportunity to take the pledge at The Kletz, Cook and Phelps dining halls and the Dewitt Lounge.

However, students and staff are encouraged to continue talking about the campaign after they have taken the pledge.

“Tell more people about the campaign. Learning to recognize warning signs of sexual assault and understanding ways to prevent it are of critical importance. Know what to do,

and make a difference,” Harrison said.

The online pledge at itsonus. org is the very same that will be available at Hope and isavailable for those who are unable to sign the pledge on Hope’s campus.

As of Sept. 19, student leaders from over 233 schools have committed to promoting the campaign on their campus with more colleges signing on every week. Many of these schools have created their own public service announcements and Hope’s will be out soon as well.

It’s on us to make a difference in the lives of the students at Hope; we all need to pitch in to make Hope a safe place for all individuals. If you or know someone who has been sexually assaulted visit notalone.gov or call 1-800-656-HOPE.

Tips to be a part of the solution 1. Talk to your friends honestly and openly about sexual assault.

2. Don’tjust be a bystander — ifyou see something, intervene in any way you can.

3. Trust your gut. Ifsomething looks like itmight be a bad situ­ ation, itprobably is.

4. Be direct. Ask someone who looks like they may need help if they’re ok.

5. Get someone to help you ifyou see something -- enlist a friend, RA, bartender or host to help step in.

6. Keep an eye on someone who has had too much to drink.

7. Ifyou see someone who is too intoxicated to consent, enlist their friends to help them leave safely.

8. Recognize the potential danger of someone who talks about planning to target another person.

9. Be aware ifsomeone is deliberately trying to intoxicate, iso­ late, drug or corner someone else.

10. Get in the way by creating a distraction, drawing attention to the situation, or separating them.

11. Understandthat ifsomeone does not or cannot consent to sex, it’s rape.

12. Never blame the victim.

Paul B o e r s m a recounts the spiritual revival o n H o p e ’s c a m p u s ♦ Boersma, from p a g e 1 insightful advice, and he makes people feel valued, all because it is so clear that he loves people with the love of Christ,” Justin Makowski, 2013 graduate of Hope, said.

Students appreciate his ability to talk about issues some would avoid.

“You can tell that he really cares and that he’s not just faking or putting on a show. He’s not afraid to speak the truth and talk about real issues” Rachel Lamb (T5), senior at Hope, said.

Real issues like spiritual battles. Every Friday before The Pull, Boersma preaches at the chapel service. After revealing his joint even-year and oddyear t-shirt, he mentioned that The Pull is not a really a battle.

He spoke about the spiritual battles Christians face every day and how the Holy Spirit equips people to fight those battles.

With students sitting on the floor and standing in the aisles for chapel and gathering services these days, it may be hard to believe that Dimnent Chapel once stood nearly empty.

“Twenty years ago itwas hard to find the Christian students on campus because theywere so few and they were somewhat - this

is a strong word- but they were somewhat oppressed...there was a cost to thatwith other students on campus and other faculty on campus” Boersma said.

O n a good day, the wooden pews attracted 30 students to come and listen to a speaker.

In some ways, the college was wandering away from being a Christian college. For the most part, campus was a spiritually barren place.

“It’s been a transformation, I mean, it’s been the work of God. IfI had a scripture to sum it up, it would be Psalm 118 ‘This is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes,'” Boersma said. “I know myself and I’m not good enough to bring about such renewal and revival, I mean, this isthe Lord's doing,” Boersma said.

Boersma did not do it alone, but he was certainly part of the equation. Dean of the Chapel and close friend of Boersma, Trygve Johnson, is a witness to this.

“Paul has been a steady voice of encouragement, challenge and wisdom to allthree Deans of the Chapel since 1994. It is not easy to be a follower and a leader at the same time - but Paul is both. Paul has always been faithful to his calling - and his

faithfulness has allowed campus with some of his original ministry to thrive from year to students. A few weeks ago, year,” Johnson said. he was reunited with some Boersma described spiritual of these students as part of health on an institutional level the Homecoming Weekend as bringing everything under celebrations on campus. More the Lordship of Christ and living than anything else, Boersma into every aspect of the college’s enjoys interacting with students and forming relationships with mission.

“Ifwe say we are a Christian them.

He has the opportunity liberal arts college, then we have to live into that ... To live to walk with students from in [to] who we say we are and freshman year to senior year to support that at every level. I and in many cases, beyond think we're unhealthy if we say graduation.

“M y faith is increased by one thing and we’re not doing things to nurture that,” Boersma watching you guys. I mean, ‘cause I see you in four years. said.

“In my experience, Ihave seen You guys come in as litde that Paul really inspires a culture punks. And most of you leave of valuing prayer and reading so different as men and women. scripture. He encourages the And in most cases students have Hope community to embrace grown deeply in their faith” these two things as central Boersma said.

Homecoming Weekend parts of our walk with Christ honored the and so has helped cultivate a celebrations ministry founded on these basic twentieth anniversary of Campus Ministries. Along with principles,” Makowski said.

Boersma's desire to remain that, the college celebrated faithful to God isreflected in the Boersma's faithful presence on way he remains faithful to his campus. For the past twenty years, Boersma has dedicated own relationships.

“He is amazing with people his life to serving Hope students and Itrusthis instincts.To m e he and will continue to do so as has been a friend, a partner and he rides his bike around town a mentor. I love Paul Boersma,” flashing his genuine smile and waving to all he passes swiftly Johnson said.

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“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” O n June 12, 1987, President Reagan gave one of his most powerful speeches, asking Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall. Two years later on Nov 6, the Berlin Wall fell after divid­ ing thousands of Berliners for decades.

The Berlin Wall is no doubt one of the most notorious sym­ bols of division in our recent history. Having been used as a barrier to divide the West side of the city from the East side oc­ cupied by the Soviets, itwas es­ sentially a representation of the stalemate during the Cold War. The fall of the Wall basically sig­ nified the end of the Cold War, victory to the United States and the success of capitalism over Soviet socialism.

66 C o m e here to this gate! Mr. G o r ­ bachev, o p e n this gate! Mr. G o r ­ bachev, tear d o w n this wall!

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However the fall of the Iron Curtain of Europe was most important to the people of Ger­ many who had been divided for years. The fallwas a global event, and everyone welcomed the prospect of a unified Germany.

Long had people tried to escape, and even perished, justto ensure their freedom from the Wall.

Only in 1989 was this impris­ onment completely torn down, and the international commu­ nity was finally able to be proud of their struggle against cruelty and human rights violation.

About two weeks ago the world celebrated the 25th an­ niversary of the tearing down

of the Wall. Media colorfully il­ lustrated how far mankind has come since that fortunate day in November. But the question re­ mains: how far have we actually come? While the the fall of Ber­ lin Wall is of great significance, we currently face a wall dividing people in the Middle East, and it often goes unnoticed.

The Israel-Gaza barrier, which was constructed between the Gaza Strip and Israel, was completed in 1996. Civilians in the Gaza Strip are basically trapped behind this wall while the crisis between Israel and Palestine continues to escalate.

The justification for this bar­ rier is that it prevents terrorists from entering Israel. However at the same time, this barrier acts like a prison to those who want to leave Gaza or those who have been suffering the consequences of politics of the region.

The Berlin Wall was about 96 miles long and 12 feet high and was considered the most formidable force dividing peo­ ple. The Gaza wall is about 450 miles long and 25 feettalland no strong action has been taken to break itdown.

Both of these walls have been used as tools of oppression. Yes, the fall of the Berlin Wall was a great acheivement for the inter­ national community. However, what does itmean when we turn a blind eye to opression along the Gaza Strip?

It is probably not the best to compare these two scenarios which are both historically infa­ mous. But it almost seems that the world has lost the lesson we gained from the existence of Berlin Wall.

Ifthe world was able to unite and tear down the Berlin Wall and celebrate the occasion year after year, I am certain the same can be done for the Gaza wall.

After all, both these structures serve the purpose of domina­ tion and coercion against other humans.

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Oftimes in history there are certain specific events that seem to perfectly summarize the de­ velopments and character of the time. These events are usually only considered so remarkably iconic after the greater historical narrative turns out to agree with them. This is the case in Ronald Reagans famous 1987 Berlin speech, in which he momen­ tously challenged Soviet lead­ er Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. The event has been recycled over and over again as if it were a prophetic declaration.

The event that brought Rea­ gan to Berlin that day was the 750th anniversary of the city’s founding; it was not his prima­ ry destination, which was the G-7 summit in Venice. Reagan nonetheless was well aware of the reforming efforts of Gen­ eral Secretary Gorbachev in the Soviet Union and wanted, like many presidents before him, to speak against the division of the city and the concrete wall that surrounded the West German Enclave of West Berlin. Rea­ gan also wanted to gain greater support among West Berliners, who were largely left-wing and viewed the American President's unabashed conservatism with suspicion.

Though the speech was given in close proximity to the Berlin Wall, East Berliners were for­ bidden to travel near enough so the speech would be in earshot.

Reagan’s speech was also in Eng­ lish, which was not commonly known by East Berliners at the time. Radio Free Europe did not broadcast the speech in East Germany. As such there was little comment on what impact Reagan’s statement had made, largely because it received so little coverage.

In 1989, when asked about whether the Berlin wall should be torn down Gorbachev’s re­ sponse was prompt: “why not?”

As early as 1985, Gorbachev and the Soviet Politburo had made an internal decision not to use force against demonstrators

in Eastern Europe and to urge other Warsaw Pact countries to do the same. By this point, with its declining economy and overextended military budget, the Soviet Union was fast los­ ing the respect of the Warsaw pact regimes itonce regarded as its satellites. Gorbachev labeled East German General Secretary Erich Honecker as well as War­ saw pact leaders in Bulgaria, Ro­ mania and Czechoslovakia the stubborn “Gang of Four” unwill­ ing to follow the Soviet Union’s example and reform commu­ nism.

In 1989 Honecker was ill,and his regime was fast losing sup­ port. When Gorbachev arrived in Berlin for the 40th anniver­ sary ofthe East Germany found­ ing, protests broke out, and East Germans began chanting in the streets: “Gorby help us; Gorby save us.” Gorbachev could do lit­ tle, however, as even the Berlin Wall was manned by East Ger­ man troops loyal to Honecker.

In the end it was a little-known Hungarian official, Imre Pozsgay, who played an incidental role in opening the Iron Curtain.

Pozsgay and Austrian Archduke Otto Von Habsburg jointlyspon­ sored a Pan-European picnic on the Austro-Hungarian border.

Pozsgay and von Habsburg’s event provided the first oppor­ tunity for people to freely leave the Warsaw Pact. Many East Germans took advantage of the opportunity to exit theircountry through Austria and Hungary and enter West Germany. With the Berlin Wall now strategically irrelevant and facing mounting protests, the East German Po­ litburo removed Honecker. In hopes of placating the opposi­ tion, the beleaguered East Ger­ man government held a press conference to explain the future of the Berlin Wall.

Itwas ultimately a mistake at this press conference that sealed the final end of the Berlin Wall in fact as well as purpose. East German official Gunter Schaboswki declared the government’s intention to open the Wall; how­ ever, nobody told him before the conference when this would happen. Speaking off the cuff,

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A S P E E C H OF P O W E R Ronald Reagan speaks In front of Brandenburg Gate in 1987.

Schaboswki said that the Wall would be opened “immediately, without delay." When this news reached the streets, the East German border guards had no choice but to open the Berlin Wall’s gates to a throng of em ­ boldened protestors.

For American audiences, the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe is often portrayed as a victory of America and the free world over communism. What this narrative leaves out is the role internal divisions within the Warsaw Pact played in ending communism. Reagan could not effectively demand the Berlin Wall's end any more than Gor­ bachev could comply with that demand. Ultimately the people of Eastern Europe, with their own drive for self-determina­ tion, were the force that shaped the destiny of a divided conti­ nent.

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H O W F A R H A V E W E C O M E ? — Celebrations In front of the Brandenburg Gate c o m m e m o ­ rating the 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall. Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 9, East Ger­ m a n y government lifted travel restrictions and Berliners finally pushed their w a y to the West.

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The g a m i n g world clashes with social media gaming critic Anita Sarkeesian were subjected to a horrendous amount of harassment online, Over the past couple of mostly through Twitter. The months the online video game tweets in question were mostly community has imploded into comprised of homophobic, a war zone of heated arguments racist and misogynistic slurs. about sexual harassment, Later on, the same type of journalistic integrity and harassment was thrown towards feminism. People have been award-winning games journalist forced from their homes, Intel Jenn Frank and fellow writer pulled sponsorship from gaming Mattie Brice, who both decided news site Gamasutra due to a to quit writing about games.

Quinn created the game pressure campaign, and Adobe found itself wrapped up in Depression Quest with Patrick the controversy thanks to one Lindsey and Isaac Shankler.

Depression Quest isa text-based hashtag: #GamerGate.

Most #GamerGaters argue adventure game inwhich gamers that focusing on harassment are able to simulate what itfeels hides the true issue: ethics like to have depression. Many in games journalism. They of the trolls who are currently the #GamerGate think that the gaming press leading has, amongst other things, movement bombarded Quinn become too friendly with and the game’s Meteoritic user developers, squandering score page when itwas released journalistic integrity access in early 2013.

Things were brought to a head the industry. A simple Google search will bring up countless when programmer Eron Gjoni, examples of a common belief w h o m Quinn dated, wrote a amongst #GamerGaters that series of online posts about the the online gaming presses tail end of their relationship. In Polygon and Kotaku focus too the posts he released personal heavily on feminism and fairer information about her, stating representation of women in that she cheated on him multiple times, and that one of the games.

It'shard to pinpoint when the instances was with a writer for whole event started, but most Kotaku named Nathan Grayson.

Kotaku had investigated people consider a firestorm in late August to be the beginning. the situation and found no Game developer Zoe Quinn and wrongdoing on the part of either

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Grayson or Quinn. Despite this, comments were erased from Reddit and 4chan, and a D M C A takedown notice was filed against a YouTube video using footage from a game Quinn made. Quinn was also harassed via Twitter, phonecalls and emails.

P hoto courtesy of Flicker Things somehow managed to get even worse when VIOLATION O F JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY— G a m e r s us­ #GamerGate supporters found ing the hashtag #Gamergate have been harrrasing journalists. out about an email list called GameJournoPros. The list is bullies.” Adobe missed the point that day we tried to clarify our basically a forum where games that the original tweet was, in position but clearly we were not explicit enough.” journalists converse about fact, a joke.

Despite any validity of In the end, Adobe apologized topics of interest.

GameJournoPros is a in a blog post, stating that concerns about the game discussion group that shouldn’t “A Gawker reporter posted a industry that #GamerGaters and normally wouldn’t have series of tweets that appeared have, it has become a parody of caused any issues ifitweren’tfor to condone bullying of gamers. itself thanks to a mob of trolls the awful timing of itsdiscovery. W e were mistakenly listed as harassing anyone who even At the end of October, a an advertiser on the Gawker breathes a hint of opposition to writer from Gawker tweeted a website, so we asked Gawker to their “cause."

What it means to be a flippant joke that “nerds should remove our logo.

However, as a result of our “gamer” has evolved from an be constantly shamed and degraded into submission” and logo having appeared on the overweight, acne-faced teen that bullying should make a Gawker website, we received logging hours in “Call of Duty tweets that accused us of “and “World of Warcraft” to comeback. a billion-dollar industry that #GamerGaters seized the condoning bullying.

One of our employees it’s no longer cool to hate on. opportunity to cause a stir and complained to companies that innocently responded to one #GamerGaters are scared of advertise on Gawker. Adobe, of these tweets saying we don’t losing that identity because although not an advertiser, advertise on Gawker, that we they are proud of it for some responded to the complaints by asked them to remove our logo unknown reason. Ironically, by demanding that Gawker remove and that we don’t condone defending their “culture" they its logo from an advertisement bullying. Unfortunately, that uphold the stereotypes many it showed up in. At the time, tweet was perceived to support people associate with them by Adobe tweeted that it “would Gamergaters and created a harassing people and companies never support any group that firestorm on Twitter. Later they don’tlike.

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refusal to livethere, which raised eyebrows since the villa has hosted every president ofTurkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has since the Republic was founded. proved his loyalty to the U.S., The space was built with the hence he is an important ally orders of the first Turkish to the West. However, he is President “Ataturk” (literally, also a controversial figure in father of Turks) who adopted terms of his leadership and his secularism and modernization. accomplishments.

Erdogan made it very clear Divisive domestic policies, that he was not fond of these cases of police brutality, charges concepts, as he endorsed many of corruption, suspicious conservative laws. financial dealings, intimidation This attitude of alienation of the Turkish media, denial of from the West, modern values responsibility in many national and even, possibly, from tragedies and the exploitation democracy cost him a Security of national funds are only a few Council seat in United Nations. flaws Erdogan has had during In October, the United his time as a prime minister.

Nations General Assembly Since his presidency was turned down Turkey’s declared in August 2014, the application for a two- year term former prime minister took as a non-permanent member over new projects that only of the Security Council. As support the rumors of his lavish an overwhelming majority neo-Ottoman disposition, such voted down Turkey, it raised as the Aksaray palace(“White questions, like why Turkey lost Palace” in Turkish), which is the 151 votes it received when built in the outskirts of Ankara, they bid in 2008. the capital.

Since 2008, Erdogan burned The palace has 1,000 rooms bridges with countries such as and is 40 times bigger than Saudi Arabia, Israel, Syria, Egypt the White House. This new and even Greece; his bonds presidential residence/office with Fetullah Gulen, a Turkish cost about $630 million and cleric, repulsed many countries naturally drew heavy criticism in Africa since they suffered from various sources, one of from his supporter's presence. them being the opposition to Also, when he was called out on Erdogan’s party. his autocratic rule, this resulted The new prime minister in turning a peaceful Gezi Ahmet Davutoglu is using Park protest into a borderline the old presidential residency, civil war, jailing journalists Cankaya Villa, due to Erdogan’s and taking away social media G

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freedoms such as Twitter and Youtube. Erdogan made the very dismissive, comment, “I do not care what international states will think about me” that turned away many leaders around the world.

It is even worse that he is standing by his word; even though US. President Obama repeatedly urged him to be more protective of the Turkish Kurds, Erdogan did not change his indifferent attitude towards the minority which is desperate need of help.

Despite a few tacticalhiccups, Erdogan has been slowly but steadily marching towards his end goal of creating a tyranny out of a republic. It is only a matter of time until he changes the constitution, and it seems the West does not have any intend to interven.

Ironically, Erdogan has been very critical of Assad and his heavily authoritarian regime in Syria. However, it appears that is exactly what he is leading towards, ifnot worse.

Like every other dictator and unquestionable sole ruler of a country; he has to flex his muscles and show his teeth with a great economic investment, in this case that expenditure is Ak Saray. N o w the question is whether Ak Saray is a sign that he laid his neo-Ottoman, conservative eggs and is just waiting for them to hatch. Only time will tell.

A P A L A C E FIT F O R A KING— Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands alone before the start of the 91st an­ niversary celebrations of the Turkish Republic In a newly built presidential palace In Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.

H o p e College Theatre presents “Urinetown” The offbeat humor and zany scenarios in “Urinetown” are sure to delight audiences, but the musical also makes an important statement on greed in modern society.

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Urinetown N o v . 19, 20, 21 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 22 2 p.m. a n d 7:30 p.m.

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Hope College Theatre will present “Urinetown,” a musical satire about corporate greed, revolution and the privilege to use the restroom.

Directed by theatre faculty member Rich Perez, this musical is full of biting humor and the catchy music iscertain to delight audiences. “Urinetown” will be performed tonight through this weekend in the DeWitt Theatre and tickets for the production are currently on sale.

“Urinetown” takes audience members to a dystopian future where a water shortage has prompted corrupt city officials to privatize bathrooms, forcing the people to pay to use the restrooms.

Fed-up citizens protest, but those caught breaking the law are carted off to the mysterious and much-feared Urinetown,

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N O T JUST A M U S I C A L — The Hope College theater production of “Urinetown” will be both a great s h o w and a parable for our society in modern times; Conner Hernandez (‘17) Is center. never to be seen or heard of again.

According to Rich Perez, while the production includes wonderful music and charming dance numbers, it is also a modern-day parable about materialism and power. “At its most light and satirical, it’s an entertaining musical about corporate greed and how it has manifested itself in our society,” Perez said.

“It says something about where we’ve come a^ a culture and as a country, but itaddresses those issues in a fun and light

way that makes for an enjoyable evening," Perez said.

The production team for “Urinetown” includes musical director Ingrid Lestrud, visiting director of orchestras; choreographer Angie Yetzke, assistant professor of dance; scenic and properties designer David Barber; lighting and sound designer Perry Landes, associate professor of theatre; and costume designer Mary Elizabeth Winther ('15).

Michelle Bombe, professor of theatre, is the costume design mentor. The stage manager for

the production is Jacqueline Marschke ('15).

Assistant stage managers include Nathan Gingrich ('18), Aaron McEachran ('16) and Sarah Merrill ('16).

Rebecca Blinker ('15) and Connor Hernandez ('17) play the lead roles in “Urinetown.”

Blinker plays the role of Hope and Hernandez plays the role of Bobby.

Individual tickets are now on sale at the Events and Conference Office in the Anderson-Werkman building, which is open Monday through

Tickets are now on sale at the Events and Conferences Office in theAnderson- Work­ man building, WOE. 8th Street, open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for regular admission, $7 for seniors, Hope faculty and staff and $5 for students. Patrons may purchase tickets in person or by calling the ticket office at 616-3957890. For more information, visitwww.hope.edu.

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Hope College student Chris Waechter (T5) started the first Chapel String Quartet performing worship music with Hope’s Chapel Band. The quartet has performed at two Chapel services this semester and will also open for Gungor with the Chapel Band and The Brilliance at their performance on campus in January.

The quartet, including Waechter, Madalyn Navis (T7), Cam Holder (’15) and Mac Watson (T5), will perform next week in Chapel on Monday, Nov. 24.

“This is new, the Chapel Quartet. Before there has been one or two string players involved, usually violin or cello,” Waechter said. Although the quartet officially began this semester, the idea has been long in the making for Waechter.

The integration of the Chapel Quartet has been a joint effort between Waechter and Bruce Bendedict, Hope College's P hoto C ourtesy of H ope C ollege T heater D epartment Chaplain of Worhip Music.

T H E L E A D S O F “U R I N E T O W N ”- Rebecca Flinker ('15) “I had always wanted to get and Connor Hernandez ('17) play the lead roles In “Urinet­ involved in Chapel Band, but own.” Flinker plays the role of H o p e and Hernandez plays the when Icontacted Josh, he replied last semester that because he role of Bobby.

was leaving he did not want to add anything new. So I contacted Bruce last semester about the idea. Bruce was very enthusiastic and wanted to get the quartet involved,” Waechter said.

Waechter and Benedict met in June to collaborate on music and logistics. “Bruce had a lot of music for us. He has a friend that wrote quartet music based on contemporary and non­ contemporary church music.

He said he would provide the music, ifI provided the people,” Waechter said.

Waechter asked the current members of the Chapel Quartet to join. “Ichose people Ithought would be applicable to the idea of the quartet. They happen to be some of the best string players we have at Hope now,” Waechter said.

Three members of the quartet, including Waechter, are seniors this year, which poses the question of the longevity of the group. The senior members hope that the quartet will continue in future years.

“W e hope it will continue on and that it will be a good example for string players at Hope after us. W e are inspired by the importance of what we

are doing in the community, not just by ourselves. There are many people that will appreciate what we are doing,” Waechter said.

He stressed that all four of them were doing it for a greater purpose: to worship God. “The rehearsals are early, but knowing we’re part of this big group is awesome and fun. It is hard to get up, but knowing you are doing it for a greater purpose makes it worth it," Waechter said.

The incorporation of the quartet into Chapel is intended to be smooth and unobtrusive to the Chapel Service.

“The campus community has been really supportive of this incorporation. I have had multiple people come up to me and express interest in what the quartet is doing. W e owe a lot of this to the tech team because they do a greatjob of mixing our sounds with the Chapel Band,” Waechter said.

Both Benedict and Waechter hope to make the incorporation of classical elements in worship at Hope to be, as Waechter said, “a smooth sequence into this type of music, which many students have not been exposed to before."

“To Kill a Mockingbird” is Holland’s Big Read munities.

The first Big Read was a pi­ lot project that began in 2006 Many members of the Holland and included 10 communities community have been reading reading four different books.

Harper Lee’s “To Killa Mocking­ In 2007, the program launched bird” this month as part of the nationally and has continued to Big Read, a program of the Na­ be massively successful. Since tional Endowment for the Arts the beginning of the Big Read, (NEA). The mission of the Big the N E A has granted over 1,100 Read, according to the program s grants ranging from $2,500 to website, is “to restore reading to $20,000 to communities across the center ofAmerican culture.” the nation.

Hope College was chosen to The program was started in response to a 2004 report by organize Holland’s Big Read. the N E A that found that liter­ This is the first Big Read for the ary reading in America israpidly Holland area. Hope was one of declining, especially among the 77 institutions chosen to receive nations young people. To com­ a grant to organize the program bat this, the Big Read targets and one of only two institutions communities all over the coun­ chosen in the state of Michigan.

Holland's Big Read began on try and provides them with the opportunity to read and discuss Nov. 3 with a kickoff presenta­ a book as a community. Grants tion hosted by Dr. Fred L. John­ are awarded to select organiza­ son. Johnson is a professor of tions in order to carry out a pro­ history at Hope. His opening gram for their respective com­ presentation, entitied “Bathing

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in the Sunshine of Despair," ex­ amined the historical realities of the setting of “To Kill a Mock­ ingbird," which provided the foundation for the novel's last­ ing statement on race and the American identity. Free copies of “To Kill a Mockingbird” were handed out atthe event forthose who did not have their own copy of the novel.

Since the opening of Holland’s Big Read, many organizations and businesses from around the community have participated in hosting events centered around “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Book discussions have taken place at Goodreads, Hope Church, Barnes and Noble, Our Brew­ ing Company and elsewhere.

Other events have included a film screening of the 1962 film version of “To Kill a Mocking­ bird" at the Knickerbocker The­ atre, a mockingbird art event for children hosted by the Holland Aits Council and a night of m u ­ sic from the book’s time period hosted by the Third Reformed Church.

Holland’s Big Read has been wholeheartedly embraced by the community and has brought the community together around a novel with an important mes­ sage. Furthermore, the success of the initiative is a positive sign for the future of literature in America. According to the NEA, the Big Read has been extremely successful in every community that has participated since the program’s inception in 2007.

Other books being read as a part of the Big Read across the country include Julia Aivarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies," Willa Gather’s “M y Antonia,”

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A C O M M U N I T Y THA T R E A D S T O G E T H E R STAYS T O G E T H E R — Holland residents have joined together In read­ ing “To Kill a Mockingbird” over the month of November. and Ray Bradbury’s “Farenheit 451.”

All of the programs last ap­ proximately one month and feature a kickoff event, events devoted to the discussion of the book, film screenings and virtu­ ally anything else that members of the community can think of to enhance understanding of the message of the chosen novel.

It’s not too late to join in on the Big Read, if you haven’t already done so. On Thursday, Nov. 20, Holland will celebrate Boo Rad­ ley Day, and JP’s Coffee House will host a book discussion with Hope English majors and the

community at 4 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 21, the Holland Museum will host a reception at 7 p.m. featuring art inspired by “To Kill a Mockingbird” and created by Joel Schoon-Tanis and students from local high schools.

Holland’s Big Read continues throughout the month of N o ­ vember, and new participants are always welcome. All you need to participate is a copy of the book. For more information on the Big Read and upcom­ ing events around Holland visit www.neabigread.org or www. blogs.hope.edu/thebigread.

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The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series presented its last event of the semester with a poetry reading from Adrian Mate­ jka in Winants Auditorium last Wednesday. Matejka is a Na­ tional Poetry Series Winner and the author of three collections of poetry including “The Devil’s Garden," “Mixology” and “The Big Smoke.”

The reading took place in Wi­ nants Auditorium in Graves Hall and was attended by students and the public. Matejka also participated in a question-andanswer session earlier in the day in Fried-Hemenway Auditorium in the Martha Miller Center.

Matejka paid homage to Jack Ridl by beginning with Ridl's poem “At 50.” Matejka expressed his gratitude for the invitation and remarked on his need to purchase Ridl’s poetry books.

Matejka then read 17 of his own pieces, three of which are cur­ rently unpublished and will be in his newest collection scheduled to debut in a year or two.

As he read from his collection “Mixology,” the poems frequent­

ly touched on portrayed illu­ sions. In Matejka's poem “Seven Days of Falling," Juan Valdez, the face-of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Columbia, is mentioned.

Matejka read, “I had a friend who minted / t-shirts with Juan front and center, / an afro in­ stead of a sombrero, a power / fist instead of a smile. The in­ scription: /100% Columbian."

While “Mixology” uses a smooth speaking-like voice and discusses topics of race and in­ justice, Matejka’s newest works are starkly contrasted. “Gymnopedies No. 1, 2, and 3” share re­ occurring elements of snow and Matejka's own daughter, show­ ing a gradual progression of his outlook on life.

Matejka finished the program with six poems from “The Big Smoke,” his latest publication.

“The Big Smoke” is a string of poems told from the perspective of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion, and his intimates. The collection won the 2013 Ainsfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and the National Book Award in Poetry.

In Matejka’s writing, he de­

scribed Johnson's character in detail. He mentioned that John­ son was a member of the first generation after emancipation from slavery and that he loved cars, owning five at a time when there were only 100,000 auto­ mobiles in the country. John­ son had gold teeth to flaunt his wealth, was a fan of Shakespeare and often quoted the works.

Johnson also had a white chauf­ feur and valet, which was con­ troversial at the time.

Matejka presents Johnson’s arrogance in his poetry by high­ lighting Johnson's personal sto­ ries. One poem in particular was called “Ticket on the Titanic.”

Johnson was determined to be on the maiden voyage of the Ti­ tanic. However the captain re­ fused him admittance. “He drew the color line," Matejka said.

But when the ship went down, Johnson went to the pier and performed a dance called “Ea­ gle Rock," having the last laugh against the man who denied him passage.

Matejka’s works showcase a range of diverse attitudes, themes, voices and rhetorical devices discussing tough topics like race and identity.

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H o p e Hancock Copy Editor Last week I found myself wandering around the historic Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.

To many people, I’m sure this sounds anticlimactic, but for me itwas a dream come true. Since coming to Hope College, I have been studying the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. If you are clueless and have no idea what I’m talking about, that’s okay. I didn’tknow itwas a thing either.

Just Google it, and I’m sure you’lllearn the basics.

As I stood in front of a small pond built specifically for the Exhibition almost 140 years ago, I reminisced about the millions of people who stood and looked at the same pond I was seeing.

I continued on walking down paths, looking at statues and touring some old buildings.

Then Istarted thinking. W h y on earth do we spend so much time studying dead people? I joked about this with one of my history-major friends on the trip. She studies history; I study English, and collectively, we

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Gabrielle W e r n e r StaffWriter In the presentation on Monday Nov. 10, Mr. Aughenbaugh presented his “Seven Revolutionary Trends That Will Change Everything” the seven trends for the future. These changes in trends will be in population, resource manage­ ment, technology, information and knowledge, economics, security and governance. Mr. Aughenbaugh talked on the im­ portance of acting now on these changes. W e can choose to stay _________ A

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the course, or we can choose to improve our future. Technol­ ogy is on the rise and has been for awhile, to the extent that sci­ ence and technology have sur­ passed moral ethics. Scientific advancement has led to great discoveries but ithas also led to some unethical practices. The revolution presented that chal­ lenges me the most in terms of curiosity is population. It fascinates me that the world has been able to hold as many people as it does today. I can­ not imagine what itwill be like in 2050, ifthe projections hold true.

I imagine people packed to­ gether in cities and high rises to accommodate for the growing population. Unemployment is through the roof because jobs have been replaced by machines, and there are too many people to supply jobs for. The United

States may have to become more like China and limit the number of children that each mother is allowed to have. Iwonder ifthe world will be so crowded that the countryside does not ex­ ist anymore. Lab-grown foods may have to be substituted for farming due to lack of fertile land. Urbanization is growing at a rapid rate and on its current track it will jump from the 51 percent of the population living in cities in 2008 to 90 percent in 2050.

Based on current projections, the growth of the world popu­ lation is expected to be around 9.4 billion people by 2050. This means that 2.1 billion more peo­ ple will be living on this earth.

Not only will the earth be ex­ pected to hold more people, the life expectancy will be higher as well. By 2050, the average life expectancy is projected to reach 76.6 world wide. This means that death rates will not be able to keep up with birth rates.

M y curiosity on population stems from the fact that popu­

lation effects all of the six revo­ lutions presented. Because of population increases, resources such as food, water, land, the environment, ect: will dwindle, if new policies and action are not implemented. Technology, knowledge, economics, secu­ rity and governance will all be compromised under the cur­ rent systems of operation. It should not be an adapt-as-yougo future; itshould be a changeit-now future.

One ofthe quotes, by Charles Kettering, from the presenta­ tion that struck me was, “M y interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there”. M y interest is in the future because I want to help affect change. I will be about 53 in 2050, and while I recognize that the world will be measurably different, I would stilllike for a semblance of true humanity to remain.

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have spent the majority of our time at Hope learning about, analyzing and writing papers regarding people who have long since passed away. In fact, I’m in an entire class dedicated to literature prior to 1865.

W e don’t talk about anyone in current news.

The obvious answer to this question is that the people we study shaped history. They were important. George Washington, Susan B. Anthony and Walt Whitman are people who impacted future generations in ways most of us probably don’t take the time to think about.

The second cliche response is that we don’t want history to repeat itself. W e need to learn from the mistakes of those who came before.

Not that these two ideas aren’t important, and I’m definitely not saying that we should disregard the famous people whose stories have been passed down from generation to generation, but I think that there issomething wonderful in the obscure. Sometimes we can’t find the answers to everything.

While in Philly, I looked through a scrapbook that someone, presumably a woman, put together in 1876. The cloth pages were embroidered with colored thread, and pictures of children, animals, buildings and flowers were fastened to each page. I found myself extremely perplexed by the idea that I could not find out who the woman who made it was.

There is no name attached to the book; no one knows who it came from. But it’s there, a piece of history that will forever remain unknown.

Iwalked away from the pond in awe of the millions of people who have enjoyed itstranquility.

I’m sure many famous politicians and celebrities enjoyed its still waters and the invitation to rest at its edge. However, what is more profound is that, even as the city isgrowing up around it, the pond remains. Its steadfast springs continue to welcome those passing by, imploring them to remember not only what itfeels like to be alive at its edges, but the millions of others who have enjoyed waters over the past 140 years.

H o p e Hancock is really insanely clean and her apartment looks like it could be on display. The Anchor staff c o m m e n d s her for her organization and cleanliness skills.

The diary of a study abroad student A little cultural education

Paige Brennecke Columnist Paris versus London. H o w different could their cultures be? One would think them very similar because of their geographic closeness. However, they are incredibly different.

When I say differences, I don’t mean food, and I don’t mean the way people cut their nails. I mean social cues: the way people act in

public, and how they respond to daily interactions. I found those differences to be quite interesting and peculiar.

After studying and interviewing students who had studied in both cities, I discovered a common ground that implied distinct differences between the two.

As a Londoner, one might come to Paris and think the service at restaurants is terrible.

Even coming from America, yes, it could be the worst service you’ve ever received. Why? Because in Paris, going out to eat is a privilege. Brunches and dinners are an outing that people invest in. They know how to stretch a glass ofwine over their two hour meal or an espresso over a one hour conversation.

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They go about dinner as a way of enjoying life.

In America, we’re used to shoving food down our throatsin 15 minutes before we go catch a movie with some friends. Back in the States, when you reserve a table for dinner and fail to show up within the first 20 minutes of your reservation, chances are they are going to give up your table.

In Paris this is not the case.

Ifyou reserve a table for dinner, that isyour table for the evening.

You show up late, so what? The table isthere and waiting for you whenever you would like to have dinner that night.

Because of their laid back lifestyle, the goal of the wait staff is to intervene as little as possible,so asnot to disturbyour

evening. Ifyou need something, you must make eye contact with your server and cue to them that you would like assistance. You want the bill? They won’t just bring itto you. You must gesture in the air with your hand, as if you were scribbling on paper, and the billwillbe in front ofyou in two shakes. To anyone who does not know about this social cue, this style of service could be interpreted as incredibly rude and inconsiderate.

It was both amusing and intriguing to hear the impressions that my peers, who studied in London, had of Paris. Seeing as they weren’t educated on the Parisian ways, they took things easily out of context. Some differences that they brought up I had not even

realized existed while I was there, as I had adapted without even knowing it.

So often we get worked up and upset about little things.

W e have to make sure we have the right context with which to analyze these things. How do you know if something was even intentional? People come from so many different backgrounds that it is vital to make sure we have the right context with which to analyze behaviors. Before getting angry or upset, whether working with peers for a group project or simply exchanging a “hello” with someone else, let’s make sure we have accurate background information before over-analyzing.

#GamerGate -A P o e m

Iwrote this poem because a lot of my close friends have been dealing with a lot of crap lately that they frankly shouldn't have to.

Seeing #GamerGate make its way into the mainstream news was a great firststep, but I don't think enough is being done to make sure stufflike this doesn’t happen in the future.

R e a d i n g w h a t y o u s e nd to m y peers is like being tied to a chair a n d w a t c h i n g y o u stab m y family a th ou s a n d times with the s a m e needle in the m i d d l e o f T i m e s Square.

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Michelle Kerr (’17),who finished 27th and 28th, respectively, just The Hope College cross two seconds behind Joosse. Julia country teams performed well at Stock (T6) took 32nd place with Saturday’s Great Lakes Regional a time of 22:34.2. Rachel Webb meet. The men’s and women’s (’18), in her first regional com­ teams traveled to Wilmington, petition, rounded out Hope’s Ohio to make their cases for a scoring team with a 52nd place chance to run at the N C A A Na­ finish and a time of 23:10.5. tional Championship meet atthe These five places added up to end of this month. The women earn Hope a score of 165 points. earned an at-large qualification Katherine Afton (’15) and Emily with a fourth place finish, while Wrozek (’15) ran as well, finish­ the men’s team qualified one ing 65th and 75th with times of runner, senior Ben Zank (T5).

23:18.0 and 23:27.0 respectively.

The Flying Dutch finished In addition to the top three fourth overall, just four points teams from each region, the behind third place Mount Union N C A A awards 13 at large Na­ College. Hope had four runners tional Championship bids to in the top 32 finishers in the 6k teams across the nation. The Fly­ event. Emily Joosse (’17) led the ing Dutch earned one of these way, finishing 21st with a time bids with their performance on of 22:27.6. Close behind was the Saturday and will compete on pair of Erin Herrmann (T7) and Nov. 22.

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The Flying Dutchmen fin­ were senior Tim Simon (’15) and Hockey ished sixth place out of 37 teams freshmen Ben Pederson (T8), vs. Adrian Gold at 7:30 p.m. in the 8k race with a total score who took 89th and 142nd re­ W o m e n ’s Basketball vs. Pltt-Bradford at 7:30 p.m. of 219 points. Zank earned him­ spectively. selfa trip to the big dance by fin­ Although the men’s team ishing eighth overall with a time performance did not earn them Saturday Nov. 22 of 24:44.1. He was the fastest a bid to the N C A A champion­ W o m e n ’s Basketball M I A A runner and clocked one ships, their sixth place finish was vs. Defiance or Otterbein at 3 p.m. of the fastest 8k times in Hope’s the highest since 2006 and their Men's Basketball vs. Wis.-Stevens Point at 7:30 p.m. history.

29th top ten finish.

Joseph Beemer (T6) fin­ The womens team and Zank ished 35th overall and second will travel back to Wilmington, Tuesday Nov. 25 for Hope with a time of 25:12.8. Ohio to compete on Nov. 22. W o m e n ’s Basketball Both Zank and Beemer took The women ran to their highest vs. W h e aton at 7:30 p.m. home All Region honors. Zach finish in history lastyear, taking Zandbergen (’15) took 48th ninth place. Hermann and Stock place with a time of 25:25.8. Ty­ are returning from the 2013 na­ In B rief ler Brinks (’17) finished fourth tional team and are looking for for Hope and 58th overall with a another high finish. Zank will FOOTBALL LOSES WOODEN time of 25:34.0. Julian Morrison compete in his first National SHOES TROPHY (’17) rounded out the scoring Championship race represent­ team with a race time of 25:43.3 ing the Hope men’s team. He is The Hope College foot­ earning him 70th place overall. their firstnational qualifier since ball team suffered a seaFinishing for the Dutchmen the 2012 season. son-ending 30-29 loss to Kalamazoo on Saturday.

The Flying Dutchmen had the lead going into the second half of the game with 20 points to the Hornet’s 11. The two teams both scored a touchdown in 30-7. Hope also shut out the Li­ the third quarter, Hope’s com­ ons in fast break points 12-0. ing from Matt Kroll (16) from The Flying Dutch seek to a four-yard pass from Robert extend their victory further on Kish (16). Aaron Mick’s (15) Nov. 21 and 22 when they host kick was good, and Hope was the Hope Tournament at De- still in on the way to victory.

Vos Fieldhouse. Hope competes The fourth quarter proved to against Pittsburgh-Bradford on be different for Hope. Kalama­ Friday at 7:30 p.m. Depending zoo scored 17 points to Hope’s on the outcome, they will either nine, giving them the one-point play Defiance or Otterbein on lead at the end of the game.

Saturday at 3 p.m.

The Dutchmen losttheWo o d ­ Prior to the game, the w o m ­ en Shoes traveling trophy, an en’s basketball team honored award given to the winner of the women of Hope athletic history. Hope-Kalamazoo game every A special presentation for the year, for the firsttime since 1995.

1990 women’s basketball team MIAA occurred prior to tipoff. The PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 1990 team was the only team in Hope women’s basketball his­ Football: tory to win a National Champi­ Cody Lindemulder (15) onship.

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This Saturday an energetic crowd of over 1,000 gathered to watch the Hope College w o m ­ en’s basketball team take on the Finlandia University Lions. In the inaugural game ofthe season the Flying Dutch commanded the court, securing a 87-57 win over their opponent.

The first period exhibited the absolute dominance of gameplay by the Dutch. Senior guard Brittany Berry (T5) aced the first basket of the season, a three-pointer, to initiate scor­ ing for the Flying Dutch. By the end of the firsttwo minutes, the Hying Dutch continued to shut out their opponent, leaving the Lions scoreless in a 9-0 deficit.

The Dutch continued a strong offensive and defensive game throughout the first half, chip­ ping in 50 points to the Lions 26, giving the Dutch a command­ ing lead going into the half. This dominating play was to be the hallmark for the Hying Dutch, even despite the strong efforts of the Lions.

The second half announced a tactical shift for the Lions.

They started pressing harder in the paint, challenging the Fly­ ing Dutch defense. This change in play, however, was overcome by solid play by the Dutch, who still dominated their opponent throughout the half. The Dutch were able to hold off the energy of the Lions offense, outscoring their opponent again in the sec­ ond half 37-31 to secure the first win for the Flying Dutch.

One of the best performanc­ es from the Flying Dutch was from forward Maura McAffee (’16). The 2013-14 M I A A M V P recorded a double-double of a team-high 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. An­ other leading performance came from Berry, who scored 13 points throughout the two halves. Guard Autumn Ander­

Today in sports history 1953 - T h e U S Supreme Court ruled that baseball is a sport, not a business.

1967 - Bears beat S t L o u ­ is 30-3 as Cardinals Q B s throw 7 interceptions and m a d e a total of 9 turnovers in the game.

1969 - Brazilian soccer star Pele scored his 1,000th professional goal.

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S H A K I N G T H E D E F E N D E R S - K a m a r a Sudberry (’15) and A u t u m n Anderson (’16) contributed a combined 1 1 points against Finlandia University on Saturday. son (T6) led the Flying Dutch in assists, recording sixthroughout the duration of the game.

As testament to their excel­ lent play, the Flying Dutch led in almost every statistic and never

trailed their opponent in scor­ ing. The Flying Dutch retained a field goal percentage of 51.6 compared to the Lions 29.4 per­ cent. They also lead in assists, 20-9, and points off turnovers,

1983 - K a r e e m AbdulJabbar scored his 30,000th point, the second person in N B A history to d o so.

198 9 - U S defeated Trini­ dad 1-0, qualifying for the 199 0 W o r l d Cup, their first qualification since 1950.

HOCKEY WINS AT HOME, TIES AWAY The Hope College hock­ ey team defeated Michi­ gan State University last Friday with a score of 4-3.

Both teams made two goals in the first period. Hope’s Jar­ ed Lehman (15) scored the team’s first with an assist by Rob Calvert (15) at 8:55. The Dutchmen scored again at 14:40 with Brian Cain (18), assisted by Evan Fall (18).

Elliot Digison (17) took Hope’s only second-period goal with an assist by Caleb Morgan (15), and Ryan Restum (16) scored the last one of the game in the fourth period, assisted

by Morgan and Drew O ’Brien (15), sending Hope to victory.

Although it will be writ­ ten in the record books as a tie, Hope took down Michigan State again on Saturday, this time in a shootout. O ’Brien and Restum scored in the shoot­ out for the Dutchmen. With the results this weekend, Hope is now 9-1-3 on the season.

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Hope College’s women’s soc­ cer team took on No. 4 ranked Wheaton College in the first round of the N C A A Division III Tournament last Friday. It took two lengthy periods of overtime for Hope to produce the decisive goal, extending their successful campaign.

The scoreboard read 0-0 af­ ter regulation time had finished.

The game was sent into a golden goal period of overtime, where the first goal scored would win the game. Wheaton put the pressure on Hope goalkeeper Kat Dickson (’15) in the first period with six shots, but one went wide, two were blocked and three were saved. The pos­ session remained in Wheaton’s control as Hope could not pro­ duce any real threat to the Thun­ der’s defense.

The second period of over­ time started in familiar fashion with a shot by Wheaton, eas­

ily saved by Dickson. The 105th minute came by with no change until Erin Brophy (T8) sent a cross through the air to a per­ fectly placed Allie Wittenbach (’18), giving Hope the victory.

It was a game of unsuccess­ ful shots and a strong Hope de­ fense. Wheaton made 35 shots to Hope’s 16, but still were not able to produce a goal. Dickson made an impressive 14 saves throughout the lengthy game.

Unfortunately for the Dutch, the season came to a close on Saturday. Illinois Wesleyan Uni­ versity claimed the 2-1 victory as Hope was knocked out in the second round of the N C A A Di­ vision III Tournament.

Illinois Wesleyan’s Ashley Montijo recorded the first goal of the game in the 18th minute off of a free kick. The Titans scored their second with a shot

by Skylar Tomko, assisted by Jenna Baker in the 59th minute.

Hope managed to sneak one past the opposition in the 81st

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A D V A N C I N G T H E O F F E N S E — Kristin Haziett (’16) and Nora Kirk (’15) control the ball past the defenders during Sat­ urday's loss to Illinois Wesleyan. minute with a Brophy goal, but it Nora Kirk (15) and Sarah wasn’tenough to keep the Dutch Fazio (17) tried their luck with in the game. two shots each, the most for the The two teams were close Dutch that day. Kirk, who tied in the shots department. Hope with Elizabeth Perkins (17) for made six while IllinoisWesleyan the most goals scored thisseason made seven. The Titans had the at nine, made a total of 62 shots Dutch in shots on goal, however, throughout her senior year. That with five compared to three. gave her a 14.5 shot percentage.

Perkins took the majority of this season’s shots with 92, resulting in a 9.8 shot percentage.

Dickson made three saves during the game, adding to her season total of 85. She had played for 2,119 minutes and 27 seconds in her final season with the Dutch. She had 11 shutouts.

Hope leaves this season with a 17-4-2 overall record and 141-1 in conference play. It is the second highest number of wins in a single season in the history of Hope women’s soccer.

The Dutch said goodbye to nine seniors this weekend: for­ wards Lindsey Bieri, Mary Cefaratti, Kirk; midfielders Maddie Buursma, Erin Jipping; defend­ ers Maria DeShaw, Brooke Dippel, Courtney Schmidt; and goalkeeper Dickson.

It was a long season, but as the snow begins to fall on Van Andel Soccer Stadium, Hope fans will soon be waiting in an­ ticipation for what next season has in store.

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Over the weekend the Hope College volleyball team experi­ enced a series of highs and lows at the N C A A Regional hosted

by Wittenberg University. H o w ­ ever, amid the mix of emotions, the Flying Dutch ended the weekend by winning all three of their matches and bringing home a Regional Championship.

The first match of the Re­ gional came on Thursday night as Hope swept Franklin and Marshall College in three sets.

Then, on Friday night, they met a tougher opponent in the 10thranked Juaniata College. The Dutch rallied back from being down two sets to secure the vic­ tory in five sets and make their way to the Regional Champion­ ship.

Going into Saturday’s cham­ pionship game, the Dutch knew that they would have a chal­ lenge like none they had faced up to this point. Playing three games in three days was tough.

However, having to play for the Regional Championship against the host school in their natural environment was even tougher.

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LOO K I N G F O R T H E TITLE— Alexis T h o m p s o n (’17) pre­ pares to set the ball as An n a Lynch (’15) looks on. Both players were key contributors to the Regional title.

Looking at it from another an­ gle, Hope had been on this big stage just one year prior, and they were definitely ready to claim what was rightfully theirs.

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preparing every day for the N C A A tournament because we have believed in the potential of this team,” Jillian Sommerville (’15) said.

In the first set of Saturday’s match, the Dutch and the Tigers of Wittenberg were knotted up early. Anna Lynch (’15) and Jen­ na Grasmeyer (T5) both were initial kill contributors and kept the game close. However, the Dutch defense could not stifle the Tigers' momentum. At one point, the game was 11-10 in fa­ vor of Wittenberg, but that was as close as the Dutch would get.

The Tigers began pulling away, despite repeated Hope offensive efforts. Witteber's lead soared, and they won the first set by a score of 25-16.

At this point, the Dutch knew that the first set was uncharac­ teristic of them. All year they had been ah offensive power­

house, and they were not going to letone set bother their overall goal. If they came out with fe­ rocity and focus like they have been all season, they would have no problem coming back in this match.

To start the second set, Hope got its first offensive spark from Sommerville who tallied an ear­ ly kill. The set remained close as the Dutch only trailed 9-6 mid­ way through the set. However, once again, both their defense and offense could not get on the same page. The Tigers were able to pull away again, winning the set 25-19 despite a late Dutch run fueled by Courtney Van Houzen (’17) and Lynch.

Down two sets, Coach Becky Schmidt huddled her team and gave them a reality check. While telling them to remain calm, she emphasized that this was crunch time, and they had to put forth some incredible effort right here. They’ve come too far to just let everything go in the third set. That being said, the message definitely lit a fire and transferred toward Hope's per­ formance.

“After that brief intermission [following the second game], we came back into the gym and played like it was entirely new set and as if the score was 0-0," Sommerville said.

The Dutch broke out early with kills from Sommerville, Grasmeyer and Van Houzen.

That offensive strike, paired with a few attack errors, put Hope ahead 10-8. Then, the Dutch committed a few attack errors themselves, and before they could exhale, the set was tied 11-11. Thankfully, they relied on senior leadership and pulled ahead quickly. They scored four consecutive points and were able to silence the Tigers. The momentum continued, and the

Dutch finished the setwith a 2516 victory.

Now, the Dutch had a little breathing room, even though their backs were still against the wall. The fourth set went back and forth early; both teams were determined to go on significant point streaks. Tied at 5-5, Hope’s defense allowed key shots go by, and they found themselves down 12-10. However, the Dutch got lucky as Wittenberg committed three attack errors. Then, Gras­ meyer responded with three kills of her own, putting Hope ahead 18-14. In the final points, the game remained rather close, but Hope was able to pull ahead and secure the much-needed 25-23 victory.

It all came down to this. One set and one win stood between getting sent back home and moving on to Virginia to play in the N C A A National Champion­ ships. The Dutch knew that they had what it took to get there, now they just had to produce.

In rapid fashion, the Dutch got down to business in the fi­ nal set. They came out firing and produced an early 6-0 lead.

Their stellar defense allowed the offense to flourish. Wittenberg made the final set a challenge as they staged a slight comeback and cut the lead to 12-10 in fa­ vor of Hope. The Dutch finished the job thanks in part to epic kills from Lauren Hazekamp (’16) and the final killfrom Gras­ meyer. They won the set 15-13 and brought home the Regional Championship hardware.

O n the day, Grasmeyer re­ corded an incredible 26 kills.

From a defensive standpoint, Al­ lieMitchell (T6) had 25 digs and Hazekamp had 23.

This year, the National Ch a m ­ pionships are hosted by Chris­ topher Newport University in Virginia.