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January 2004 HypotHermia A wmmmmmm Hope College • Holland, Michigan • A student-run nonprofit publication • Serving the Hope College Community for 117 years Dutchmen trump rival Knights Campus Brad Vanderberg Briefs SPORTS EDITOR "We couldn't have played any better," said Coach Glen Van Hope warned Wieren. In one of the biggest vic- tories in the series of the historic ri- of new virus valry, Hope came away with a 96- CIT has informed the Hope 75 triumph in front of a sell-out College community that they crowd at the Holland Civic Center should be cautious of another Saturday afternoon. e-mail virus. It is called The crowd of 2,724 witnessed just "Novarg," and often appears how good the Dutchmen really are. in emails containing generic- A slam dunk by Kyle Kleersnyder subjects such as "hi," "hello," ('05) a few minutes into the contest or "readme." Students are got the Hope fans going crazy. How- urged to delete these messages ever, the Knights answered with a immediately without opening three-point play by senior forward the attachment. If a student Chris Prins. Prins had 11 points on suspects his or her computer the day and junior Dan Aultman led has become infected with the the way for the Knights with 12 Novarg virus, he or she should points. Hope closed out the first half contact CIT immediately. on a 12-4 run as Matt Taylor ('04) drained a three pointer from down- town sending the Dutchmen into the Students will A/JCHOft PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA locker room with a 13-point lead, help count the Travis Spaman ('05) powers over Calvins' Joel Hoekstra (#52) for two of his 11 and the visiting Knights never re- points in Hope's 96-75 victory over the Knights on Saturday. Hope led the covered. homeless scoreboard for the entire game by as large a margin as 21 points. The game was As Calvin inbounded the ball to Several Hope College stu- played in front of a full house at the Holland Civic Center. This victory brought the more CALVIN on 8 dents have volunteered to Dutchmen's home record against Calvin to 30-24. The men's and women's JV also assist in an area-wide effort beat Calvin to count the hidden homeless of Ottawa County.SWORG,, Snowstorm slows but doesn't close campus the college's student social work organization, is coor- Angle Dykhuis gan communities yesterday. According to www,weather.com. Holland's dinating the effort. The count EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The on-campus shuttle-van service usually forecast for today and Thursday includes even will begin tomorrow at 5 After last week's "mild" snow in Holland, provided by Campus Safety was not available more snow, but in lesser amounts than seen yes- a.m. and will run for two- yesterday's storm produced several inches of yesterday due to poor road conditions. However, terday. Temperatures are expected to peak in the three hours. The project is lake-effect precipitation, causing Hope College all classes and events, including the GPS Cantus high 20s and low 30s. being organized by the Ot- to be temporarily snowed in. performance at the Knickerbocker Theatre. Weather updates can be found on the tawa Area Housing Coalition As winds of up to 35 mph assaulted the cam- KnowHope website. The site also includes tas part of a larger effort to pus, students, faculty and staff stayed indoors postings of current weatjier advisories at the top determine the number of as much as possible. While classes were not of the page. homeless. Anyone from the cancelled, unplowed and unshoveled pathways Winter groundskeeping duties at Hope fall to Hope community interested served as a deterrent for unnecessary trips out- the college's physical plant. Their staff will be in helping may contact Pro- side for pedestrians on campus. attempting to keep up with the continuous snow- fessor Villarreal at Single-digit temperatures, subzero windchills fill [email protected]. see WOES on 3 and multiple inches of snow struck West Michi- A/S/CHOR PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA Rush comes to an end at Hope Sororities and fraternities on cam- become new members. The sororities on campus are Sigma Sigma ! pus invite new members to join (Sorosis), Delta Phi, Sigma Iota Beta (Sibylline), Maureen Yonovitz Kappa Beta Phi (Dorian), Alpha Gamma Phi, Kappa ARTS EDITOR Delta Chi and national sorority Sigma Lambda Almost an entire month of the 2004 spring semester Gamma. has already passed, and winter break is just around the "We've had three events so far and we've had a lot comer. For many, the first round of exams is begin- of girls come out, so we've been having a lot of fun ning and the weather on campus feels a lot more like with it," said Ashley Williams ('05), assistant rush winter than it did before the holidays. chair for Kappa Delta Chi. What have Hope's students been up to on these cold, Although not all the Greek organizations on cam- snowy January days? At least a few are likely to say, pus have had quite as large a turnout as they hoped, "Rush." With a week left in the first stage of this year's most agree that this year's rush has been successful. A/VCHOff PHOTO BY ROB ONDRA introduction to the Greek system on campus, time is According to Jillian Pettijohn ('05), a rush chair for The Arcadian fraternity hosts the "Snow Bowl" as a part winding down and rushees will soon begin pledging to the SIBs, the number of girls rushing the sorority was of their Rush schedule. Rush ends February 2. Inside r [email protected] Student Theatre Jazz Ensemble Hope Administration Women's basketball Arts, page 5 Arts, page 3 Features, page 3 Sports, page 8 (616) 395-7877 %\ncHor CAMPUS BEAT January 28, 2004 RUSH from 1 number of girls who came out this said Juan Seidel ('06), a Fraternal was a different aspect of what the winter. Society member. "It's not like Fraters are all about." MEN, WOMEN AND RAPE "I think people should rush just you're tied down or obligated to Some other activities for the because it's a good way to meet anything. You can have other rest of this final week of rush in- people, even if you decide not to friends." clude Star Treatment on Thurs- be in a sorority," Pettijohn said. Individual rush events are wide- day in the Kappa Delta Chi cot- Pettijohn also said that all tage, Girl's Night In on Phil Waalkes the sororities on campus Saturday in the SIB Columnist have their good points and It's not like you're tied cottage, and Final Tea, Consent can be attractive advises girls to shop around the last rush event, on for the right one. down or obligated to Tuesday. One night, a close female continuum at some point in "Rush every sorority and anything. You can have Check the Greek friend and I had just finished their lives. see which is the best fit for other friends. Life website on playing a star-catching game on Talking about my feelings each girl," Pettijohn said. Knowhope for more the Hello Kitty website. I had a and asking for consent with my Hope's fraternities in- —Juan Seidel ('06) information and a crush on her, but we had talked friend before attempting clude Omicron Kappa Ep- complete schedule of and I knew she wasn't interesting anything physical would have silon (Fraternal Society), events. in more than friendship. been a better alternative and Phi Kappa Alpha (Cosmopolitan), ranging and vary from one organi- "Rush in general and the fra- She was lying under the covers would have preserved our Phi Tau Nu (Emersonian), Chi Phi zation to another. ternity system at Hope College in my bed because she was cold. friendship. Consent is, Epsilon (Arcadian), Alpha Theta On Friday, for example, the proves something about who you I leaned up against her legs at the according to "Conversations of Chi (Centurian), Alpha Chi Pi Fraters had their annual Lit. meet- are," said Pete TerVeer ('05), a other end of the bed. After a few Consent" by Joseph Weinberg (Promethean) and national frater- ing, complete with a visit from member of the Arcadian frater- minutes, I lay down next to her and Michael Biembaum, "the nity Phi Sigma Kappa. President Bultman. nity. "It's a special experience and slid my arm around her waist. continual process of explicit, "The reason I (rushed) was be- "It turned out really well and the and I wouldn't trade anything for It felt like a switch turned off in verbal discussion...a shared cause I liked the guys that I met," guys really liked it," Seidel said.